Cyrus Farhang

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323.627.2163
cyrus.farhang@gmail.com

EXPERIENCE
Taxi Dog Productions LLC, Los Angeles, CA, July 2013August 2013, December 2014

Animated and composited countdown sequences on The Adventures of Taxi Dog.

Logo design character cleanup and color for The Adventures of Taxi Dog website.

Fowler Amusement Company, Pasadena, CA, April 2014November 2014

Digital Ink and Paint, color models, and cleanup animation on various projects.
American Animation Institute, Burbank, CA, February 2013Present

Teaching Assistant, Traditional Animation Basics. Assisted under Alex Topete in teaching the principles of
traditional animation to students through various exercises and demonstrations.

Kroyer Films Inc., Burbank, CA, May 2012December 2012

Traditional Clean Up and Assistant Animation, Scanning, and Digital Ink and Paint for the upcoming
feature film Lucky Stiff. Promoted to Key Cleanup Artist and composited end title credits sequence.

Happy Dungeon Studios, Glendale, CA, May 2012April 2014

Traditional Clean Up and Assistant Animation, Scanning, Digital Ink and Paint, and
Compositing on various projects. Key Cleanup and Ink and Paint on MoPro company logo animation.

El Grupo Animation and Story, Burbank, CA, April 2012Present

Animator, Key Clean Up Artist, Compositor, 3D Lighting, Ink and Paint, and animatic editing
on Nosfurratu. Mentored under Alex Topete.

The Molecule, Los Angeles, CA, February 2011December 2011

VFX Compositing and Motion Graphics animation and design on multiple films and television shows,
including Royal Pains series.

WSIU Radio, Carbondale, IL, September 2006December 2010

Assisted Head FM Programming and Operations Assistant by running live newscasts, recording on-air
interviews, and producing promos and programs that aired on a daily basis.

Company Wide Shut, Los Angeles, CA, July 2009August 2009

Assisted in designing and creating graphics and logos for DVD/Blu-Ray menus. Projects included
Night at the Museum 2 Special Edition: Able and Dexters Flights of Fancy game, and The Simpsons
Season 13 DVD.

SKILLS/SOFTWARE: Traditional and Digital 2D Animation, Motion Graphics/VFX, Video Editing

After Effects, Harmony, Animate Pro, TV Paint, Flash, Maya, Storyboard Pro, Photoshop,
Illustrator, Adobe Premiere

AWARDS/RECOGNITION

I-SCAPE Animation Festival, Carbondale, IL, May 2010, 2nd Place Best Narrative Animation
CATS: Computer Arts and Technology Society, Carbondale, IL 2009-2010, Founding member
First student organization at Southern Illinois University Carbondale to promote computer arts and animation
WSIU FM Student Worker of the Year, Carbondale, IL, 2010

EDUCATION
Traditional Animation, Character Design, Figure Drawing, Storyboarding, Composition
American Animation Institute
Burbank, CA 2012-Present
Bachelor of Arts in Cinema, Concentration in Computer Animation, Minor in Spanish
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
May 2010, Magna cum Laude; Overall GPA: 3.90/4.0

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