Résumé
Kevin Koch
CHARACTER ANIMATOR
SUMMARY
I’ve animated on a dozen feature films and numerous short films, commercials, apps/games, visual effects, and theme park projects. I’ve also conducted numerous animation workshops, and teach for Animation Mentor. I am currently Animation Supervisor at Oscar-winning Moonbot Studios in beautiful Shreveport.
EXPERIENCE
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Moonbot Studios Shreveport, LA Sept 2012 – present |
‘TBA’ (Films/Apps/Games) – Animation Supervisor
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Sony Imageworks Culver City, CA Jan 2012 – June 2012 |
‘Hotel Transylvania’ (Feature film) – Senior Animator
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Moonbot Studios Shreveport, LA Oct 2011 – Nov 2011 |
‘The Numberlys’ (Short film/App/Game) – Animator
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King & Country Santa Monica, CA Sept 2011 – Oct 2011 |
‘Droid’(Commercial ) – Rigger/Animator ‘Dora’s Enchanted Forest Adventures’(TV special) – Animator
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House of Moves Los Angeles, CA July 2011 – Aug 2011 |
‘Q’ (Proposed animated feature film) – Development Animator
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ReelFX/Blue Sky Dallas, TX April 2011 – July 2011 |
‘Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas’ (TV special) – Remote Animator
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Psyop Venice, CA Feb 2011 – April 2011 |
‘Happiness Factory’(Short film for World of Coke) – Animator ‘Anthem’Norton Symantec (commercial) – Animator
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Rhythm & Hues El Segundo, CA Nov 2010 – Feb 2011 |
‘Hop’(Feature film) – Animator
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Blue Sky Studios Greenwich, CT June 2010 – Oct 2010 |
‘Rio’(Feature film) – Animator
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Super78 Studios Hollywood, CA June 2009 – March 2010 |
‘Donkey Live!’ (Animated theme park ride) – Animation Supervisor ‘Flight of the Dragon’ (Theme park ride) – Animation Supervisor
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Warner Bros. Animation Burbank, CA Aug 2008 – Nov 2008 |
‘Judy M.D.: Supersurgeon’ ‘Georgy’ ‘Lady D’ ‘Lefty’ ‘Sean’ (Five ‘PEPFAR’ CG short films) – Animator
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Snoot Entertainment Los Angeles, CA Aug 2006 – June 2009 |
‘Johnny and the Dream Machine’ – Animation Supervisor ‘Battle for Terra’ (Animated CG feature film) – Animator
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DreamWorks Animation Glendale, CA Nov 1997 – April 2006 |
‘Over the Hedge’, ‘Madagascar’, and ‘Shrek 2’ – Animator ‘Sinbad’, ‘Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron’ – Junior Animator ‘The Prince of Egypt’‘The Road to El Dorado’– Asst Animator |
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Warner Bros. Animation Glendale, CA Jan 1997 – Oct 1997 |
‘The Quest for Camelot’ (Feature film) – Assistant Animator
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TEACHING
Animation Mentor, Classroom Mentor January 2007 – Present
I’ve taught Basic Foundations, Beginning Acting, Advanced Acting, Short Film Production, Polishing and Portfolio and Animals & Creatures 1 and 2.
Animation lectures, workshops, and seminars:
FMX (Stuttgart, Germany), Autodesk workshop presentation, May 2012: Do’s and Don’ts Demo Reels
CTN Expo (Burbank, CA), workshop lecturer, Nov. 2011: The Dos and Don’ts of Demo Reels
National Yunlin University, Taiwan, mentor/lecturer, July 2011 and July 2009: Two-week workshops in Animated Short Film Production and Character Animation
ACME Animation, On-Line Mentor to high school and junior college students, February 2010 – February 2011
SIGGRAPH 2008, panelist, A Tribute to the Life and Work of Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston: Current Legends Talk About Their Mentors
11-Second Club, May 2008 and March 2010, Competition winner on-line critique
SIGGRAPH 2007, Fjorg! Competition speaker
SIGGRAPH 2006, panelist, Is a Career in Computer Graphics Possible?
Comicon International, 2005 – 2007, ASIFA State of the Animation Industry panels
3D Studio Arts, Los Angeles, 2005 -2007, guest lecturer, Principles of Animation
USC Animation Program, 2006, 2007 guest lecturer on Animating Dialog and Lip Sync and Animated Acting
Animation Guild Computer Lab, 2005 – 2007, Animation Reel reviews
American Animation Institute, Hollywood, 2006,Co-instructor, Advanced Animation class
Center for Visual Technology at St. Louis College at Meramec, April 2005, gave three-day workshop on Animation and Animated Careers
PROFICIENCES
Character animation in Autodesk Maya, SoftImage|XSI, DreamWorks Emo and Rhythm & Hues Voodoo software packages.
Experience with Autodesk Motionbuilder
Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows operating systems