Michael Lim

Work History

• Committee Member

  Singapore film society

  April 2015 - Present

  Programming Manager

• Member Board of Directors

  Singapore International Film Festival

  December 2012 - Present

• Founder

  Singapore VFX and Animation Group

  May 2010 - Present

  Build up a community of international professionals in the cgi world based in Singapore and overseas people interested in the community and industry here on Facebook and LinkedIn.

• Filmmaker

  Freelance

  September 1997 - Present

  Self taught filmmaker since 1988.
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  Intern

  Film Industry

  August 2014 - August 2014

  Two week internship attachment on Scott free feature film production Equals.

• Assistant Director, Animation and Digital Arts

  NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia

  July 2013 - May 2014

• Animation and Digital Arts Program (ANDA) Prod/Academic Coor

  NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia

  September 2012 - June 2013

• VFX Production Coordinator

  Freelance

  2008 - May 2012

  Skilled in VFX Production Coordination on various film and tv projects

• Film Programmer-Animation at SIFF 2011

  Singapore International Film Festival 2011

  2011 - December 2011

  Guest curator for animation category
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  Contracted Project Manager- Panorama 2010

  Autodesk

  July 2010 - December 2010

• Part-Time Student

  CG Protege

  July 2010 - September 2010

  basic matchmoving and rotoscoping

• Personal Projects and Industry Development Activities

  Freelance

  December 2009 - August 2010

  I have been doing some video projects as well as being involved with helping Tedx Singapore. I founded the Singapore Visual Effects and Animation group to help develop a community. Also, I have attended several talks by Pixar during the recent exhibition in Singapore, CG Overdrive 2010 and a webinar on visual effects producing.

• Reviewer/Pre-Selection Committee for Computer Animation Fest

  Siggraph Asia 2010 and 2012

  July 2010 - July 2010

  Reviewed and pre-selected entries for grading for jurors for the Siggraph Asia Computer Animation Festival
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  VFX Coordinator

  Infinite Frameworks

  July 2009 - October 2009

  - Working on 2 episodes of TV Documentary, Future Earth,produced by Darlow Smithson Productions. Broadcast in the US on MSNBC.

• Production Coordinator

  Egg Story Creative Production

  January 2009 - March 2009

  Production coordination on pilot for the chop chop series

• Computer Animation Festival Producer

  Siggraph Asia

  August 2008 - December 2008

  Was responsible along with the CAF committee to oversee the management of the Animation festival to ensure the smooth operational running of it on a day to day basis. Also was responsible for helping to organize the talk on the Making of the Japanese short film, KUDAN, which was awarded the Jury Prize. Was also involved in preliminary organisational work in the beginning stages.
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  VFX Production Coordinator

  Double Negative

  November 2007 - August 2008

  Worked as an editorial assistant on The Green Zone. Previously was on Quantum of Solace aka Bond22 and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
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  VFX Coordinator

  Double Negative

  November 2007 - August 2008

  Production coordination for various film projects
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  Producer/Director

  The Moving Visuals Co.

  March 2007 - May 2007

  Worked on Sony Style for the cable channel AXN Asia

• Senior Curator, Moving Image

  National Film & Sound Archive of Australia

  July 2006 - November 2006

  Was appointed Senior Curator of the National Film and Sound Archive in Australia based in Canberra. Undertook managing a collection team based in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Overseeing entire responsibility of Moving Image National collection which includes collection development, management and distribution.
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  Still archivist-Moulin Rouge Feature Film

  Bazmark Films

  2000 - 2000