35 McKinley Ave, Malvern

VIC AUSTRALIA 3144

Currently in Europe

+61 410 51 7791

me@danfothers.com

www.danfothers.com

www.danfothers.com/uploads/myreel.mov

 

Daniel Fotheringham - CV

Objective

I am an Australian who recently moved to London. I am looking for a position as an animator in film, long form or commercials. As an experienced animator, I would ideally like to work at an established production house with professional and inspiring people. I am passionate about character/creature animation and I look forward to gaining an insight into the in the UK animation industry.

Experience

2003-2006                 Digital Pictures Iloura                     VIC, Australia

Animator (3 Years Total)

§         Animator on feature film ‘Charlottes Web’

§         Animator on feature film ‘Seven Swords’

§         VFX Supervisor for ‘Ebay’ Commercial in Taiwan

§         Lead Animator on a number of commercials

§         Animator on over 30 commercials

§         Internship of seven months leading to fulltime employment

§         Originally awarded a $13,000 Internship as part of the Film Victoria VFX Program

 

 

2003                         Act3 Animation                               VIC, Australia

Animator Freelancer (5 Week Project)

§         Lipsinc Animator for ‘Road Kill’ FMV

 

2001-2002                 Freelance Animator                        VIC, Australia

§         ‘The Cat Empire’ DVD Title Motion Graphics

§         Minor VFX & Titles for a number of award winning short films

§         Package Designer for ‘Andrew Gaze Shooting Touch’ Basketball/DVD

§         Animator/Designer for Promotional Interactive CD-ROMS

§         3D Architectural Pre-Visualizations

§         Avid Editor for School Leavers’ DVDs

 

2001 (3 months)       Infogrames – now Atari                   VIC, Australia

Internship in Game Art Modelling

§         Awarded as part of the ‘Diegesis National School Film Festival’ prize for my animated film ‘One Too Many Mornings’.

 

Education

2002                  Victorian College of the Arts                 VIC, Australia

§         Post Graduate Diploma in Film – Animation

§         Produced two short animated films ‘Quentin’ and ‘Sketch’ which both played in major Australian short film festivals, ‘St Kilda Film Festival’, ‘Animation and Effects Festival’ and the ‘Melbourne International Animation Festival’.

§         Film ‘Quentin’ represented the film school at the College graduation ceremony.

§         Graduated with Distinction.

 

1997-2000          Wesley College                                     VIC, Australia

§         Animated Film ‘One Too Many Mornings’ won three awards at the ‘Diegesis National School Film Festival’,  including ‘The Festival Prize’, ‘Best Film’, ‘Best Computer Animated Film’.

 

Interests

Basketball, animated films and cinema, exploring and hiking, spicy food, reading, photography.

 

 

 

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