Alon Zaslavsky

Work History

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  Sr. Technical Director

  Jam City

  June 2019 - Present

  San Francisco, CA

• Char TD

  Tippet Studio

  March 2019 - April 2019

  Berkeley, CA
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  Sr. CFX Technical Director

  Image Engine

  December 2017 - December 2018

  Vancouver, Canada Area
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  Sr. Creature TD

  Double Negative

  August 2017 - December 2017
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  Character TD

  Double Negative

  October 2016 - March 2017

  

  
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  Character TD

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  May 2016 - September 2016

  Burbank, CA

  Character effects in shots.
  Project:
  Moana

  
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  Senior Creature TD

  Double Negative

  August 2015 - April 2016

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Creature rigging, cloth setup and simulation.
  Project:
  Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

  
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  Rigging TD

  ScanlineVFX

  November 2013 - August 2015

  Vancouver, British Columbia

  Duties:
  - Script rigs in Python
  - Developed artist tools in Python
  - Developed companies first cloth pipeline with one other Pipeline TD
  - Rig half the cloth rigs and run all the shots using them on Game of Thrones
  - Setup animation rig and cloth rigs for Batman and Superman
  - Developed all character cloth rigs on Pan
  - Shot finaling
  Project:
  - Captain America 2
  - Game of Thrones season 4 - Won Emmy for Outstanding VFX
  - Heart of the Sea
  - Pan
  - Batman v Superman

  

  

  

  

  
• 

  Sr. Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  September 2012 - September 2013

  Vancouver, BC, Canada

  Cloth and Hair TD on Smurfs 2

  
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  Character FX Artist

  DreamWorks Animation

  October 2007 - September 2010

  Duties:
  - Animation of Character deformations/contact
  - Prop Animation
  - Cloth & Hair simulation
  - Cloth garment developement
  - Rigging dynamic simulations
  - Scripting tools
  Project:
  - Madagascar 2 (2008)
  - Merry Madagascar - Christmas Special (2009)
  - Monsters vs. Pumpkins - Halloween Special (2009)
  - Megamind (2010)
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  Character TD

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  May 2007 - September 2007

  Duties:
  - Character dynamics (muscle, fat, fur, hair and cloth) animation/simulation
  Project:
  - The Golden Compass = won Oscar Best VFX
  - Alvin & the Chipmunks

  
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  Motion Editor

  Animal Logic

  May 2006 - August 2006

  Duties:
  - Edited motion capture data using Giant's Nuance software.
  - FK animation when mocap wasn't working well for the shot.
  Project:
  - Happy Feet = Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature

  
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  Animator

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  September 2005 - May 2006

  Duties:
  - Cloth & Hair animation/simulations for Superman and Lois
  Project:
  - Superman Returns = Oscar nomination for Best Achievement in Visual Effects 2007

  

• Technical Director

  Starslyderz

  August 2001 - September 2005

  Pro-bono work on an indie-low-budget-sci-fi film called Starslyderz. It is showing at the Lost Film Festival.
  www.starslyderz.com
  www.lostfilmfest.com
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  Animation TD

  Sony Computer Entertainment America

  February 2005 - April 2005

  San Diego

  SCEA of San Diego Cinematics Department
  Duties:
  - Vehicle rigging
  - Cinematic animator.
  - Animation sequence supervisor on the crowd sequence.
  - Trained animators on MotionBuilder.
  - Motion Capture integration.
  Project:
  - Socom 3 cinematics.

  

• Mocap Animator

  ESC Entertainment

  May 2004 - October 2004

  Duties:
  - Keyframe animation when the mocap wasn't working for the shot.
  - Mocap integration and manipulation.
  - Wrote scripts to streamline mocap/anim pipeline.
  Project:
  - Catwoman.
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  Technical Animator

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  April 2003 - April 2004

  Worked on the Polar Express.

  

• Motion Capture Specialist

  Midway Games West

  June 2001 - February 2003

  Was one man mocap department.
  Created dynamic particle effects for game cinematics.