E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Website: www.leahshore.com Leah BLOG: leahshore.wordpress.com Vimeo: www.vimeo.com/leahshore Youtube: youtube.com/user/shorehot22 GOAL ShoreA Creative Production Position Areas{ of expertise: Direction, Concept, , , Fine-Art EDUCATION Rhode Island School of Design: Providence, RI BFA 2009 - Animation and Film - deans list Brown University: Providence, RI Psychology Courses, 2006 - 2008 EXPERIENCE Independent Filmmaker: self produces, animates, creates, writes, edits own that go on to film festivals world wide. Current film in the festival circuit is OLD MAN, an experimental film that is narrated by never before heard, recent audio of Charles Manson. Past films have shown internationally. Freelancer: hired for numerous things including creative consultant, producing commercials, music videos, docu- mentaries, art/concept art, fabrication, art direction, live action and animated films from Ke$ha music videos to Boost Mobile, Google, VICE media, Reddit, Dominos, GenArt, and Amnesty International commercials... NYC Summer 2009-Present VICE/Warner Bros: Hired to concept, produce and animate 2 minute viral teasers of Big Sean and Kreayshawn for a feature called Proj- ect X. Hired to animate Snoop Dogg and many more celebraties for VICE. Reddit segments on going... NYC 2012 : Wrote, Concepted, Illustrated a prospective pitch/tv series. On going... 2012 NY/LA Charlex: Animator/compositor for commercials NYC 2011 100 Down Writer: reviewing independent films in a humerous manner. NYC 2010 -Present Curious Pictures: Freelancer, Art Director, model/set/puppet maker, animator NYC fall 2008-Present Currently working on an Amnesty commercial: animator/set/prop/puppet maker World Leaders Entertainment: Intern imbetweening and character creation for a pilot show for Cartoon Network. NYC, Summer 2008 MTV Motion Graphics: Intern hands on experience with animation from concept to production. Conceived designs at the VMAs 07’ and designed animation concepts for Times Square, NYC. Helped with the production of Dr. Ruth’s opening sequence. NYC, Summer of 2007 SKILLS COMPUTER SKILLS: PC and Mac OS proficient, Adobe Creative Suite, Avid, Final Cut Pro, Pro Tools, Compres- sor, Dragon, Frame Theif, Toki Line Test, Arduino programming, Basic C, CAD/CAM, Microsoft Office Suite, Basic Programming skills- HTML/CSS/Actionscript, ability to budget and produce /live action pieces. Creative writing experience from script writing to film reviews. 2D: , stop-motion and film making/editing, Pixilation, refined rendering in any medium, cleanup 3D: Realistic sculpting in any medium, puppet armature, set design, costuming, makeup (for theater or film), jewelry, metalsmithing, Cad-Cam, and various carpentry equipment EQUIPMENT: Experienced in using the Arri 435, Canon and Nikon still cameras, knowledge of most video cameras, Bolex H16 RX4 and RX5, flash card sound recorders, lavalier/cardioid/shotgun microphones, lighting equipment. AWARDS Ottawa International Animation Film Festival 2012 Spike and Mikes Sick and Twisted Film Festival 2012 GenArt Film Festival - opening night film 2012 Chicago International Film Festival 2012 Starz Denver International Film Festival 2012 Animation Block Party 2012 Brooklyn Film Festival Audience Award: Best Animation 2012 ASIFA East Awards Third Place Best Experimental 2012 Ottawa International Animation Film Festival Signal Film Illustrator 2011 Finalist at Ovation TV Next Revolutionary Film Directors Contest 2010 First Place Best Student Reel OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2009 First Place Best Animation at UFVA NextFrame Touring Festival of International student film and video 2009 Filmmaker of Excellence Award at Canada International Film Festival 2010 Finalist at U.S.A Film Festival 2010 Official Selection SUNDANCE 2010 Official Selection SXSW 2010 and 2011 Official Selection SLAMDANCE 2010 Official Selection RAINDANCE 2009 Official Selection at the London International Animation Festival 2009 + 2010 RISD Chironna Memorial Scholarship 2008-2009