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 Personal details: Name: ​Diego Viezzoli I was born in Rome the 25​th​ February 1976 Nationality: Italy E­mail: ​[email protected]​ | website: ​www.CG3D.it Professional experience: Since 1998 I'm working in 3D digital animation field, I consider myself an expert in character animation. My main activities are character rigging and pipeline development. During the years I built for Rainbow CGI a mini team for building and maintaining the core pipeline tools. They handle asset versioning system, file structure and cleanup, a subscription based asset tracking using a mySql database, that hooks into Maya and Nuke. Companies: September 2015 – Present
CG Supervisor
Rainbow CGI Rome January 2015 – August 2015
Software developer
MPC London October 2008 – December 2014 Rigging supervisor | Pipeline TD
Rainbow CGI Rome Mocap developer and technician Associate CG supervisor March 2007 ­ October 2008 Character TD Framestore CFC London April 2005 – March 2007 Owner / Character TD Justeleven srl Rome May 2004 – April 2005 Character TD / Compositor Softdesign srl Rome September 2003 – May 2004 Character Rigger Simple Pictures Inc Rome January 1998 – September 2003 3D Modeler, Rigger Pool Factory srl Rome Productions: 2016 "Leone Film Group", the company character animation that introducing movies in teathers Character TD.​ Production: Interno18. 2016 "Winx Soaring", an extreme animation for theme park rides Character TD, Pipeline TD.​ Production: Rainbow srl. 2015 "Run Sheldon", just the character setup for animation purpose of a character from an android game Character TD.​ Production: Minimo VFX. 2015 "Jungle Book", the upcoming american 3D live­animation adventure fantasy Software Developer.​ Production: Disney. 2014 "Baru e gli amici del parco", a full animated television series pilot “pic­nic” Rigging supervisor, Character TD.​ Production: ​Vetrya S.p.A​. 2014 "Mia and Me 2th season", the full CG 3D part of the television series Rigging supervisor, pipeline TD.​ Production: Rainbow CGI. 2014 "Mistery of the deep", the third animated feature motion picture of the Winx Club. CG supervisor, rigging co­supervisor, pipeline TD. ​Production: Rainbow CGI. 2013 "Winx Club 6th season", the full CG part of the television series of Rainbow. CG supervisor, pipeline TD. ​Production: Rainbow CGI. 2013 "Magiclights", a pilot episode for a television series from Rainbow CGI. Rigging supervision, mentoring and tutoring of the whole team (8 internship from Academy).​Production: Rainbow CGI. 2012 "Winx Club 5th season", the full CG part of the fifth television series of Rainbow. Rigging co­supervisor, head of maya pipeline, associate CG supervisor. ​Production: Rainbow CGI. 2012 "Gladiators of Rome", a Rainbow feature film from Iginio Straffi executive producer. Rigging supervisor, pipeline TD, associate CG supervisor. ​Production: Rainbow CGI. 2011 "Hong Kong", a building mapping for the end of year party at East Point City Mall, Kowloon City H.K. "Santa Claus" character rigging. 2011 “Box Office 3D ­ Il film dei film”, a stereoscopic movie from Ezio Greggio actor and director. "Taxiceratops" Creature TD. ​Production: Canecane. 2011 “Huntik Magicland”, a Rainbow interactive ride attraction for Magicland theme park. Pipeline consultant. ​Production: Rainbow CGI. 2011 “The arrival of Wang”, a sci­fi movie from Manetti bros directors,the main character is a digital creature. Creature TD, production coordinator. ​Production: Palantir digital. 2010 “Marche: Land of magic”, a Rainbow production for the World Expo 2010 at Shanghai. Rigging supervisor, pipeline consultant. ​Production: Rainbow CGI. 2010 “Winx Club 3D Magic Adventure”, a Rainbow feature film from Iginio Straffi executive producer. Rigging supervisor, pipeline TD, associate CG supervisor. ​Production: Rainbow CGI. ​
2008 “Tale of Despereaux”, a Universal pictures animated feature film. Character rigging TD, developer, character finalling. ​Production: Framestore Animation 2008 “Rugbits”, a short animated series. Production: Justeleven. 2007 “Omino Bianco 100+ ­ Boxe”, TV commercial. 20” full 3D. Production: Justeleven. 2007 “Paranthropus”, an animated realistic creature for a museum. 60” full CG. Production: Justeleven. 2007 “Il nascondiglio”, 3D visual effects for this movie. Production: Justeleven. 2006 “La7 Segnaletica”, a TV spot for "La7" channel. 20” full CG. 2006 “Mr Bomb Bet”, a testimonial character for the "Sporting Bet" web site. 2006 “X and I”, characters problem solving for this CG feature film. Production: A.S.P. Rome. 2006 “Il Giorno più bello”, 3D visual effects for this movie. Production: Justeleven. 2006 “Libero”, logo animation for a TV show of "Rai" channel. Agency: Lotus Production. 2006 “Rio Mare for Pasta ­ Farfalle”, TV commercial. Agency: Publicis. 30” CG and live action mixed. 2006 “UHU flex and clean”, TV commercial. Agency:​ La Vie est Belle​. 30” full CG. 2006 “Rio Mare for Pasta ­ Pennette”, TV commercial. Agency: Publicis. 30” CG and live action mixed. 2006 “Amici in Tour”, logo animation for a TV show of "Mediaset" channel. Agency: Lotus Production. 2006 “Omino Bianco 100+ ­ Pattinaggio”, TV commercial. Agency: Publicis. 30” full 3D. 2006 “Toyota RAV4” post­production of a TV commercial.Production: Cineteam. Tracking and 3D elements on live action 2006 “Reti Ferroviare Italiane” institutional video. Production: Justeleven. Agency: Queimada. 3’ CG and live action. 2005 “Il Giorno più Bello”, 3D visual effects for this movie. Production: Nuvola film. VFX: Justeleven. 2005 “La sedia”, a short film. Production: Justeleven. 2005 “Zerolandia” intro animation of a dvd series about Renato Zero. Agency: FbF. 6’ full CG with people in live action. 2005 “SKY Idents”, logo animation for Sky channels. Agency: Frame by Frame. Fourteen 8”, CG and live action mixed. 2005 “Poste italiane”, visual effects for institutional video. Agency: Rotella and partners. 4’ particle VFX on live action. 2005 “Omino Bianco 100+ ­ Seduta macchifica”, TV commercial. Agency: Publicis. 30” full CG. 2005 “Panorama LIVE!”, TV commercial. Production: Harold&Motion. Two 15” full CG. 2004 “BottegaVerde, naturalmente bella”, TV commercial. Agency: Promotec. Two 10” full CG. 2004 “Nutella Natale 2004”, TV commercial. Production: Harold&Motion. Agency: NO. 30” 2D animation on 3D env. 2004 “Mr Loo”, animated short film. Selected by "IMAGINA 2005" contest; winner of “Nastro d’Argento 2005” as best animated short. 6’ full CG. 2004 “Omino Bianco 100+ ­ Missione Speciale”, TV commercial. Agency: Publicis. 30” full CG. 2004 “Danito ­ Danone”, TV commercials. Production: Harold&Motion. Agency: Young & Rubicam. Two 20” full CG. 2003 “Krutt”, teaser of short film of Bruno Bozzetto. Production: Simple Pictures. 2’ full CG. 2003 “HOD”, animated short movie. Self­production. 3’ full CG. 2003 “Smilims”, pilot for TV series. Production: Pool factory for Operation Smile Italy. 2’ full CG. 2003 “Carta Camomilla Recediva”, TV commercial. Agency: Saatchi&Saatchi. One 30” and one 15” full CG. 2003 “Convention Telecom Atesia”, institutional film. Agency: Keyword . 4' full CG. 2003 “ALICE di Telecom Italia & RUSCONI editore”, cd­rom advertising. Agency: Keyword. 3' full CG. 2002 “Acqua Lete”, TV commercials. Production: Harold. Four 30” full CG with live action packshot. 2002 “CRISALIDE ­ Disturbi alimentari”, TV commercial. Production: Mediaset. 30” CG and live action mixed. 2002 “RAI per il Rispetto”, TV commercials. Production: RAI Comunication. Six 30” live action with 3D charaters. 2002 “Carta Camomilla”, TV commercials. Production: Harold. Agency: Saatchi&Saatchi. One 30” and two 15” full CG. 2002 “POOL factory”, character animation company show­reel. Company: Pool factory. 4’ full CG. 2002 “ColosseumWeb”, a special web project with Canon. Company: Pool factory. 2’ of 3D archaeological reconstruction. 2001 “Acqua Lete”, TV commercials. Production: Harold. Agency: J.Walther Thompson. Three 30” full CG. 2001 “Nuova FORD FIESTA”, cd­rom advertising for the MotorShow 2001. Agency: Hermes. 2’ full CG. 2001 “Suor Sorriso”, 3D visual effects on a italian movie. Company: Pool factory. 2001 “Convention TIM Gran Canarie”, institutional film. Agency: Epics. 2' full CG. 2000 “Villa Poniatowsky”, cd­rom of archaeological reconstruction. Client: “Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma”. 2000 “Orfeo”, animated short film. Company: Pool factory. 5’ full CG. 1999 “Omaggio a Petrolini”, animated short film. Company: Pool factory. 3’ full CG. Teaching experiences: From 2011 I'm a teacher of Rainbow academy school for the “Rigging” module of the “3D Digital Production” main course. 2014 ­ Teaching activities at the universitary master:“Animazione 3D, Compositing” at “Centro Teatro Ateneo”, faculty of Philosophy and Letters of first university of Rome "La Sapienza". 2012 ­ Teaching activities at the universitary master:“Animazione 3D, Tecniche in Animazione nella Performance” at “Centro Teatro Ateneo”, faculty of Philosophy and Letters of first university of Rome "La Sapienza". 2010 ­ Teaching activities at the universitary master:“ Animazione 3D Autodesk Maya 8” at “Centro Teatro Ateneo”, faculty of Philosophy and Letters of first university of Rome "La Sapienza". 2003 ­ Teaching activities at the universitary master:“ Animazione 3D in Maya” at “Centro Teatro Ateneo”, faculty of Philosophy and Letters of first university of Rome "La Sapienza". 2002­2003 – Teaching activities for a "Maya course" at "Pool Factory". 2001­ Teaching activities for a "Maya course” at “Quasar Institute”. Education: 1995­1999 Master degree of Industrial Design, 97/100 votation, at first university of Rome “La Sapienza”. 1990­1995 “Geometra diploma, at I.T.G. Leon Battista Alberti of Rome. Languages: Italian. English. Specialties: Character rigging tools, character animation tools, procedures to automate any kind of operations. Mel and Python programming skills with strong knowledge. Very basic knowledge of C++ for plugins. Proven over the years a good team­leading skills, wise scheduling for tasks and departments for feature movies, tv series and commercials. IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2649973/#VisualEffects Maya 2014 Certified Professional ​ ­ 04/03/2014 Maya 2015 Certified Professional ​ ­ 14/07/2014