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Character Surfacing Lead
Visual Development / Surfacing / Texturing Artist / Generalist
Gentaro Yamamoto
Character Surfacing Lead at Dreamworks Animation

Interest : Visual Development / Character Surfacing Lead
Work Experience :
Visual Development : Character SUrfacing Lead
Pacific Data Images / Dreamworks
Nov 2002 - Present

Responsibility include :
- Visual Development for Character and Environment
- Develop Workflow template for Department
- Share / Teach / Mentor / Documentation
Senior Animator / 3D CGI Generalist
Omnibus Japan (Tokyo , Japan)
April 1997 - Nov 2002 (5 years)
Projects :
Trolls3(current)
Badguys(2022)
Croods2(2021)
How to train your Dragon 2 (2014)
Madagascar 3 : Europe`s Most Wanted (2012)
Megamind (2010)
Madagascar 2 Escape from Africa (2008)
Bee Movie (2007)
Shrek the Third (2007)
Madagascar (2005)

Responsibility include :
- Creating 3D visual effects for live action commercials and films
- Attend film shooting, creating 3D CGI,compositing and delivering elements for final editing.
-Involved in all aspect of CGI , including but not limited to :
modeling, textureing, lighting,animating, conpositing, rigging,etc
-Work directly with Directors to achieve look and deliver CGI for Clients such as commercial Agencies Dentsu and Hakuhodo
Software Experience : Maya, Mari , Photoshop, Nuke, Shake,Combustion, Flint , Linux, IRIX
Education :
Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
BA, Economics
1994-1997
Languages : English , Japanese
Immigration Status : GreenCard
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