Harrison Wang

Harrison Wang

Character / VFX / Creature Animator

Senior Animator / 11 yrs

Montréal, Canada

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a Canadian 3D Animator with experience in TV, DVD, Animated Features and VFX.
Work History
  • Freelance Creature/Character Animator

    Freelance

    August 2020 - Present

    Freelance Creature/Character Animator doing remote work for various domestic/international clients.

  • 3D Animator

    Cinesite

    July 2021 - March 2024
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    2024 - Animal Farm
    2023 - TMNT: Mutant Mayhem
    2023 - Iwájú
    2022 - Hitpig

  • 3D Character Animator

    Reel FX

    October 2020 - May 2021
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    2021 - Back to the Outback (Animated Feature)

  • Animator

    Double Negative

    November 2019 - July 2020
    Montreal, Canada Area

    unannounced VFX projects

  • CG Animator

    Rodeo FX

    March 2018 - October 2018
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    2020 - Tales from the Loop (VFX Animation)
    2019 - Zombieland: Double Tap (VFX Animation)
    2019 - Raising Dion Season 1 (VFX Animation)
    2019 - Stranger Things Season 3 (VFX and Creature Animation)
    2019 - Superpower Dogs | IMAX Documentary (VFX Animation)
    2018 - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (VFX Animation)
    2018 - Aquaman (Creature Animation)
    2018 - Ant-man and the Wasp (VFX Animation)

  • 3D Animator

    Mikros Animation Montréal

    June 2017 - February 2018
    Montréal, Canada

    Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero

    delivered about 1 minute and 30 seconds of production footage, with occasional layout/POV shots.

  • Character Animator, Associate

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    January 2017 - May 2017
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    The Emoji Movie

    fix/crowd animator, with occasional assignments on production shots

  • Animator

    various TV studios

    May 2013 - July 2016

    Various TV projects

  • Animator

    Rainmaker Entertainment

    January 2016 - July 2016

    Barbie & Her Sisters in a Puppy Chase (direct-to-DVD feature)

  • Animator

    ICON Creative Studio

    March 2015 - October 2015
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Goldie and Bear
    an animated classic fairytale for Disney Junior

  • Animator

    Rainmaker Entertainment

    November 2014 - February 2015
    Vancouver

    Barbie: in Rock 'N Royals
    1 x 80 - CG animated direct-to-DVD feature for Mattel/Universal

  • Junior Animator

    Nerd Corps Entertainment

    May 2013 - July 2014
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Slugterra: Return of the Elementals (a 70-minute TV movie)
    Endangered Species (TV Comedy Cartoon)
    Monster High - Frights, Camera, Action! (a 70 minute direct-to-DVD feature)

    Duties included layout, pre-vis and animation

  • IT Helpdesk Support Technician

    Coastal Contacts

    November 2010 - May 2012
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Working directly under the technical support supervisor, as well as assisting system and network administrators in hardware, software and networking maintenance. Members of HelpDesk went from one to four including a supervisor.

    Duties included and not limited to:
    • Tier one, tier two and remote technical support
    • Inventory tracking by using Spiceworks
    • Advanced troubleshooting and incident/problem resolution
    • LAN/WAN, VPN and VOIP phone support
    • Operating System (Windows and Mac), productivity software and internal application support
    • Assist technical support supervisor with identity management, ticket triage, process development, KPI and many other assigned tasks
    • Assist in maintaining Sharepoint, Active Directory and Exchange
    • Assist in creating technical support documentation
    • Assist in purchase order creation and supplier sourcing
    • Assist in training new support technicians
    • Assist in Daily Helpdesk Reports, which include Cisco IDS, Sophos Anti-Virus and Sever Room Status Check
    • Assist in system image creation, management of image inventory
    • Assist in printer management
    • Assist in hardware, software, user account audit

  • Optical Lab Technician

    Coastal Contacts

    April 2010 - November 2010

    duties include picking, blocking, assembling and QA glasses. Worked in a busy team environment where attention to details are needed. Had a chance to help out in IT Helpdesk and worked on video projects in Marketing for a few months.

  • 3D Animator / Game Designer

    Sunshower Games

    January 2010 - May 2010

    Worked part time in a start-up company. Duties included create 3D art assets, participated in game design meetings and performed game testing sessions.

  • Vancouver Winter Olympic Parking Permit Attendant

    Impark

    January 2010 - February 2010

    Working closely with the supervisors, venue manager and the police to help provide the best customer service experience possible. Need to react to various situations and fast changing environment as world's media professionals gather to work at Main Media Center.

  • Mentor

    SFU Surrey Techbytes

    September 2009 - November 2009

    hosting workshops and mentoring students with Maya, Final Cut Pro, Premiere and Afterefects.

  • Sale Support & Stock

    Banana Republic

    May 2008 - May 2009

    responsible for standard check, assisting sell associates and inventory control

  • Character Animator

    SFU Surrey Research Lab

    February 2008 - April 2008

    responsible for key framing characters. The outcome of this project is to create ten different animation scenarios in Maya with different personalities.

Education
  • Online Workshops

    Animawarriors

    2020 - 2020
  • creature animation workshop one

    iAnimate

    2015 - 2015
  • Expert Workshop

    AnimSquad

    2014 - 2014
  • Diploma with Honours in 3D Character Animation

    Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (Vanarts)

    2012 - 2013