R E S U M E

Heekyung Shin
4518 Vista Del Monte Ave, #1 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
heekyung.shin@gmail.com
www.heekyungshin.com
1.323.899.5393
61.412.379.962

JOB OBJECTIVE

Digital texturing, lighting and compositing on feature film, game and commercial

WORK
EXPERIENCE

Animal Logic - Sydney, Australia (January 2010 - present)
	" Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" : Lighter and Compositor

Rhythm & Hues Studios - Los Angeles, California (March 2008 ? November 2009)
	"Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" : Lighting Technical Director
	"Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian" : Lighting Technical Director
	"Cirque du Freak" : Lighting Technical Director
	"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" : Lighting Technical Director
Vanguard Animation - Vancouver BC Canada (October 2007 - February 2008)
	"Space Chimps" : Lighter
Motion Theory - Venice, California (August 2007 - October 2007)
	Texture, Shading and Lighting
	" NYC ïThe RideÍ" : Shading and Lighting
Duck Studios - Los Angeles, California (April 2007 - July 2007)
	Toyota Commercial - Compositing
	ProMeris Commercial - Lighting & Compositing
	Nestle Good Start Commercial - Texturing, Lighting & Compositing
Poong's Studios - Studio City, California (March 2007 - April 2007)
	"Dr. Steel Music Video" : Lighting and Compositing
University of Southern California - Los Angeles, California (October 2006 - present)
	Research on Animation Techniques
*"Eight Faces of Jane"* directed by Alison McMahan (January 2007 - May 2007)
	Documentary Feature: The Life and Work of Jane Chambers - Short Animation Sequence
CBS Digital -Los Angeles, California (August - September 2006)
	Star Trek HD Project :Texture Artist, plus Lighting and Rendering
Rhythm & Hues Studios - Los Angeles, California (January - May 2006)
	"Garfield: the Tale of Two Kitties" : Lighting Technical Director
Rhythm and Hues - Los Angeles, California (November - December 2005)
	Lighting Apprenticeship
*"One Summer Day"* directed by Virginia Chan
	- Pasadena, California (September - October 2005) 3D Animation Thesis Project, Digital Lighting, Color and Texturing
Commondeer Studios - Los Angeles, California (April 2005)
	The Faint "Desperate Guys" Music Video. Animator - Stop-motion animation for music video
Shadow Animation Studio - Los Angeles, California (October 2004 - March 2005)
	"Robot Chicken" directed by Seth Green, Stop-motion TV shows for Cartoon Network Intern - Assistant of Production Coordinator, Puppet Maker and Lighting
Commondeer Studios - Los Angeles, California (Dec 2004)
	Global Commercial for McDonald's. Animator - 2D and stop-motion combined animation for commercial
*"Egg Robot"* directed by Shinhee Kim - Valencia, California (August - December 2004)
	Stop-motion Animation Thesis Project. Puppet Maker/Scenic and Props/Assistant of Lighting
*"Afterbirth"* directed by Reggie Vinluan - Los Angeles, California (July - August 2004)
	2D Animation Thesis Project. Aftereffect Compositing /Coloring - Toon Boom
Mama Boy Productions - Los Angeles, California (June - December 2003)
	"Oedipus" directed by Jason Wishnow Scenic/Assistant for Art Director & Animator
Ivy Basket - Los Angeles, California (May - August 2002)
	Flash animation. An Interactive Mythical Space on the Web directed by Christine Panushka

EDUCATION

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California - Master of Fine Art, August 2005
	Major; Animation and Digital Arts
Phil Art Institute, Seoul, Korea 2001 -1 year course of Interactive Arts
Inha University, Inchon, Korea - BSc. Class of 1995

ANIMATION
WORKS

"Complaints" 2005 - Director and Animator, CG animation, 7 minutes
"Into the Shadow" 2002 - Director and Animator, Sand animation, 2 minutes
	Bronze Award, 2003 World Fest, Houston Kyoto international student film and video festival competition MadCat Women's International Festival International Student Film Festival Hollywood

COMPUTER
SKILLS

Operation System; Windows NT, MacOS, UNIX, LINUX
Software; Maya, Mental Ray, Renderman, Shake, After Effects, Voodoo(R&H animation and lighting software), Icy(R&H compositing software), Photoshop, Premiere, Flash MX, Painter, Toon Boom Studio V2, Microsoft Word and Excel

AWARD &
OTHER EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION

Scholarship: Hollywood Foreign Press 2002, USC Associate 2003
2004 Siggraph Los Angeles, Student Volunteer (August 2004)
Siggraph Los Angeles Chapter Volunteer Work 2003
Animation Art in Motion Teaching Volunteer 2002

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