EMIL SIMEONOV

 EMIL SIMEONOV

Character Animation 
Character Design 
Visual Development 
EMILGSIMEONOV@HOTMAIL.COM

 

Emil Genchev Simeonov is a character
animator, born in 1964 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
He graduated character animation at NATFIZ under prof. Proiko Proikov. Emil has worked for several Hollywood studios including Dream Works Animation, Walt Disney Animation, Universal Pictures and
Digital Domain.
He has been part of movies like ” Prince Of Egypt”, „Percy Jackson”, „Transformers”, „The Golden Compass” and many others.
He currently works and lives in Los Angeles.

 

FEATURE PRODUCTIONS

 

		2013    Digital Domain, Los Angeles  Oblivion  Lead Character Animator  Created realistic 3D character animation of the Drones, Bubbleship characters
		2012    Alkay Animation, Prague  Four Lucky (Čtyřlístek ve službách krále)  Character Animator  Created realistic 3D character animation for the Witch character
		2011    Digital Domain, Los Angeles  Transformers III  Character Animator  Created realistic 3D character animation of the Wheels character
		2009    Digital Domain, Los Angeles  Percy Jackson  Senior Character Animator  Created realistic 3D character animation of the Hydra character
		2008    Digital Domain, Los Angeles  Transformers II  Senior Character Animator  Created realistic 3D character animation of the Wheels character
		2007    New Line Cinema, Cinesite, London  The Golden Compass  Lead Character Animator  Created realistic 3D character animation of the Raven demon character
		2006    Walt Disney, Cinesite, London  Underdog  Lead Character Animator  Animated dialogue scenes with the main character, Shoeshine
		2005    Baby Warrior, Bardel Entertainment Inc., Vancouver  Happily N'ever After  Lead Character Animator  Worked on the Prince character of the movie
		2004    Walt Disney, Vanguard Animation, London  Valiant  Supervising Animator  Led a team of animators on the animation of the Three Mice as well as animatingMercury, voiced by John Cleese
		2003    Universal Pictures, Los Angeles  Van Helsing Animated  Character Designer  Worked with the director, Sharon Bridgeman, on the design and development of the main characters including Van Helsing and Mr. Jekyll
		2002    Walt Disney, Tokyo  The Piglet Movie  Supervising Animator  Supervised along with Alex Williams and Scott Peterson a team of animators on the animation and the lip-sync of the main characters. Presented lectures on animation and animation lip-sync
		2001    DreamWorks, Los Angeles  Sinbad  Character Animator  Created designs for the Syracusians and Soldiers characters
		2000    DreamWorks, Los Angeles  Spirit  Character Animator  Animated scenes with the Spirit's herd and the cavalry horses
		1998    DreamWorks, Los Angeles  El Dorado  Animator  Worked with supervising animator James Baxter on the main character Tulio, voiced by Kevin Kline
		1996    DreamWorks, Los Angeles  The Prince of Egypt  Character Designer, Animator  Developed and animated the Slaves, Soldiers and Hebrew characters in the movie. Worked with the designers, Carter Goodrich and Carlos Grandel on the design of the Slaves, Soldiers and Hebrew characters.
		VIDEO GAMES
		2004    Baby Warrior, Microsoft, Seattle  Shadow Run  Consulting, Character Animation  Was involved in the many facets of animation production for the game industry, including design and character animation.
		INDEPENDENT
		1997    Creative Progress Agency, Sofia  Five Shorts  Producer  Produced five short animated movies with the Director/Animator Vitko Boyanov. The shorts were submitted and presented at several animated festivals and competitions.

 EDUCATION

1985 - 1989         Higher Institute of Theatrical Art - K. Sarafoff, Sofia

1979 - 1982         7th Unified Secondary Polytechnic School, Sofia