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Andrew Silke Resume
June 7, 2004

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
- Film experience: HappyFeet, ScoobyDoo, Inspector Gadget 2, George of the Jungle 2
- Award winning short film maker
- Enjoys the collaborative process
- Leadership skills, efficient communicator with teaching experience
- Fast worker
- Welcomes constructive criticism
- Strive for outstanding work with an emphasis on the end result
- Passion for animation beyond the workplace
- Knowledge of a diverse selection of 3d and 2d software
- Comprehensive study of Communication Design (computer graphics)
- Strong artistic skills including photography and drawing, sculpture

PROFFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
Animator
Animal Logic Sydney (2003 - current)
-character animation, modelling, previs layout (Happy Feet)
Maya, XSI

Part time teacher
Computer Graphics College Sydney (2003)
-character animation
3ds Max

Animator
Rising Sun Pictures Sydney (freelance 2002 - 2003)
-character animation (George of the Jungle 2)
Maya

Character Rigging
Ambience Sydney (freelance 2002)
-character rigging (Boom Boom Satellites - Music Video)
Maya

Animator
BEEPS Brisbane (freelance 2002)
-character animation (George of the Jungle 2)
Maya

Animator
Cutting Edge Post Brisbane (freelance 2002)
-character animation, rigging (Inspector Gadget 2 - end titles, Baba - Indian film)
Maya

Animator
Tmation Sydney (freelance 2002)
-character animation, rigging (Japanese TVC)
Lightwave

Filmmaker
Independent (2001 - 2002)
Short film - Cane-Toad
-script, design, story board, modelling, rigging, texturing, animation
Maya

Animator
Photon Gold Coast (freelance 2001)
-previs character animation (Scooby Doo)
Maya

Animator
Krome Studios Brisbane (2000 - 2001)
-character animation, modelling, texturing, animation, rigging.
-cut scene pre rendered and low poly (Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, Kat Burglar)
3ds Max

SHORT ANIMATIONS
Cane Toad (2002) Andrew Silke and David Clayton
Samurice (1999) Andrew Silke and James Bennett
Roachinator (1998) Andrew Silke

ACHEVEMENTS
St. Kilda Short Film Festival 2003 Best Comedy (Cane-Toad)
Queensland Young Filmaker Awards (Cane-Toad)
Woodford Film Festival Winner and Audience Award Winner (Cane-Toad)
Joes Café Anything Goes Film Festival Winner ($1000) (Cane-Toad)
AFI Awards Nomination 2003 (Cane-Toad)
If Awards Nomination broadcast on SBS tv (Cane-Toad)

SIGGRAPH 2000 animation screening
Student animation "Samurice" accepted in the SIGGRAPH Conference 2000 at New Orleans

10 sec Animation Club animation winner November 2001
10 sec Animation Club animation winner December 2003

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Design (Graduated 1999)
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Computer Arts Course- 3d animation, digital video, web design, multimedia production, project management.
Lightwave, Maya, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Director, Authorware, Premiere, Media 100, HTML, Java.
Macintosh and PC

3d Animation Scholarship (September 1998)
Silicon Studios QANTM Brisbane
Level 1 and 2 in Maya

Kirwan High School (Graduated 1996)
Very High Achievement, Excellence (top) Award in Art
Very High Achievement in Graphics (Technical Drawing)
Very High Achievement in IPT (Computer Studies)

TAFE Accredited
Black and White Photography
Life Drawing

INTERESTS
Guitar, Cinematography, Story, Film, Music, Low brow philosophy, Art, Snow Boarding

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