
Kushal Das
Senior 3D Animator | Animation Director |
Animation Instructor
Education
GOBELINS, l’école de l’image, Annecy-France
1 Year 3D Character Animator Programme (Full-time), September 2016 - August 2017
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Kristoff Serrand (Head of Character Animation - DreamWorks Animation) Masterclass
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Sean Sexton (Supervising Animator - DreamWorks Animation) Masterclass
Toonz Webel Academy, India
1 Year "Diploma Programme" in 3D Animation (Full-time), Graduated in 2006
Work Experience
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Richmond, Canada)
Animation Instructor
May 2023 – Present
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Teaching Advanced Character Animation
Mainframe Studios (Vancouver, Canada)
Animation Director
September 2021 – November 2023
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Unicorn Academy (Netflix-Spinmaster)
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The Eggventurers (GoldieBlox-Youtube Kids)
Pleasant Solutions (Edmonton, Canada)
Senior 3D Animation Artist
November 2020 – September 2021
Worked on studios own IP projects
MPC (Montreal, Canada)
Key Animation Artist
June 2019 – November 2019
Call Of The Wild (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/20th Century Fox)
Directed by Chris Sanders
Vancouver Animation School (Vancouver, Canada)
Character Animation Instructor (Online)
January 2016 – Present
Teaching Acting & Character Animation Courses
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Introductory Programs (1 month)
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Certificate Programs (6 months)
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Diploma Programs (12 months)
Studio Blue Spirit Canada (Montreal, Canada)
Senior 3D Character Animator
November 2017 – February 2019
Tom Sawyer (Season-1)
Arthur & The Children Of The Round Table (Season-1)
Gigantosaurus (Season-1)
Mini Ninja (Season-2)
Moovent Animation (China)
Animation & CG Supervisor / Lead Animator
August 2013 – July 2015
SAVVA [Feature Project for Glukoza Production, Russia]
ARTY 4D Movie [Theme Park attraction movie]
ARTY [Moovent's IP, Feature Film Project]
BUGGLEBOOTS [Moovent's IP, 3D Animated stickers for Smartphones]
Infinite Frameworks Studios (Indonesia)
Senior 3D Character Animator
February 2013 – July 2013
Octonauts [Season 2] [Animation Series for Brown Bag Films]
Ella The Elephant [Episode Series for Disney]
Sparky Animation Pte Ltd (Singapore)
3D Character Animator
August 2011 – September 2012
Doc McStuffin (Episodes For Disney Junior & Brown Bag Films)
Jack (Sparky Production)
Fleabag Monkeyface (Episodes For Impossible kids)
One Stormy Night (Japaneese Feature Film Project)
The Happy Hugglemonster (Episodes for Disney Junior & Brown Bag Films)
Technicolor (Bangalore, India)
3D Character Animator
August 2010 – June 2011
Penguins Of Madagascar(Episodes Based on the "Madagascar" Movie for Nickelodeon)
Blowfish FX (Kolkata, India)
Senior 3D Character Animator
April 2008 – April 2010
Nol Damayanthi (Feature Film Pilot)
Storyteller (Game cinematics)
Belka & Strelka- Star Dogs (Feature Film)
Centre of National Film (CNF) [Russia]
Outbreak Omega 3 (Game animation for apple Ipod) Frogs and Dogs (3D) (DVD Pilot)
Da Jammies-(TV series) FarCor Studios
Gigantina and the Goatians (Feature Film Pilot)
FEDEX Commercials (Fully animated 3 Commercials approx 1 min each)
Bodypowers – (TV series)
Magnum Farce (Multi Award Winning Short Film) La Bella Films
Crest Animation Studios Ltd. (Mumbai, India)
3D Character Animator
April 2007 – April 2008
Back At The Barnyard - (TV Series) (Based on the movie "BARNYARD" for Nickelodeon)
DQ Entertainment (Hyderabad, India)
3D Character Animator
December 2006 – April 2007
Geotrax - (DVD for Alcuni Cartoon)
Leonardo - (TV Series for Fisher Price)
Skills
Primary
Character Animation
Creature Animation
Animation Direction
Animation Supervision
Piloting for new projects
Animation & Acting Training
Secondary
Layout
Drawing
Video Editing
Project Management
Software
Maya
3ds Max
Softimage
Motionbuilder
Photoshop
After Effects
Premiere
Windows