Thomas Price

Work History

• 

  Animation Supervisor

  Little Zoo Studio

  February 2023 - January 2025
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  Freelance Remote 3D Animator

  Little Zoo Studio

  October 2019 - July 2024

  Australia

  Animated an array of photorealistic characters for the Elder Scrolls Elsweyr trailer from Bethesda.
  Delivered world class animation on dragons, humans and a cat faced creature within a tight deadline.
  Responsibly self managed time and resources to hit client deliverables within the given timeframe.

• 3D Animator

  Litte Zoo Studio

  February 2022 - July 2022
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  Character Animator

  Little Zoo Studio

  September 2019 - February 2020

  Animated an array of photorealistic characters for the Elder Scrolls Elsweyr trailer from Bethesda.
  Delivered world class animation on Dragons, humans and a cat faced creature within a tight deadline.
  Responsibly self managed time and resources to hit client deliverables within the given timeframe.

• Director/Filmmaker

  The Smile Factory Film

  July 2015 - November 2019

• Director - DP - Filmmaker

  The Smile Factory Film

  November 2006 - October 2019

  Australia
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  Freelance Remote 3D Animator and Previs Artist

  Main Road Post

  March 2018 - 2019

  Australia

  Worked on the Sci-Fi Epic “Goalkeeper Of The Galaxy” as both an Animator and Previs artist.
  I found solutions on a series of large, complicated shots in both camera staging and character animation, while interpreting and connecting with the director’s vision.
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  Animator and Previs artist

  Main Road Post

  January 2018 - June 2018

  Worked on the Sci-Fi Epic “Goalkeeper Of The Galaxy” as both an Animator and Previs artist.
  I found solutions for a series of large, complicated shots in both camera staging and character
  animation, while interpreting and connecting with the director’s vision.
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  Animation Director

  Red Dragon (Beijing) Animation Limited

  January 2017 - June 2017

  Beijing, China

  Animation Director on the animated feature; The Monkey King: A Hero’s Journey To The West
  I was brought on board to help direct and get an extremely complicated and ambitious project
  off the ground. I established animation style and quality benchmarks, while working closely with the Director
  to solidify the tone and feel for the animation of the film.
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  Animation Director

  Red Dragon (Beijing) Animation Limited

  December 2016 - May 2017

  Beijing City, China

  Animation Director on the animated feature; The Monkey King: A Hero’s Journey To The West
  I was brought on board to help direct the animation and get an extremely complicated and ambitious project off the ground. I established animation style and quality benchmarks, while working closely with the Director to solidify the tone and feel for the animation of the film.
• 

  Previs Artist

  Day for Nite

  January 2016 - March 2016

  Gold Coast, Australia

  Worked on site at Village Roadshow Studios in pre-production doing Previsualization for key
  scenes in Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok
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  3D Generalist

  Rising Sun Pictures

  May 2012 - December 2015

  Adelaide, Australia

  As a key part of the talented team at RSP, I animated a substantial amount of complex shots for over 10 projects.
  Including titles such as The Wolverine, XMEN:DOFP, Pan, Seventh Son, God’s of Egypt, Hunger Games MJP1,
  The Water Diviner to name a few. The work on the kitchen scene in XMEN:DOFP was Oscar nominated.
• 

  Senior Animator

  Rising Sun Pictures

  May 2012 - December 2015

  Adelaide, Australia

  As a key part of the talented core team at RSP, I animated a substantial amount of complex shots for over 10 projects.
  Including titles such as The Wolverine, XMEN:DOFP, Pan, Seventh Son, God’s of Egypt, Hunger Games MJP1,
  The Water Diviner to name a few. The work on the kitchen scene in XMEN:DOFP was Oscar nominated.

  
• 

  3D Generalist

  Rising Sun Pictures

  March 2013 - June 2015

  Adelaide, Australia

  Projects I've worked on extensively in this position include: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, XMen: Days of Future Past, ANZAC Girls, The Wolverine, The Seventh Son, I Frankenstein, Shankar's I.

• Visual Effects Supervisor

  The Smile Factory Film

  August 2014 - September 2014

  Adelaide, Australia

  Visual effects supervision over a small team of artists on the "firefly" sequence for the sci-fi feature film Arrowhead, on Netflix.

• Director - DOP - Editor

  The Smile Factory Film

  May 2013 - May 2013

  Adelaide, Australia

  Directed, filmed and edited the MTVu award winning music video with The Decoration for their song "There With You". It's currently being played on MTV Internationally.
• 

  Creature Animator

  Rising Sun Pictures

  November 2012 - March 2013

  Senior creature animator and generalist on feature films, "The Seventh Son" & "The Wolverine".
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  Senior Character Animator

  Oktobor

  July 2012 - November 2012

  Auckland, New Zealand

  Provided massive amounts of Animation on Dreamworks’ Award winning Television shows Kung Fu Panda & Monsters vs Aliens for Nickelodeon. The intense deadlines of over 24 seconds of high quality animation per week demonstrated my ability to work exceptionally fast while maintaining one of the highest standards of quality in Animated Television worldwide.
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  Senior Animator

  Oktobor

  January 2012 - May 2012

  Auckland, New Zealand

  Provided massive amounts of Animation on Dreamworks’ Award winning Television shows
  Kung Fu Panda & Monsters vs Aliens for Nickelodeon. The intense deadlines of over 24 seconds
  of high quality animation per week demonstrated my ability to work exceptionally fast while maintaining
  one of the highest standards of quality in Animated Television worldwide.

• Director - DOP - Visual Effects Artist

  The Smile Factory

  July 2011 - January 2012

  Nanango, Queensland

  The Smile Factory is my business name. Under it’s banner I range from Freelance Animation and Generalist work to VFX Supervising Commercials and Short Films; all the way through to Filming and Editing Wedding Cinematography & Architectural Photography.

• Senior Animator

  Animal Logic Fuel

  January 2011 - December 2011

  I was the single Animator on two noteworthy sequences consisting of 8 shots.
  Two scenes involving an animated Hummingbird interacting with Daniel Craig's character "Jake"
  for the VFX heavy film Cowboy's and Aliens. I also did a digital doubles shot for Captain America.
  Directed by Jon Favreau - Produced by Steven Spielberg.
  
  I Animated on a number of successful commercials while working with Fuel.
  Clients included: BankWest and several Optus Campaigns.

• Visual Effects Supervisor

  The Smile Factory Film

  June 2011 - July 2011

  Brisbane, Australia

  The Smile Factory is my business name. Under it’s banner I range from Freelance Animation and Generalist work to VFX Supervising Commercials and Short Films; all the way through to Filming and editing Wedding Cinematography & Architectural Photography.
  
  Visual Effects Supervision for " The City " commercial campaign with Brisbane Marketing and Cartel Films.
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  Senior Character Animator

  Fuel VFX

  February 2011 - July 2011

  Sydney, Australia

  I was the single Animator on two noteworthy sequences consisting of 8 shots.
  Two scenes involving an animated Hummingbird interacting with Daniel Craig's character "Jake" for the VFX heavy film Cowboy's & Aliens. I also did a digital doubles shot for Captain America during my time there.
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  Character Animator

  Double Negative

  September 2010 - January 2011

  London, United Kingdom

  I Animated on Disney’s VFX epic feature John Carter of Mars.
  Directed by Andrew Stanton.
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  Animator

  Framestore

  October 2010 - December 2010

  London, United Kingdom

  I was hired to animate on the feature film Gravity, but Animation production was delayed greatly due to trouble locking down actors. However because of my skills as a Generalist, I was lent out to the Warner Brothers art department (Velocity Productions) in their work with Director Alfonso Cuaron, modelling proxy props for approval of the set design and layout for the International Space Station featured in the film Gravity.
  
  Also during my time at Framestore I briefly did some early development work on the Wrath of the Titans Cyclops and Spielberg's Warhorse, doing rig tests and cycles.

• Photographer

  The Smile Factory Film

  August 2010 - September 2010

  Architectural Photography of 25 different projects for the powerhouse engineering firm: Westera Partners https://www.westerapartners.com.au
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  Animator/Generalist

  Framestore

  June 2010 - August 2010

  London, United Kingdom

  I was hired to animate on the feature film Gravity, but Animation production was delayedgreatly due to trouble locking down actors. However because of my skills as a Generalist,
  I was lent out to the Warner Brothers art department (Velocity Productions) in their work
  with Director Alfonso Cuaron, modelling proxy props for approval of the set design and layout
  for the International Space Station featured in the film Gravity.
  Also during my time at Framestore I briefly did some early development work on the Wrath of the Titans
  Cyclops and Spielberg's Warhorse, doing rig tests and cycles.
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  Character Animator

  Animal Logic

  April 2009 - August 2010

  Animated over 2 minutes of key shots and sequences on the visual masterpiece Legend of the Guardians. Adhering to a tight deadline and fast paced work flow up to the standard and direction of Animation Director Eric Leighton. I was a key member in a close team of exceptional animators.
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  Character Animator

  Animal Logic

  December 2008 - January 2010

  Sydney, Australia

  Animated over 2 minutes of key shots and sequences on the visual masterpiece Legend of the Guardians.
  Adhering to a tight deadline and fast paced work flow up to the standard and direction of
  Animation Director Eric Leighton. I was a key member in a close team of exceptional animators.
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  Character Modeler

  Animal Logic

  January 2008 - January 2009

  Sydney, Australia

  Specialised in modelling and maintaining a complicated and diverse range of photo-realistic Characters;
  using a shared topology character line-up, while working very closely with the entire Art Department
  throughout the Rigging, Surfacing and Animation Departments. Giving me a broad and unique insight on what’s
  involved throughout an entire pipeline of that scale and thorough experience in problem solving across
  departments.
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  Environment Modeler

  Animal Logic

  January 2008 - January 2009

  Sydney, Australia

  I modeled a large amount of photorealistic organic material spanning from Sets through to Props
  and elements for Legend of the Guardians. I worked closely with the Art Directors and Art
  Department to bring the beautiful concept art that captured the world of the film to life in 3D.
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  Environment Modeler

  Animal Logic

  May 2008 - August 2008

  I modeled a large amount of photorealistic organic material spanning from Sets through to Props and elements for Legend of the Guardians. I worked closely with the Art Directors and Art Department to bring the beautiful concept art that captured the world of the film to life in 3D.

• 3D Generalist

  The Smile Factory Film

  April 2008 - May 2008

  Queensland, Australia

  Worked on a few shots where I modeled, animated, tracked, lit and rendered a digital train for the short horror film " Halt " directed by Jesse O'Brien.

• Volunteer Humanitarian Aid Worker

  Free To Be Kids

  February 2008 - April 2008

  Uganda, Africa

  FreeToBeKids is a not-for-profit humanitarian aid organisation that is working to rescue, shelter and set free children who are facing extreme situations of abuse and exploitation. FreeToBeKids was founded in 2005 by Benj Geerling after he was moved to do something to rescue a young girl who was offered for a few dollars on the streets of India. FreeToBeKids has a small team in Melbourne, Australia, and is currently working in India and the DR Congo.
  https://freetobekids.org/
  Please support the great work they are continually doing.
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  3D Animator and Modeler

  Photon VFX

  June 2006 - December 2007

  Gold Coast, Australia

  Created massive amounts of animation (over 30 minutes personally) for the television series Animalia.
  Exceeding quotas of 20 seconds of approved final animation per week, forcing me to learn how
  to animate quickly, develop a solid sense of what makes a shot work and a solid understanding of
  what the Director wants from the shot in as little time as possible.
  I also had the privilege of being personally mentored during my time there by a Disney animation
  veteran, who had over 20 years traditional animation experience animating for Disney.
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  Prop Modeler

  Photon VFX

  2006 - 2007

  Specialized in modeling a complicated, stylized & diverse range of characters, environments, props & elements for the childrens television series Animalia.