Resume

 Po Chou Chi

Los Angeles

(310)8808257

mmangoning@yahoo.com.tw

I will go to travel in another country between 08/01/2012--09/10/2012. If you can't contact me during this period, please email me. I will reply and give you my contact information ASAP.

l  Personal Website(Award-Winning Animation Films, Art works)：http://cargocollective.com/pochouchi

l  Online Visual Development Portfolio：

http://mangochi.blogspot.com/

l   Education：

2009-2012     UCLA--Animation (MFA)—U.S.A

2003-2006       National Chiao Tung University--Applied Art (MFA)---Taiwan

1998-2002       National Normal University --Fine Art (BFA)---Taiwan

l  Work Experience：

2008                Lecture on Computer Animation at Graduate of Applied Arts, National Chiao Tung University

2007                Next Media Animation Limited, Visual Art Director

2007                Next Media Animation Limited, Vice Director

2006                Entertainment Value Studio, Visual Development Artist, Story Artist (freelancer)

2005                Wind Studio, Visual Development Artist (freelancer)

l  Scholarship：

2012                UCLA Animation Workshop--VINCENT E. DEFRANCES SCHOLARSHIP

2012                UCLA Animation Workshop--Matt Groening Award

2011               UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television –Executive Board Award

2009        Studying Abroad Scholarship (Taiwan)

l  Software Skills

Maya – Layout, Animation, Texture, Lighting and Modeling

TV paint& Flash – 2D animation production, Design

Photoshop – Digital Painting, Concept Art,Character & Background Design

Zbrush - Modeling and Displacement Map creating

After Effect & Premiere –Composite, Motion Graphic Animation and Editing

<Awards and Festivals>

2010 [The Lighthouse]

AWARDS (No.27)

01.  2012 Festival de Cannes Short Film Corner

02.  2011 38th Student Academy Awards Semi-Finalist

03.  2011 Grand Off World independent Film Award (Poland) Best Animation Nomination

04.  2011 Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Academy Qualify Festival) Best Children's Film Award

05.  2011 Cutout Fest Festival Special Award NEC

06.  2011 Cutout Fest Festival Audience Award

07.  2011 Angelus Student Film Festival Outstanding Animation Award

08.  2011 Adobe Design Achievement Awards Honorable Mention Award

09.  2011 Los Angeles International New Wave Film Festival Animation First Place Winner

10.  2011 Los Angeles International New Wave Film Festival Best Story Award

11.  2011 Los Angeles International New Wave Film Festival Best Original Score Award

12.  2011 Reel to Reel International Film Festival Best Amateur Animation

13.  2011 UCLA Festival Director Spotlight Awards

14.  2011 Sky Fest Film Festival Best Student Film Award

15.  2011 Ninth Annual Garden State Film Festival Best Animated Short Award

16.  2011 AMC Theatres Kansas City Film Festival Best Animation Award

17.  2011 OFFICIAL BEST OF FEST-Award-Winning Films

18.  2011 California Independent Film Festival-Best Animation Award

19.  2011 Savannah International Animation Festival Best Student Animation Award

20.  2011 Accolade Competition Awards of Excellence

21.  2011 California Film Award Golden Level Award

22.  2010 Los Angeles Movie Award Awards of Excellence

23.  2010 CINE Golden Eagle Competition CINE Golden Eagle Award

24.  2010 ASIFA-Hollywood AEF Student Animation Festival(Student Annie Award) Sliver Award

25.  2010 Los Angeles Reel Film Festival Best Story Award

26.  2010 Los Angeles Reel Film Festival Honorable Mention Award

27.  2010 Los Angeles Cinema Festival Merit Award

28.  2011 15 Minutes of Fame Film Festival Best Animation Award

29.  2010 UCLA Festival Best Story Award

30.  2010 Hero My Hero International Film Festival Animation 2nd Prize

31.  2011 USA Film Festival (Academy Qualify)--Animation Finalist

32.  2011 Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Academy Qualify) -- Official selection

33.  2011 Annual Stella Artois St. Louis International Film Festival(Academy Qualify) -- Official selection

34.  2011 Chicago International Children's Film Festival (Academy Qualify)-- Official selection

35.  2011 20th Annual Stella Artois St. Louis International Film Festival(Academy Qualify) -- Official selection

36.  2011 FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival(Academy Qualify) -- Official selection

37.  2011 Bradford Animation Festival (UK) --Official selection

38.  2011 CutOut Fest --Official selection 

39.  2011 Philadelphia Film & Animation Festival –Best Animation Nominate  

40.  2011 Janison Short Sharp Film Festival -Animation Finalist

41.  2011 16th Hollywood International Family Film Festival - Animation Finalist

42.  2011 San Diego Film Asian Festival --Official selection

43.  2011 The Long Island International Film Expo-Best Animation Nominate

44.  2011 Taipei Awards of Taipei Film Festival- Best Animation Nominate

45.  2011WorldKids International Film Festival --Official selection

46.  2011 Burbank International Film Festival --Official selection

47.  2011 Marbella International Film Festival (Spian) --Official selection

48.  2011 SAPPORO Short Fest --Selecting Committee's Festival Favorites

49.  2011 Northwest Animation Festival--Best Animation Program

50.  2011 27th The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival --Official selection

51.  2011 12th Newport Beach Film Festival--Official selection

52.  2011 Ninth Annual Garden State Film Festival--Official selection

53.  2011 AMC Theatres Kansas City Film Festival--Official selection

54.  2011 California Independent Film Festival--Official selection

55.  2011 Savannah International Animation Festival--Official selection

56.  2011 California International Animation Festival--Official selection

57.  2011 New York Los Angeles International Film Festival--Official selection

58.  2011 7th West Chester International Short Film Festival--Official selection

59.  2011 Tiburon International Film Festival --Official selection 

60.  2011 California International Shorts Festival --Official selection

61.  2010 Maverick Movie Awards--3 Nominees Best Animation, Best Student Film, Best Original Score

62.  2010 Anchorage International Film Festival--Official selection

2007 [The Drawer of Memory]

01.  Com Graph the 7th Asia Pacific Digital Art and Animation Competition--Gold Award

02.  The 8th Korea Puchon International Student Animation Festival--Yuhan College Dean Prize

03.  The 3rd China International Animation and Digital Arts Festival The Best Chinese Short Film Award

04.  12th DMS' Conference Competition in Multimedia Arts--The First Prize Winner

05.  The 29 th Golden Harvest Awards for Film and Digital Video--The Excellent Prize

06.  KT Science and Art Award--Gold Award

07.  The 4 th Taiwan International Animation Festival--Creative Graphics Gold Prize

08.  4C Digital Design Awards--Best Story Award, Golden Jury Awards

09.  Japan Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia International Competition--Official Selection

10.  Berlin International Short film Festival--Official Selection

11.  International Animation Festival in Japan HIROSHIMA--Official Selection (Student Star Program)

12.  2007 Golden Horse International Short Film Festival--Official Selection