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Troy Morgan 3015 La Paz Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90039 · (213)-804-6665 · [email protected] · www.troymorgan.net PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION Art Directors Guild, Local 800 – IMA Senior Illustrator FEATURE FILMS ‘FANTASTIC FOUR’ STORYBOARD ARTIST / Director: Josh Trank / Production: Twentieth Century Fox ‘DEVIL’S DUE’ STORYBOARD ARTIST / Directors: Matt Bettinelli, Tyler Gillett / Production: Twentieth Century Fox ‘CHRONICLE’ STORYBOARD ARTIST, SUPERVISING VFX ARTIST / Director: Josh Trank / Production: Twentieth Century Fox ‘THE DOUBLE’ VFX SUPERVISOR, VFX ARTIST / Director: Micael Brandt / Production: Hyde Park Entertainment ‘FIRE WITH FIRE’ VFX SUPERVISOR, PRE VISUALIZATION / Director: David Barrett / Production: Grindstone Entertainment Group ‘SECONDS APART’ VFX ARTIST, 3D MODELER / Director: Antonio Negret / Production: After Dark Films ‘MIRRORS 2’ STORYBOARD ARTIST, VFX SUPERVISOR / Director: Victor Garcia / Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment ‘LEONIE’ VFX ARTIST / Director: Hisako Matsui / Production: Hyde Park Films ‘CATS AND DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE’ VFX ARTIST / Director: Brad Peyton / Production: Polymorphic Pictures ‘BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA 3: VIVA LA FIESTA’ CG CHARACTER ANIMATOR / Director: Lev L. Spiro / Production: Walt Disney Pictures ‘WIZARD OF GORE’ VFX ARTIST / Director: Jeremy Kasten / Production: Open Sky Entertainment TELEVISION ‘FRINGE, 5.06, THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND WHAT WALTER FOUND THERE’ VFX ARTIST / Director: Jon Cassar / Production: Bad Robot, Warner Bros. Television SHORT FILMS, VIDEO GAMES ‘ALICE: OTHERLANDS, A NIGHT AT THE OPERA’ PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, WRITER, COMPOSER / Production: Spicy Horse ‘ALICE, MADNESS RETURNS’ TECHNICAL ADVISOR / Production: Spicy Horse ‘TWEAKER, 2 A.M. WAKEUP CALL ’ PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, ANIMATOR, COVER ART / Production: Lakeshore Records ANIMATION JIBJAB ANIMATOR, COMPOSITOR, VFX ARTIST / March 2003 - 2006 MIRAGE ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPT ARTIST, STORYBOARD ARTIST / Feb 2005 CRAIG MURRAY PRODUCTIONS MOTION GRAPHIC ARTIST / Aug 2004 LAUNCH.COM MOTION GRAPHIC ARTIST / Nov 1998 - 2001 EDUCATION San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA - B.F.A. Film (1992-1996) California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA – M.F.A. Experimental Animation (1992-1996) AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS Slamdance Film Festival (WINNER Best Animated Short, DRAGON) Trenton Film Festival (WINNER Best Animation Short Film, DRAGON) Dragon Con (WINNER Best Animated Short, DRAGON) Dragon Con (WINNER Best Animated Fantasy, DRAGON) Atlanta Film Festival (NOMINEE Best Animated Film, DRAGON) SXSW (OFFICIAL SELECTION, DRAGON) Hiroshima Animation Festival (OFFICIAL SELECTION, DRAGON) .

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