855 King Edward Ave. W
Vancouver, BC V5Z 2C9
www.clumsyme.com
robin.dutta@gmail.com
604-773-7637
----------------------------- Objectives ----------------------------

My aim is to acquire a mid-level position on a high-end CGI production that will take advantage of my technical and creative skills. My breadth of knowledge makes me an ideal candidate for positions in many departments, in particular Visual FX, Compositing, and Lighting.

---------------------------- Qualifications ---------------------------

The following software and skills have been used in a professional capacity over the course of my career.

Software Proficiency:
> Autodesk Softimage, Autodesk Maya Unlimited, Apple Shake 4.1, Adobe CS4 - After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, Next Limit Real Flow 4. Windows, Linux, and Mac OSes.

Visual Effects:
> Particle simulation, rigid and soft body dynamics, cloth simulation, fluid simulation.

Compositing:
> Shake, XSI internal compositor, Photoshop, After Effects.
> Integration of scene elements, FX, and lighting.
> Post effects (ex. motion blur, colour correction, etc.)

Animation:
> Keyframe, procedural, and expression based animation
> Straight ahead character and facial animation as well as mechanical animation.

Rendering & Lighting:
> Pass layer breakdowns and scene organization, Global Illumination, environment and character lighting, render optimization.

Modeling:
> Organic, character, and hard body modeling, full featured rigging and animation controls, face shapes, procedural and image based texturing.

Scripting & Programming:
> VBScript, jScript, C/C++, MS Windows command batch scripting, Linux bash scripting.

------------------------------ Education -----------------------------

2003 - 2004 Vancouver Film School
Diploma in 3D Animation & Visual Effects
> Demo Reel: -The Funktidote- (2:08)
> Comprehensive instruction spanning 3D animation, with emphasis on preparing for real world industry production pipeline scenarios.

1997 - 2002 Acadia University
Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) with Co-op option
> Comprehensive education in function oriented and object oriented programming, software engineering, and openGL.

--------------------------- Production Credits ------------------------

2008 - 2009 Freelance Digital Content Creation
3D Graphic Designer
- Tourism Richmond (In Development)
- Uppotential.com (In Development)

2007 - 2008 Rainmaker Entertainment Inc.
Visual FX Animator
- Fairytopia 4: Mariposa (2008)
- Jpod: Season 1 (2007-2008)
- Barbie 8 - Island Princess (2007)
Shot Technician
- The Nutty Professor 2: Facing the Fear (2008)
Lighting Artist / Compositor
- Max Steel: Bio Crisis (2008)

2004 - 2007 Mainframe Entertainment Inc.
Visual FX Animator
- Fairytopia 3: The Magic of The Rainbow (2007)
- Fairytopia 2: Mermaidia (2006)
- Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus (2005)
- Max Steel: Forces of Nature (2005)
- Stuart Little 3 - Call of the Wild (2005)
Technical FX Animator
- Barbie 6: Barbie and the 12 Dancing Princesses (2006)
Compositor
- Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage (2006)
Lighting Artist / Render Technician
- Barbie-s Fairytopia (2004)

--------------------- Other Professional Experience --------------------

Summer 2001 American Computer Experience (ACE)
Camp Director/Academic Director (Co-op placement)
> Managerial and administrative duties reporting directly to the ACE Corporate Headquarters
> Staff and education supervisor

2000 - 2001 Nortel Networks
Service Designer (Co-op placement)
> Extensive documentation, following Nortel-s service development procedure from functional specification through to design implementation, unit testing, integration testing, and product release of wireless telephone services for the Prepaid WIR 6.0 release.

Summer 2000 American Computer Experience
-Floating- Academic Director (Co-op placement)
> Administrative assistant to the camp Director.
> Staff supervisor of up to 10 staff members.
> Floating: Traveled to 4 states to provide an experienced start to 6 camps.
> Instruction and workshops in all areas of computer use, including programming, 3D animation and games, Robotics, and web development.


www.clumsyme.com
robin.dutta@gmail.com
604-773-7637