Juan Diego Zapata

Work History

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  Animator

  Agora.studio

  August 2023 - February 2025
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  Animator

  Agora Studio

  August 2023 - February 2024
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  Animator

  Little Zoo Studio

  March 2023 - June 2023

  Madrid, Spain
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  3d senior animator

  Agora Studio

  December 2022 - January 2023

  Madrid, Spain
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  Senior Animator

  Little Zoo Studio

  September 2022 - November 2022
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  Animator

  Brazen Animation

  March 2022 - August 2022
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  Animator

  Agora Studio

  January 2022 - March 2022

  Madrid, Spain

  

  

  

• Animator

  Agora

  September 2021 - January 2022
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  Senior Animator

  Agora Studio

  September 2021 - January 2022

  Madrid, Spain
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  Lead Animator (undisclosed animated feature)

  Boulder Media

  February 2019 - February 2021

  County Dublin, Ireland

  
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  Senior Character Animator on Spiderverse

  Sony Pictures Animation

  July 2018 - October 2018

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadá

  Senior Character Animator on Spiderman into the Spiderverse.

  

  
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  Senior Character Animator on SmallFoot

  Sony Pictures Animation

  November 2017 - July 2018

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadá

  Senior Character Animator on Small Foot
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  Senior Character Animator

  Mikros Image

  May 2017 - September 2017

  London, Reino Unido

  
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  Senior Character Animator on Paramount Animation’s "Wonder Park".

  Ilion Animation Studios

  September 2015 - March 2017

  Madrid y alrededores, España

  Wonder Park will be Paramount Animation’s first original animated feature.
  Dylan Brown, former Pixar artist and supervising animator on Ratatouille and Finding Nemo, will direct the film. Its cast will feature the voice talents of Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Garner, Jeffrey Tambor, Kenan Thompson, Ken Jeong, Mila Kunis, John Oliver and Brianna Denski.

  
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  Lead Animator on "Capture the flag"​ ("Atrapa la bandera")

  Light Box Entertainment

  December 2014 - June 2015

  Madrid

  Managing a team of 5-6 animators and quality control of animation on given sequence.
  Interpret and communicate the feedback of the director and his vision to the team.
  Work from the storyboard/animatic to create feature level, key-framed animation of complex shots.

  
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  Senior Character Animator

  Light Box Entertainment

  September 2014 - November 2014

  Madrid Area, Spain
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  3D Senior Animator for i-Phone Game projects

  Gameloft

  September 2010 - September 2014

  Madrid Area, Spain

  Keyframe in-game and cut-scenes animations and character set-up.
  Supervision and mentorship of junior animators.
  Documentation creation, tasks planning, etc..
  Projects:
  -Asphalt Overdrive.
  -Despicable Me 2: Minion Rush.
  -Blitz Brigade.
  -Modern Combat 5.
  -Gameloft Live.
  -Real Football 2013.
  -Ice Age Village.
  -Littlest Pet Shop.

  
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  Instructor.

  U-tad

  October 2012 - June 2013

  Software: Autodesk Maya 2013.
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  Autodesk Certified Instructor.

  CICE, S.A.

  October 2002 - July 2011

  3D Animation Instructor. SOFTWARE:
  3DS Max 2011.
  Photoshop CS 5
  Premiere Pro CS 5
  Nuke 6.1

• Co-founder and Animation Director

  BigTimeWorks

  February 2005 - March 2008

  3D animation for TV, Web, Games.
  
  - Research for potential clients and their needs. Client portfolio management.
  - Organizing small freelance teams. Preproduction, production & post production supervision.
  - Delivering projects on time while respecting the allocated budget.

• Freelance Senior Animator

  Revistronic

  March 1997 - March 2003

  Character animation for the games:
  -Grouch.
  -Toyland Racing
  -Fenimore Fillmore.