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Mikkel Mainz

Mikkel Mainz

Animation teacher

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Animation Film Director and CEO at Skjaldborn

  • Education

    • ASF (Animation Sans Frontiers)

      2013 - 2014
      Animation Sans Frontiers Diploma EU course in Co-producing, pitching and directing.

      Activities and Societies: Team excercise, pitching, crowdfunding, lectures, visiting studios, world building, animation history, directing, co-directing. working abroad, planning, producing. 16 master and bachelor graduated producers and animators going to the 4 top animation schools in Europe which have arranged classes in specific areas of the animation film industry. 8 weeks in all spread over 5 months.

    • The Animation Workshop

      2009 - 2013
      Bachelor's degree Character Animation A+

      Activities and Societies: Character animation, storyboarding, directing great school that pushes your creative skills and develops a great knowledge of animation. Teachers from all over the world come to the school.

    • The Animation Workshop

      2009 - 2013
      Bachelor's degree Character animation

      Activities and Societies: 3d and 2d Animation, directing, Storyboarding, layout, film making

    • The Animation Workshop

      2009 - 2013
      Bachelor's degree character animation

      Activities and Societies: 2d and 3d animation, directing, storyboarding, layout, film making

    • Roskilde Gymnasium

      2006 - 2009

  • Experience

    • Tjele Efterskole (Boarding School in Denmark)

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2014
      Animation teacher

      At this school, the students are around 15-17 years old. I was teaching in animation and introducing young people to the media. Through the years I was the one leading the class and making sure the class was updated on software and materials: Such as light tables, linetesters, computers for Maya (3d), and licenses. The leader of the school is good at supporting this different class for that age.

    • The Walt Disney Company

      Jan 2012 - Jan 2012
      Concept Artist

      I helped out with character design for a week on a feature film which is still a secret. Bruce Smith (Space Jam Animation Director) was the animation director and Pixote hunt (Lion King Bg artist) was the Art Director.

    • Nørlum

      Aug 2012 - Sept 2012
      Rough animatic-artist on DREAM

      a month of animatic, 3d testing and concept design for the transmedia project DREAM

    • Dandelooo

      Sept 2012 - Dec 2012
      Internship: Background concept, Water Color, Animation tests, Effects Animation and Character Design

      Cedric Babouche was my director and art director. I worked very close with him and learned a lot. This studio is super cool. I was mainly working on Little Houdini and I got involved in a future project called travel to mama. I got my hands on many different things and I am still good friends with Cedric.

    • Zoaring

      Jan 2013 - Jun 2013
      Animator and background artist

      I helped out finishing commercials. I took storyboards and polished and filmed, basically making everything ready for comp

    • Sun Creature Studio

      Feb 2013 - now
      Co-funder & Co-creator

      Kenneth Ladekjer, Bo Juhl and I created Sun Creature Studio after our bachelor at the Animation Workshop. We all got A+ in our final exam. We wanted to continue "The Reward" film into a series. We made a Kickstarter (crowdfunding) for the series: The Reward - Tales of Alethrion, and got 143.000 dollars for the project - for the first episode. Now we are working on the series and are looking for partners and great co-producers.

    • Sun Creature

      Jul 2013 - Dec 2018

      animation tests and animating on teaser I was on 5 episodes of Ivandoe Two episodes for Tales of Alethrion Animated on the last two episodes of the anime: Emara The film I made with Kenneth Ladekjær as our second film after The Reward

      • Co-founder and owner, Animation Director

        Feb 2013 - Dec 2018

      • Development animation, Flee

        Sept 2016 - Feb 2018

      • Animator on Ivandoe, Cartoon Network

        Jan 2017 - May 2017

      • Animation Director on Wilhelm's Curse and Traveling Deity

        Jul 2015 - Mar 2017

      • Animator on Emara (by Shooting Stars)

        Aug 2016 - Jan 2017

      • Animation Director on Tales of Alethion: The First Hero

        Jul 2013 - Mar 2015

    • Noerlum

      Nov 2013 - Jan 2014
      Animator, Clean up on Song of the Sea

      Did scenes with the bearded old man

    • The Animation Workshop, VIA University College

      Nov 2014 - now
      Animation Teacher and Supervisor

      Teaching, censoring, supervising at The Animation Workshop when I hear their horn call me. Love this place :)

    • Højer Design Efterskole

      Jan 2018 - now
      Animation Teacher

      Teaching animation and film making.

    • Nørlum

      Jun 2018 - Nov 2018
      Creative Lead on Travelers: Phil's Unfinished Story

      A TRAVELERS INSURENCE campaign that was made with Noerlum and Psyop where we follow Phillip's life if he had not been killed by distracted driving.

    • Skjald

      Dec 2018 - now

      New animation Studio I created after leaving Sun Creature where I continue Tales of Alethrion and Spirit Seeker amoung other cool projects Animated projects I have developed and directed in my company Skald since the beginning of 2019, in partnership with other companies or just in Skjald: - Faith in Chains Documentary- Tales of Alethrion Season 2- Choose Their Path interactive episodes- Gone Badminton- Spirit Seeker- Carmen Avis

      • Founder

        Jan 2019 - now

      • Animation Film Director, (Tales of Alethrion Season 2, Gone Badminton, Faith in Chains documentary)

        Dec 2018 - Feb 2019

    • Copenhagen Bombay Productions

      Jan 2022 - Oct 2023
      Animation film director on TVseries "Høj" 26 episodes

      Director of 26 episodes for TV series "Høj"

    • Skjaldborn

      Dec 2023 - now

      At the end of last year, my animation studio “Skjald” merged with “Freeborn studios” and became “Skjaldborn”. We are making productions such as Høj and Tales of Alethrion, that I have directed the last 12 years Our focus is on crafting original and epic animated storytelling, and I direct and produce with an awesome team of dedicated artists and .

      • Animation Film Director & CEO

        Dec 2023 - now

      • CEO

        Dec 2023 - now

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