Kirk Cadrette
Animator and Lighting artist.
Animation Director / Supervisor Digital Artist / 26 yrs
Melbourne Beach, FL.
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Kirk earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in film production at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Shortly after graduation, he moved to Los Angeles to work on Mel Gibson’s Academy Award-winning film “Braveheart”. Within the next few years, Kirk worked on the Academy Award-winning films“ Independence Day”, “Titanic” and “What Dreams May Come”.
Fast forward to 2010. Hundreds of film and commercial projects later, Kirk moved back to Florida to work at Digital Domain as a senior character animator on the animated feature film “The Legend of Tembo”. Under the guidance of former Disney director and animator Aaron Blaise, Kirk honed his skills as a character animator and storyteller.
After Digital Domain’s Florida Studio was closed. Kirk went to New Orleans, to work for VFX legend Richard Edlund at Dumonde VFX, on "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes". Next, Kirk spent four years as Animation Director at Falcons Creative Group in Orlando. He directed teams of artists on award-winning films for theme park rides and attractions.
Kirk is looking for contract work to do at his home studio in Melbourne Beach. Primarily interested in character animation, creature animation, visual effects as well as lighting and shading in Vray, Redshift or Arnold.
Kirk earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in film production at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Shortly after graduation, he moved to Los Angeles to work on Mel Gibson’s Academy Award-winning film “Braveheart”. Within the next few years, Kirk worked on the Academy Award-winning films“ Independence Day”, “Titanic” and “What Dreams May Come”.
Fast forward to 2010. Hundreds of film and commercial projects later, Kirk moved back to Florida to work at Digital Domain as a senior character animator on the animated feature film “The Legend of Tembo”. Under the guidance of former Disney director and animator Aaron Blaise, Kirk honed his skills as a character animator and storyteller.
After Digital Domain’s Florida Studio was closed. Kirk went to New Orleans, to work for VFX legend Richard Edlund at Dumonde VFX, on "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes". Next, Kirk spent four years as Animation Director at Falcons Creative Group in Orlando. He directed teams of artist across in multiple studios on award-winning films for theme park rides and attractions.
Work History
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Animation Director / Senior Animator
Freelance
September 1992 - PresentFilm Credits
"Avengers Battle of Ultron"
"Ben10 5D Hero Time"
"Hulk Epsilon Base"
"The Amazing Ride of Gumball"
"Heroes and Legends"
"Avic"
"Deep Sea Odyssey"
"Ocean Avenue"
"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"
"The Legend of Tembo"
“Avatar”
“2012”
“Wolverine”
“Orphan”
“Jumper”
“Meet Dave”
“Dark Is Rising”
“Alien vs. Predator2
“Rise of the Silver Surfer”
“300”
“X-Men III”
“Snakes on a Plane”
“Pan’s Labyrinth”
“Warm Springs”
“X-Men”
“Titanic”
“What Dreams May Come”
“Independence Day”
“Brave Heart”
“Star Trek First Contact”
“Frazetta: Painting with Fire
“Mystery Men”
“Piñata”
“Rainbow”
“Icarus Project”
“Three Wishes”
“Damned”
“Doctor Doolittle”
“Flubber”
“My Brother the Pig”
“Quantum Project”
“Little Eddie Post”
“From Earth to the Moon”
“Noah’s Ark”
Television Credits
Met's "Amazin"
Met's "Ball"
Met's "HUD"
Ford "Mondeo"
Sprint "Domino"
PODS "Whatever Fits"
“Nike”
“Pennzoil”
“Shell”
“Gain”
“Royal Caribbean”
“ESPN NFL”
“Usher”
“Sid the Science Kid”
“Mercury Mariner”
“Cingular Blackjack”
“Scion”
“StarBucks”
“Coke”
“Pixel Chix”
“VW Polo”
“Taco Bell”
“Home Depot”
“Burger King”
“Kool-Aid 2005”
“Disney 50th Anniversary”
“Mustang 50th Anniversary”
“Cinnamon Toast Crunch”
“Law and Order”
“Kool-Aid 2004”
“Progressive”
“Clorox Dive”
“Chevy Wrap UP”
“GMC”
“Direct TV”
“Red Water”
“National Geographic Explorer”
“Atlantis”
“Tang”
“Moriah Carey”
“Rachelle Ferris”
“Michelle Branch”
“Dr. Scholls”
“AT&T Super Bowl”
“Verizon”
“Union Underground” Video
“Gap”
“VW Dome”
“Visa”
“Chevy Tahoe”
“Ball & Chain”
“Alien Technology”
“Disney’s One Saturday Morning”
“Universal Studios”
“Coke”
“Sun Microsystems”
“U2 POP”
“Ford”
“Toyota Echo”
“Militia” Video
“EA Corporate logos”
“Jack in the Box”
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Education
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BA in FILM
UCF Film School
1992 - 1994