Simón V. Varela
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
VISUAL DEVELOPMENT ARTIST
vladimirvarela@yahoo.com
Photo by Paul Sullivan
WORK EXPERIENCE
• LOS HIJOS DE JACK
Production designer
Koati
• BLUE DREAM STUDIO
Production Designer
Animal Crackers
• FOX ANIMATION & REEL FX
Production Designer
The Book of Life
• DREAMWORKS
Visual Development Artist
The Croods / Rise of the Guardians
• Z-AXIS / ACTIVISION
Visual Development Artist
X3 Wolverine
• FOX ANIMATION STUDIOS
Production Stylist & Visual Development
Ice Age / Titan A.E. / Bartok The Magnificent
Various Development Projects
• WARNER BROTHERS FEATURE ANIMATION
Visual Development Artist
Iron Giant / Quest for Camelot
Various Development Projects
• UNIVERSAL CARTOON STUDIOS
Visual Development Artist & Layout Artist
Land Before Time II, III, IV y V
• CALVERT & COBBLER PRODUCTION
Layout Artist
The Thief and The Cobbler
• HANNA BARBERA FEATURE UNIT
Layout Artist
The Pagemaster / Once Upon a Forest
(2007 - 2008)
(2016 - Present)
(1994 - 1997)
(2004 - 2006)
(2013 - 2014)
(1993 - 1994)
(1997 - 2000)
(2010 - 2012)
(1992)
(1991 - 1993)
FREELANCE VIS DEV ARTIST
• PIXAR
Visual Development
Finding Nemo / Wall-E
• THE JIM HENSON CO.
Visual Development
Pinocchio
• AARDMAN ANIMATION
Visual Development
Arthur’s Christmas
• DISNEY FEATURE ANIMATION STUDIOS
Visual Development
Rapunzel
• THE LIFE AQUATIC PRODUCTION
Creature Designer
The Live Aquatic (Live Action)
(2000 - Present)
• SONY ANIMATION STUDIOS
Visual Development
Open Season
• LAIKA
Visual Development
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
• WARNER BROTHERS
Visual Development
Scooby Doo (Live Action)
• NICKELODEON
Visual Development
Dreams
EDUCATION
• ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN
Illustration
• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
Architecture
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