Scott Johnston

Current

• Senior Animator at Digital Extremes

Past

• Character Animator at Starz Animation Toronto
• Lead Animator at Spin Productions
• Senior Animator at Starz Animation

• Character Animator at Core Feature Animation
• Character Animator at Pantaloons Productions
• Character Animator at CORE Digital Pictures
• Character Animator at Dan Krech Productions
• Character Animator at Calibre Digital Pictures
• Character Animator at Krislin-Elliott Digital
• Animator at Beevision
• Character Animator at Monster By Mistake Series Inc.
• Teaching Assistant at Seneca College Digital Media Centre

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Education

• Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
• McMaster University
• Sheridan College

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Connections

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Industry

Animation

Websites

• My Blog
• My Demo Reel

Scott Johnston’s Experience

• Senior Animator

  Digital Extremes

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

• Character Animator

  Starz Animation Toronto

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Animation industry)

  September 2007 — July 2008 (11 months)

  Animator on the Feature film '9' directed by Shane Acker and produced by Tim Burton

• Lead Animator

  Spin Productions

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry)

  October 2006 — August 2007 (11 months)

  Lead Animator on the Feature Film 'Outlander'

• Senior Animator

  Starz Animation

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  November 2005 — October 2006 (1 year )

  -Animator on Everyone's Hero distributed by 20th Century Fox
  -Animator on Chop Socky Chooks TV series for Aardman Animation.

• Character Animator

  Core Feature Animation

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Animation industry)

  November 2003 — October 2005 (2 years )

  I was a character animator on The Wild, for Walt Disney Pictures.

• Character Animator

  Pantaloons Productions

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Animation industry)

  January 2004 — July 2004 (7 months)

  Character animator on the multiple award winning short film Surly Squirrel, directed by Peter Lepeniotis.

• Character Animator

  CORE Digital Pictures

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Animation industry)

  April 2003 — November 2003 (8 months)

  Character Animator on Save 'Ums and Frannie's Feet TV shows.

• Character Animator

  Dan Krech Productions

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Animation industry)

  February 2002 — April 2003 (1 year 3 months)

  -Character Animator for 321 Penguins Episodes 4, 5, and 6 direct to video movies.
  -Facial animation and motion capture clean-up on 'Dungeons and Dragons: Scourge of Worlds' DVD choose-your-own-adventure game.
  -Modelling facial morph targets for facial animation.
  -Modelling props and environments for multiple project tests using Maya.

• Character Animator

  Calibre Digital Pictures

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Animation industry)

  December 2001 — February 2002 (3 months)

  Animated on Ace Lightning tv series for a short term contract.

• Character Animator

  Krislin-Elliott Digital

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Animation industry)

  November 2000 — November 2001 (1 year 1 month)

  Sitting Ducks Season One tv series, and test animation for various project pitches.

• Animator

  Beevision

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Animation industry)

  July 2000 — October 2000 (4 months)

  Responsible for modeling, rigging, animating, lighting and rendering in a small commercial studio.

• Character Animator

  Monster By Mistake Series Inc.

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Animation industry)

  May 1998 — June 2000 (2 years 2 months)

  Animated on the first two seasons of Monster By Mistake tv series.

• Teaching Assistant

  Seneca College Digital Media Centre

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 1997 — November 1997 (4 months)

Scott Johnston’s Education

• Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology

  Animation Certificate , 3D Software , 1997 — 1997

• McMaster University

  BFA , Fine Arts , September 1993 — May 1997

  -Graduated with an Honours Fine Arts degree and Minor in History.

• Sheridan College

  Art Fundamentals , General Arts , September 1991 — May 1992

Additional Information

Scott Johnston’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Demo Reel

Scott Johnston’s Groups:

•    The Visual Effects Society
•    Animation, Media & Entertainment
•    Canadian VFX Pros
•    Jobs In Games

Scott Johnston’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch