jeremy stewart

Work History

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  Sr Animator

  Industrial Light & Magic

  October 2024 - March 2025

  Vancouver, Canada
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  Senior Animator

  Steamroller Animation

  June 2024 - October 2024

  creature and character animation. Animated Feature, Project TBA
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  Senior Animator

  Zoic Studios Vancouver

  May 2024 - June 2024

  creature animation, horses, project TBA
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  Animation Supervisor

  Waterproof Studios

  June 2023 - April 2024
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  cofounder, Creative Director and Animation Supervisor

  Animism Studios

  June 2018 - May 2023

  Vancouver, Canada

  Creative Director and Animation Supervisor
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  Animator Supervisor

  Double Negative

  October 2015 - June 2018

  Vancouver, Canada

  Ant-Man and the Wasp, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Annihilation, Start Trek:Beyond.

• Guest Speaker

  Dynamic Anatomy

  September 2015 - September 2017

  Giving lectures and interviews on animation and animation related subjects. Some of the topics I have discussed include, body language, performance, anatomy, and the animation industry.

• 3d Animation Instructor

  SchoolCreative - Institute of the Arts

  March 2016 - March 2017

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Teaching 3D animation using Maya.The course and lesson plan I developed introduces classical animation students to 3D animation. It is an informative an engaging course with weekly assignments. As instructor my responsibilities include, creating lesson plans, lecturing, grading assignments, and mentoring students.
  
  

• Side Kick, independent short film

  May 2016 - September 2016

  Recruited the VFX team who created the "Assassination Robot" sequence. Supervised the Animation, and provided on-set and post production VFX consultation.
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  Senior, Lead, and Supervising Animator

  Image Engine

  September 2010 - October 2015

  The variety of projects in both scale and style has allowed me to take on a number of roles at Image Engine. Some of my responsibilities are; Animating creatures, characters and vehicles, Leading/Supervising teams of up to 20 animators. Helping animators solve artistic and technical problems, Working with the other departments to develop animation rigs and to improve the pipeline, Bidding for shows.
  
  Credits include:
  
  Jurassic World, Teen Age Mutant Ninja Turtles, Chappie, R.I.P.D., Battleship, The Thing.
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  Senior, Lead, and Supervising Animator

  Image Engine

  September 2010 - October 2015

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  The variety of projects in both scale and style has allowed me to take on a number of roles at Image Engine. Some of my responsibilities are; Animating creatures, characters and vehicles, Leading/Supervising teams of up to 20 animators. Helping animators solve artistic and technical problems, Working with the other departments to develop animation rigs and to improve the pipeline, Bidding for shows.
  
  Credits include:
  
  Jurassic World, Teen Age Mutant Ninja Turtles, Chappie, R.I.P.D., Battleship, The Thing.

  

  

  

  

  

• Director/Creator

  Laundry Day, Short Film

  May 2013 - November 2013

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  I Directed, Produced, and Animated "Laundry Day", an independent short film that blends live action with stop-motion animation. Laundry Day played in numerous festivals world wide and won two awards. Including Gold at WorldFest-Houston which is the 3rd longest-running International Film Festival in North America.
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  Mentor

  Vancouver Animation School

  2011 - 2012

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Hosted several video lectures discussing the principles of animation.
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  Senior Animator

  Prime Focus World

  January 2010 - August 2010

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Character Animation for Feature Film

• Volunteer

  seaChoice

  December 2009 - May 2010

  Created short animations to illustrate the environmental impacts of various fishing methods. As well as animating, modeling, and rendering. I also had to recruit additional volunteers, and direct their artistic contributions.
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  Character Animator

  Tippett Studio

  March 2009 - December 2009

  San Francisco Bay Area

  Cats & Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore. Feature film, Character Animation
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  Senior Animator / Artist

  Frantic Films

  March 2008 - April 2009

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Creating Animation and VFX for live action Feature films and CG game cinematic's. My responsibilities have included; Animation of Creatures Characters and Vehicles. Pre vis animation and basic modeling, Match move animation and assisting with the construction of animation rig's.
  Credits include: Twilight: Eclipse, X-men Origins: Wolverine, GI Joe: Rise of cobra, Dragon Ball Evolution.
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  Senior Animator (freelance)

  Technicolor

  September 2008 - October 2008

  character animation for feature film (The New Daughter)
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  Animator

  Goldtooth Creative

  July 2008 - August 2008

  Need For Speed Undercover - CG for Trailers & Commercial
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  Animator

  CafeFX

  December 2007 - February 2008

  Animating race sequences for the feature film "Speed Racer"

  
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  Freelance Animator

  Global Mechanic

  July 2007 - October 2007

  Senior animator. Responsible for animation, Pre-vis, rigging modeling, and concept development.

• Character Animator, Freelance

  Race Rocks Digital

  July 2007 - September 2007

  Responsible for creating sequences of animation for Disney's 101 Dalmatians CD ROM computer game.
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  Animator

  Animal Logic

  July 2006 - September 2006

  Happy Feet (feature film nov 2006) resposible for facial animation, lip sync, and key frame animation, on mocapped characters.

  
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  CGI animator, artist

  Rising Sun Pictures

  July 2005 - July 2006

  Resposible for Character animation, shot tracking, scene setup, and previs animation.

• Freelance 3D artist

  Channel 7 Australia

  May 2005 - August 2005

  I have done several freelance jobs for Channel 7, creating short promos and channel ID's.

• Modeler (blend shapes)

  The Lab, Sydney

  May 2005 - July 2005

  Happily Never After (feature film) Responsible for modeling Lipsunc/facial expresions rigging and character setup
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  Lead/ Character Animator

  Mainframe Entertainment

  April 2004 - February 2005

  Stuart little 3, Barbie of Farytopia (DVD specials) Resposible for character animatoin and ensuring junior animators met their quota and delivered quality work on time.
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  Animator

  Artifex Studios

  November 2003 - March 2004

  Gargoyle (feature film) Responsible for realistic Creature animation, and camera tracking.

• Character Animator

  Absolute Studios

  September 2002 - September 2003

  The Blobheads TV series, season 1. resopsible for 3D Character animation, composited onto live action

• CG artist

  Newline cinema

  July 2002 - September 2002

  Freddy vs. Jason, resposible for prevising VFX shots working closely with the VFX producers and supervisers
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  Character Animator

  Bardel Entertainment

  March 2002 - May 2002

  Winne the Pooh (Disney CD ROM) responsible for Character animation
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  Animator

  Sextant Entertainment

  June 2000 - August 2001

  character animator, for the T.V. series "Arrggh its the Mr. Hell Show" and "Don't eat the Neighbours"