Leon Gittens

Work History

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  Senior Animator

  Amazon Game Studios

  August 2021 - Present

  In game animator for New World
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  Character Animator

  Insomniac Games

  September 2015 - July 2021

  
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  Character Animator

  Sony Pictures Entertainment

  April 2015 - August 2015

  Culver City, Los Angeles

  
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  Character Animator

  Reel FX

  January 2015 - March 2015

  Dallas/Fort Worth Area

  
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  Cinematic Animator

  Insomniac Games

  March 2014 - July 2014
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  Character Animator

  Brain Zoo Studios

  October 2013 - January 2014
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  Character Animator

  Toonbox Entertainment

  April 2013 - July 2013

  Character animator on the movie "The Nut Job"

  
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  Senior Character Animator

  Spark Unlimited

  February 2012 - December 2012

  Senior Character Animator on Lost Planet 3
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  Animator

  Pixomondo

  February 2011 - April 2011

  Animator on the Movie Red Tails

  
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  JR Character Animator TD

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  July 2010 - February 2011

  Character Animator On Hop
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  Junior Animator (apprenticeship program)

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  June 2010 - July 2010

  Four weeks training learning R&H propitiatory software (Voodoo), completed animation tests, tested rigs for preparation for the Movie Hop

• Animator

  image-metrics inc

  June 2007 - September 2009

  worked as a facial character animator on:
  
  Game titles
  SOCOM
  Devil May Cry 4
  Lair
  Juiced 2
  Grand Theft Auto 4
  Midnight Club 4
  
  Commercials
  Deutsche TeleKom
  
  Theatre Productions
  War of the worlds (Australia)
  
  Movies
  FoodFight
  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  Splice

• Freelance Animator

  Animax Interactive

  June 2008 - June 2008

  Animator on beanies babies, project came to an halt.

• Freelance Artist

  immuexa

  September 2007 - November 2007

  To texture rig 16 species of birds for Hawkmountain project.
  the birds will appear in a museum exhibition, for people to learn about migrating birds
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  Freelance Lead Character Animator

  The Ant Farm

  April 2007 - June 2007

  Character animation for opening game title "the Sims" on the Nintendo WII
  Project was to animate characters provided by EA for opening of game and for ad campaigns, TV commercial

• Freelance Animator

  Shadowmotion Productions INC

  March 2007 - April 2007

  Character Animator.
  Job was to reenact a scene of an event leading up to the accident for a lawyer to present in court for evidence.

• Character Animator

  Image Metrics INC

  June 2006 - January 2007

  Facial Character animator on games such as, Devil May cry 3, SOCOM, LAIR, and various company demos

• Character animator

  Nomzee

  February 2006 - March 2006

  Animated fight styles for in game Animation

• Character animator

  Tripped-up-entertainment

  July 2005 - November 2005

  3D Character animator for (National Academy of Sports Medicine), Aniamted athelete doing exercises, eg lifting weights, calf raises etc.

• Point guard

  Birmingham Bullets

  1995 - 1998

  Point guard for Birmingham Bullets, coach basketball in schools to young children introducing them to the game of basketball, represented England in the Four Nations Cup