STORY ARTIST
ANIMATOR & CREATIVE PRODUCER
Hello, I’m |
I have been working in the industry for 25+ years as Senior Animation Artist, Creative Consultant and Producer as well as Educator and Mentor.
I started in the 2D days with an internship at Disney in California on 'Aladdin' to work at Disney Feature Animation in Paris on movies such as 'Hercules' and 'Tarzan'. Then I relocated to Asia where I worked in education and where I have been instrumental in setting up the Lucasfilm Animation studio in Singapore as the Manager of Artistic Development to create 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' TV Series.
During my 10+ stay in Asia, I also lived in Japan where I worked as CG Animator on Disney TV productions and local content, before moving to the UAE. This is where Oliver headed the Cartoon Network Animation Academy as an initiative to establish the Cartoon Network Studios Arabia to train talent and to develop a production pipeline and the production processes to create UAE’s first mainstream CG TV Series 'Mansour'.
In the recent years I have been very much involved creatively in Visual Story Development for TV-Series, Games and Features with Cartoon Network, Compulsion Games, Squeeze, Netflix and Cinesite, primarily as a freelancer, while executing a variety of projects in the capacity as Creative Consultant and Producer for government TV Channels and animation production houses.
I have also been instrumental in establishing the animated feature story department for the acclaimed production house Platige Image in Poland and recently headed the story department at Tiny Island Productions in Singapore to work on their first feature.
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I WAS Part of Judging Panel for
Siggraph Asia 2005, Singapore
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DigiCon6, 2020 & 2021, Singapore
02
China International Cartoon and Animation Festival (CICAF), 2022, Shanghai)
03
Career highlights
Head of Story / Story Supervisor
  1. Tiny Island «DREAM DEFENDERS» - feature
  2. Platige Image «FATIMA» - feature
Story Artist / Story Development
  1. 'Unannounced' XBox/Unreal - videogame
  2. Squeeze «Clash of Titans» & «Clash Royale» - commercials
  3. CineSite «RIVERDANCE» - feature
  4. Netflix | Channel 4 «KISS ME FIRST» - life action/CG series
Animation Artist
  1. Disney's «TARZAN" and «HERCULES» - feature
  2. Capcom's «STREETFIGHTER IV» - videogame
  3. Disney's «WINNIE POOH & TIGGER TOO» - CG series
Creative Consultant & Creative Producer
  1. Filmallee Munich, Germany - feature
  2. Abu Dhabi Media, Majid TV - TV series
Department Manager
  1. Headed Cartoon Network's Animation Academy in Abu Dhabi, UAE, including 16 months curriculum creation
  2. Manager of Artistic Development at Lucasfilm Animation Singapore where he headed the 12 months ramp-up training to create «STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS» CG series
Trainer, Instructor & Mentor
  1. Trained 250+ students in Singapore in the disciplines of storyboarding, animation & life drawing
  2. Visual Story Development- and Career-Workshops held all over in the Asian region
  3. Mentoring animation artists and students online on animation projects and assignments
Head of Story / Story Supervisor
  1. Tiny Island «DREAM DEFENDERS» - feature
  2. Platige Image «FATIMA» - feature
Story Artist / Story Development
  1. 'Unannounced' XBox/Unreal - videogame
  2. Squeeze «Clash of Titans» & «Clash Royale» - commercials
  3. CineSite «RIVERDANCE» - feature
  4. Netflix | Channel 4 «KISS ME FIRST» - life action/CG series
Animation Artist
  1. Disney's «TARZAN" and «HERCULES» - feature
  2. Capcom's «STREETFIGHTER IV» - videogame
  3. Disney's «WINNIE POOH & TIGGER TOO» - CG series
Creative Consultant & Creative Producer
  1. Filmallee Munich, Germany - feature
  2. Abu Dhabi Media, Majid TV - TV series
Department Manager
  1. Headed Cartoon Network's Animation Academy in Abu Dhabi, UAE, including 16 months curriculum creation
  2. Manager of Artistic Development at Lucasfilm Animation Singapore where he headed the 12 months ramp-up training to create «STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS» CG series
Trainer, Instructor & Mentor
  1. Trained 250+ students in Singapore in the disciplines of storyboarding, animation & life drawing
  2. Visual Story Development- and Career-Workshops held all over in the Asian region
  3. Mentoring animation artists and students online on animation projects and assignments
TOKYO | WARSAW | LONDON | HAMBURG | SINGAPORE | PARIS | SAN FRANCISCO | LOS ANGELES | ABU DHABI
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During my journey I had the pleasure to work with leading companies in the field of animation production and education
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During my journey I had the pleasure to work
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