Sven Assmuss

Work History

• Freelance/Remote - Senior Animator

  Various

  January 2018 - June 2018
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  Animator

  Wētā FX

  July 2014 - July 2017
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  Wētā FX

  ? - March 2017

  
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  Animator

  Wētā FX

  July 2014 - November 2014

  Wellington , New Zealand

  "Spectral"
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  "Independence Day 2"
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  "BFG"
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  "Jungle Book"
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  "Furious 7"
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  "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies"
  
  

  

  
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  Animator

  Animal Logic

  July 2013 - November 2013

  Sydney, Australia

  The LEGO movie.

  
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  Animator

  Framestore

  January 2012 - December 2012

  London, United Kingdom

  - Character animation on Alfonso Cuarón's "Gravity".
  
  Responsible for 50 consecutive seconds of an emotion driven action scene of a key sequence of the movie.
  Pure keyframe animation of realistic human body animation in space.
  
  - Creature animation on "47 Ronin".
  I worked on a quadruped creature similar to a massive bull and a snakelike mythical Dragon.
  
  - Pitch on "Edge of tomorrow"
  
  - Previz animation on Disney's "Maleficent" in collaboration with The Third Floor.
  
  https://www.thethirdfloorinc.com/

  

  
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  Lead Animator

  Ambience Entertainment

  November 2011 - January 2012

  Sydney, Australia

  Lead Animator/Senior Animator for the tv series "Figaro Pho". As a Lead Animator I was responsible for a team of 4 Animators by providing animation advice and ensuring a productive and efficient level of communication between Animators and Animation Director, Production, Rigging department and pipeline TD.
  Quota - 26 seconds of finished animation per week per person including myself as a Senior Animator.
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  Character Animator-Motion Editor

  Dr. D Studios

  July 2011 - October 2011

  Sydney, Australia

  -Creating appealing and believable performances from existing mocap motion for Happy feet 2.
  -Using keyframe Character Animation to add to and enhance the performance.
  -Creative direction of the bulk edit team.

  

• Freelance Character Animator London UK

  Partizan Lab | SpectreVFX | Triangle Post | The Ho

  July 2009 - November 2009

  www.partizanlab.com
  www.trianglepost.co.uk
  www.thehouseofcurves.com
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  Animator/3D-Generalist

  Smoke & Mirrors

  July 2008 - July 2009

  • Clients included Coca-Cola, Phillips andChevrolet.
  • In this role I worked on Creature Animation,Lip-Synch and Facial Animation through the technique of projection on live-action footage.
  • I was also in charge of overseeing a small team of animators.

• Animator/3D-Generalist

  Glowfrog Studio’s London, UK

  July 2007 - June 2008

  • I was brought into Glowfrog Studios to take an existing rough concept for a short film called “Stan and Jerry”, and bring it to life
  almost entirely by myself.
  
  www.stanandjerry.com

• Tutor (part-time)

  The Games Academy Berlin, Germany.

  July 2005 - May 2007

  • Subjects taught included Maya Modelling, Animation and Rigging.

• Animator/3D-Generalist

  Jamba Gmbh Berlin, Germany.

  March 2005 - November 2006

• Character Animator

  4K-Animation Berlin, Germany.

  August 2006 - September 2006

  • Animating for the children’s television series “Croccoloco”.
  
  www.4k-animation.com/croccoloco.shtm#

• Animator/3D-Generalist

  Rotobee Berlin, Germany.

  May 2003 - February 2005

  • Animating for the gaming title “Singles”.

• 3D Generalist - Animator

  Radon Labs

  May 2001 - July 2002