Curriculum Vitae

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

First name    CÃLIN CONSTANTIN

Family name CAZAN

Date of birth 12 July 1952

Address         CCazan@gmail.com

employed:                                         

23 Nov 2014 - Nov 2017 - Amber Studio Bucharest
20 Ian 2013 – 20 July 2013 – Iminent Sien Romania

1990 - 2024     - MAXIM  Bucharest - graphics, illustrations (over 16.000 drawings)

2011 - 2012     - City Interactive  Bucharest Romania

2010 - 2011     - NAMCO BANDAI Romania

2007 – 2010    - UBIsoft-Romania - computer graphics & animation

2001 – 2006    - UBIsoft-Romania - computer graphics & animation, game design

2000 – 2001    - Game Loft (LudiWAP) - computer graphics & animation, game design

1996 - 2000     - UBIsoft-Romania - computer graphics & animation, game design

1995 - 1996     - ACTIVE GROUP Bucharest - computer graphics

1995                - Fine Arts Lyceum “N.TONITZA” Bucharest - professor

                                                            - ANIMAFILM Bucharest - production manager

1994                - TRANSGLOBALMEDIA Bucharest - graphician

                                                            - ROMTINCONSULT Bucharest - computer graphics

1992-1993       - REBUSBUSINESS - graphics

1992-1994       - DACODAC Bucharest - lead of animators and layoutists

1991-1992       -ANIMAFILM Bucharest – animator

1990-1991       - CINEMA CONCEPTS Atlanta-Georgia(USA) - animator, model-sheet creator, tracing, painting, storyboards

                                                 - ATLANTA ASSOCIATION OF INTERPRETERS &                                                                             TRANSLATORS Dunwoody-Georgia (USA) - translator

1976-1990       - ANIMAFILM Bucharest - animator (over 60 titles), director &                                                     scenario writer (28 titles), member of Evaluation Committee

1974-1976       - BATMM Bucharest - architect

Member of:

UCIN since 1981 (http://www.ucin.ro/asociatii_film_animatie.html)

DACINSARA since 1996 (https://dacinsara.ro/lista-membri/ ) 
Lector at MEDIA ACADEMY - https://www.mediaacademy.ro/en/courses/video/animatie-3d-2

In short:

            Direction & scenario for 28 animated films

Graphics & animations for over 80 films

            Graphics, modelling & animation for 36 computer games

            Design for 2 games (Drakulenstein, POD II)

Skills - modelling (3DS4, Real 3D, 3DSMAX,), animation (Animator, 3DS4, 3DSMAX, Real 3D, Motion Builder, MAYA, Spine), backgrounds (Animator, Painter 4, 3DS4, Photoshop, 3DSMAX), graphics (Corel Draw, Photoshop), editing (Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere), teaching animation.

Teaching – animation courses at:
   - DACODAC Studio - 2 classes
   - Start Dust Braşov - 1 classe
   - UBISOFT România - 4 classes (in 3DS MAX)
   - UBISOFT Sofia - 1 classe (in 3DS MAX)
   - NAMCO Bandai - 2 classes (in 3DS MAX and After Effects)

   - UNARTE - 2 classes (in 3DS MAX)

   - Media Academy (SAE Institute) - 8 workshops (in 3DS MAX and After Effects) and other online lessons (via Skype)

Publications
Cartea Umbrelor miscate ( The Book of Moved Shadows) - The first manual of 3D computer animation for movies and computer games in Romania
ABC - învățăm și colorăm alfabetul (ABC - learn and dye the alphabet) = game for Android platforms

Hobby

            Computer games (strategy, management, adventure, quest)

            Computer graphics: Here is my first contact with computer graphics, in 1983
             

            Dogs & birds

            Books & movies

Skills:

·         Software – Animator (DOS) – 1995-1996, Adobe Photoshop – since 1996, 3DS 4 (DOS) – 3DMAX – since 1995, Motion Builder – since 2010, Spine - 2014, After Effects - since 2002

-   Project and data management tools

-    Engine and Platform technical constraints – PC, Sony Play Station, XBOX, XBOX 360, iPhone, iPod, iPad

Teaching skills - 3D animation courses at:
   - DACODAC Studio - 2 classes
   - Start Dust Braşov - 1 classe
   - UBISOFT România - 4 classes
   - UBISOFT Sofia - 1 classe
   - NAMCO Bandai - 2 classes
    - the National University of Arts, Graphics Department,  the class of professor Ovidiu Croitoru.
   - SAE Institute - 150 students
   - ”Cartea Umbrelor Miscate” - manual of animation and digital animation for beginers.
Artistic Skills:

·         2D graphics, 3D modeling, texturing and animation, scenario and art direction (at Animafilm studio – Bucharest 1976 – 1990),

·         1990 – 2019 - MAXIM  Bucharest - graphics, illustrations (over 20.000 drawings)

-    Foreign languages and level:

·       English - graduate of TEST OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE- Atlanta  1991(4,5 points from 6),
      French – medium

-           Studies

·         graduate with diploma - Institute of Architecture “Ion Mincu” - Bucharest, diploma nr.215363 1971 - 1974

·      graduate with diploma - Institute of Fine Arts “Nicolae Grigorescu” Bucharest, Design section, diploma Seri I,nr.2771 1985 - 1990

-        Experience in Game Development - computer graphics (animation, modelling, character design);

-        1995 – 1996 - ACTIVE GROUP;

·         1996 – 2010 – UBI Soft Romania;

·         2010 – 2011 – NAMCO Bandai Romania;

·         2011 – 2012 - CITY Interactive Bucharest;

·         2013 – Iminent SIEN;
       2014 - 2017 - Amber Studio