JOSH BOOK

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

JoshBook@JoshBook.com · www.JoshBook.com

EXPERIENCE

WildBrain Animation Studios        CG Supervisor San Francisco, CA               05/08 – Present

Worked freelance for 5 months for “Bubble Guppies” TV series for Nickelodeon, then full time in-house and worked on  commercials, short films, pitches, motion comics, and in-house projects. Tasks included character animation, motion graphics, 2D artwork and design, toy modeling, and technical director work.

AnimationMentor.com                     Mentor Emeryville, CA                    01/08 - Present

Mentor (instructor) for Basic Foundations and Psychology of Body Mechanics classes; campus mentor for several terms.

Electronic Arts                                      Animation Director Redwood Shores, CA         07/08 – 10/08

I was hired to head the animation for a new cartoony game, but it was put on hold. I then worked on the development of several new IPs, and also animated a bit on Godfather 2. Our team eventually was put on a violent horror game, so I moved on.

Nickelodeon Animation Studios CG Creative Director                       Burbank, CA 05/05 – 03/08

§ Oversaw the CG for Nickelodeon’s first four in-house CG shows: “Tak and the Power of Juju”, “Bubble Guppies”, “The Penguins of Madagascar”, and “Fanboy and Chum Chum” from a CG Creative Director, CG Animation Director, and Head of Department standpoint.

§ Creatively oversaw pilot CG development phase of shows, creating “CG recipes” that are used in series.

§ Established CG Look of shows and animation style and kept quality across episodes.

§ Supervised the animation process with both in-house and overseas vendor studio teams.

§ Worked with Executive Producer and Writers to keep scripts within production parameters.

§ Developed CG Animation Department at Nickelodeon from a show-based team of four to 50+.

§ Managed team of 35 Animators, Artists, and Technical Directors, including scheduling and tasking.

§ Established pipeline and workflow methods, department structure and hierarchy.

§ Built team, recruiting and hiring every CG artist.

§ Re-designed the physical building and workspace.

§ With studio recruiter formed highly successful CG Apprentice program and was mentor for Apprentices.

§ Represented Nickelodeon CG at meetings, school events, trade shows, and in the media.

§ Character animation, modeling, compositing for pilot of Tak and the Power of Juju.

§ Instructor for Nickelodeon University (Studio training program). Classes include “Intro to Maya”; “Intro to Maya for Modeling and Character Setup”, “Intro to Maya for Animation”, “Introduction to CG for Non-Artists”.

Nickelodeon Maya Illustrator/Artist New York, NY 02/08 – 06/08

Created 3D illustrations for DVD and video game covers, and theme park artwork.

Film Roman                                            Animator                                             North Hollywood, CA         02/05 – 05/05

Animated over 2:50 of Tripping the Rift season 2 episode “Cool Whip”; helped re-rig main characters.

Pacific Title & Arts Studio                Animator                                             Hollywood, CA                    10/04 – 02/05

Character animation, FX Animation, and Pre-Vis for FX development for Fantastic Four, Elektra, XXX2: State of the Union. Direction, character animation, modeling, and rigging for AMC “Clip” spec commercial.

MTV                                                          Visual Effects Supervisor               Santa Monica, CA               11/04

Animated and composited all 61 FX shots for The Andy Milonakis Show pilot.

Brain Zoo Studios                                Animator                                             Van Nuys, CA                       03/03 – 09/04

Animated over 7:40 of footage for Rainbow Valley Fire Department: (DVD). Direction, animation, and TD work for game cinematics for Shrek 2, Shark Tale,  Pitfall: The Lost Expedition , Alone in the Dark 4, Psi-Ops.

Bookartoons Creative Director/Founder Burbank, CA                        09/98 – 02/03

3D and 2D animation for TV and web commercials for clients.

Creative Capers Character Animator                        Glendale, CA                      2003-2004

Character animation and modeling for AOL Super Buddies web 3D avatar project.

 “Jimmy Kimmel Live” / ABC           Animator/Artist Hollywood, CA                    2002 - 2003

Created motion graphics, titles, FX work, art department needs.

MTV                                                          Animation Director Santa Monica, CA               01/03

Directed and animated show open/main title for MTV’s 1st Annual Super Bowl Tailgate Spectacular in After Effects.

Super 78                                                  Animator/Modeler Hollywood, CA                    07/02 - 09/02

Animation and modeling for Toyota Tent Event commercial; animation for PowerPuff Girls: Relish Rampage cinematics.

Disney                                                      Animator/Modeler Burbank, CA                        12/99 – 01/00

Disney One Saturday Morning interstitial /show ID development work for Rutherford-Bench Productions

Playback Technologies                      Animator/Designer Burbank, CA                        03/99, 02/00

Animation and modeling on set for Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps playback graphics; Motion graphics for Galaxy Quest.

New Standard Post Animator/Modeler                          Hollywood, CA                    06/99 - 8/99

Animation and modeling for pre-visualization for Racing Stripes; Animation, modeling, texturing, look development for animated sequences for Stripped (HBO TV Pilot).

Visual Story Tools Animator/Modeler/2D Artist Sun Valley, CA                     09/98 – 12/04

CG visual development for various projects; Animation, modeling, texturing for ”Pet Cassette”.

Black Ops Entertainment                 Lead Artist Santa Monica, CA               10/97 – 08/98

Animation, modeling, texturing for James Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies (PS1). Supervised team of seven artists and animators.

Electronic Arts                                      Computer Graphic Artist San Mateo, CA                    05/95 – 09/97

Production Designer for PGA TOUR Pro - Visual Development and Art Direction; Lead Artist for PGA TOUR 97 - Art Direction and Supervision for three artists; Artist for PGA TOUR 96 - Animation, modeling, texturing, interface design.

SKILLS

Expert in Maya, 3DS MAX, Photoshop, After Effects, Flash, Illustrator, Premiere.

CG Supervision, Direction, Animation, Modeling, Rigging, Shaders, Lighting and FX, Compositing.

EDUCATION

University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, Spring 1994.

Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Art. Focus in Natural Science Illustration and Sculpture.

American Animation Institute (The Animators’ Guild), North Hollywood, 1998 – 2002.

Took 13 classes and studied drawing extensively with Glenn Vilppu, Karl Gnass, and Diana Coco.

PUBLICATIONS

Co-Author, Professional Short Films with 3ds Max, Charles River Media (CRM), 2005.

Author (Maya chapter), Animating Facial Features and Expressions, 2nd Edition, CRM, 2006.

Technical Editor, The Maya 6 Handbook, Charles River Media, 2004.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member of ASIFA-Hollywood, ASIFA-SF, LA-SIGGRAPH, SF-SIGGRAPH, Visual Effects Society.

JOSH BOOK

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

JoshBook@JoshBook.com · www.JoshBook.com

TELEVISION

2009       Bubble Guppies (Series) – CG Supervisor

2008       The Penguins of Madagascar (Series) – CG Creative Director

2008       Fanboy and ChumChum (Series) – CG Creative Director

2007       The Penguins of Madagascar (CG Pilot Test) – Director, CG Creative Director, Animator

2006       Tak and the Power of Juju (Series) – CG Animation Director, CG Creative Director

2006       Bubble Guppies (Pilot) – Supervising Animator, CG Animation Director

2005       Tak and the Power of Juju (Pilot) – Animator

2005       Tripping the Rift – Animator

2004       The Andy Milonakis Show (Pilot) – Visual Effects Supervisor

2004       Rainbow Valley Fire Department (DTV) – Animator

2003       Jimmy Kimmel Live – Animator/Artist

2003       MTV’s 1st Annual Super Bowl Tailgate Spectacular – Animation Director
2000       Disney One Saturday Morning – Animator, Modeler

1999       Stripped (HBO TV Pilot) – Animator, Modeler

FILMOGRAPHY

2005       XXX2: State of the Union – FX Animator, Pre-Vis Animator

2004       Fantastic Four – Character Animator, FX Animator

2004       Elektra – FX Animator

2000       Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps – Animator, Modeler

1999       Galaxy Quest – Motion Graphics Animator

1999       Racing Stripes – Animator, Modeler

GAMES

2008       Godfather 2 - Animator

2004       Shark Tale – Cinematics Animator
2004       Alone in the Dark – Cinematics Animator

2003       Psi-Ops – Cinematics Animator

2003       Shrek 2 – Cinematics Animator

2003       Pitfall: The Lost Expedition – Cinematics Animator

2002       PowerPuff Girls: Relish Rampage – Cinematics Animator

1998       James Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies – Lead Artist

1997       PGA TOUR Pro – Production Designer

1996       PGA TOUR 97 – Lead Artist

1995       PGA TOUR 96 – Artist

COMMERCIALS

2009       Lamasil “Beach” – CG Supervisor

2009       Esurance “Star Trek 3D Erin” – Motion Graphics Animator

2004       AMC “Clip” – Co-Director, Animator

2004       AOL “Super Buddies” – Character Animator

2002       Toyota “Tent Event” – Animator, Modeler