My animation reel and resume

Henry Sato Jr. Artist/Animator/Art Instructor

Email: hsato40@gmail.com Cell Phone: (310)266-4213

Instagram: @hsatostudios

Education

California State University Northridge

-Bachelor of Arts Degree/Art 2D Media/Specializing in Illustration

-Graduated Cum Laude

-Dean's List

California Art Institute

-Figure drawing/quick sketch

Professional Experience

January 2023-May 2024/Onchain Studios

Senior Animator

-Animate characters for various user experiences and marketing

July 2022-October 2022/CoSA VFX

Senior Animator

-Animate on various films and television series

July 2019-Present/H Sato Studios

Artist/Illustrator/Animator/Art Instructor

-Pursue my own artistic endeavors for myself and clients

-Tutoring drawing and animation

April 2019-July 2019/AnimSchool

Animation instructor

-teaching animation

Feb 2019-April 2019/Futures Academy

Art and Animation instructor

-teaching art and animation

Jan 2018-March 2018/Mr X

Senior Animator/Previsualization Artist

-undisclosed major motion picture(CG with live action and mocap)

September 2016-June 2017/Pixomondo

Senior Animator/Previsualization artist

-Sky Hunter(live action with CG)

-Green Lantern VR ride(previsualization)

-The Fate of the Furious(CG animation with live action)

-Call of Duty:Infinity Warfare commercial(CG with live action commercial)

April 2016-June 2016/Alpha Animation

Senior animator

-Cellular phone App commercial

August 2015-March 2016/Sony Pictures Imageworks

Senior Animator

-Alice Through the Looking Glass

October 2014-May 2015/EA Mobile

Senior Animator

-Pets Mobile Game(Mobile game animation)

August 2013-October 2014/The Third Floor

Previsualization Artist

-San Andreas(previsualization)

-Pirates of the Caribbean 5(previsualization)

-Antman(previsualization)

-L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravishing Dynasties(previsualization)

-Destiny commercial(CG and mocap with live action commercial

August 2013-October 2014/Wild Canary

Senior CG Character Animator

-Mucinex commercials(CG animation with live action)

November 2012-May 2013/Sony Pictures Imageworks

Senior CG Character Animator

-Oz the Great and Powerful(CG animation with live action)

-Smurfs 2(CG animation with live action)

August 2012-October 2012/Disneytoon Studios

Senior CG Character Animator/Technical animator

-Planes(helped develop animation tool for use at the studio)

January 2012-August 2012/Walt Disney Animation Studios

Senior CG Character Animator

-Wreck It Ralph(Full CG animation)

July 2011-September 2011/Sony Playstation(SCEA)

Senior CG Character Animator

-Uncharted 3:Drake's Deception(computer game cinematics)

October 2010-June 2011/Sony Pictures Imageworks

Senior CG Character Animator

-Smurfs(CG animation with live action)

August 2010-September 2010/The Third Floor

Previsualization Artist

-Journey 2: The Mysterious Island(previsualization)

June 2009-October 2009/Rhythm and Hues

Senior CG Character Animator

-Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel(CG animation with live action)

2001-May 2009/Sony Pictures Imageworks

Senior CG Character Animator

-G-Force(CG animation with live action)

-Eagle Eye(CG animated vehicles with live action)

-Prince Caspian(CG animation with live action)

-Speed Racer(CG animated vehicles with live action)

-Beowulf(Mocap with CG animation)

-Surf's Up(Full CG animation)

-Monster House(Mocap with CG animation)

-Open Season(Full CG animation)

-Polar Express(Mocap with CG animation/full CG animation(wolves, caribou, eagle)

-Spiderman 2(CG animation with live action)

-Early Bloomer(CG animated short)

-Matrix Revolutions(CG animation with live action)

-Attack of the Chubb Chubbs(Academy Award winning short/Full CG animation)

-Stuart Little 2(CG animation with live action)

2000 Warner Brothers Feature Animation

CG Character Animator

-Osmosis Jones(Full CG animation)

1999 Sony Pictures Imageworks

CG Character Animator

-Stuart Little (CG animation with live action)

1990-1999 Walt Disney Feature Animation

CG Character Animator

-Dinosaur (CG animation with live action)

-Steadfast Tin Soldier/Fantasia 2000(Full CG animation)

CG Animating Assistant

-Pocahontas(Full CG animation)

Rough Inbetweener

-The Lion King -Aladdin

-Beauty and the Beast

-Summer 1990 Walt Disney Feature Animation Internship Program

Software Experience

-Unix/Linux/Spinux/Windows NT/27+ yrs

-Maya/20+ years

-Softimage/2yrs

-Alias Power Animator/2 yrs.