Jo Plaete

Current

• Animation, Crowd Technical Director at Animal Logic
• Owner at Ed&J Studios

Past

• Assistant Technical Director at Framestore
• Interactive Design and 3D at Eurautomat
• Interactive & Graphic Designer at FACT Liverpool

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Education

• Bournemouth University
• Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen - Vlaamse Autonome Hogeschool
• Sint-Franciscusinstituut Sint-Maria-Oudenhove

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Industry

Motion Pictures and Film

Jo Plaete’s Experience

• Animation, Crowd Technical Director

  Animal Logic

  (Privately Held; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  June 2009 — Present (7 months)

  Working on 3d animated feature: Guardians of Ga'Hoole.

• Owner

  Ed&J Studios

  (Privately Held; Media Production industry)

  June 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  Owner, company manager.
  3d animation - visual effects - interactive design - web

• Assistant Technical Director

  Framestore

  (Animation industry)

  September 2008 — May 2009 (9 months)

  Currently working on 'Where The Wild Things Are'

• Interactive Design and 3D

  Eurautomat

  (Entertainment industry)

  September 2006 — August 2008 (2 years )

  Mainly 3D Artist but also responsible for Concept, Interactive Programming, Graphical Style and Sound Design.

• Interactive & Graphic Designer

  FACT Liverpool

  (Media Production industry)

  March 2006 — June 2006 (4 months)

  FACT - Foundation for Arts and Creative Technology. New Media Design. 4 months internship.

Jo Plaete’s Education

• Bournemouth University

  Master , 3D Computer Animation , 2007 — 2008

  Graduated with distinction and congratulations of the board of examiners.

• Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen - Vlaamse Autonome Hogeschool

  Bachelor , Multimedia , 2003 — 2006

  Graduated Magna cum laude.

• Sint-Franciscusinstituut Sint-Maria-Oudenhove

  Science - Modern Languages 1997 — 2003

Additional Information

Jo Plaete’s Interests:

Music Production - Life Drawing - Sports

Jo Plaete’s Groups:

Bournemouth University

•    Softimage XSI
•    Alumni Howest, de hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
•    Visual Effects, Film and Games Professionals (www.vfx-recruit.com)
•    MCTKring
•    NCCA
•    Framestore
•    Python Developers in Entertainment & Media
•    Animals
•    TD XSI with PYTHON
•    Where the Wild Things Are

Jo Plaete’s Honors:

Path To War Massive battlefield computer animation project featured on VFXWorld.com and in Computer Arts Magazine. (2007)
Winner Authoring Award Multi-Mania (2005)
Nomination Freestyle Animation Award (2006)
Nomination Flash Award MultiMediaMadness (2004)

Jo Plaete’s Contact Settings

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