Viola Baldwin (Viola Baier)

Viola Baldwin (Viola Baier)

Character Animator +++ AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY +++

Senior Character Animator / 10 yrs

Philadelphia, PA

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Character Animator

Playmobil: The Missing Piece (2019)

Character Animator

Minions (2015)
Viola Baldwin (Viola Baier) Character Animator
Specialties: My specialties are character animation, especially acting and facial acting, in 2D and 3D (Maya, Cinema4D, Softimage XSI, RealFlow, ZBrush, Animo, TV Paint, CTP, DigiCel Flipbook, Magpie Pro Lipsync), Illustration, Storyboards, Compositing & VFX (Combustion, After Effects), Editing (Avid, Premiere) .... and the love for what I do!
Work History

  • Character Animator

    Framestore

    December 2022 - Present

  • Character Animator

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    April 2021 - November 2021
    Vancouver, Canada

  • Character Animator

    ON Animation Studios

    March 2018 - October 2018
    Montreal, Canada Area

    Character Animator on the 'Playmobil movie'

  • Character Animator

    Studio Soi

    September 2015 - November 2015
    Ludwigsburg, Germany

    Character Animator for the Emmy award nominated TV series "Trudes Tier" ZDF

  • Creature Animator

    Pixomondo

    June 2015 - August 2015
    Stuttgart Area, Germany

    Creature Animator for the TV series "The Shannara Cronicles" (MTV)

  • Character Animator

    Illumination Mac Guff

    August 2013 - November 2014

    Character Animator on the "Minions" movie
    2 of my character animation shots can be seen in this first trailer: water-spitting minion and the crowd in the background at 0:12, and screaming bananas at 2:10.
    Meet Stuart, Kevin and Bob as they embark on a journey for their new master in the Official Trailer for Minions. In Theaters July 10, 2015 SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/IlluminationSub About Minions: The story of Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment's Minions begins at the dawn of time.

  • animation student

    Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

    October 2006 - June 2013

    Graduated student in animation with her heart set to any kind of animation, especially traditional and 3d character animation.

  • Animator

    Framestore

    August 2010 - October 2010

  • Designer / Character Designer

    Blackmountain Vfx Studios

    November 2009 - November 2009

    Character Designer and fluid behavior designer for "Silk" soy milk TV commercials (US market).

  • Animation Intern

    Framestore

    July 2009 - August 2009

    Internship in animation on Nanny McPhee2

  • exchange student

    Gobelins

    2008 - 2009

    Attenting the first year at GOBELINS as an exchange student in the CRFA 2011, learning basics, advanced techniques and acting fort animation, character design and storyboarding.

  • Character Designer, 2D Animator

    Studio Soi

    May 2008 - June 2008

    Designer and 2D animator for a TV production.

  • 3D animator and compositor

    Madbox Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH

    June 2005 - September 2006

    Animator and compositor for TV productions.

  • Storyboarder, Character Designer, Comic artist & Illustrator

    Los Banditos Films

    June 2004 - May 2005

    designing Characters and Sets, Storyboarding Sequences and music videos, drawing a 70 page comic magazine

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Education

  • Workshop 4 Facial Acting - Mentor: Ken Fountain (Jan - Mar 2

    iAnimate

    January 2019 - March 2019

  • Diploma in Animation and Filmmaking

    Filmakademie Baden Württemberg

    October 2006 - March 2013

  • - exchange student -

    Gobelins

    July 2008 - May 2009