Alon Zaslavsky
Sr. Technical Director
Lead Character TD / 25 yrs
San Francisco, CA
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Game of Thrones - season 8
Fantastic Beasts - Crimes of Grindelwald
Pacific Rim - Uprising
Blade Runner 2049
Wonder Woman
Moana
Miss Peregrin's Home for Peculiar Children
Batman v Superman (2016)
Pan (2015)
Heart of the Sea (2015)
Game of Thrones - season 4 (2014) Emmy for Outstanding VFX
Captain America 2 (2014)
Smurfs 2 (2013)
Megamind (2010)
Merry Madagascar (2009)
Monsters vs. Pumpkins (2009)
Madagascar 2 (2008)
Golden Compass (2007) Oscar for best VFX
Happy Feet (2006) Oscar for best animation
Superman Returns (2006) nominated for Oscar
Starslyderz (2005)
SOCOM 3 (2004) video game
Catwoman (2004)
The Polar Express (2003)
Gladiator (2003) unreleased video game
Work History
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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 2016Burbank, CACharacter effects in shots.
Project:
Moana
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Senior Creature TD
Double Negative
August 2015 - April 2016Vancouver, Canada AreaCreature rigging, cloth setup and simulation.
Project:
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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Rigging TD
ScanlineVFX
November 2013 - August 2015Vancouver, British ColumbiaDuties:
- 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
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Sr. Technical Director
Sony Pictures Imageworks
September 2012 - September 2013Vancouver, BC, CanadaCloth and Hair TD on Smurfs 2
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Character TD
Rhythm & Hues Studios
May 2007 - September 2007Duties:
- 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 2006Duties:
- 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 2006Duties:
- Cloth & Hair animation/simulations for Superman and Lois
Project:
- Superman Returns = Oscar nomination for Best Achievement in Visual Effects 2007
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Animation TD
Sony Computer Entertainment America
February 2005 - April 2005San DiegoSCEA 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.
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Technical Animator
Sony Pictures Imageworks
April 2003 - April 2004Worked on the Polar Express.
Education
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City College of San Francisco
2011 - 2012 -
BA in Animation and Visual Effects
Ex'pression College
1998 - 2000 -
BS in Computer Science
Tel Aviv University
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