Maria Avramova

Maria Avramova

Character animator, storyboard artist and director with love

Senior Character Animator / 21 yrs

Sofia, Bulgaria

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Animation Supervisor

Management (2009)

I have worked in the industry for 20 years participating on different ends of the production - from storyboarding and animation to directing, supervising and screenwriting.
I have worked on multiple VFX projects with triple A quality for brands like Sony, McDonald, Claes Ohlson, Ericsson etc, as well as feature films.
Because of my knowledge of different parts of the production I consider myself to good at taking notes, apply them quickly and be a good team player, which I think is crucial to a production.
Work History
  • Director/Writer/Animator

    Atem Entertainment

    June 2004 - Present
    Stockholm, Sweden

    Co-Founder of Atem Entertainment. In our boutique studio we design, develop and create IP´s. My role stretches from coming up with ideas to designing and developing them to final product. In the process I collaborate with other studios and creatives as well as contribute with my expertise to others projects.

  • Senior Character Animator

    Brokendoll

    September 2023 - October 2023
    Stockholm County, Sweden · Remote

    Animating a trailer for a game

  • Storyboard Artist

    Atem Entertainment

    January 2022 - November 2022
    Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

    Storyboarding and animatic of the short It wasn´t me.

  • Script Writer

    Atem Entertainment

    April 2022 - September 2022
    Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

    Developing the short film It wasn´t me and the feature film Monster´s trail

  • Senior Character Animator

    Swiss International

    January 2021 - April 2022
    Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

    Senior Character Animator for ads for Coop Norway, ATG, Magenta, Nothing among all

  • Senior VFX Character Animator

    Swiss International

    August 2019 - February 2020
    Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

    I worked on a several Ads for Anyfin, V75, Lego and Eurocard creating high-end character animation. It was dining dolphin, talking horses, salsa dancing dragon and flying hippos on the menu

  • Senior VFX Character Animator

    Dupp film

    September 2019 - September 2019
    Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

    I animated the 3D part with the girl and the alien of the High-end commercial for Ericsson

  • Senior Character Animator

    Swiss International

    December 2018 - December 2018
    Stockholm, Sweden

    A senior character artist for a Clas Ohlson´s Christmas ad.

  • Senior Character Animator

    Dupp film

    November 2018 - December 2018
    Stockholm, Sweden

    Character animation for Marabou Christmas ad

  • Director/Writer/Story artist/Animator

    Atem Entertainment

    January 2018 - September 2018
    Stockholm, Sweden

    Developed and produced the animated TV-show Space Yoghurt. I was also a part of the creative team as a storyboard artist, animator and character designer.

  • 3D Character Animator

    Swiss International

    August 2016 - September 2016
    Stockholm, Sweden

    VFX character animation on a couple of commercial spots.

  • Screenwriter/Character designer

    Snowcloud Films AB/Atem Entertainmen

    May 2016 - September 2016
    Stockholm, Sweden

    Working on the development of a 3D animated feature film, optioned by Snowcloud Films.

  • Animator

    King

    November 2015 - December 2015
    Stockholm, Sweden

    Contracted to help develop and animate several gametrailers for King´s well known and new games.

  • Character Designer/Animator

    Snowcloud Films AB

    June 2015 - October 2015
    Stockholm, Sweden

    A contracted work for the feature film Siv Sleeps Astray.

  • Screenwriter

    Maipo Film

    January 2015 - February 2015
    Stockholm, Sweden

    Screenwriter for the short animated film "Odd is an egg" based on the book by Lisa Aisato.

  • Writer/Director/Storyboard artist/Animator

    Snowcloud Films AB

    March 2014 - December 2014
    Stockholm, Sweden

    Snowcloud Films produced my 30 minutes animated film. It was a part of Moving Sweden - a co-operation between Swedish Film Institute and Swedish Television. The film had a premier on TV in April 2015 and it premiered on cinemas in Sweden in March 2015.

  • Creative Director

    Forestlight Studio

    June 2010 - October 2012
    Stockholm, Sweden
  • Director

    Forestlight Studio

    November 2009 - April 2010

    Director for Astrid Silverlock´s trailer.

  • Animation Supervisor

    White Shark Film

    January 2009 - July 2009
  • Senior Animator

    White Shark Film

    2007 - 2009
  • Storyboard Artist

    White Shark Film

    July 2007 - August 2007
  • Character Developer, 3D artist

    Story AB

    May 2007 - July 2007

    Development of characters for the 3D documentary Slaves (based on a true story).

  • Animation Teacher

    Blekinge Institute of Technology

    February 2007 - March 2007

    Leading a 3D character animation course.

  • Animation Teacher

    Blekinge Institute of Technology

    September 2006 - November 2006

    Leading a 3D character animation course.

  • Animation Teacher

    Interaktive Akademi, Eksjö

    March 2006 - May 2006

    Leading a 3D character animation course

  • Stop Motion Animator

    Dockhus

    July 2004 - August 2004

    Freelancing animator for the stop motion feature film by Magnus Carlsson "Desmond och Träskpatraskfällan"

  • Animator, Storyboard Artist, 3D artist

    Jaguar Motion Media

    May 2004 - August 2004

    Storyboarding, modeling, character set up, animation for "Chili" – 3D short.

  • Lead Character Animator

    Bland teknik

    June 2003 - September 2003

    Leading the animation team for the production of Walter, short 3D pilot.

  • Animator, storyboard artist, 3D artist

    CBC Effects Heaven

    February 2001 - December 2001

    Storyboard Artist, Modeling, Animator

Education
  • Bachelor's degree in Animation

    Konstfack

    2002 - 2004
  • 3D character animation

    Animation Workshop, Viborg

    2003 - 2003
  • 3D art

    Graphic Studio

    1999 - 2001
  • Architecture, Design and Art

    University of Vänersborg

    1998 - 1999
  • Fine Arts

    College of Fine Arts "Tzanko Lavrenov", Plovdiv

    1986 - 1991