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Ant Ward

La Crescenta-Montrose,CA

Summary

Awarding wining and highly accomplished Supervising Producer with a proven track record at Nickelodeon Animation Studio, specializing in creative direction, animation production pipelines and production leadership. Expert in CG supervision and project planning, I successfully developed and co-created high-quality animated content, ensuring artistic vision while working within budgets and timelines. I am passionate about fostering collaboration across teams to achieve exceptional results.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Executive Producer - Transformers Earthspark

Nickelodeon Animation Studio
01.2020 - Current
  • Developed and co-created this Animated show for Nickelodeon and Hasbro.
  • Worked closely with our Line Producer to ensure all creative choices were within the Technical and budgetary scope of the show.
  • Guided Vendor studios to successfully achieve our creative vision.
  • Supervised all Creative and Technical departments
  • Collaborated closely with our post-production partners for Sound FX, Musical Score, and Color Correction.

Director - Rise of the TMNT - The Movie

Nickelodeon Animation Studio
01.2022 - 05.2022
  • Collaborated with our writers on the movie to break the story.
  • Lead all aspects of the creative vision.
  • Worked closely with editors, writers, and animation teams.
  • Communicated production progress to upper studio management.
  • Trained a new vendor studio to match the quality and style of the preceding show.
  • Directed Voice talent performances.
  • Nominated for 1 Children's and Family Emmy Award

Executive Producer - Rise of the TMNT

Nickelodeon Animation Studio
09.2016 - 06.2019
  • Developed and co-created a reboot of the TMNT Franchise for Nickelodeon.
  • Directly managed and oversaw all pre-production and post-production elements of the show.
  • Worked very closely with our vendor animation studio to find creative and reasonable solutions to any production complications that arose.
  • Oversaw overall story arc and character development.
  • Directed our Voice Talent.
  • Reviewed animation and compositing dailies from our vendor studio.
  • Successfully delivered 78 Episodes
  • Nominated for 1 Daytime Emmy Award and 2 Annie Awards.

Supervising Producer-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Nickelodeon Animation Studio
03.2011 - 06.2018
  • Lead our in-house CG Department to meet all deadlines, while ensuring the creative vision of our showrunner was being met.
  • Closely collaborated with our vendor studios to execute all elements of production.
  • Oversaw and reviewed all aspects of production do-ability from the Story premise stage to the delivery of the final picture.
  • Dynamically solved technical problems that the creative direction of the show presented.
  • Successfully delivered 124 Episodes
  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy and 1 Daytime Emmy

Supervising Producer - Penguins of Madagascar

Nickelodeon Animation Studio
02.2010 - 03.2011
  • Reviewed outlines and scripts to ensure they worked within the scope of the show.
  • Problem solved, creative solutions to ensure the show stayed on budget while delivering high-quality content.
  • Directly supervised our in-house CG Team.
  • Reviewed all stages of production to ensure the expected quality was being met.
  • Designed a modular character rig system that was then used across 6 additional Nickelodeon shows.
  • Successfully delivered 34 episodes

Animation Supervisor- Fanboy and ChumChum

Nickelodeon Animation Studio
01.2009 - 08.2010
  • Reviewed daily layout and animation from our vendor studios to meet the show's high-quality animation requirements.
  • Personally reworked key layout and animation scenes to ensure our showrunner's vision was being met.
  • Successfully multi-tasked episodic priorities and deadlines.
  • Worked closely with our CG Supervising producer to execute and problem-solve solutions to challenges that occurred.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Character Animation

California Institute of The Art (Calarts)
Valencia, CA
05-2006

Higher National Diploma - Animation

Surrey Institute of Art And Design
Farnham, United Kingdon
05-2002

Skills

  • Production leadership and supervision
  • Interpersonal communication
  • Dynamic problem solving
  • Creative oversight
  • Project planning
  • CG workflow and supervision
  • Layout and Character animation
  • Autodesk Maya
  • SideFX Houdini
  • Adobe Substance
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Foundry Nuke
  • Unreal Engine
  • Autodesk Flow/Shotgrid
  • Microsoft Project
  • Microsoft Excel

Awards

Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Animated Program

Issued by The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences · Jan 2012


Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Animated Program 

Issued by The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences · Jan 2012



Timeline

Director - Rise of the TMNT - The Movie

Nickelodeon Animation Studio
01.2022 - 05.2022

Executive Producer - Transformers Earthspark

Nickelodeon Animation Studio
01.2020 - Current

Executive Producer - Rise of the TMNT

Nickelodeon Animation Studio
09.2016 - 06.2019

Supervising Producer-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Nickelodeon Animation Studio
03.2011 - 06.2018

Supervising Producer - Penguins of Madagascar

Nickelodeon Animation Studio
02.2010 - 03.2011

Animation Supervisor- Fanboy and ChumChum

Nickelodeon Animation Studio
01.2009 - 08.2010

Bachelor of Arts - Character Animation

California Institute of The Art (Calarts)

Higher National Diploma - Animation

Surrey Institute of Art And Design

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