Benjamin Cinelli

Work History

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  Senior Animator

  Blur Studio

  January 2019 - Present

  Culver City, CA
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  Senior Animator

  Framestore

  July 2018 - October 2018

  United States
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  Animator

  Blur Studio

  May 2018 - July 2018

  Culver City, CA
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  Character Animator

  Method Studios

  January 2018 - January 2018

  Santa Monica
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  Character Animator

  Framestore

  July 2018 - November 2018

  Culver City, CA

  Undisclosed product for a tech product
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  Lead Animator

  Method Studios

  October 2016 - December 2017

  Los Angeles, CA

  I was a supervising lead animator on a series of Target commercials as well as animating on commercials, a motion ride and music video.

  
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  Finals Animator

  The Third Floor

  July 2016 - October 2016

  
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  Lead Character Animator

  Digital Domain

  June 2015 - June 2016
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  Senior Character Animator

  Blur Studio

  November 2014 - December 2014

  Culver City, CA

  I helped out prevising Blur's first feature film "Deadpool".
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  Senior Animator

  Blur Studio

  November 2014 - December 2014

  
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  Lead Animator

  Digital Domain

  August 2014 - October 2014

  Playa Vista

  I worked on the Assassin's Creed Unity TV commercial providing character animation and overseeing a small team of animators.

  

  
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  Senior Character Animator

  Blur Studio

  June 2014 - August 2014

  Culver City

  I worked on the Halo Master Chief Cinematics as well as an unreleased commercial project.
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  Senior Character Animator

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  October 2004 - January 2014

  On some projects at Sony Imageworks I was involved in the early development testing out rigs and building facial libraries for characters. The movies I have animated on at SPI are The Amazing Spiderman 2, Edge of Tomorrow, Cloudy 2, The Smurfs 2, Oz the Great and Powerful, MIB 3, The Smurfs, Alice in Wonderland, G-Force, Open Season 2, Prince Caspian, I Am Legend, Surf's Up, Monster House, The Lion the Witch and the

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Lead Character Animator

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2010 - June 2010

  I led a team of up to 12 people for "The Smurfs" movie which involved critiquing animation, passing along animation director and client notes, and attending various client and internal meetings.

  

  

  

  

  
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  Senior Character Animator

  Digital Domain

  2003 - 2004

  I provided character animation for I Robot, Peter Pan, Looney Tunes back in Action and The Missing while at Digital Domain as well as animation for their commercial division.
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  Senior Character Animator

  Warner Bros. Animation

  August 2001 - May 2002

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  I worked on Scooby-Do the Movie providing animation for the demon characters as well as did development work on The Incredible Mr. Limpet which included modeling fish and doing animation tests.
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  Freelance Character Animator

  Radium

  October 2000 - May 2002

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  I freelanced at Radium when they needed animation work on Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The deadlines where short and I enjoyed the fast pace.
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  Senior Character Animator

  Wētā FX

  2002 - 2002

  I worked on the character Gollum as well as animated ents and did various other animation work.
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  Character Animator

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  March 2001 - June 2001

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  I worked on the movie Cats & Dogs and provided facial animation that was applied to the live action animals.

  

• Character Animator

  Mooncrescent Studios

  2000 - 2001

  I tested out the rigs being developed as well as provided facial reference for the lead character using photoshop.

• Character Animator

  Vision Art

  February 2000 - September 2000

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  At Vision art I animated the opening of Dungeons & Dragons with a dragon character as well as lip sync for a character in Little Nicky.
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  Character Animator

  Centropolis Effects

  June 1999 - February 2000

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  This was my second time working at Centropolis and I returned to work on The Patriot.
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  Character Animator

  Metrolight Studios

  April 1999 - July 1999

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  I animated on the movie Dragonheart 2 while working at Metrolight.
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  Character Animator

  Centropolis Effects

  January 1998 - October 1998

  I joined Centropolis to work on Godzilla animating on Godzilla and the baby Godzillas.

• Character Animator

  The Motion Syndicate

  September 1997 - July 1998

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  I animated, modeled, and rigged characters for the Tekken 3 video game cinematics.
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  Character Animator

  DreamWorks Animation

  1996 - 1997

  I was hired into the Dreamworks Artist Development Program as well as did work on the Shrek Test doing digitizing of the sculpted heads and animation.