Eli Enigenburg
animator · director
Supercluster
inTransition Blocks
blocks
Pams Summer
summer
Hoya Shuttle
shuttle
Showreel 2010
showreel
client: Hoya Surgical Optics  |  house: Varitage  |  agency: Varitage  |  contribution: all
This teaser showed off Hoya's iSert to The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
client: Pams  |  house: Assembly  |  agency: Barnes Catmur & Friends  |  contribution: models, textures/shaders, animation, lighting/rendering
I teamed up with Jonny Kofoed and the gang at Assembly for the latest in the series for Pams New Zealand.
 
This is my showreel for 2011. Showreel 2012 is COMING SOON!
client: U.S. Department of Defense  |  house: MBO Partners  |  agency: MBO Partners  |  contribution: all 3D
I created all the 3D, from character design to final rendering, in this spot for inTransition. Composited by Melanie Dorn.
  Skull Study Catedral, Cuernavaca, México Portrait Figure Drawing Portrait Figure Drawing Portrait Figure Drawing Figure Drawing Anatomy Study Concept Painting Concept Painting Animation Design Animation Design Animation Design Coach Design Bug Concept Bug Concept Bird Concept Bird Concept Bird Concept Storyboard Storyboard DJ Instrument  
 
Eli Enigenburg
animator/director
Experience
Animator/Director (Independent)
April 1996 to Present, Carlsbad, CA
Clients include Angel Studios, Assembly, Department of Defense, EA, Genius Entertainment, Halon, Little Red Robot, Navteq, PixelActive, Sammy Studios, Sandcastle Games, Sauce FX, Shilo Design, Sony, The Third Floor, Varitage, Will Vinton Studios, and more
Senior Animator, Trion World Network
March 2009 to December 2009, San Diego, CA
Animating and rigging characters for an original massively multi-player online game
Senior Animator, BottleRocket Entertainment
November 2007 to February 2009, Carlsbad, CA
Animating characters and cameras for animatics, cinematics, and gameplay animations with additional technical direction, lighting, rendering, special effects, and compositing
Senior Animator, Sony Computer Entertainment
June 2006 to May 2007, San Diego, CA
Modeling and animating characters and effects while retooling and refining the animation pipeline and developing and painting concept art for original content
Senior Cinematic Artist, High Moon Studios
March 2006 to June 2006, Carlsbad, CA
Responsible for the layout, blocking, animation, lighting, pipeline, and overall quality of the in-game and rendered cinematic sequences for all in-house cinematic productions
Senior Artist/Animator, Oktobor
May 2005 to February 2006, Auckland, New Zealand
Performed many generalist duties while creating commercials and film effects including design, directing, animation, animation supervision, modeling, and technical direction
Freelance Animator, Sony Cinematic Solutions Group
May 2003 to April 2004, San Diego, CA
Performed camera and character animation for television commercials, trailers, and game cinematic sequences using high-resolution character models and rigs
Lead Artist, Angel Studios (Rockstar Games)
March 2000 to March 2002, Carlsbad, CA
Responsible for creating and animating characters for interactive productions and involved in R&D, modeling, and texturing characters and environments
Character Animator/Technical Director, Presto Studios
September 1998 to March 2000, San Diego, CA
Animation and rigging of characters and creatures for Activision's Star Trek: Hidden Evil with additional R&D, pipeline development, technical direction, modeling, & texturing
Education
Artstation
Auckland, New Zealand
Figure drawing, portraiture, and quick-sketch
Watt’s Atelier of the Arts
Encinitas, California
Figure drawing, portraiture, sculpture, anatomy, and quick-sketch
Silicon Studio Los Angeles
Santa Monica, California
Entertainment technology, modeling, animation, lighting, and rendering
eli@elieni.com
+1 (760) 730-9287
Skills
character animation
dynamic simulation
camera tracking
compositing
storyboards
rendering
modeling
lighting
rigging
design
previs
maya
max
mel
Feature Films
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Eagle Eye
Music Videos
Sound the Alarm: Suffocating
Minipop: Fingerprints
TV Commercials
U.S. Department of Defense
MTV/Total Request Live
Unilever/Comfort
V Energy Drink
McDonald's
Public Trust
Scion
Pams
Direct-to-DVD
Baby Genius
Video Games
Star Trek: Hidden Evil
Red Dead Revolver
Transworld Surf
The Flash
Game Cinematics
Neopets: The Darkest Faerie
SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs
The Bourne Conspiracy
Jet Li’s Rise To Honor
Midnight Club II
Splatterhouse
Darkwatch
Languages
English, native language
Spanish, fluent
 
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How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
 
- Annie Dillard
Eli Enigenburg
204 n. el camino real #208
encinitas, california, 92024
united states of (north) america,
planet earth, solar system,
orion-cygnus arm, milky way galaxy,
local group, virgo supercluster,
pisces-cetus supercluster complex
 
+1 (760) 730-9287

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