Si Tran

Work History

• Freelance Animator

  Nectar Game Studios

  November 2013 - April 2017

  Providing gameplay animation for biped, quadruped and creatures
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  Contract Animator

  2K Games

  November 2013 - November 2015

  Gameplay animation for unannounced game title
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  Contract Animator

  Crystal Dynamics

  August 2012 - December 2012

  AAA next gen video game title: Tomb Raider 2013
  - Cinematic animation
  - Characters' animation (mocap and handkey)
  - Animation/game integration process (Crystal Dynamics proprietary tools)

• Character Animator / Video Editor

  Vie Entertainment

  May 2010 - October 2011

  Online social game:
  - Characters' animation (mocap and handkey)
  - Animation/game integration process (Big World tools)
  - Promo videos edit with gameplay capture and UI layout
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  Character Animator

  Electronic Arts

  2002 - 2010

  AAA next gen video game titles:
  Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers • Return Of the King • The Third Age • The White Council • Godfather • Godfather2 • Dante's Inferno • The Simpsons (DS)
  
  - Cinematic animation
  - Characters' animation
  - Mocap/Pcap animation clean up
  - Mocap pre-pro and post pro process
  - Previs layout/animatics videos
  - Animation/game integration process

• Character Animator

  Ronin Entertainment

  2000 - 2001

  • Bruce Lee/Enter The Dragon

• Character Animator

  Manex Entertainment

  1999 - 2000

  • Bless The Child
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  Character Animator

  Industrial Light & Magic

  1997 - 1999

  • Star Wars: Episode 1
  • The Mummy
  • Small Soldiers
  • Jack Frost

• Senior Animator

  Will Vinton Productions

  1987 - 1997

  ABC, CBS Claymation and stop-motion projects such as:
  
  - Emmy Award winning A Claymation Christmas Celebration (1987)
  - Meet The Raisin (CBS/Emmy Nominee , LA Animation Celebration, 1988/1st place winner)
  - Moonwalker (Michael Jackson – Speed Demon music video Clay Animation sequence, 1988)
  - Claymation Comedy of Horrors Show (CBS TV Special, 1991)
  - Corn and Potato (Smithsonian Institute exhibit)
  - Home Improvement ( ABC Thanksgiving Special, 1997 )
  
  plus 31 other projects which consist of TV animated shorts and commercials

• Contract Principal Animator

  Morgan Interactive

  1993 - 1994

  - Performing cel animation for 2D educational video game