Michael Hirsh.
Animation Artist and Writer
3 Charman Road, Redhill, Surrey RH1 6AG (UK)
+44 (0)1737 765679 mobile: 07792 289 056
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- Employment:
- 1972-2007
- Freelance Designer, Storyboard artist, Background painter, Art director, Illustrator & Colour stylist
- for Feature Films TV commercials, TV series, Title sequences, Music promos, etc., using traditional and digital media.
- Salient projects in the last 10 years include:
- 1996- 2003
- Uli Meyer Animation, London. Backgrounds Supervisor, "Space Jam" feature film
- Designing for 2D & 3D. Art direction, layout, storyboarding, painting for TV commercials & TV Series
1993-1995- Amblimation (Universal Films), London. Senior background painter for "Balto", feature film
1993- Don Bluth, Dublin. Background artist, "Thumbelina", feature film
1992- TVC Productions, London. "Father Christmas". TV special.
1991-1992- Walt Disney Animation (UK) & Walt Disney Animation (France)
- Backgrounds Dept. supervisor. "Duck Tales -The Movie" feature film
- "Winnie the Pooh" TV series
- "Tale Spin" TV series
- Other:
- Teaching:
- Duncan of Jordanstone School of Art, University of Dundee. Composition
Thames Valley University. Block course in Animation- Berkshire College of Art and Design. Animation
- Writing:
- Screenplay development for feature length projects. Screenwriting live-action shorts.
- Tutorial articles for Satori Film FX in computer graphics magazines and for the Web.
- Book: Animation Backgrounds. In progress.
- 1985 Established The Bamboo Society
- Co-organised an International Bamboo Conference in France (1988)
- Education:
- Ealing School of Art Diploma. (Distinction)
- Royal Academy Schools (Part Time) Anatomy and Life Drawing
- Birkbeck College, University of London: Introduction to Screenwriting (Merit); Techniques of the Re-write.
- Training in: Satori Film FX, Photoshop, Softimage 3D
- Fluent French, Terrible Spanish
- E-mail: webmaster@animation-backgrounds.com
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