Work experience

04/2018 – present	Animator, MPC Film, London Character and creature animation for VFX
10/2017 – 04/2018	Graduate Artist (Animator), Industrial Light & Magic, London Character and creature animation for VFX
02/2009 – 09/2017	3D-Artist, Freelancer Creation of 3D assets, animations and tech art for computer games Character animation for shorts
04/2016 – 05/2017	Internship as a Character Animator, Hahn Film AG, Berlin Character animations
08/2013 – 08/2015	3D-Artist, 3DEXCITE (formerly Realtime Technology AG), Munich Creation of 3D assets
07/2011 – 10/2012	Art Production Manager and 3D-Artist, Chimera Entertainment, Munich Multi-project management Team management and coordination Development and optimization of workflows and pipelines Creation of 3D assets and character animations
09/2007 – 02/2008	3D-artist at the University of Augsburg Design and realization of an avatar for the in-house horde-engine Support for shader development
07/2001 – 07/2003	3D-artist at Blue Byte Software Inc. Mülheim a.d. Ruhr Design, implementation, animation and integration of assets such as characters, buildings and landscapes Style development of characters Design and implementation of effects

Education

10/2015 – 03/2017	Character Animation, AnimationMentor.com Next Education LLC, L.A.
10/2007 – 03/2009	“Master of Arts”, Interactive Media Systems, University of Applied Sciences, Augsburg, Germany (Grade 1.1, on scale from 1 to 6) Thesis:”Management of creative processes and development of acting choices for character animation” (Grade 1.0, on scale from 1 to 6)
10/2003 – 09/2007	“Diplom Designer (FH)”, Multimedia, University of Applied Sciences, Augsburg, Germany (Grade 1.9, on scale from 1 to 6) Thesis: “A Cup of Tea – Character animation for a short film” (Grade 1.0, on scale from 1 to 6)
09/1999 – 07/2001	Vocational baccalaureate diploma, Berufsoberschule, Kaufbeuren / Kempten
09/1995 – 06/1998	Vocational training as an architectural draftsman, Architekturbüro Unzeitig, Sonthofen

2007	CG choice award
2007	Image of the month November, 3D World
2005	1st Place, virtual character, animago award
2005	1st Place, still, UdayIII, Dornbirn
2005	audience award, UdayIII, Dornbirn