Sei Nakashima

Work History

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  Creative Director

  Mattel

  February 2016 - November 2017

  El Segundo, CA
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  Art Director

  Fuhu, Inc

  February 2014 - February 2016
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  Production Designer

  mass animation

  October 2013 - November 2014

  Santa Monica, CA

• Senior Art Director

  Twistory Studios

  September 2013 - January 2014

  Oversee the entire studio and offices in multiple international locations.
  Responsible for creating original IP with original story, animation and design to be presented to the networks.
  Oversee the print, advertisement, mobile apps and games.

• Art Director / Character Designer

  Bagdasarian Productions

  April 2013 - November 2013

  Monte Cito

  Responsible for Design and look and art direction for "Alvin!!! and Chipmunks" Animated TV series.
  Lead in-house creative direction, pre-production, main character designs and CG assets development prior to the oversea production work begins.
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  Senior Art Director / Senior Character Designer / Visual Development A

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  1995 - 2013

  Lead in building Art/Design Department to become award winning design production.
  Run 200+ artist team as art director on major feature film VFX and animation work.
  Feature film VFX Art Directior : Seventh Son, Alvin and Chipmunks series, etc
  Original Character Design : Alvin and Chipmunks series, Cat in the Hat, Flintstones, etc.
  VFX Design / Supervision: Mummy3, Night at Museum, The chronicles of Narnia, Speed 2, etc
  Icon Creation : Geico 'Gecko', Coca Cola, Xerox, Budweiser, Cox, etc.
  Theme park ride film : Disney Imagineering(Disneyland), Hilton Las Vegas, Caesars Palace
  Wrote and directed the internal original animation series developments as well as client-base film developments.
  Work Samples at https://seinakashima.com