RESUME

Ben Haddon Mansfield

661-­670-­3071

ben.h.mansfield@gmail.com

25765 Hogan Drive, Apt G2, Valencia, CA 91355

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Links to Portfolio/Reels:

Animation - benmansfieldanimationportfolio.tumblr.com/

Story - benmansfieldstory.tumblr.com/

Instagram - ben.h.mansfield

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Education

Sept 2014 – Present - California Institute of the Arts, Character Animation

Sept 2013 ­– June - 2014 Queens Road Art College, Royal West of England Academy of the Arts

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Work Experience

• 2017 - Worked as Animator/Rough Inbetweener on a feature quality 2D project at Duncan Studio.

• 2015 - Commissioned to animate short clip to be used in determining the style for the animated show; Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus on Cinemax.

• 2013 ­- Planned and led an animation course in association with Mad Skillz a community action project that helps disadvantaged children and teenagers from low income areas.

• 2012 ­- Worked with production company Happy Hour Productions, assisting with the set­up and animation of a stop-­motion commercial.

• 2012 -­ Worked with Aardman Animations working alongside junior animators in creating and refurbishing used plasticine models on the Shaun the Sheep television program.

Experience and Achievements

• 2015 - First year film, ‘Khan’,  selected to show as part of the 2015 CalArts Producers show.

• 2014 - Selected for a week­long British Film Institute residential course for animators aged 16­-19. I was made the Supervising animator for my group which involved drawing all the key frames and charts for the 90 second hand drawn film.

• 2013 - Attended a week­long 3Dami course in London for teenage animators. The resulting short film was selected to be shown at several festivals. I was chosen by my team to have a leadership role as the producer on the short.

• 2013 - Selected to attend a week­long British Film Institute course for 16­-19 year old filmmakers.

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References

Jorge Ruiz, Animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Faculty at CalArts

jeruiz@calarts.edu

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Software Experience

Autodesk Maya, Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, TV Paint

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