Igor Choromanski

Igor Choromanski

Emmy Nominated Character Animator, 3DGeneralist & Programmer

Senior Animator, Generalist / 28 yrs

Orange County, CA USA

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Character Animator / 3D Generalist

Ra.One (2011)

Sr.Character Animator

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)

Animator

'nstaCharge (2009)

Sr.Character Animator

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

Character Animator / 3D Generalist

History Channel: Civil War - Secret Missions (2008)

Animator

LittleBigPlanet (2008)

CG Animator

Kappa Mikey (2006)

CG Artist

Engineering an Empire (2005)

CG Artist

Megastructures (2004)

Programmer Analyst

Talk-On

Almost 20 years of experience in character animation for commercials, films and games.

I've worked on a wide range of projects including major Hollywood films, global brand commercials and mobile games.

I've directed and animated award winning short films and designed and programmed mobile games.
Work History

  • Programmer Analyst

    Institute for Creative Technologies at USC

    October 2015 - Present

  • Lead 3D Interactive Developer

    3DExcite

    January 2017 - December 2019
    Los Angeles, CA / Santa Fe, NM

    Department Lead, Game Engine / Application Developer.
    Unity, Unreal, Three.js, C#, C++.

    Responsible for the development of 3D, AR, VR, XR, WebGL and other applications for desktop, mobile (Android/iOS) and web.

    Clients: General Motors, Honda, New Balance, etc.

  • Engineering Architect

    3DExcite

    December 2019 - January 2022
    Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

    Software architect and developer of real-time 3D visualization frameworks, solutions and components for internet browsers. In depth R&D on topics of WebGL product visualizers/configurators and 2D/3D asset pipelines.

  • R&D Software Engineering Senior Manager

    3DExcite

    February 2022 - Present
    Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

    Software engineer and subject matter expert in WebGL. Enterprise platform and 3rd party environment solutions.

  • Character Animator / 3D Generalist

    IKARIA

    November 1996 - September 2015

    Roles: CG Supervisor, Character Animator, 3D Generalist, Modeler, Lighter, Technical Director, Rigger, Programmer

    Studios: Digital Kitchen, Wicked Pixels, Vitamin, Mechanism Digital, 30 Second Street, Animation Collective, Flam-Doodle Animation, Studio Macbeth, Hornet, Eyeball NYC, Nike, Silicon Beach

    Projects: Nike, Ford, Kellogg's, Bayer, US Air Force, Children's Museum of New Mexico, Dean Foods, PBS, Taos Talking Pictures, Adidas, TLC, TNT, History Channel, HBO, Cinemax, National Geographic, Top Junior

    Films: Ra.One ('11), 'nstaCharge ('09)

  • Creative / Developer — Original Content

    IKARIA

    January 2002 - May 2015

    Developer, Producer:
    'nstaCharge, iOS + Android Game, 2015

    Writer, Director, Producer:
    'nstaCharge, 2009, animated short (25+ festivals, 8 awards)
    Taos Talking Pictures, festival trailer, 2002 & 2003

  • Sr.Character Animator

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    February 2009 - February 2010
    Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

    Feature Films:
    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
    Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

  • 3D Generalist / Character Animator

    Digital Kitchen

    April 2007 - July 2008
    Greater Chicago Area

    Roles: Lead Character Animator, 3D Lead, 3D Generalist

    Projects: The Company; TNT, Sundance 2008, Quickrete, Jeep, Dick's Sporting Goods, Target

  • Assistant Professor

    College of Santa Fe

    January 2000 - May 2003

    Taught undergraduate courses in 3D Animation and Interactive Media.
    Supervised individual and group directed study projects.

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Education

  • Animation Mentor

    2005 - 2006

  • Boston University

    1988 - 1993