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Bio

Ahmed Attia
Storyboard Artist, 2D Animator, Character Rigger, Animation Director

Markham, ON

Canada

 

Experience
 

2/2022 – 8/2023
Nelvana
Character Rigging
– Zokie of Planet Ruby
create the character rigging and props

( including most of the main characters like Zokie, Ruby and Earl )

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4/2022- 8/2023
New realm studio (freelance)
Storyboard artist, Director, and 2D Animator.

• Phonetic Song
  (a song for preschool children)
  Storyboard artist, Character design artist, 2D Animator

• The Magic Story Cape III
  Gnomes and chipmunks      6 min. episode
  Create Storyboard, Character design, layout and animation.

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9/2020 – 2/2022

Taqqut  productions

Lead Characters rigger, 2D Harmony animator.
-Mia and the monsters.
     Props Rigging. 
-Children and youth
    Build and rig main characters
-TuKtu Journey.
    Build and rig main characters and review the other artists’ rigging.
-Tandura friends.
    Character rigging
-Orphan Tales.
       Update old rigging.
-Nanuq and Nuka
      Rig additional characters.
-Putuguq and Kublu.
  Review the other artist rigging and Rig characters.

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12/2018 – 3/2020                

Newrealm Studios – Canada.                                                             

  – “Fable Stories for Children” 10 episodes – Video book animation. 

      Director, Character Design, 2D Animator, Characters Rigger.     

– “Stories of the Magic Cap” – 2 episodes –

     2D Animator, 2D animation team leader.                                                                                                                                   

My responsibilities for both projects include the following:

• Creating a suitable style as needed for the production and checking the scripts.

• I led the 2D animation team, characters rigging artists, 2D animators, compositing, and checking the render. Besides my work as a team leader, I also participated in creating the character’s rigging, character animation, and character design.

• Follow up on the client’s comments and the animation team’s support and ensure the deadlines were met.

 

– “Up We Soar” documentary film

               2D Animator. Character rigger.

 My responsibilities included:

• I created 2D semi-life animation and 2D effects using Toon Boom Harmony and Adobe After Effects.

• characters  rigging

• Colouring and Render.

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2018

Black Coffee, Short film — USA
(the animation scene)
created the animation style the character design, created animation, compositing, and Render

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2017

Samia Gamal Dance, animation scene, Kuwait

Create the animation style, Rotoscoping animation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUuaZEBpuFc
2D Animator, Character design.

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2015

 Bilal: A new breed of hero, Feature film — UAE

END TITLES Seq. (HECAT studio Paris- France) 

2D Animator, Rotoscoping + traditional animation, T.V. paint,

• https://vimeo.com/250212914

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2014

Wiza’ World, 5 short films, -Egypt

Create the episode’s style, Director, Character design, 2D Animator, and Character rigger.

 

Conferences,  workshops, festivals, and committees:

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• 2015 -2018   “Cairo International Animation Forum.” Member of the Organization Committee.

• 2013 – 2017   Member of the Children’s Culture.                                        Supreme Council of Culture.

• 2015 member of the animation commercials  jury,              The  International  Animation Forum in  Cairo

• 2015  Prepare  Delphine Maury’s workshop about animation production and screenwriting.                                                              “The  International  Animation Forum in  Cairo”

• 2015  member of Animation  Films And T.V. Programs Jury   “Cairo  International Cinema  and Arts Festival for  Children.”

• 2015 Speaker  at the “Informal Education for Children Conference,” Children’s Library at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

• 2014  member at the short animation film competition Jury,                                Qabila 2nd. Short film festival.

• 2013    Instructor an  introduction to  the storyboard courses           with  the Egyptian  Animation Artists Syndicate

• 2013  President of the youth films jury.                   
    Youth Animation Festival in Cairo

• 2012  Animation workshop “  Maarifa serving education program 15th-25th October 2012 “  in partnership with La Cartoucherie                                        ( Folimage Studio )

• 2012   Marrifa conference «Digital change and television: new educational challenges» Conference Maarifa – Rabat, 9th and 10th May 2012.

• 2007  ‘ Prix Jeunesse’ workshop presented by Susanne Rieschel, ZDF.

• 2005    Instructor an animation overview workshop   for the animation artists in Osmose production studio \  Morocco

 

Awards and festivals

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• 2009     Cairo International Film Festival for Children·        

                 Children’s International Jury Prize for T.V. Programs ” Sokar and Bangar”

•  2010 Chinh India Festival·       

        Silver prize for the short animation film:
        “Very Important Film”

•  2013 The National Festival for Egyptian Cinema

          Jury prize for the best animation film
      ” ghalat,  maysahesh, Eyb.”  “It’s wrong, unacceptable, ashamed. “

• 2016 MIAF
  Melbourne International Animation Festival
    Official Selection.
  “Wiza‘world.”

 

Links

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ahmed-fawzi-57081825

 

Vimeo channel: https://vimeo.com/user11430776

 

Education:

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Academy of Art, High Institute for Cinema. Cairo, EGYPT

Bachelor of Animation.

Canadian Equivalency by the WES: Bachelor’s degree

 (4 years).

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SOFTWARE:

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Toon BoomHarmony 22

Toon Boom storyboard pro.

Tv paint

Adobe after effect

Adobe Premiere

Adobe Photoshop.

Adobe Illustrator

 

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