Instructors gallery - Professional work
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simone brundisini
Animator at Sony Pictures Imageworks, Simone graduated in Physics from the University of Bologna in 2009 and then studied Animation at the Vancouver Film School 2010/2011. He worked on the special effects of The Hunger Games: Mokingjay (p2) and a Disney / Marvel project where he had the opportunity to animate Iron Man. Once hired at Sony Pictures Imageworks in Vancouver he had the pleasure to work on Smallfoot, Spiderman into the Spider-Verse, Glen Keane's 'Over the moon'. In addition to his work as an animator, he has been teaching at Vancouver Film School and La Salle college.
silvia capitta
Silvia graduated in Video Editing from the Griffith Academy in Rome. While working as a Video Editor, she began creating her first stop-motion and 2D animated short films.
In 2010, she was admitted to the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Turin, where she graduated in Animation three years later.
She worked for Square MTC in Milan and then spent five years at Tax Free Film in Parma. She later specialized in Character Animation, which led her to move first to Canada, where she worked for major studios including Sony Pictures Imageworks, MPC, and Cinesite, and then to Australia to join Animal Logic.
She is currently a 3D Animator at Industrial Light & Magic Sydney.
Filmografia: Smallfoot, Aquaman, Artemis Fowl, Pokemon Detective Pikachu, Riverdance, Peter Rabbit 2, Spirit Untamed, The Magician`s Elephant, Transformers One, Lilo & Stitch.
alessandro mattei
Graduated in Graphic and Multimedia Design from the Faculty of Architecture at Sapienza University of Rome in 2009, he later earned a diploma in 3D Animation from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in 2013. His graduation short film, The Age of Rust, received numerous international awards and recognitions. He then worked for five years at Tax Free Film, creating animated television commercials.
Specializing in Character Animation, he moved to Canada, where he worked for major studios including Sony Pictures Imageworks, MPC, and Cinesite, before relocating to Australia to join Animal Logic.
He is currently a 3D Animator at Industrial Light & Magic Sydney.
Selected Filmography: Smallfoot, Aquaman, Artemis Fowl, Riverdance, Peter Rabbit 2, Spirit Untamed, The Magicians Elephant, Transformers One, Lilo & Stitch and Moana live-action.
MANUEL BOVER
Manuel is originally from Spain. He started his animation career in London at places like Framestore, and later moved to the States to work at companies like Rhythm and Hues, Sony Imageworks, and The Third Floor. He also travelled to Australia to work at Animal Logic on features. His credits include Hotel Transylvania, Pirates of the Caribbean, Spiderman, Arthur Christmas, etc.
Throughout his long career as an animator, he has held roles as both Lead Animator and Animation Supervisor.
In addition to his career, Manuel has extensive experience as a animation teacher and mentor.
He also loves climbing and outdoor sports, and uses animation as an excuse for traveling the world :)
Aniket NATEKAR
Aniket was born and raised in India and since a very young age, he was that kid in the class who loves to draw. His love for animation was a natural progression from there on. Like a good Indian boy, Aniket completed his Bachelors' in Mechanical Engineering and then moved to Vancouver to pursue his childhood dream of becoming an animator. Graduating from the Vancouver Film School's Classical Animation program in 2008, his first job took him to France, where he worked as a 2D animator for Ankama Entertainment. Wanting to make the transition into feature animation, he moved back to Canada in 2012 and took an online program at CG Spectrum College of Digital Art and Animation with a diploma in 3D animation. During this time, he was an animation supervisor on a few TV shows for Hasbro and Teletoon and also animated on a pilot for Amazon's 'Niko and the Sword of Light'.He got his first break in CG Feature Animation in 2014 with Bron Animation's 'Henchmen'. As one of the lead animators on Netlfix's 'The Willoughbys' he is very proud of the unique animation style that the team developed for the movie. Since then he's worked as a Senior Animator on Glen Keane's 'Over the moon' and is currently working at Sony Pictures Imageworks.
ALEKSANDRA MUZYKA
Aleksandra is a character animator at Sony Pictures Imageworks in Vancouver, Canada, and has been working in the animation industry for over ten years.
She graduated from the Liceo Artistico F. Arcangeli in Bologna and studied both 2D and 3D Animation at the Scuola Internazionale di Comics and NEMO Academy.
She began her career in France, working on television productions at TeamTO in Valence, where she progressed from Junior Animator to Senior Animator and eventually to Lead/Supervising Animator on shows such as PJ Masks, Raving Rabbids projects including Raving Rabbids, Raving Rabbids Olympic Games 2016, Skylanders Academy, and Sadie Sparks.
In 2019, she transitioned into feature films, contributing to projects such as The Amazing Maurice at Red Star 3D, as well as Under the Boardwalk and Nimona at DNEG Animation.
She is currently working at Sony Pictures Imageworks, where she recently completed work on In Your Dreams and is presently involved in an unannounced project.
CRISTIAN GUERRESCHI
After graduating from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in 2011, Cristian began his career as an animator and director in the advertising industry at Tax Free Film in Parma.
After moving to Vancouver, he transitioned to television productions, working on projects such as Imaginary Mary for Zoic Studios.
In 2018, he joined MPC London, where he contributed to major feature films produced by The Walt Disney Company, including Dumbo and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.
He later relocated to Australia, working at Animal Logic in Sydney on Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway and The Magician's Elephant.
He is currently a Senior Animator at Method Studios in Melbourne, where he has worked on films including Mortal Kombat.
roberto tifi
Always passionate about animation, after graduating in Digital Communication, Roberto began his career as an animator in 2009. He trained by working in Italian and international studios participating in TV series and feature films. He is currently a senior animator in Sony Imageworks, Vancouver. In his decades of experience he worked in productions such as Storks, Smallfoot, The Angry Birds Movie and the most recent The Angry Birds Movie 2.