María Lodeiro

Work History

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  Character Rigging and Developer

  Lightbox Animation Studios

  May 2022 - Present
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  Character Rigging and Developer

  Studio Nowake

  September 2017 - Present

  Working as Rigger and developer on "Nowake Rigging Tools"

• Rigging/Tech Set-Up, Tools and Character FX

  Freelance

  November 2009 - Present
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  Rigging Supervisor

  B-Water Animation Studios

  September 2023 - March 2024

  Working as Set-Up & Rigging Supervisor on "Kayara" Film
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  Character Rigging Mentor

  ANIMUM Creativity Advanced School

  October 2023 - January 2024
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  Character Rigging

  Hexworks

  April 2022 - September 2023
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  Character Rigging

  Leo Sanchez Studio

  February 2022 - August 2022
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  Character Rigging

  Koru Media Labs

  September 2021 - March 2022

  Working as rigger in unreal - control rig
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  Facial Rigging Lead

  B-Water Animation Studios

  December 2020 - August 2021
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  Character Rigging and Developer

  Lightbox Animation Studios

  August 2020 - March 2021

  Working as Rigger and developer "Tadeo Jones 3, La tabla esmeralda"
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  Character Rigging

  B-Water Animation Studios

  September 2020 - December 2020

  Character Rigger for the teaser "Johnny Sinclair" - TV Serie
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  Rigging Lead Consultant

  Skydance

  August 2020 - December 2020

  Working as Rigging Lead on "Spellbound" Film
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  Rigging Supervisor

  Skydance

  April 2020 - August 2020

  Working as Set-Up & Rigging Supervisor on "Dragon Keeper" Film
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  Rigging Supervisor

  Ilion Animation Studios

  June 2019 - April 2020

  Working as Set-Up & Rigging Supervisor on "Dragon Keeper" Film
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  Character Rigging Supervisor

  B-Water Animation Studios

  March 2019 - October 2019
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  Facial Rigging Lead as Freelance

  B-Water Animation Studios

  May 2018 - October 2019

  Madrid y alrededores, España
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  Character Rigging - "Fairy Tale Forest" TV move

  Genoma Animation

  March 2019 - July 2019
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  Facial Rigging Developer (Studio Nowake)

  Dwarf Animation Studio

  December 2018 - June 2019

  Facial Rigging Developer serie “Trash Truck” (Dwarf Animation and Netflix)
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  Maya Programming Instructor

  Lightbox Academy

  October 2018 - May 2019

  Madrid y alrededores, España
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  Facial Rigging Lead (Studio Nowake) - "Wish Dragon" Film

  Base FX

  September 2017 - November 2018

  Madrid y alrededores, España
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  Character Rigging - "Three Robots" shortfilm

  Blow Studio

  March 2018 - June 2018
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  Senior Set Up & Rigging Artist

  Ilion Animation Studios

  September 2014 - May 2016

  Madrid y alrededores, España
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  Senior Software Developer

  Ilion Animation Studios

  May 2012 - November 2014

  Madrid
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  Owner

  Irreal Studio

  March 2010 - January 2012

  “Glumpers” Animation TV serie for Motion Pictures
  - Rigging and skinning of props.
  “Rascayú” Animation TV serie for Otiiplanet
  - Technical Director Lead.
  - Pipeline developer.
  - Automatic creation of planes for Layout.
  - Internal/external departments coordination.
  “Brujerías” Film for Continental Animación
  - Tool development – Automatic creation of planes for Layout (Mel Scripting).
  - Automatic creation of planes for Layout.
  - Internal/external departments coordination.
  “Run With The Wolves” music video for The Prodigy – Dailymotion competition. Irreal Studio
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  Lead Technical Director / Setup Supervisor

  Dygra Films

  June 2006 - November 2009

  Working as Lead Technical Director and Setup Supervisor in the "Holy Night!" Film:
  - Modular Autorig development for bipeds and quadrupeds characters.
  - Modular rigging development for props.
  - Lead Facial and Character UI developer (Mel Scripting, C++, OpenGL)
  - Lead Pipeline developer.
  - Internal/External Departments Coordination.
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  Lead Tecnical Director / Setup Supervisor

  Dygra Films

  July 2005 - September 2007

  A Coruña, Galicia, España

  Working as Lead Tecnical Director and Setup Supervisor on "Spirit of the Forest" Film:
  - Character rigging / skinning.
  - Props rigging.
  - Facial and Character UI Research and Development.
  - Mel scripting (Tools for: render, lighting and setup departments)
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  Technical Director Lead

  Dygra Films

  July 2005 - July 2005

  A Coruña

  Working as Technical Director on "El Retorno de la Ley" Short Film.
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  Character TD

  Dygra Films

  June 2005 - June 2005

  A Coruña

  Working as Character TD on "Páxinas Galegas" TV Commercial:
  - Character rigging / skinning.
  - Mel Scripting (Character UI Development).
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  Character TD

  Dygra Films

  March 2004 - May 2005

  A Coruña

  Working as Character TD on "Midsummer Night's Dream" Film:
  - Character rigging / skinning.
  - Props rigging.
  - Mel scripting (Character UI Development, render tools).

• Analyst Programmer

  Sistemas Informáticos Sectoriales de Vigo S.L.

  April 2000 - January 2003

  Vigo y alrededores, España