Michael Biancalana
mbiancalana1@yahoo.com

WORK EXPERIENCE:
   2007 - Present
      Sony Computer Entertainment - Santa Monica, CA
   2006 - 2007
      Hi-Rez Studios - Atlanta, GA
   2005 - 2006
      Emdigo Incorporated - Campbell, CA
   2000 - 2004
      Visual Concepts Entertainment - San Rafael, CA

EDUCATION:
   1997-2000
      Academy of Art College - San Francisco, CA (aka Academy of Art University)
      Some college coursework completed. I took mainly animation and figure drawing classes.

PROJECTS:
   SCEA:
      God of War III - PS3 (c 2010)
      Character animation.
   Hi-Rez Studios:
      Global Agenda - PC MMO (c 2010)
      Character animation. Mocap. Mocap clean-up. Unreal3 Engine.
   Short Film:
      A Knight to Remember (c 2005)
   Emdigo Inc:
      3D Cel Phone Content / Development Tools
      Art pipeline and asset development. Management of remote developers. Art tools and tutorials.
   Visual Concepts:
      Ooga Booga (c 2001) - Dreamcast
      Design, modeling, rigging and animation for all characters. Assisted with game design.
      Sega's NFL and NBA series (c 2000+) - PS2, Xbox, GameCube
      Undisclosed Prototypes
      Animation, modeling, rigging, design on some mel scripting & Xbox 360 research.

PROGRAMS:
      Maya (Including some mel scripting)
      3dsMax (animation)
      Premiere       Photoshop