PHILIP RUDOLPH I RESUME
8-958 Bute Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E 1Y8, CANADA / mobile: +1(604) 347-8214 / email: philip.rudolph@arcor.de
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sony Pictures Imageworks (www.imageworks.com) Vancouver, CAN
December 2013 - present
Senior Character Animator
Studio Rakete (www.studiorakete.de) Hamburg, GER
September 2013 - December 2013
Character Animator on Animation Feature Film "Ooops, Noah is gone!"
Sony Pictures Imageworks (www.imageworks.com) Vancouver, CAN
March 2012 - July 2013
Senior Character Animator on “Hotel Transylvania", “Smurfs 2” and “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2”
Little Zoo Studio (www.littlezoostudio.com)
January 2012 - February 2012
Character Animator on computer game title
Double Negative (www.dneg.com) London, UK
July 2011 - October 2011
Character Animator on “John Carter of Mars”
Aardman Animations (www.aardman.com) Bristol, UK
July 2010 - July 2011
Character Animator on Animation Feature Film “Arthur Christmas”
Ulysses Films (www.ulyssesfilms.de) Bremen, GER
March 2010 - June 2010
Character Animator on Animation Feature Film “Thór”
Studio Soi (www.studiosoi.de) Ludwigsburg, GER
June 2009 - September 2009
Character Animator on Shortfilms “The Boy and The Beast” (awarded for Best TV Production at Annecy 2010)
and “The Gruffalo” (awarded for Best TV Special at Annecy 2010 and received an Academy Award Nomination 2011)
Eurocom (wikipedia/eurocom)
December 2008 - March 2009
Character Animator for cutscenes from the Ice Age 3 Game title
EDUCATION
Animation Mentor, Berkeley, USA
Diploma in Advanced Character Animation Studies - March 2008
Mentors:
Dimos Vrysellas (Dreamworks, Circus Inc. Entertainment)
Michelle Meeker (Pixar, PDI, Weta Digital)
Raquel Coelho (Tippet, Bluesky, Dreamworks)
Steve Gagnon-Cady (Weta Digital, Rhythm & Hues, Sony Imageworks)
Elliot Bour (Disney)
Jason Schleifer (PDI/Dreamworks, Weta Digital)
4 Day Character Animation Workshop at Animation School Hamburg, GER
with Keith Sintay (Disney, Dreamworks, Sony) - December 2009
Ed Hooks Workshop “Acting for Animators” at FMX Conference in Stuttgart, GER
with Ed Hooks - May 2009
Seminar “Character Design and Character Animation” at SAE Institute / Hamburg, GER
with Harald Siepermann (Disney) and Greg Manwaring (Disney, Warner) - October 2007
Leibniz Universität Hannover, GER
Intermediate Diploma in Architectural Studies - 2001-2006
Attended Maya, 3ds Max and Life Drawing Classes
AWARDS & HONORS
- Sony Applause Award - April 2013
Awarded for Outstanding Performance and Lasting Contribution.
Demonstrating Exceptional Initiative and Teamwork. - Featured on the Animation Mentor Summer 2008 Student Showcase Reel
- Animation Mentor Student Choice Award for Category Best Silent Acting
- Participant in the Fjorg!2008 Iron Animation Event at Siggraph