Tim Kallok

Work History

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  Lead Animator / Animation TD

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  July 2024 - Present

  Vancouver, Canada
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  3D Visual Development Artist

  Paramount Animation

  December 2021 - August 2023

  

• Founder

  Mind Fathom Industries

  July 2021 - Present

  My start-up focusing on animation tool development and practical training for the animation industry
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  3D Visual Development Artist

  Netflix Animation

  September 2020 - June 2021

  Los Angeles, CA

  
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  Supervising Animator & Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  March 2016 - August 2020

  Vancouver, BC

  Supervising Animator & Technical Director on The Mitchells vs The Machines, The Angry Birds Movie 2, Hotel Transylvania 3 and Smurfs: The Lost Village.

  

  

  
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  Character Animator

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  April 2015 - June 2017

  Culver City, CA

  Animator on Puppy! Short Film, The Angry Birds Movie, and Hotel Transylvania 2.

  

  

  
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  Freelance Character Animator

  Psyop

  November 2013 - April 2015

  Venice, CA

  At Psyop, I worked on various commercials for Supercell's Clash of Clans, Cricket Wireless, Honda, DTS, AMC Theaters, Coca Cola, Sony and Microsoft.
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  Character Animator

  Pivot VFX

  January 2013 - May 2013

  Albuquerque, NM

  Worked as a contract animator on The Smurfs 2 feature film, The Smurfs: Legend of Smurfy Hollow TV special, and McDonald's commercials featuring the Smurfs. Worked directly in the Sony Imageworks Pipeline using Maya.

  
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  Associate Animator

  Double Helix Games

  January 2008 - January 2009

  Irvine, CA

  At Double Helix, I worked with Maya and Motion Builder to create both hand-keyed and MoCap based animations for the "G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra" video game.

  
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  3D Generalist

  Heavenspot

  December 2005 - March 2007

  Hollywood, CA

  I worked on 3D graphics in all stages of production. Clients included: Pepsi, Fox, Newline, Red Bull, Ecko Unltd., & American Racing.