top of page
Portrait_01.jpg

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

Jan Zavadil, BEng

Animator/3D generalist


EDUCATION

2008 - 2013

NHTV University of Applied Sciences in Breda, the Netherlands
– International Game Architecture & Design – 3D Visual art

2004 - 2008

Secondary education at Montessori College Science and Technique in Eindhoven, the Netherlands

WORK EXPERIENCE

2017 - present

Freelancing Animator/3D Generalist

- Animations for @kristysellars 🇺🇸America's Got Talent Runner Up

- The Wingfeather Saga Animated Series: CG Generalist

- Animation of commercial spots for: Mana, Innogy, Klasa, Česká Spořitelna

- Visualizations and animations for Waste Creative, Bednar, Steyr, CNH

2021 - present

Lecturer at University Of Creative Communication (VŠKK)
- Animation and Visual effects

2018 - 2019

Remote Senior Animator/CG generalist/ Head of 3D pipeline

for Heaven Labs s.r.o. in Prague, Czech Republic
- Commercial spots for Mana™ Food for a bette life.
- Web (product) stills and animations
- Animatics, layouts, animation, rigging, modeling, tool Mel/Python scripting, VFX, 3D pipeline setup, maintenance and documentation

2014 - 2017

Animator/CG generalist at studio Eallin in Prague, Czech Republic
Mainly animatics, layouts, animation, lighting, rendering, modeling, texturing:
- I. and II. series of bedtime stories The Smallest Elephant in the World
- commercial spots for the local and worldwide market, like Cadbury, Cif, Domestos, Electro World, Felix, Gambrinus, Lubyatovo, Migros, Milkana, Muri the cat II, Nestlé and many more.
- Vivaldiano

2011 - 2012

Animator at Art And Animation studio in Prague, Czech Republic
- Czech feature movie Goat story with cheese

For more information about my professional experience, please get in touch.

GAMES

School team projects

Time of light

Artist in a team of 7 people

Relativity

Art lead and QA lead in a team of 13 people

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

Expert: 
Intermediate:


Beginner:

Autodesk Maya, Arnold, Redshift
Unreal Engine, Houdini, zBrush, Autodesk Mudbox, Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Adobe Premiere, TeamGannt, Shotgun, Jira
Faceware retargeter, Autodesk MotionBuilder, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Audition

SKILLS

Expert: 
Intermediate:
Beginner:

Animation, modeling, rigging, lighting, rendering, Mel scripting
vfx, texturing, drawing, Pipeline & Project management
Python

LANGUAGES

Czech (native), Dutch (bilingual), English (fluent), German (conversant)

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of birth:
Nationality:
Marital status:
Drivers license:

22-08-1989
Czech
married
A, B

Interests and activities:

Motorbike, sport, drawing, animation, family

bottom of page