alanforemananimation

education

Rhode Island School of Design
BFA film / animation / video 2000

experience

January 2009 – Present

Freelance Animator / Director
Clients: Hornet Inc. (NYC) animation, design; Six Point Harness (LA): animation; The Electric Company (Sesame Workshop-NYC): direction, design, animation, consultation; Nick Jr. (NYC): design; Michel Gondry (NYC): animation

May 2005 - December 2008

Director: Animation Collective
Responsibilities: create and maintain visual style of animated content. manage teams of storyboarders, designers, and animators. over-see quality control of animated content.
Projects: SKWOD (AOL) - director; Kappa Mikey (Nicktoons Networks) - assistant director; Speed Racer: The Next Generation ( Nicktoons Networks) - storyboard supervisor; Three Delivery (Nicktoons Networks) - director / art director

January 2005 - May 2005

Freelance Animation: Soup 2 Nuts Productions
Projects: O’ Grady (Noggin) - writing and recording of original music, storyboarding, animation

November 2000 - January 2005

Senior Animator: Soup 2 Nuts Productions
Responsibilities: storyboarding, character and background design, animation, writing and recording of original music. art design and animation of multiple development projects.
Projects: Hey, Monie (Oxygen and BET) - storyboarding, animation, and design; Home Movies (Cartoon Network) - storyboarding, animation, and design; Time Warp Trio (Discovery Kids) - storyboarding, character design; O’ Grady (Noggin) - storyboarding, animation, writing and recording of original music; Word Girl (PBS) - original character design

skills

Computer Programs: Adobe and Macromedia Flash, Pro-Tools, Reason, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Microsoft Word.

Equipment: digital and analog audio recording, digital and analaog video recording, CP-16, 16mm Bolex, manual and automated Oxberry animation rigs.