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123118682 NE 63rd Way. Apt: 202 Redmond, WA 98052

Phone 949-289-9811 E-mail paulz@zimm-co.com Web www.zimm-co.com

Paul Zimmer
Summary My talents lie in animation, cinematics, realistic designideas, and quickly learning anything. I am a breeze to get along with, take direction easily, and am always glad to help out a fellow co-worker. I am willing to relocate to anywhere I’m needed.Employment

Feb. 2007 – Present

Gas Powered Games

Redmond, WA

Animator/Level Designer (Full Time) Rigged, skinned, animated, scripted, implemented, and polished all assigned animations fromMax to game. Quickly implemented gameplay and bug fixes on all assigned levels. Efficiently picked up leadership responsibilities as management changed, ensuring that my department had what it needed tofunction with minimal speed bumps. Dec. 2006 – Feb. 2007 Gas Powered Games Animator (Contract) Provided 30+ character animations for an up and coming original IP. Jan. 2005 – Nov. 2006 ShinyEntertainment Cinematic Animator (Full Time) Created 1/3 of all the cut scenes in “The Matrix, Path of Neo” (PS2, Xbox, PC). Created all 300+ cut scenes in “Warriors of Enkor” for PSP (canceled before beta).Helped animate a short film for a canceled Earth Worm Jim PSP title. Was responsible for camera animation, object animation, character placement, animation scripting and gameplay scripting for all mycut scenes. Quickly became a 1-man department while on the Warriors of Enkor project and met every deadline up to its cancellation. Newport Beach, CA From Home

Education

Oct. 2001 – June 2004The Art Institute of CA-OC Bachelor of Science in Media Arts & Animation Graduated with Honors in June 2004 3.6 cumulative GPA

Santa Ana, CA

Software Experience

3d Max (Character Studio andPuppet Shop), Maya, Motion Builder, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Combustion, Flash, Sound Forge, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel.

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