CV

name: Bert Zierfuß
born: 19.11.1980 
nationality: German

mail: trickfilmbert@yahoo.de 
phone: 00 45/ 29 80 97 37

2011 - now IO Interactive A/S 
animation lead

  • “HITMAN SEASON 2” + season pass DLC, 
  • “HITMAN Sniper Assassin” (preorder incentive)
  • “HITMAN SEASON 1 - GOTY” (DLC)
production planing, in game animations, cinematics, mocap planning/acting/directing

3d character animator
  • "HITMAN SEASON 1", in game animations, cinematics, mocap planning/acting/directing
  • "HITMAN ABSOLUTION", cinematics, point shooting (in game feature)


2011 Story AB

3d character animator

  • "Sharaf" animated documentary 

2010 - 2011 Gimmick Visual Effects A/S
animation lead

  • "LEGO - Bombad Bounty", short film (blocking, proxy environment layout, prop design)
  • Commercials for LEGO (Ninjago, Technic, Kingdoms),Union Bank, Dansk Spil, Lech beer (blocking, proxy environment setup, rigging, character modeling, live footage tracking, precompositing)


2008 - 2010  IO Interactive A/S
3d character animator, mocap actor
  • "Kane and Lynch 2 - Dog Days", additional character animation, mocap acting, mocap cleanup and implementation
  • "HITMAN ABSOLUTION", NPC locomotion system, shooting ballet ingame feature, mocap acting 

2008/09 ANIMATION INVASION

3d character animator 

  •  "LEGO - The quest for R2D2", short film
  •  "LEGO - Raiders of the lost brick", short film

2006 - 2007 AFilm A/S

3d character animator 

  • "Jungledyret Hugo 3" feature 72 min
  • "Nico on the way to the stars" feature 72 min
  • "Asterix Themepark" Theme Park simulation


2005 The AnimationWorkshop
educational training in 3D animation ( Maya) in Viborg 
tutored by Drifa Benseghir and Rich Quaid (Pixar)

2001 - 2005 MotionWorks GmbH
video editor (preproduction, technical support and mastering) on

  • "Ready to board",2 seasons x 13 episodes
  • "The 3 friends",2 seasons x 12 episodes
  • "The 3 wise men" ,5 episodes
  • "Globi and the stolen shadows", feature 72 min
  • "A beautiful day”, student short film
  • "The egg factor”, student short film
  • "Dementia”, student short film
  • "Gone with the wind - A ant like you and me" short film (BMW award winner 2004)

Animation department (key posing, in-between animation, clean-up)

  • "The old fart- dying is boring", feature 72 min
  • "Asterix and the wikings", feature 72 min
  • "Lauras star", feature 72 min 



1999-2001 Fernseh Akademie Mitteldeutschland
    student at the ""( FAM, "Middle German Broadcast Academy")
    subjects of study:
    • dramaturgy, story telling and theory 
    • film and video editing, mastering
    • camera operations
    • film production and coordination
    • sound layout

    degree as film and video editor  


    participant of the 1st "European Animation Masterclass" 
    tutored by Raimund Krumme 

    • directing, animating, short film "Little Sue" (classic 2D animation)

      1997-1999
      student at the Art Gymnasium Wettin  
      special degree in traditional arts and painting

      Software Knowledge:
       
      Maya, 3D Max, XSI, Motionbuilder, Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, AfterEffects, Synteyes
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