Wim Bien
director/character animator
independent/freelance

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Freelance Animator/Director (2010)
ReelFX Dallas (February 2010 - present) NDA
BrainZoo Studios (Jan 2010 - present) NDA

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)
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
J ungle 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 motioon 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 -- free 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