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

RESUME

SECRET ROOM

SCULPTURES

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