Wim Bien
Director / Animation Director / Character Animator

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Freelance Animator/Director (2010)
BrainZoo Studios (March 2010 - present) animation director on a bunch of national and international TV commercials, over 10 minutes of prerendered cut scenes, several animation tests and in game animations, corporate spots etc. Most still under NDA or not yet released.
ReelFX Dallas (February 2010) - animated on the Warner Brothers cg RoadRunner shorts.
BrainZoo Studios (Jan 2010) - animated on Mattel's Matchbox "Meet The Big Rig Buddies" episodes.


Director/Co-producer - Skyline Entertainment (winter 2006-summer 2009)
Luke and Lucy & the Texas Rangers / Bob et Bobette & Les Diables Du Texas / Suske en Wiske & de Texasrakkers, cg animated feature film - Skyline Entertainment


Character Animator - The Orphanage (August 2006 - September 2006)
Ironman - animation test for Marvel that landed the Orphanage work on the feature
Nicoderm: Agitated - director Genndy Tartakovski - TV commercial


Character Animator - DNA (January 2006-May 2006)
The Ant Bully - cg animated feature, director John Davis - Warner Brothers


Character Animator - Blue Sky Studio (fall 2005-January 2006)
Ice Age 2 : The Meltdown - cg animated feature, director Carlos Saldanha - Blue Sky Studio & Twentieth Century Fox Animation


Character Animator - Blur (2003-fall 2005)
features:
Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas - straight to DVD cg animated feature; director Matthew O'Callaghan - DisneyToon Studios (2003)
Aliens of the Deep - (animation of the alien squid), director James Cameron & Steven Quale – Buena Vista Pictures & Earthship Productions & Walden Media
shorts:
Rockfish (2003)
Gopher Broke (2004)
game cinematics:
Fight Club (2004)
Area 51 (2004)
Aeon Flux (2005)
Hellgate: London (2005)
Matrix: Path of Neo (2005)
Sonic The Hedge Hog (2006)
TV commercials:
Cheerleadas - Reebok
Tak 2
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
Fantastic Four
Nike
Save The Humans, MTV AIDS awareness campaign
miscellaneous:
Spirit Bear - animation test for feature film
Saber Tooth Tiger - National Geographic TV insert
Fred from Space - pilot TV series for FOX
Time Riders - ride film


Head of Animation - Savage Frog (2001-2003)
feature:
Power Puff Girls: the Movie - we did the cg animation, director Craig McCracken, art director Mike Moon - Cartoon Network & Warner Brothers
TV animation:
Family Guy: Emission Interrupted - we did the cg animation, director Peter Shin - Twentieth Century Fox Television
Dexter’s Laboratory: Dos Boot - we did the cg animation - Cartoon Network
Jungle Book - animation director for a 12 minute pilot animated series - Disney TV animation, director Mike Moon
Amazing Spiderman - animation test TV series - Marvel
corporate:
Aliens - Merrill Lynch convention opener (2002)
Bull - Merrill Lynch convention opener (2003)
games:
Harry Potter - in-game animations for 3 games – Electronic Arts
shorts:
“Song Bird" and "Samantha & Bot", unfinished shorts


Character Animator - Imagination In Motion (1999-2000)
TV:
Night Knight - pilot animated TV series;
Coca Cola Europe -TV commercial
Walibi - TV commercial
corporate:
Demo Opening short - Imagination In Motion
Microsoft: whale - two convention spoilers
Digiforum - convention opener
music videos:
Groove Me - DJ Serge and Remo feat. TABU - directed with Neville Marcinkovski
Let Me Love You Boy - Snatch Feat. Cherryl Pepsi Riley - directed with Neville Marcinkovski


Free-Lance & Independent Work (1995-1999)
codirector & animator:
Eskimo - cgi short
director & stop motion animator:
The European Community in Belgium - stop motion short, Educational School Film for the European Commission
2d animator and stop motion animator for commercials and convention openers:
NIKE; Holiday Inn; Levi’s; Toyota; Alcatel Bell; Danone; Belgacom; Cristal de Sevres; Amoco; Proximus; Delacre; and more
object and puppet animator for Title Sequences and Program Announcements
Onvoorziene Omstandigheden; De Gouden 11; De Neus van Pinocchio; X-PRESS; Vakantiekriebels; Vanavond Niet, Schat?; De Vliegende Doos; Meer Man Met Ivan; Ivan & bumpers; O.I.N.C; Rad van Tong; Mensen; Bumpers at introduction of TV channel VT4; and more


Pilots & Pitches – Director & Animator
KozmoKidz - independent pilot production with Skyline Entertainment, Belgium: creator, director, animator
Suske & Wiske - pilot based on Belgian comic book series - for Standaard Uitgeverij: director, animator
Arthur & Flap; Alien Visitor; independent TV series concepts: co-creator, director


Software
Animation: Maya; 3D Studio Max and Character Studio; Lightwave; Project Messiah
Graphic / editing (basics): Adobe Photoshop; Adobe Premiere; Adobe After Effects; Digital Fusion, Final Cut Pro


Academic Curriculum
-Kyle Balda cg Animation Master class, February 2009, Brussels, Belgium
-Hoover Foundation Brussels Fellow - BAEF fellowship (2000-2001)
-Computer Animation - Academy of Art College, San Francisco -- scholarship student in extra-curricular program, Fall 2000 – Spring 2001
-Film Analysis, Filmmuseum Brussels 1995-1996
-MA in Animation - Artistic Higher Education; Erasmushogeschool Brussel Departement RITS, Brussels, Belgium, 1991-1995
-MA in Germanic Philology - Majors: Dutch and English Literature and Theater; Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, 1987-1991

Contact:
wim@wimbien.com