Personal details
Name Ezra Allen
Date of birth 4/10/73
Nationality English

Employment
January 06- Now Zoe Mode/Kuju Brighton - Senior Animator and model maker

October 03- January 06 Freelance Illustrator - EMAP Easton Bristol, Bristol Pack,
Bristol City Council

November 02 - October 03 Acclaim Manchester - Computer Animator and model maker

July 99 - July 01 Free Radical Design - Computer Animator
And model maker

August 98 - October 98 Harum Scarum Films - Trainee Model maker
And stop motion animator

June 98 - August 98 Bath Centre For Voluntary Services - Illustrator

October 97 - April 98 Future Night Club - Poster & Flyer Design

Education
1995 - 1997 Bournemouth & Poole College - HND Animation
1994 - 1995 Bath Technical College - ND Art & Design
1986 - 1991 Ralph Allen School, Bath - A level Art

Skills
I have four years professional experience as a computer animator, working for two years with Alias Wavefront Maya at Free Radical Design.

At Free Radical I worked on in game animations for Time Splitters 1&2, including walk cycles, run cycles, idles, death animations and the front end character select animations. I also did the zombie animation set which was used in both Time Splitters 1&2. This set was entirely my own work. I also built and rigged a number of the character models for Time Splitters 1.

Following this I worked for one year at Acclaim Manchester, working with 3d Studio Max on Gladiator Sword Of Vengeance. I worked on in-game animations, for all npc's, cut scenes, camera set up, lip synch for cut scenes and the Mortal Combat style execution animations.

I am currently working for Zoe Mode Brighton Which is one of the Kuju group of studios. My duties at Brighton include creating characters for cut scene animation, creating low poly environments, rigging, design and layout for games, creating particle effects, texturing, in game animation and character design.

I was initially trained in traditional 2D animation at Bournemouth and Poole College; my course focused on life drawing, storyboards, character design, and animatics through to the final animation and editing.
I have a high level of traditional drawing and sculpting skills
I would also say that I am very adaptable.