Chiara Finotello STORYBOARD ARTIST, 2D ANIMATOR, VISUAL DEVELOPMENT Skype: chiara17chiara │ Mobile: +1 (226) 747-7327 │ E-mail: [email protected] Address: 201-15 Prince Albert Boul, Kitchener ON, N2H 0C2 (Canada) | Date of birth: 1986-10-17 | Nationality: Italian LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/chiarafinotello | Website: www.chiarafinotello.com

I'm an eclectic 2D artist, working for more than 6 years in TV shows and feature films, with experience onstoryboards as revisionist, assistant and clean-up, traditional and cut-out animator, layout artist, background artist and character designer. I've a strong film culture, I'm able to adapt to a wide range of styles and to work either independently or as part of a team. I planned the work for my team of 4 people to develop and deliver on time an animated videoclip for national Italian TV. I won the Best Direction Award in 2012 at a festival of short-films in Turin.

WORK EXPERIENCE

March 2018 - present 2D ANIMATOR “Sunny Day” TV show – Pipeline Studios for Nickelodeon – Hamilton ON (Canada) • Animated scenes May 2017-November 2017 STORYBOARD REVISIONIST AND 2D TRADITIONAL ANIMATOR “Red Hands” stop-motion film, Special event at International Film Festival of Rome Studio Mistral, Sattva Films and RAI - Bologna (Italy) • Revised the storyboard • Animated a challenging 2D long shot (backgrounds and characters traditionally animated emulating a complex 3D camera movement) within a Stop-motion film April 2016- STORYBOARD, ART DIRECTOR, 2D LEAD ANIMATOR, LAYOUT ARTIST, COMPOSITING, September 2016 VISUAL DEVELOPMENT, CHARACTER DESIGNER, BG ARTIST “Cartoni animati del 59° Zecchino d'Oro” TV videoclip - Studio Mistral for RAI - Bologna (Italy) • Created the whole storyboard, based on rough thumbnails of the director • Worked with the director to develop concept art, look and feeling and characters design of the videoclip • Animated scenes with traditional technique • Created the main backgrounds and colors and directed another colorist • Composed all the scenes, including camera movements and effects • Planned the work for a 4 people team, in terms of tasks and schedule December 2011- present COMIC ARTIST, ILLUSTRATOR, VISUAL DEVELOPMENT ARTIST Experientia for Sony, Samsung, Intel, Singapore government - Torino (Italy) • Artistic and stylistic research about various contexts • Created comic boards for social and technological scenarios • Character design • Illustrations February 2015 - 2D ANIMATOR December 2016 “Marco Polo” TV show – Lastrego e Testa for RAI – Torino (Italy) Prod. Italy-China • Animated scenes with cut-out technique ”Gatto Mirò” TV show – Lastrego e Testa for RAI – Torino (Italy) • Animated scenes with cut-out technique November 2015- January 2D ANIMATOR 2016 “Minicuccioli” TV show – Fenix Studios for RAI - Firenze (Italy) • Animated scenes with a mixture of cut-out and traditional technique • Composed the scenes May 2015- July 2015 2D TRADITIONAL ANIMATOR, ASSISTANCE, CLEAN-UP ARTIST “Cartoni animati del 58° Zecchino d'Oro” TV videoclip - Studio Mistral for RAI - Bologna (Italy) • Animated scenes with traditional technique • Assisted animations, cleaned-up May 2014- December 2014 BACKGROUND ARTIST “Iqbal – Fearless child” Feature film – Gertie prod. - Milano (Italy) Prod. Italy-France-Canada • Drawn, inked and painted definitive backgrounds June 2013- October 2013 STORYBOARD CLEAN-UP ARTIST, LAYOUT ARTIST “Mini Ninjas” TV show – Enanimation for Cyber Group Studios and RAI. Prod. France-Italy • Cleaned-up storyboards based on very rough sketches • Created layouts for the backgrounds on the storyboards October 2012- June 2013 COLOR DESIGNER, BACKGROUND ARTIST, MODEL PACK “Gino il pollo 2” TV show – Enanimation for RAI – Turin (Italy) • Developed 2D turnarounds of the main and minor characters • Created color-key backgrounds, definitive backgrounds and props

SOFTWARE SKILLS

• ToonBoom Harmony • ToonBoom Storyboard • TV Paint • Photoshop • AfterEffect • Premiere • Painter

EDUCATION

2010 - 2012 ANIMATION PROGRAM – final grade 30/30 “International School of Comics - Digital and Figurative Arts Academy” in Torino (Italy) • Traditional and digital animation • Storyboards • Backgrounds • Direction • Layouts • Traditional and digital painting • Post-production • Compositing • Editing 2007 - 2010 COMICS PROGRAM – final grade 30/30 “International School of Comics - Digital and Figurative Arts Academy” in Torino (Italy) • Drawing, inking and painting • Artistic and stylistic research • Storyboards from script • Planning and realization of comics stories • Illustrations

LANGUAGES

Italian native, good knowledge of English, working knowledge of Spanish, basic knowledge of French.

INTERESTS / VOLUNTARY COMMITMENTS

Scout leader in the main Italian scout association, AGESCI. Passionate for theatre, cinema, nature and reading. I like playing sax, playing volleyball, cooking and travelling around the world.

LINKS

WEBSITE and SHOWREEL www.chiarafinotello.com

“Red Hands” - STOP-MOTION FILM, Special event at International Film Festival of Rome https://vimeo.com/40770075

“Cartoni animati del 59° Zecchino d'Oro” (Choof the train) – VIDEOCLIP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQem8RWP8JE

“Cartoni animati del 58° Zecchino d'Oro” (Le parce que des pourquoi) – VIDEOCLIP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOwFWp_2Nms

“Amore e tordo” (Best direction award) - SHORT FILM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hiJFqeW2GU