Chad Ellis

Chad Ellis

Senior Animator / 26 yrs

Vancouver, Canada

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Lead Animator

The Sea Beast (2022)

Supervising Animator

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)

Supervising Animator

The Mitchell's vs. The Machines (2021)

Animator

Monster Pets: A Hotel Transylvania (2021)

Animator

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Animator

Hotel Transylvania 3 (2018)

Animator

The Emoji Movie (2017)

Animator

Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)

Animator

Storks (2016)

Animator

Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

Animator

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

The Smurfs 2 (2013)

Senior Animator

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Principal Animator

Crysis 2 (2011)

Animator

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

Lead Animator

TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (2005)

Animator

Reboot - Daemon Rising (2001)

Work History

  • Lead Animator

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    November 2011 - May 2020
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Senior Animator on "Hotel Transylvania", "Smurfs 2" and "The Amazing Spiderman 2"

  • Principal Animator

    Crytek

    August 2010 - November 2011

    Principal Animator on "Crysis 2", "Crysis 3" and "Homefront 2"

  • Lead Cutscene Animator

    Eurocom

    February 2009 - August 2010

    Lead Cutscene Animator on "Deadspace Extraction" and "Goldeneye 2010".

  • Lead Animator

    Free Radical Design

    March 2003 - December 2008

    Animator on "Second Sight" and "Timesplitters 3"

  • Animator

    Spectrum Productions

    August 2002 - October 2002


    Animator on the short film "Flushed Away"

  • Animator

    Mainframe Entertainment

    April 2001 - October 2001


    Animator on "Actionman" and "Reboot"

  • Animator

    Unreal Pictures

    October 2000 - April 2001


    Animator on "Crashzone II"

  • Animator

    Animation Werks

    October 1998 - February 1999


    Animator on "The New Adventures of Ocean Girl"

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Education

  • Vancouver Film School

    1997 - 1998