Experience

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  Jeremy Collins

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Animation Director and Producer

    • Jan 2012 - Present
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    I'm a freelance animation producer/director, based in Cape Town, South Africa. I specialise in short-form projects, delivering high quality 2D/3D animation and motion graphics across all platforms.

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  Triggerfish Animation Studios

  • Cape Town

  • Director, Belly Flop

    • Oct 2015 - Jan 2018
    • Cape Town

    Co-Director (with Kelly Dillon) of the award-winning animated short film Belly Flop, which has won 15 international awards and continues to be screened at international festivals (100+ to date).Belly Flop was named Best Animation at the 2018 Africa Movie Academy Awards, received the Gryphon Award at Giffoni, one of the world’s premiere children’s festivals, and the Audience Prize at the Seattle Children's Film Festival, amongst other accolades.Belly Flop also screened at top, Oscar-qualifying festivals like Anima Mundi; Chicago International Children’s Film Festival; and the world’s top animation festival, Annecy, where it was shown during the closing ceremony, alongside Dreamworks’ latest short film, Bilby, and two others.

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  Triggerfish Animation Studios

  • Cape Town, South Africa

  • Consultant Creative Director

    • Jan 2012 - Dec 2012
    • Cape Town, South Africa

    I worked with the partners and management team at Triggerfish on the studio's brand development and marketing collateral.

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  juju

  • Creative Director, Owner

    • Jul 2007 - Dec 2011

    I was the director and owner of a boutique animation studio, specialising in 3D animation, visual effects and motion design.

  • Creative Director, Partner

    • Oct 2002 - Jul 2007

    Creative Director of a small production company specialising in animation-driven AVs and graphics for live events.

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  The Video Lab Cape Town

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • 2D animator, compositor, animation director

    • Dec 1995 - Sep 2002
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    I began my animation career by working as a general animation assistant, starting with cleanup and scanning, before moving onto in-betweening and colouring on Animo, and then animation and compositing. 2D animator and Animo artist from 1996-19992D animation director from 1997-2002Flame artist/compositor from 1999-2001. Combustion artist from 2001-2002.