Andrea Paolino

Work History

• Company Owner

  Stupao Visual Effects Inc.

  January 2024 - Present

  Arizona, United States · On-site

  Fine Art
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  Senior Technical Artist

  Cloud Chamber

  November 2022 - January 2024

  Prop Rigging
  Character Rigging
  Face FX
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  Rig/Sim Artist

  Blizzard Entertainment

  March 2018 - Present

  Irvine
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  Simulation Artist

  The Outpost

  January 2022 - April 2022

  Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  Cloth simulation on teddy bear ears.
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  Senior Technical Director

  Double Negative

  April 2022 - September 2022

  London, Montreal · Remote

  Cloth simulation in Houdini.
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  CFX Artist

  Plastic Wax

  October 2021 - February 2022

  Australia

  Ultra fast Bat Girl cape simulations for game cinematics.
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  Rigging Supervisor

  Halon Entertainment

  October 2020 - February 2021

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  Supervised all character and prop rigs for efficiency with Maya and Unreal Engine for the production Mahogany, Walt Disney's Pinocchio.
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  Senior Technical Director

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  January 2020 - September 2020

  Burbank, California, United States

  Senior technical director for rig and simulation department on Raya The Last Dragon.
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  Rig/Sim Artist

  Blizzard Entertainment

  February 2018 - January 2020

  Irvine, California, United States · On-site

  Example of work I have done as a member of the Rig/Sim department responsible for the cloth and hair simulation for various cinematics. This is one of the newly released examples.
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  Rig/Sim Artist

  Blizzard Entertainment

  February 2018 - January 2019

  Irvine, CA

  Cinematic department.
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  Rig/Sim Artist

  Blizzard Entertainment

  March 2018 - October 2018

  Irvine, CA

  Example of work I have done as a member of the Rig/Sim department responsible for the cloth
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  Senior Tech Anim Artist

  The Mill

  April 2017 - July 2017

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  Senior Tech Anim Artist setting up cloth pipeline.
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  Senior Technical Director

  Psyop

  February 2017 - May 2017

  Venice, CA

  Cloth simulation for commercial campaign of Ridiculous Clash of Clans.
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  Senior Technical Director

  Duncan Studio

  October 2016 - December 2016

  Pasadena, CA

  Senior Technical Director in Rigging, Cloth Setup, Hair Groom and shot simulation for a Minion Project, Japan.

  

• 3D Supervisor

  Flight 33 Production

  June 2016 - August 2016

  As the 3D Supervisor, I was responsible for all 3D artists and their role in generating assets within the time allotted on two different productions reporting directly to the visual effects supervisor. I also was responsible for shot work and R&D using Maya FX and Real Flow.
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  cfx td

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  December 2015 - May 2016

  

• Senior Technical Director Hair Groom

  Alpha Animation

  April 2016 - May 2016

  I developed the hair grooms for the two primary characters for a cell phone commercial known as Buzz.
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  Senior Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2015 - March 2016

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Look Development
  CFX
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  Character Supervisor

  Barajoun Entertainment

  July 2013 - December 2014

  Dubai, UAE · On-site

  Primarily a Maya based production house, this studio also uses Z-Brush, Marvelous, Yeti and Shave and a Haircut. I supervise the development, implementation and documentation of all assets and tools generated by the character model, rigging, hair and cloth simulation departments for feature film.

  

• Character Rigging / Effects Animation

  Stupao Visual Effects Inc.

  2012 - 2013

  Computer and photographic generated images for design and template development on website as well as character rigging and effects animation.
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  Character FX Artist

  DreamWorks Animation

  2009 - 2012

  Character FX Artist for four productions requiring cloth, hair, fur simulations, along with some rigging.
  Shrek Forever After, Kung Fu Panda 2, Kung Fu Panda DVD Featurette and Rise of the Guardians.
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  Character Rigger

  Digital Domain

  2009 - 2009

  Character rigging for a Sobe Commercial spot.
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  Senior Character TD

  Jim Henson's Creature Shop

  2009 - 2009

  Rigging and muscle system development for TV series characters.
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  Lead Character TD

  Gradient Effects

  2008 - 2009

  Mechanical rigging for Krupp.

  

• CG Supervisor

  Gigapix Studios

  2006 - 2008

  Oz
  Below
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  Senior Modeler

  Disney ABC Television Group

  2007 - 2007

  Winter Flex
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  Charcter Rigging, Modeling

  Entity FX

  2007 - 2007

  Sport Science (Emmy Award)
  Pushing Daisies (VES Nomination)

• Character Rigging, Modeling, UV

  Ka-Chew

  2007 - 2007

  Mucinex
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  Technical Director

  Sony Computer Entertainment America

  2006 - 2007

  Cloth pipeline development for games.
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  Animator

  Zoic Studios

  2006 - 2006

  Nintendo

• Senior Modeler, Texture, UV

  Eyetronics 3D Scanning

  2005 - 2006

  Poseidon
  The Guardian
  In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Seige Tale
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  Stargate Studios

  August 2004 - 2006

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Turistas, Dirt, Nightmares & Dreamscapes: Battleground
  Senior Character TD for one feature film, television special and television series. Responsible for all rigging, cloth and hair simulation. Software used: Maya, Syflex and Shave and a Hair

• Senior Modeler TD

  Asylum VFX

  January 2004 - 2006

  Motorola, Eat More Chick n, Roseume Honest Abe Commercial Spot, Nintendogs, Mario Brothers Video Game
  Senior Modeler for various fast paced commercials and video games. Responsible for models and UV work. Software used: Maya.
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  Senior Modeler

  The Engine Room

  2005 - 2005

  The DaVinci Code
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  Meteor Studios

  March 2004 - 2005

  Montreal, Canada Area

  10.5 Apocalypse, Final Destination 3, Slither
  Character TD and Effects Animator for three feature films. Software used: Maya for rigging,

  

  

  
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  Lead Character TD

  Photon VFX

  2004 - 2005

  Hercules
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  Maya Instructor

  UCLA

  2003 - 2004

  Modeling
  Character Setup
  Effects Animation
  Mel
  Texture
  Lighting

• Senior VFX Artist

  Stupao VFX

  2003 - 2004

  The Aviator
  Jay and Silent Bob 15 Minute Animated Logo
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  Training Supervisor, Animation Support

  Cinesite

  2002 - 2003

  Trained new artists on proprietary plugins and protocol for all shows. Animation and character TD support for the following shows:
  Solaris
  The Inlaws
  Envy
  X-2: X-Men United
  Freddy vs. Jason
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  Senior Matchmover

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  2001 - 2002

  Stuart Little 2
  I Spy
  The Polar Express
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  Matchmove TD

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  December 2000 - October 2001

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Cats & Dogs, Dr. Dolittle 2
  Senior Matchmove TD for two feature films. Used proprietary software VooDoo for hard and soft facial tracking needs.
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  Matchmove TD

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  2000 - 2001

  Dogs and Cats
  Dr. Dolittle 2
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  Lead Sculptor/Field Art Director/Production Designer.

  Walt Disney Imagineering

  June 1997 - June 2000

  Los Angeles/Japan

  Tokyo Disney Seas, California Adventure
  Lead sculptor for the park icon, trained as a field art director and later transitioned into the role of production designer for one seventh of a 4 billion dollar theme park. Production designer for Mermaid Lagoon in Japan. Miniature sculpting for large scale productions for California Adventure icons.
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  Lead Sculptor and Production Designer.

  Walt Disney Imagineering

  1997 - 2000

  Design, development and sculpting for the Mysterious Island volcano, the park icon. Role as Production Designer for Mysterious Island while in Japan.
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  Instructor

  Gnomon School of Visual Effects

  1997 - 1999

  I taught Figurative Sculpture.
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  Art Instructor

  Orange Coast College

  June 1994 - June 1996

  Costa Mesa, CA

  Instructor at Orange Coast College for Sculpture and Bronze Casting.
  Go to https://www.studiopaolino.com for fine art website.
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  Model Maker, Lead Sculptor

  Digital Domain

  1995 - 1996

  The Titanic
  Dante's Peak

• Artist

  Stupao Visual Effects, Inc.

  June 1975 - June 1985

  Southern California

  Fine artist in bronze, acrylic painting, prints and photography.