Eric Burnett

Eric Burnett

Lead Animator / 19 yrs

Canada

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Lead Animator

The Willoughbys (2020)

Lead Animator

Henchmen (2020)

Project Animator

The Peanuts Movie (2015)

Lead Animator / Sequence Lead

The Book of Life (2014)

Lead Animator

Free Birds (2013)

Animator

Escape from Planet Earth (2013)

Animator

Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2 (2012)

Remote Animator

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011)

Character Animator

The Smurfs (2011)

Animator

Wild Kratts (2011)

Animation Director

Ruby Gloom (2006)

Animation Supervisor

Grossology (2006)

Animation Director

Shorty McShorts' Shorts (2006)

Senior Animator

Henchmen: Ill Suited

Work History
  • Lead Animator

    Bron Studios

    September 2015 - March 2020
    Duncan, BC
  • Project Animator - Peanuts Movie

    Blue Sky Studios

    April 2015 - June 2015
  • Lead Animator

    Reel FX

    September 2012 - July 2014

    Duties included rig testing, character development, style guide, creating libraries and overseeing select sequences through the animation department.

    Free Birds - lead on Govenor Bradford and The General
    Book of Life - lead on General Posada

  • Senior Animator

    Rainmaker Entertainment

    September 2011 - April 2012

    Animated on the film 'Escape from Planet Earth'

  • Remote Animator

    Reel FX

    June 2011 - July 2011

    Animated on Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

  • Intermediate Animator

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    July 2010 - April 2011

    Provided character animation for the Smurfs Movie

  • Animation Director / Consultant

    Breakthrough Films & Television (2dLab)

    November 2009 - February 2010

    Oversaw the early production of series ‘My Big Big Friend’.

  • Animation Director

    Mercury Filmworks (West)

    2006 - 2008

    Trained and directed animation crews across multiple projects, mainly Ruby Gloom

  • Animator

    Mercury Filmworks (East)

    January 2005 - January 2006

    Worked primarily on series 'Gerald McBoingBoing' season 1

  • Graphic Designer

    Watchfire

    August 1998 - July 2003
Education
  • Animation Mentor

    2006 - 2009
  • Algonquin College

    2003 - 2005