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mike pappa

Los Angeles, CA

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Went to school for film & animation. Won best animated short film. Currently works either as a concept artist, production designer, animator, or filmmaker on indies. Recently, finished his first short live action short "Frankie" 2011. www.mike-pappa.com

Credits

9/15 – 9/15

Production Designer

Geico — Advertising — BuzzFeed Details

9/15 – 9/15

"First Car"

5/15 – 5/15

Art Director

BMW — Advertising — SweatPants Media

5/15 – 5/15

Storyboard Artist – Genius Ideas (2015)

Digital — BuzzFeed

5/15 – 5/15

4/15 – 4/15

Production Designer – Bad Plus

Film (Short) — Open Shade Media

4/15 – 4/15

2/15 – 2/15

Concept Artist – Aces (in development)

Film (Feature-length) — Robert Cort Productions

2/15 – 2/15

12/14 – 12/14

Fabricator / Scenic

Sam Adams + History Channel — Advertising — The Collective @ Lair Details

12/14 – 12/14

Miniature scenic & prop fabricator

11/14 – 11/14

Animator / Digital Compositor – Dogs Purina

BuzzFeed — Digital — BuzzFeed

11/14 – 11/14

9/14 – 10/14

Production Designer – RENE

Film (Feature-length) — Big Monster

9/14 – 10/14

9/14 – 9/14

Scenic Artist

Toyota + Animal Planet — Advertising — The Collective @ Lair Details

9/14 – 9/14

Scenic on Miniatures

9/14 – 9/14

Storyboard Artist – Backlash

Film (Short)

9/14 – 9/14

8/14 – 9/14

Visual Effects Artist – Father

Film (Short) — AFI Thesis Film

8/14 – 9/14

8/14 – 8/14

Poster Designer (unused – Phobia (2013)

Film (Feature-length) — Biff Juggernaut Productions

8/14 – 8/14

7/14 – 7/14

Add'l Visual Effects – Against Night

Film (Short) — AFI Thesis Film

7/14 – 7/14

Art Director: Los Angeles – Prism (2015)

Film (Feature-length) — Interstitial Productions

7/14 – 7/14

6/14 – 6/14

Visual Effects Artist – The wild, the child and the miracle

Film (Short) — AFI Thesis Film

6/14 – 6/14

5/14 – 5/14

Concept Artist / Teaser Poster Designer – Ayla (2016)

Film (Feature-length) — Clayface Pictures

5/14 – 5/14

4/14 – 5/14

Production Designer / Concept Artist / Visual Effects Artist – The Daughters of Eve

Film (Short) — Warrior Dance Films

4/14 – 5/14

4/14 – 4/14

Concept Artist – Dead Burt (2017)

Film (Feature-length) — Legion Entertainment Details

4/14 – 4/14

Character concept art for film.

2/14 – 2/14

Lead Storyboard Artist / Concept Art – Waste Paper (2015)

Film (Short)

2/14 – 2/14

12/13 – 2/14

Production Designer / Storyboards / Concept Art / VFX / Poster Designer – Persuasion (2014)

Film (Short) — AFI Thesis Film

12/13 – 2/14

11/13 – 11/13

Teaser Poster Designer – Dark

Film (Feature-length) — Adiuvo Productions

11/13 – 11/13

6/13 – 6/13

Storyboard Artist / Illustrator: Wammy – Just Before I Go

Film (Feature-length) — Coquette Productions

6/13 – 6/13

5/13 – 5/13

Production Designer – The Experiencers

Film (Short) — AFI

5/13 – 5/13

4/13 – 4/13

Production Designer – Horns

Film (Short) — AFI Cycle Film

4/13 – 4/13

2/13 – 2/13

Construction Coordinator (add'l graphics) – Silence

Film (Short) — AFI Cycle Film

2/13 – 2/13

10/12 – 12/12

Visual Effects Artist – Solomon Grundy

Film (Feature-length) — Bedouin Features

10/12 – 12/12

10/12 – 10/12

Digital Compositor – Hezekiah - "All I Need"

Music Video

10/12 – 10/12

9/12 – 9/12

Set Fabricator / Scenic

Directv -“Evolution of Entertainment — Advertising — Lair Details

9/12 – 9/12

Set Fabricator / Scenic Direct TV / The Men Who Built America Promo - “Evolution of Entertainment”

8/12 – 8/12

Animator (Archival Designer And Animator) – Citizen Hearst

Film (Feature-length) — Leslie Iwerks Productions

8/12 – 8/12

8/11 – 8/12

Concept Art / Art department Research – Strega

Film (Feature-length) Details

8/11 – 8/12

created concepts, location maps and collected images.

6/12 – 7/12

Digital Compositor – saatchi & saatchi /general mills

Gogurts – Diary of a Wimpy Kid — Advertising — saatchi & saatchi

6/12 – 7/12

4/12 – 5/12

Production Designer / VFX Artist – Cause of Death (2013)

Film (Short)

4/12 – 5/12

3/12 – 4/12

Production Designer / VFX Artist – BRUISER

Film (Short)

3/12 – 4/12

3/12 – 3/12

Illustrator (graphics) – Morpheus

Film (Short)

3/12 – 3/12

1/12 – 2/12

Sets Modeling Artist (Model Maker / Scenic) – History Channel

Hyundai - “Thought Changers” — Advertising — Lair Details

1/12 – 2/12

Model Maker / Scenic for stop motion sets

10/11 – 10/11

Swing – Ink Master (Season 1)

A&E — TV — Original Media

10/11 – 10/11

Set Dresser (Set Dresser / Poster Designer) – Family on Board

Film (Short) — 5 red pictures

10/11 – 10/11

10/10 – 10/11

Art Director (VFX Artist / graphics:posters) – B- Listed

Film (Feature-length)

10/10 – 10/11

3/10 – 9/11

Illustrator (graphic artist: posters) – Gut

Film (Feature-length) — Gut Productions Details

3/10 – 9/11

created fake movie posters for various sets. As well as creating the film's poster.

6/11 – 6/11

Animator (in betweener) – Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

Film (Feature-length) — Gloss Studio Details

6/11 – 6/11

animated sequence was cut from final film

8/10 – 5/11

Director / Production Designer / Screenwriter / VFX artist – Frankie (2011)

Film (Short)

8/10 – 5/11

3/11 – 4/11

Production Designer / VFX Artist – Michaels Closet

Film (Short)

3/11 – 4/11

9/10 – 10/10

Assistant Prop Master (add'l graphics) – The Normals

Film (Feature-length) — Woodshed

9/10 – 10/10

5/07 – 5/07

Lead Animator (Designed Film Poster as well.) – American Carny: True Tales from the Circus

Film (Feature-length)

5/07 – 5/07

1/07 – 1/07

Storyboard Artist (add'l sequences) – Holier Than Thou

Film (Feature-length)

1/07 – 1/07

1/06 – 1/06

Assistant Prop Master – December Ends

Film (Feature-length) — 72nd Street Productions

1/06 – 1/06

1/05 – 1/05

Lead Animator (designer)

Digitarian - “Ignore Your Passion” — Advertising — Ghost Robot

1/05 – 1/05

Art Department Assistant (Research) – Bellclair Times

Film (Feature-length) — Bellclair Productions LLC Details

1/05 – 1/05

Art Department Researcher

1/05 – 1/05

Assistant Prop Master – The Legacy Of Walter Frumm

Film (Feature-length) — Oil and Water Films

1/05 – 1/05

1/04 – 1/04

Animation Director (Designer) – Broken Promises

Film (Feature-length)

1/04 – 1/04

Art Department Assistant – Kosmos

Film (Short)

1/04 – 1/04

10/02 – 1/03

Director / Lead Animator / Designer – Sick Of It All - Relentless

Music Video — Fat Wreck Chords

10/02 – 1/03

8/00 – 5/01

Director (Lead Animator / Designer) – The Elite

Film (Feature-length) Details

8/00 – 5/01

thesis film *won best animated short film School of visual arts, 2001

9/00 – 1/01

Lead Animator (Lead Animator / Designer/ Director of music video "District") – Sick Of It All: The Story so Far

Film (Feature-length) — Sersen Park Details

9/00 – 1/01

Lead Animator / Designer/ Director of music video "District"

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Education

Class of '01

School of Visual Arts, NYC

BFA

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