Mauro Giacomazzo

Work History

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  Creature Supervisor

  Industrial Light & Magic

  October 2017 - Present

  London, United Kingdom
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  Lead Creature TD

  Industrial Light & Magic

  August 2016 - Present

  London, United Kingdom
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  Senior Creature TD

  Industrial Light & Magic

  March 2016 - August 2016

  London, United Kingdom
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  Character TD

  DreamWorks Animation

  November 2012 - March 2015

  los angeles, california

  Character TD on:
  - Trolls
  - Kung Fu Panda 3
  - Home

  
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  Rigger

  Framestore

  July 2009 - September 2012

  London

  
  - Gravity: characters and props
  - Wrath of the Titans: body deformation
  - Sherlock Holmes 2: characters and props rigs.
  - War Horse: Joey, horse puppet, body, face deformation and system. Animation tools.
  - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I: Dobby and Kreacher body and neck deformation, developing deformation system.
  VES award for Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture.
  - Clash of the Titans: Medusa hair, snakes puppet and deformation. Animation tools.
  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Technical Animator and Scripter

  Eurocom

  June 2008 - July 2009

  
  build, evolve and maintain all technical aspects of the in-house Maya production pipeline. Developing new and intuitive tools whilst supporting current ones.
  
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  Rigger

  Axis Animation

  April 2008 - May 2008

  
  - Motor Storm 2: characters and vehicles rig and deformation.
  - Kill Zone 2: characters deformation.
  - Flesh Point 2: characters body and face rig and deformation.
  
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  Character TD

  Glasgow Animation

  January 2007 - April 2008

  
  - Sir Billi the Vet: puppet, body, facial deformation and system.
  - T-Babe project for E!Entertainment: puppet, body, facial deformation and system.
  - Rigging, Skinning, Dynamics and Cloth simulations using syflex and nCloth.
  MEL Python scripting. Maya plug in using Python and C++ Api.