Maite Garcia

Maite Garcia

Character Animator

Senior Animator / 21 yrs

Ottawa, Canada

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Work History
  • Animation Supervisor

    Atomic Cartoons

    September 2023 - December 2024

    Supervised an overseas team and a small inhouse team on upcoming Mermicorno (tokidoki production)

  • Animation Director

    Atomic Cartoons

    May 2022 - September 2023

    Lead a team of animators/fx/ and comp artists on the Atomic side for Nelvana/Nickelodeon Zokie of Planet Ruby

  • Director

    Atomic Cartoons

    November 2021 - April 2022

    Directed 10 YouTube shorts for a Rick & Morty prequel - Vindicators 2

  • Assistant Director

    Atomic Cartoons

    September 2020 - November 2021

    Worked close to the series Director on Apple’s Pinecone & Pony based on the book The Princes and the Pony by Kate Beaton

  • Animation Supervisor

    Atomic Cartoons

    November 2018 - July 2020
    Vancouver, Canada

    Supervised an animation team on Last Kids on Earth

  • Animation Supervisor

    DHX Media

    July 2017 - October 2018
    Vancouver, Canada

    Supervised a team of overseas animators and a small team inhouse for Netflix- Carmen SanDiego

  • Animation Supervisor

    DHX Media

    August 2016 - July 2017
    Vancouver, Canada

    Lead a team of harmony animators for My Little Pony The Movie

  • Character Animator

    Big Jump Productions

    February 2016 - August 2016

    Animator for Camp WWE

  • Character Animator

    Pip Animation

    January 2012 - January 2016

    Character Animator for Doki, Tom & Jerry, Freak vs Sweet and TV Feature Pirate's Passage

  • Freelance Animator

    Atomic Cartoons

    September 2014 - December 2014

    Animator on Pirate Express and promo for Mighty Herc

  • Animation Revisions

    Big Jump Productions

    March 2012 - October 2012
  • Animator

    Modus FX

    October 2011 - December 2011

    Character Animator on film The legend of sarila

  • Animator

    PiP Animation Services

    August 2005 - June 2011

    Flash animator for several television series : Caillou, Carl Squared (Seasons I-IV), The Secret World of OG, Cyberchase (Seasons VI-VIII), Bob and Doug, Cat in The Hat

  • Animator/Assembly/Revisionist

    Big Jump Productions

    July 2009 - October 2009

    Worked on the television series The Secret World of Benjamin Bear doing animation revisions on other animator’s scenes by making changes given by the director.
    Assisted the assembly team put together and prepare scenes for the animators.

  • Computer Programming Tutor

    Algonquin College

    May 2002 - August 2005

    Instructed an average of 20 students each academic term at all different levels on a one- to- one basis and helped them understand and apply various programming languages.

Education
  • Diploma in Character Animation

    Animation Mentor

    2009 - 2010
  • Diploma in Traditional Animation

    Algonquin College

    2003 - 2005
  • Diploma in Computer Programming

    Algonquin College

    2001 - 2003