Professional Experience
May 2023- Jan 2024 CleanUp Artist and Animation Assistant at Wild Goats Animation
Wild Goat Animation is a collective of talented young artists and animators from all over the world who have never worked in the animation industry before and who have come together to gain production experience and to produce animated shorts inspired by early Disney, Looney Tunes, and Hanna-Barbara cartoons.
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May 2022- May 2023 CleanUp Artist and Animation Assistant at CTN Foundation (Cowabunga)
I Clean Up rough animations to have them ready for Post Production. I Ink and Paint to ensure the integrity of the film’s design. I help with Rough Animation. I keep up with the schedule, pay attention to detail, receive critiques, and improve my work. I now have more experience with an Animation Production Pipeline.
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2011-Present Freelance Artist
clients including “Lucio Piccolo”, “Dance Day,” and “Evolve Dance Company”
I create designs for marketing purposes such as brochures, zines, PowerPoints, animatics, animations, posters, illustrations, and murals. I am also on occasion responsible for markup price, social media promotion, customer service, and team management.
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2021-2022 Creative Intern at NAUWU with Rep. Turner HD88
I collaborate with a team to create graphics and video edits for social media engagement purposes, advertising events and fundraisers, and educational purposes.
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2020-2021 Intern at Bogeyman Productions
I fulfilled the roles of art director, sole animator, and character designer for the comedy animated series “The I-Team”, by working closely alongside the creators and producers of the show.
Skills
Language: English, Italian, basic Spanish, and ASL
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Software: Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere, Substance, and Audition; ToonBoon Storyboard Pro and Harmony; ClipStudio; Gimp2; PaintToolSai; Maya; Dragonframe.
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Skills: oil, palette knife, watercolor, and acrylic painting; charcoal and nu-pastel illustration and study; exceptional understanding of form, gesture, and anatomy.
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Personality: organized, friendly, ready to learn, self-motivated, efficient, reliable, enthusiastic, and passionate.
Awards
2021
Winner. Create Change Award through Woodbury University
Winner. Miami 4 Social Change Film Festival
Winner. Flint Youth Film Festival
Winner. MAGICA Advertising Festival
Semi-Finalist. Happy Future Scripts Film Festival
Semi-Finalist. Ourtoon Animation Contest
Nominee. Huntington Beach Cultural Cinema Showcase
Honorable Mention. Deep Focus Film Festival
Interview. KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
Interview. Planet Classroom KIDS FIRST! Best of Fest
Screen Selection. Huntington Beach Cable TV
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2022
Finalist. Mindfield Film Festival • Albuquerque
Semi-Finalist. Dumbo Film Festival
Quarter-Finalist. WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival
Honorable Mention. Student World Impact Film Festival
Screen Selection. Shockfest Film Festival
Screen Selection. Theatre Crude Fringe Festival
Screen Selection. The Panama Series Festival
2023
Semi-Finalist. Burlington County Short Film Festival
Semi-Finalist. Serbest International Film Festival (SIFF)
Screen Selected. Steve Aronson International Film Festival
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2024
Honorable Mention. WideScreen Festival Toronto 2024
Screen Selected. Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions 2024
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For a complete list of Film Festival Awards​ please visit FilmFreeway
Education
Woodbury University (Burbank, CA)
BFA in Animation Cum Laude
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Clovis Community College (Fresno, CA)
AA in Visual Art
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Liceo Classico “Lucio Piccolo” (Sicily, IT)
Diploma in Humanistic Studies
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