Joscha van Deijk

Work History

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  Storyboard Mentor

  StoryboardArt.org

  January 2023 - Present

• Story Artist

  Joscha van Deijk

  January 2012 - Present

  Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

  Freelance storyboard artist for feature films. Experienced in both live action and animation.
  
  Worked on a number of animated features both 2D and CG including, My Little Pony: A New Generation, Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness and Richard the Stork 2: The Mystery of the Great Jewel.
  
  Storyboard artist on multiple live-action features including A Noble Intention, Weg van Jou & The Resistance Banker.
  
  Also storyboarded numerous commercials, music videos and television productions, and a regular collaborator of Dutch VFX studio Planet X FX.
  
  Clients include: Bidaya Media, Blender Animation Studio, BosBros, Boulder Media, Caramel Pictures, Dell, DrBarefoot, Electric ZOO, Etcetera, Fat Fred, Flickering Wall, Holy Fools, KA-Ching Cartoons, Knudsen Pictures, NL Film, nWave Digital, Piranha Bar, PlanetX FX, Roosenstein, Saatchi & Saatchi | Leo Burnett, Submarine, WeAreWill, Wefilm
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  Visiting Storyboard Lecturer and Tutor

  Netherlands Film Academy

  June 2018 - November 2023

  Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands · On-site

  Lead week-long masterclasses, blending lectures with hands-on drawing exercises.
  Offer storyboard guidance on student projects.
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  Senior Story Artist

  House of Cool Inc.

  August 2022 - March 2023
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  Storyboard Artist

  Bidaya Media

  March 2021 - June 2022

  Storyboard artist on a 2D animated TV series 'The Adventures of Mansour: Age of A.I.'
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  Storyboard Artist

  Planet X

  February 2013 - January 2022

  Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

  Regular collaborator of Planet X, one of the leading visual effects houses in the Netherlands. Worked with them on multiple TV series, leaders and feature films. (Live-Action)
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  Storyboard Artist

  Submarine

  March 2020 - October 2020

  Freelance storyboard artist on preschool animated feature.
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  Storyboard Artist

  Knudsen Pictures GmbH

  June 2020 - July 2020

  Remote storyboard artist on Richard the Stork 2: The Mystery of the Great Jewel
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  Story Artist

  nWave Digital

  June 2019 - December 2019

  Remote story artist on CG feature Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness
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  Story Artist

  Boulder Media

  July 2018 - April 2019

  County Dublin, Ireland

  In-House story artist on My Little Pony: A New Generation. The first CG-animated My Little Pony movie.

• Layout Artist

  Ka-Ching Cartoons

  April 2018 - July 2018

  Freelance layout artist on 2D animated feature film The Test of Time (De Tand des Tijds).

• Story Artist

  Ka-Ching Cartoons

  August 2017 - December 2017

  Storyboard artist on the 2D animated feature film The Test of Time (De Tand des Tijds).

• Storyboard Artist /Co-Director

  Connecting Flights (Animated Short)

  January 2014 - October 2014

  Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

  Storyboarded the animated short Connecting Flights (dir. Arthur Gorissen). As a co-director I was responsible for the communication with the art-department.
  
  Connecting Flights has been picked-up by the Dutch Short Film Selection.
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  Workshop Assistant

  KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival

  November 2011 - November 2011

  Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

  Assisted story artist Daan Jippes during a storyboarding workshop. Storyboarded and pitched a sequence to the audience, that Daan Jippes then embellished and commented on.