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EMIL SIMEONOV

BIOGRAPHY

 EMIL SIMEONOV

Character Animation 
Character Design 
Visual Development 
EMILGSIMEONOV@HOTMAIL.COM

 

Emil Genchev Simeonov is a character
animator, born in 1964 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
He graduated character animation at NATFIZ under prof. Proiko Proikov. Emil has worked for several Hollywood studios including Dream Works Animation, Walt Disney Animation, Universal Pictures and
Digital Domain.
He has been part of movies like ” Prince Of Egypt”, „Percy Jackson”, „Transformers”, „The Golden Compass” and many others.
He currently works and lives in Los Angeles.

 

FEATURE PRODUCTIONS

 

Oblivion   2013    Digital Domain, Los Angeles 

Oblivion 

Lead Character Animator 
Created realistic 3D character animation of the DronesBubbleship characters
Four Lucky (Čtyřlístek ve službách krále)   2012    Alkay Animation, Prague 

Four Lucky (Čtyřlístek ve službách krále) 

Character Animator 
Created realistic 3D character animation for the Witch character
Transformers III   2011    Digital Domain, Los Angeles 

Transformers III 

Character Animator 
Created realistic 3D character animation of the Wheels character
Percy Jackson   2009    Digital Domain, Los Angeles 

Percy Jackson 

Senior Character Animator 
Created realistic 3D character animation of the Hydra character
Transformers II   2008    Digital Domain, Los Angeles 

Transformers II 

Senior Character Animator 
Created realistic 3D character animation of the Wheels character
The Golden Compass   2007    New Line Cinema, Cinesite, London 

The Golden Compass 

Lead Character Animator 
Created realistic 3D character animation of the Raven demon character
Underdog   2006    Walt Disney, Cinesite, London 

Underdog 

Lead Character Animator 
Animated dialogue scenes with the main character, Shoeshine
Happily N'ever After   2005    Baby Warrior, Bardel Entertainment Inc., Vancouver 

Happily N'ever After 

Lead Character Animator 
Worked on the Prince character of the movie
Valiant   2004    Walt Disney, Vanguard Animation, London 

Valiant 

Supervising Animator 
Led a team of animators on the animation of the Three Mice as well as animatingMercury, voiced by John Cleese
Van Helsing Animated   2003    Universal Pictures, Los Angeles 

Van Helsing Animated 

Character Designer 
Worked with the director, Sharon Bridgeman, on the design and development of the main characters including Van Helsing and Mr. Jekyll
The Piglet Movie   2002    Walt Disney, Tokyo 

The Piglet Movie 

Supervising Animator 
Supervised along with Alex Williams and Scott Peterson a team of animators on the animation and the lip-sync of the main characters. Presented lectures on animation and animation lip-sync
Sinbad   2001    DreamWorks, Los Angeles 

Sinbad 

Character Animator 
Created designs for the Syracusians and Soldiers characters
Spirit   2000    DreamWorks, Los Angeles 

Spirit 

Character Animator 
Animated scenes with the Spirit's herd and the cavalry horses
El Dorado   1998    DreamWorks, Los Angeles 

El Dorado 

Animator 
Worked with supervising animator James Baxter on the main character Tulio, voiced by Kevin Kline
The Prince of Egypt   1996    DreamWorks, Los Angeles 

The Prince of Egypt 

Character Designer, Animator 
Developed and animated the Slaves, Soldiers and Hebrew characters in the movie. Worked with the designers, Carter Goodrich and Carlos Grandel on the design of the Slaves, Soldiers and Hebrew characters.
   

VIDEO GAMES

Shadow Run   2004    Baby Warrior, Microsoft, Seattle 

Shadow Run 

Consulting, Character Animation 
Was involved in the many facets of animation production for the game industry, including design and character animation.
   

INDEPENDENT

    1997    Creative Progress Agency, Sofia 

Five Shorts 

Producer 
Produced five short animated movies with the Director/Animator Vitko Boyanov. The shorts were submitted and presented at several animated festivals and competitions.

 EDUCATION

1985 - 1989         Higher Institute of Theatrical Art - K. Sarafoff, Sofia

1979 - 1982         7th Unified Secondary Polytechnic School, Sofia