THOMAS BRIGGS Email:
tbriggs@salientimages.com Webpage :
www.salientimages.com
Abstract:
Animation director and contractor, 14 years experience making animation in international
production environments. Education: Bachelor
of Arts, College of St Thomas, St Paul MN 1979, painting.
Employment history: Staff animator at Radium
in Santa Monica CA, 2002-2008 Animation Contractor:
Los Angeles, 1997 – 2001 Feature effects animation:
‘Blade’,‘Osmosis Jones’, ‘Live from Baghdad’, ’TomCats’, Episodic TV effects animation:
‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Recent TVCs: Pepsi, Motorola,
Mattel Hot Wheels, Chevrolet Monte Carlo Trailer Graphics: ‘The
Rat Pack’, ‘The Wizard of Oz Special Edition’ Staff Animator and
Director: Vertex Films, Taipei Taiwan 1993-1997 Duties: Design, direction
and production of effects commercials integrating live action, CGI and motion
control. Animation contractor/trainer:
1990-1993 Duties: production and
training on TDI animation software for American and Asian software resellers. Art Director: Digital
Light, Minneapolis MN 1988-1989 Duties: Creative direction,
production management, internship direction, training programs Exhibition Coordinator:
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis MN 1981-1987 Duties: curating, design
and administration of exhibition program, administration of Jerome and McKnight
artist fellowship programs, administration of visiting artist program, creative
project management for visiting and exhibiting artists, teaching interdisciplinary
courses on curating and issues of presentation of contemporary artists. Freelance consultant:
to fine artists in areas of engineering, project management, architectural
realization and museum design,1981-1989, Client artists: Siah Armajani, Vito
Acconci, Scott Burton, Richard Posner Exhibition technician:
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MN 1979-1981, Duties: exhibition preparation
for local and touring exhibitions. System Experience 3D:
Maya, Mental Ray, Renderman, Massive, Realflow, Deep Paint, Boujou, ZBrush,
TAV, Explore, Dynamation, Kinemation, Softimage, Symbolics, Bosch. System Experience 2D:
After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, Shake, Composer, Studio Paint, Matador/Illusion,
Flame, Mojo, Barco Creator Selected Clients: Warner Brothers Feature
Animation Radium, Santa Monica POP Animation, Santa Monica Digiscope, Santa Monica Stargate Films, Pasadena Tigar Hare Studios, Van
Nuys Image Savant, Los Angeles 525, Los Angeles Vertex International,
Taipei, Shanghai, Bejing Intralink, Los Angeles Avigra Design and Production,
Jakarta Indonesia HDCG, NewYork Teaching: Minneapolis College of
Art and Design,Interdisciplinary courses on curating, exhibition design and
issues of presentation in modern art,1984-1985 Workshops for elementary
and secondary educators on computers and art education, 1990-1991 Minneapolis Community
College, 2d Computer animation 1989-1990 Avigra Design, Jakarta
Indonesia, Training and integration of TDI systems into commercial video production,
1990, 1992 Columbia College, Chicago,
Visiting artist in animation program 1991-1992 Micrographics, Chicago,
Trainer and demo Artist 1991-1992 TDI America, Trainer and
demo Artist 1991-1992 References: Aladino Debert, Creative
Director, Head of Animation , Radium, 213 500 7131