DANNY MEN
Phone: 1.778.985.5166 • Email: dannymen5400@gmail.com • http://dannymenreel.blogspot.com/
I am a passionate person who wishes to explore the field of
animation no matter what genre or medium it is in. My goal is to create fun yet
believable characters that fits into the world that they live in.
WORK EXPERIENCE
● In-House Animator at Bardel Entertainment Inc. (Dec 2014 - Present)
o created full animation scenes using Toom Boom Harmony
o Worked on The Croods Netflix series & Jake and The Neverland Pirates
● Animator at Bento Box Entertainment LLC (March 2014 - August 2014)
o Tweened animation using Toom Boom Harmony
o Cleaned up keyed animation sequences.
o Help work on shots in the revision team.
● Hallmark Creative Intern: Motion Graphics/Animation (May 2013 - August 2013)
o Created an action packed and appealing children's book trailer from concept to finish using After Effects, Illustrator, and Cinema 4D.
o Produced a charming and heartwarming e-card from concept to finish creating a world
that lives on a piece of watercolor paper using Flash, Photoshop, and After Effects.
o Turned in concepts for new Disney Hallmark Keepsakes.
ANIMATION WORKS
● Edith and the Bear (2013)
o Character designer and 2D animator
1st Place in the 2013 ASIFA-SF Spring Festival
2nd place on Audient Choice at the FPS Festival
Special Jury Reward at the FPS Festival
● Tamara (2013)
o 3D animator
2nd Place in the 2013 ASIFA-SF Spring Festival
● Green Ninja, What's the Bag Deal? (2013)
o 2D animator, short film produced with SJSU Environmental Studies
● The Footprint (2012)
o 2D animator
1st place in 24 Hour Animation Challenge
● Knock On My Door (2012)
o 2D animator
Best in Show at the 2013 ASIFA-SF Spring Festival
Best Animated Film at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival
Gold Metal Award in the Society of Illustrators 55 – Moving Image category
● Green Ninja, For Goodness Rake (2012)
o 2D animator , short film produced with SJSU Environmental Studies
● Tule Lake (2011)
o 2D animator
1st place in the 2013 ASIFA East for Best Student Film
Nominee in the 2013 Annie Awards for Best Student Film
Best Filmmaker: Films Under 30 Min in the 2012 Creative Awards
Best Student Film: Student 19+ in the 2012 Creative Awards
Best of Show in the 2012 CSU Media Arts Festival
1st place in the 2012 CSU Media Arts Festival
1st place in the 2012 ASIFA-SF Annual Spring Festival Excellence In
Animation award in the 2012 ASIFA-SF Annual Spring Festival
● Green Ninja, Footprint Renovation (2011)
o 2D animator, student film produced with SJSU Environmental Studies
● Bye Bye Bruce (2011)
o 2D animator
2nd place in the 2012 Society of Illustrators Student Animation Competition
3rd place in the 2011 CSU Media Arts Festival
● Bloom (2011)
o 2D animator
Best Undergraduate Animation in the 2012 Ivy Film Festival
1st place in the 2012 Society of Illustrators Student Animation Competition
1st place in the 2012 CreaTV Awards
2nd place in the 2011 CSU Media Arts Festival
● No Robots (2010)
o 2D animator, student film
Adobe Design Achievement Award 2011
Semi Finalist Rosebud Award for Best Animation of 2010 CSU Media Arts Festival
EDUCATION
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY- Studied Animation and Illustration from 2003-2013
SKILLS AND PROGRAMS
● Maya & Cinema 4D
● Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, & Flash
● Toom Boom Harmony
● 2D animation and 3D Animation
● Illustrations and Character Design
● Storyboards
● Conversational in Mandarin
OTHER
Shrunkenheadman Librarian, San Jose, CA 2011- 2012
• Coordinated and set up the first Shrunkenheadman’s library at SJSU
Animation Collection Gallery, San Jose, Ca 2011
• Organized an art gallery at San Jose State University exhibiting my personal collection
of animation production artwork from the 1930’s-2000 from various animation studios.
HOBBIES
• Animation Production Artwork Collecting
