JAVIER ZUMAETA

Javaniceday@gmail.com        www.JavAnimation.com        (626) 260-7727

 

PROJECT LIST HIGHTLIGHTS - 2012 - present

Digital Domain - Spider-Man No Way Home – Finals Animator, Previs (2021), Black Panter: Wakanda Forever – Previs (2021)

Ingenuity Studios - Let the Right One In (2023), One-Piece (2023) - Character Animator

Proof Inc  - Ghosted - Previs (2022), Suicide Squad – Previs, Postvis (2021), Chupa - Postvis (2020), Shazam – Previs (2019), The Predator – Postvis (2018), Wrinkle in Time – Previs (2017), Star Trek Beyond – Postvis (2016), Ghostbusters – Previs (2016), San Andreas – Previs (2015), Night at the Museum 3- Postvis (2015), Fast and Furious 7 – Previs (2015)

The Mill – Apex Legends Trailer – Character Anim (2019)

Pixomondo - DC Comics/WB Park Ride – Character Anim (2019), Star Trek Discovery – Previs - (2018)

Halon Entertainment – Borderlands 3Trailer – Character Anim (2019), Ford v Ferrari - Previs (2019), Pacific Rim Uprising – Previs (2018) The Hunger Games: Mocking Jay Part 2 - Postvis (2015)

DBZTribute - Lead Animator/Director (2018)

The Third Floor - Kong: Skull Island - Previs (2017)

MPC - Dawn of the Planet of  the Apes - Previs (2014)

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

Character Animation

  • Character hero animator - Digital Domain Spider-Man No Way Home

  • Character chimp animator - Ingenuity Studios - Let The Right One In

  • Character Lilith intro animation - Borderlands 3 – Halon

  • Character animator – The Mill - Apex Legends

  • Lead character animator – DBZTribute

  • Character Animator - Pixomondo - Tom & Jerry for DC Comics/WB ride project

  • Character animator – Gluk’oza Productions - Savva

  • Character hero animator – Gnomon Studios’s Exoids

Previs

  • Previs character, vehicle, and creature animation – Proof Inc, Halon, MPC, The Third Floor

  • Shot timing, framing – Proof Inc, Halon, MPC, The Third Floor

  • Sequence editing – Proof Inc, Halon

Postvis

  • Character, creature animator – Proof Inc, Halon

  • Character modeling, rigging – Proof Inc.

  • Shot compositing – Halon

 

QUALIFICATIONS OVERVIEW

Eleven years professional animation experience.

  • Understanding of the principles of animation

  • 3D animation experience

    1. Maya

    2. Character, creature, vehicle animation experience

    3. Feature film, previs, postvis, video game animation experience

    4. Modeling and rigging experience

  • Multimedia experience

  • Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere-Pro

  • Figure drawing, concept art, story boarding, marker renderings

  • Self-motivated, Team oriented, Great personality and work ethic

 

EDUCATION

Gnomon School of Visual Effects

California State University, Los Angeles                     Bachelor of Arts in Art - Animation Concentration

  • History minor, Cum Laude - 3.76 GPA

  • Cal State LA Dean’s List Award Winner, Honorary Member (2008)