Phil Rivera
357 W OReilly St. Apt. 309
Kingston, NY 12401
www.philrivera.net
philriveramedia@gmail.com
3D/2D animation, rigging, 3D modeling,
UV texturing, illustration, video editing computer usage and networking.
Major strengths include:
Animation/Modeling:
Maya, ZBrush
Video
Production: DPS Reality Non-linear Editor, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects,
Autodesk Toxik
Image
Processing: Photoshop, Illustrator
Internet
Design: Html, FrontPage, Dreamweaver
Networking: Mac OS, Windows
Programming: Turbo Pascal, Assembly,
MEL Maya Scripting Language
Vita
Animator/Rigger/Modeler/Texture
Artist
Studio Macbeth
- Emmy Award Winner
June 2007 –Present
302
Wall St., Kingston, NY 12401
(845)
331 – 6737
° Worked
on History Channel Television shows "Stealing Lincoln's Body"
"The Lost
40 Days" and "The Real Face of Jesus?"
° 3D
Animator
° Character
Rigging, animation and texturing
° 3D
environment creation and texturing
Intern
Animator/Rigger/Modeler/Texture Artist
Croog Studios
February 2005 – June 2005
135
West 27th St., 7th Fl, New York, NY 10001
(212)
457 – 6578
° Involved
in story development for “Sprouts” project
° Character
Rigging, animation and texturing
° 3D
environment creation and texturing
Animator
Pensyl
Animation and William Paterson University
http://www.pensyl.com/commerc/fish/fish.html
April 2002 – May 2002
360°
Rendered
Aquarium simulation presented at Siggraph 2002
°
Involved with the design and production process
° Worked as integral member
animation team
°
Created skeletal rig for animation of Grouper fish
°
Animated Grouper fish and integrated with environment
Freelance
Modeler
Decipher
Cards www.decipher.com
°
Designed and constructed 3D models
° Rendered and prepared
Imagery for pre-press and final printing
° Consulted on
furniture design solutions
°
Created realistic 3D model concept visualizations
°
Rendered photo-realistic samples for clients
°
Designed and produced collateral materials for marketing.
Cozzolino:
Architectural Millwork
20
Standish Ave, West Orange, NJ 07052
Computer
modeler/Freelance Artist
°
Created realistic 3D model concept design visualizations
°
Rendered photo-realistic samples for clients
Education
William Paterson University
Bachelor of Fine Arts
New Jersey Institute of Technology,
Studied: Computer science
Joe Kubert
School of Cartoon and Graphic Art
Studied:
Cartoon Art/Animation
Awards, Honors
and Distinctions
Part of Emmy Award winning team
William Paterson Student Film Festival,
First Place