CHRISTEN SMITH
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PROFILE

NYC-based animator/filmmaker with over 11 years’ experience in commercial and independent digital content creation and production.
​- A disciplined craftsman with a regard for technique, instilled as a classically trained pianist and violinist.
- An imaginative team player, nurtured as a student of the Lindy Hop and other improvized jazz dances.
- An amiable leader with a Type A streak, refined by regular teaching and mentoring engagements.


FILMOGRAPHY (Select)

Mild West - Co-Creator / Producer / Director / Animator (2015 in production)
- A hand-drawn original animated comedy series for the web.

Learning About Multi-media Project - Producer / Director / Animator (2015) -
Produced, Directed and animated 2 films for NYC non-profit for instructional and promotional use.

Promo Videos for Centerstone - Editor (2011 - 2012) 
- Crafted the narrative structure of 8documentary-style videos for the Indiana non-profit for their promotional use.

Promo Videos for Restore NYC - Animation Producer / Editor (2010 - 2012)
- Pitched 3 five-minute films for the NYC-based non-profit to be shown at their high-profile fundraising galas and to live on their website.
- Created traditional drawn-style animation and motion graphics.

Fat Girls Can’t Dance (2010) - Executive Producer / Animation Director 
- Live-action short film with animated segments that screened in local festivals.

Sally Takes the Lead (2008) - Executive Producer / Director / Writer
- Award-winning animation thesis film. 


COMMERCIAL WORK (Select)

Tisch School of the Arts, NYU - Adjunct Animation Instructor 2015
- Teaching software and production workflow in the Intro to Animation classes.

Hornet - Editor 2015
- Editing and compositing for broadcast commercials, advertising campaigns and original pitches.

Audible - Editor, Animator 2014 - 2015
- Editing and motion graphics for internal use and customer-facing social media videos.

Bunko Studios - Production Manager and Supervising Animator 2010 - 2013
- For 4 seasons of Cartoon Network’s highly-rated series “MAD.”
- Oversaw and Coordinated the production and completion of 97 three-minute animated shorts. - Directed, managed and trained a team of 5 animators, 2 designers and 9 interns.

Nickelodeon Digital Animation Studios - Assistant Editor
- For season one of Nick Jr.’s hit animated series “Team Umizoomi.”
- Edited eight 11-minute episodes from storyboard animatic to final delivery for broadcast.

A&E Television Networks - Assistant Editor
- Edited cutdowns of over sixty popular episodes into 5-minute story summaries.

Little Airplane Productions - Animation Assistant, Assistant Editor
- For Nick Jr’s Emmy-winning animated series “The Wonder Pets” and Playhouse Disney.


PROJECTS

Smithereenes - Co-Owner / Illustrator
- An illustration project staged as an online greeting card business to generate revenue to support organizations combating human trafficking.

SKILLS

Adobe Creative Suite l Avid l Final Cut Pro l Toon Boom: Harmony l Dragon Frame Stop Motion
Producing l Directing l Storyboarding l Editing l Animation l Illustration l Motion Graphics l Project Management l Teaching

EDUCATION

New York University l Tisch School of the Arts B.F.A. Film and Television, 2005 


christen [dot] smith [at] gmail [dot] com
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