Daniel Connell
3D - Film - TV

UK Mobile: 079 4031 0450
Email: sugarandfat@yahoo.co.uk

I hold a UK Working Holidaymaker visa, valid until end of April, 2009.
I am able to relocate.

Skills:

Other:
Compositing (AfterFX)
HDRI photography & lighting (Photoshop, HDRshop, Maya)
Working with blue-screens and film crews

Applications and experience:

Maya - 9 years
Realflow - 4 years
Boujou - 3 years
Rhino3d - 12 years
3d Studio Max - 3 years
After FX - 5years
Photoshop - 12 years

Also used: Premiere, Mokey, ImageModeler.

Recent Professional History:

June, 2008 - Fluid Dynamics TD
This Little Fish
Soho, London, UK

I was brought in near the end of this contract to find a way of using RealFlow and Maya Fluids to produce smoke effects for a series of high-profile billboard and magazine advertisements. The finished work needed to be realistic and the turnaround was very tight.

May-June, 2008 - 3D Generalist
Axis Animation
Glasgow, UK

Working on cut scenes and intros for Motor Storm II. This involved a range of tasks; including cloth simulation, complex nurbs modeling and procedural texturing.

March-April, 2008 - Generalist TD
Kemistry
London, UK

One of two senior artists producing high end 3d assets for an in-house video between two major consumer goods companies. Responsible for a very wide range of tasks, including dynamic simulations, camera tracking, HDR lighting, compositing, and technical development.

October, 2007 - 3D Consultant
Confidential
Soho, London, UK

Consulting on the integration of 3D into the production pipeline of a major Soho advertising and print media studio.

October, 2007 - Motion Tracker
Evolutions
Soho, London, UK

Producing camera tracking solutions of HD green-screen footage in Boujou for the BBC TV series "Who Do You Think You Are?"

September, 2007 - 3D Generalist
This Little Fish
Soho, London, UK

Completed a wide range of tasks including dynamic fluid simulations, high accuracy modeling, camera matching and procedural photo-real texturing for a high-res print and poster campaign for a major sporting goods brand.

July-September, 2006 - Unit Director/Animator
Kotahi te Ao
Wellington, New Zealand

Director and lead animator for 'Intermission', a music video style insert for the feature documentary 'Kotahi te Ao'. I was responsible for assembling a unit, filming, and generating 3D elements to composite into live footage.

March-May, 2006 - Modeler/Scene Builder
Liquid Animation
Brisbane, Australia

Working as part of in-studio animation team to produce a high quality intro/outro for the console game; 'Destroy All Humans II'.

October-November, 2005 - Modeler/Scene Builder
'Alarum' music video
Melbourne, Australia

Generating custom 3D environments and effects for the music video of the song 'Velocity', aired on MTV Germany, UK, and USA. I was responsible for all aspects of the animation components; from modeling and lighting, through to compositing with live footage.

August-September, 2005 - Modeler/Animator
Qube Konstrukt
Melbourne, Australia

In-house animator working in Maya, 3DSMax and Rhino3D on a series of car teaser commercials for the Toyota Yaris.

Education:

Diploma of Multimedia
National College of Design and Technology Christchurch, New Zealand (2000)

Other Interests:

Writing (travel journals, feature screenplays)
Design
Snow Boarding
Travel

“We literally searched for six months, through hundreds of applicants, for a modeler capable of the level of work we required for the series. Daniel was the first we found.”
Joseph Denny, Artistic Director, Stardust Animation Studios.