Stephen Heidelberg

Address: 21306 De La Osa St. Woodland Hills, CA 91364 Cell phone: 818-434-4362 website: http://www.steveheidelberg.com

Education
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania BFA, Applied Media Arts 1993 1997

Professional Experience 1) Dreamworks Animation | animation industry

Character Effects Technical Director, August 2007 Present (2 years 8 months) Developing character effects solutions through the application of 3rd party and proprietary software. Character Effects solutions entail both development solutions (pipeline, tool, rigging, and clothing development) and daily shot effects work. Technical Director, 2003 Present (7 years 1 month) Provided support and solutions for a crew of 80+. Support and solutions entail 3rd party and proprietary software enhancement and development, pipeline enhancement and support, automation of tedious animation and layout procedures. In addition, both development and R&D completion for complicated shots through the use of hybrid proprietary and 3rd party software. CG Animation Trainer, 2003 2005 (2 years) Taught 2D to 3D classes that were essential to the animation team transitioning into the new 3D medium. Furthermore, evaluated artists and supervisors for the studio in this transitional stage. Evaluation was fundemental in selection and transition of new and old staff. I also performed training and evaluation of general and supervisor staff. In addition to my special consulting in animation, I taught classes in the following: Layout, Pipeline, and numerous proprietary software.

2) ECC International / Cubic Corporation | Defense & Space industry

Visual Database Engineer, 2001 2003 Creative content development for Land and Sea simulation systems which contributed to defense or military training exercises. Creative content entails environment design, character rigging and animation, vehicle design and generation, ballistic look and visual effects, and software interface design and development. Further responsibilities entailed system testing.

3) ImagineAsia Animation Studios | animation industry

Animation Trainer and software consultant, 2000 2001 Provided management and training for a crew of 20+ artists within Manila, Philippines. The primary Los Angeles based studio, Virtual Magic, wanted me to develop 3D outsourcing talent in the Philippines. The development of talent required me to transition 2D trained artist with the developing 3D pipeline.

4) Hakuhodo Inc. | Media industry

Lead Developer/Designer., 2000 2001 Provided design and user experience expertise to develop homepage and website user experience. In addition, I mentored junior artists on techniques.

5) School Of The Digital Arts, Full Sail | animation industry

Storyboard Course Director and Computer Animation Instructor, 1998 2000 Taught numerous lab and lecture classes on both computer and traditional animation. In addition to teaching classes, I mentored numerous students.

6) Vision Media Group | Media Production Industry

Computer Animator, 1996 1997

Specialties
animation, effects, finaling, mentoring, lecturing, training and consulting, character development and rigging, pipeline management, development, and support, programming pipeline tools, supporting advanced pipeline software or procedures, Interface and gui design, software testing and troubleshooting, and artistic and technology development and management.

Software and computer expertise

Numerous 3D software packages (Maya, Lightwave, XSI, Zbrush), Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects, Combustion, Shake, Flash, numerous simulation and real time graphic applications (Multigen Creator, Vega Prime, and Terra Vista), and numerous proprietary software packages perl, mel, C, python, mel, HTML, and shell scripting Unix/Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook, Publisher, Access, etc) Feature film credits including Kung Fu Panda 2, Shrek 4, Monsters Verses Aliens, Bee Movie, Over The Hedge, Madagasgar 2, Shrek 2, Sharktale Numerous commercial projects including Star Bucks, Hewlett Packard, and Toyota. Numerous multimedia projects including Channel Lock Tools, Delphi, and SharedGreetings.com Defense simulation project including Engagement Soldier Trainer. Cloth simulation, dynamic and map based fur, feather simulation, dynamic animation, rigging, finaling, keyframe animation, crowds, real time simulation, and dynamic systems. Rendering solutions, compositing, and stereo rendering process solutions. Interface design, pipeline solutions, and workflow tool automation.

Credits and accomplishments

Technology and process expertise