Personal details: Name: Diego Viezzoli ​ th I was born in Rome the 25 ​ February 1976 ​ Nationality: Italy E-mail: [email protected] | website: www.CG3D.it ​ ​ ​

Professional experience: Since 1998 I'm working in 3D animation field, I‘m an expert for character animation projects. My main activities has been always focused in character rigging development and then general pipeline development. During the years I’ve driven the development of a proprietary production pipeline with many python tools for the artists to make all the shows done in the last 6 years.

Companies:

September 2015 – Present Supervising Technical Director Rainbow CGI Rome

January 2015 – August 2015 Crowd TD \ 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:

2018 "Dieci giorni senza la mamma", Pipeline Supervisor. Production: Colorado Film - Rainbow ​ ​ 2018 "44 Cats", the new property of Rainbow group that’s coming for 2018 Supervising TD, Pipeline Supervisor. Production: Rainbow CGI - Bardel Entertainment ​ 2017 "Monster High: Adventures of the Ghoul Squad", new animated series from Mattel Assets Supervising TD. Production: Bardel Entertainment - Rainbow CGI ​ 2016 "Angry Birds Blues", new animated series from Rovio, brings back the “Hatchlings” on TV Assets Supervising TD, Pipeline TD. Production: Bardel Entertainment - Rainbow CGI ​ 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", the main character of an android game to make cinematics in animation Character TD. Production: Minimo VFX ​ 2015 "Jungle Book", the upcoming american 3D live-animation adventure fantasy Software Developer. Production: Disney ​ 2014 "Baru e gli amici del parco", a full animated television series pilot “pic-nic” 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 co-supervisor, 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 co-supervisor, 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 sci-fi 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” post-production 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. Self-production. 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”, cd-rom 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 show-reel. 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”, cd-rom 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”, cd-rom 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". 2002-2003 – Teaching activities for a "Maya course" at "Pool Factory". 2001- Teaching activities for a "Maya course” at “Quasar Institute”.

Education: 1995-1999 Master degree of Industrial Design, 97/100 votation, at first university of Rome “La Sapienza”. 1990-1995 “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 team-leading 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 ​