Bio | Resume

Victor Escardo

Contact information: victor@escardo.com | Tel: +(598-2) 412-2805

education

3D Digital Animator - Ort University (2002-2003)

Stop-Motion Animator, workshop and internship - Tournier Studios (2000-2001)

Degree in Computer Science - ORT University (1991-1996)

software knowledge

3D MAX (8 years), Alias Maya (1 year), Adobe After Effects (2 yr), Adobe Premiere (2 yr), Adobe Photoshop (8 yr- Teacher at ORT University), Macromedia Flash (2 yr), Macromedia Director (6 yr - I developed a Mukltimedia CD-ROM), Macromedia Dreamweaver (2 yr), Microsoft FrontPage (6 yr), Adobe Illustrator (6 yr), Autocad (1 yr), Windows NT, Unix, Mac OS 9 and OS X.

To get my degree in Computer Science I also studied C, C++, Smalltalk, Pascal, Cobol and Visual Basic.

experience

 3D Animation for 2D Cel Animation - Tournier Studios in Uruguay (2003)

 Stop-Motion animation - Tournier Studios (2001)
Animator Asistance. "Los Tatitos", 10 episodes.

 Portal content editor - UruguayTotal.com (2001-2003)

 Web and Multimedia Designer - Red Chasque (1998-2003)

 Consultant at the Center for advanced Technologies New York University (1997-1998)
Yiddish Archives Project - 3D reconstruction of 2nd ave. in the 40's.

 Teacher: Digital Image Process.
at the School of Graphic Design at ORT University, Uruguay (1996 - 1997)

Teaching Assistance
at the Multimedia & Internet Labs. ORT University Uruguay (1995)


relevant 3D and Multimedia works:


Integration of 3D Animation in 2D animation
"Inter-American Democratic Chart " - Tournier Studios
3D-Animation - 3D-MAX

Interactive World Map of Social Indicators - Social Watch (2002)
Interface Design and Concept Design. - Macromedia Flash

CD- ROM "The World Guide 2003-2004" - Third World Institute (2002)
Interface Design and Concept Design. - Macromedia Flash

CD-ROM "Mammals of Uruguay" - Banda Oriental Publishing House (1999)
Publisher and Content Creator. - Macromedia Director

The George and Ira Gershwing interactive multimedia kiosk at the Library of Congress (1998)
Interface Design.

2nd Avenue Online - New York University
3D Modeling, Art Director (1998) - 3D-MAX

relevant coursework

Film Editing / Montage (March-May 2003)

Script Writing (July-November 2002)

Human Computer Interaction and 3D Computer Graphics
Professor: Kai-Mikael Jää-Aro, from KTH Institute Stocholm Sweden
Republic University of Uruguay (February to March 1996)

Multimedia Macromedia Director (Online course)
San Francisco State University (Sept/Dec 1996)

awards

Best Animation Short "El Bagre y el Diablo"
La Pedrera Iternational Short Film Festival (2004)

2nd Prize - Game "Bewitched Mansion" for Mobile Devices - Nokia - Argentina (2003)
Pixel Art and Animations by Victor Escardó.