Amila Puhala

Amila Puhala

Experienced Senior Animator

Senior Animator / 20 yrs

Burbank, CA

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senior animator

Ferdinand (2017)

senior animator

Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)

Animator

Overwatch (2016)

Character Animator

The Peanuts Movie (2015)

Animator

Rio 2 (2014)

senior animator

Epic (2013)

Animator

Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)

senior animator

Rio (2011)

Animator

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

Character Animator

Horton Hears a Who! (2008)

Character Animator

Surviving Sid (2008)

Pixar Productions

Ratatouille (2007)

Character Animation

The Ant Bully (2006)
Amila Puhala Demo 2018
Blue sky animation reel
Experienced Senior Animator with a demonstrated history of working in the animation industry on big budget films, TV shows, and rides. Character lead on multiple films who helped to maintain animation style and look for many characters both before and during production. Experience working with upstream and downstream departments in pre-production and production. Skilled in Maya, Computer Animation, Feature Films, TV. Strong arts and design professional with a BS focused in media arts and animation from the Art Institute of Portland.
Work History

  • animator

    Blizzard Entertainment

    February 2022 - February 2024
    remote

  • Animator

    Blizzard Entertainment

    June 2021 - December 2021
    remote

  • Animator

    Blizzard Entertainment

    October 2020 - June 2021

  • Animator

    Blizzard Entertainment

    March 2020 - September 2020

  • animator

    Blizzard Entertainment

    October 2018 - January 2020
    Irvine, California, US

  • Character Animator

    Puhala Animation

    April 2018 - October 2018
    Connecticut

  • Character Animator

    Blizzard Entertainment

    April 2018 - October 2018

    animator for overwatch

  • Character Animator

    Little Zoo Studio

    March 2018 - April 2018

  • Senior Animator

    Puhala Animation

    September 2017 - March 2018

    freelance character animator

  • Animator

    slngshot productions

    September 2017 - March 2018

  • senior animator

    Blue Sky Studios

    June 2007 - September 2017

    senior animator on Ferdinand (pre-produciton and production...character co-lead for Young Ferdinand and the horses)
    animator on "Ice Age: Collision Course (animated just one shot while working on pre-production for Ferdinand)
    animator on "Peanuts" (for a few shots before moving on to pre-produciton on Ferdinand) Was a character co-lead on Marcie)
    senior animator on "Rio2" (character co-lead on Jewel)
    senior animator on "Epic" (character co-lead on Mary-Katherine)
    senior animator on "Ice Age:Continental Drift" (Character co-lead on Peaches)
    senior animator on "Rio" (character co-lead on Jewel)
    Animator on "Ice Age:Dawn of the Dinosaurs"
    Animator on "Horton Hears a Who"

  • character animator

    Pixar

    June 2006 - March 2007

    animator on Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage

  • Hero character animator

    DNA Productions

    July 2004 - May 2006

    Hero character animator for the feature film, the ant bully. I was also a character animator for the tv series, the adventures of Jimmy Neutron; Boy Genius.

  • animation intern

    Happy Hour Entertainment

    November 2002 - November 2002

    animated commercials as well as an in house short.

  • Animator

    Blizzard Entertainment

    January 0120 - September 0120
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Education

  • BS in media arts and animation

    The Art Institute of Portland

    2000 - 2004