Larry Bafia

Work History

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  Senior Lecturer, Masters of Digital Media program

  Centre For Digital Media

  January 2010 - Present

  Teaching "Projects 1" and animation electives. Faculty Adviser for Student/Industry projects

• Animator

  My Computer

  August 2008 - Present

  Freelance Animation Director for film, television and games
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  member

  Visual Effects Society

  2008 - Present
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  Board member

  SPARK CG

  2011 - 2014

  Vancouver BC

  Vice President for a non-profit society that promotes and celebrates the animation, visual effects, games and digital media community
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  VP Faculty & Business Development

  VanArts

  June 2009 - September 2010

• Chair, SPARK Animation

  Spark

  May 2008 - September 2010
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  Department Head of Animation & Visual Effects

  Vancouver Film School

  September 2003 - August 2008

  
  Managed Faculty and Curriculum for Classical Animation, Digital Character Animation and the 3D Animation and Visual Effects Programs. 200+ students per year
  
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  Commercial Director

  DreamWorks Animation

  1996 - 2002
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  Animation Director (commercials and effects)

  DreamWorks Animation

  1995 - 2002

• Senior Animator

  Warner Bros. "Stickman Productions"

  May 1995 - December 1995

  
  Senior animator for the stop motion unit on Tim Burton's "Mars Attacks".
  

• Volunteer

  Creative Music Guild

  1990 - 1995
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  Master Animator

  Will Vinton Studios

  1987 - 1994