James E. Stapp

• Creating CG Character, Sets and Prop assets for Feature Animated Films "KungFuPanda4", " Wild Robot", "BadGuys2". Created character visdev modeling for the special projects team, Also created custom Animation assets for "PussNBoots2" and "KungFuPanda4" commercials. Plus, created sculptures for multiple movie crew gift maquettes for Feature Animation and TV Animation projects.

• Helped form this company to continue to develop skills and knowledge of creating and manufacturing toys and collectibles. Creating digital models, 3D prototyping, traditional master prototypes for toys, collectibles, action figures and maquettes used for consumer products, studio gifts and theme parks related to Animation and entertainment industries.

• Built characters, sets and props. I was the character lead to help ensure all characters meet the creative vision of directors, creative teams and down stream department requirements.
• "Sonic Prime" Netflix

• Oversee all operations within the Build and Creature departments of Montreal, VFX Studio. Accountable for line management of departments supervision, resource allocations, Recruitment, annual appraisals, training, progression of artists career paths, balancing priorities and needs of all shows and artists. Help lead and support development of operational efficiencies, help implement and standardize department workflows - credited on "Death on the Nile" , "Fast and Furious 9"

• Created CG Characters, Sets, Props and Character facial Blendshapes for the movie - Supervised front end asset production to ensure deliverables meet the shows creative aesthetic direction and technical requirements. Also, created show maquettes and large sized models from the CG assets.
• Netflix " The Willoughby's " and "Henchmen"

Netflix- "Gnome Alone" - created character assets of all Gnome and Trog characters with full facial blendshape targets to assist in the development of the studio pipeline.

• Returned as an independent contractor to help finish "Addams Family 2" from 10/2020 - 02/2021

• "WallyKazam" created and and finalized sets and props for the animation pipeline

• Created character, sets and prop assets for feature animation films : "How to train your Dragon2", "Turbo" and "Puss N Boots" "Penguins of Madagascar" and "Monkeys of mumbai".
• Also, created a number of crew gift sculptures for the productions "Home", "Madagascar 3", "How to train your Dragon2" and "Turbo"
• Created and manufactured the "One Year ", Five Years" and "Ten Years" Annual studio gift awards for employees

• Created models of characters for Animation, prop elements and environments. Responsible for creating facial blendshapes, PSD's for model shape integrity during animation , master set construction. worked with creating visdev models and digital maquettes. created digital / traditional maquettes for "Chicken Little" and "Meet the Robinsons" movies. worked alongside and help support software Dev to create tools and standardize workflows for our department. helped with the Disney mentor program.
• Films worked on: "Tangled", "Bolt" "Meet the Robinson's", "Chicken Little", "Disney's Dinosaur". Plus, worked on special projects for TV, parks and other movies with Image Movers Digital.
• "Mickey's Philharmagic", " Kangaroo Jack", "Snow Dogs", Disney's " Christmas Carol " and "Prep and Landing"

• Created models of character and creatures, prop elements for effects and set structures to create environments. I was also responsible for creating sculptures for digitizing on various projects. Worked on: "Babe", "Batman Forever", "Nutty Professor" video game, ride films, and various commercials.