Animator & Filmmaker

Monica Garrison

Boston, MA

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Animation, puppetry and cameras...and d. All of the above plus more.
Education
- BFA Animation
  
  Massachusetts College of Art
  
  2005 - 2010
Experience
- Freelance Animator
  
  Experimental Collaborative Work
  
  Boston, MA
  
  Sep 2015 - Present (8 years 7 months)
  
  Experimental personal animation using animation I originally shot on 16mm film. I am digitizing each frame and putting it back together again...playing with light and found footage from 60's science films.
- Freelance Animator
  
  Undisclosed Documentary
  
  Boston, MA
  
  Feb 2015 - Apr 2015 (2 months)
  
  Created animated piece for short documentary about Dion McGregor, the American songwriter. One of four animated dream sequences. Slated to debut at SXSW.
- Animator
  
  Arnold Worldwide
  
  Sep 2012 - Oct 2012 (1 month)
  
  Created short animated clip for the Truth Campaign.
- VFX and Animator
  
  umuima
  
  Feb 2012 - Mar 2012 (1 month)
  
  Created special effects and stop motion animation for a Plastic Flowers music video.
- Video Editor
  
  Partners Harvard Medical International
  
  Oct 2011 - Mar 2012 (5 months)
  
  Edited a public service announcement (It Gets Better Project) aimed at LGBT youth.
- VFX Compositor
  
  Rasmussen Brothers Productions
  
  Jul 2011 - Aug 2011 (1 month)
  
  Created traditional "cloud tank" footage special effects for feature film, Dark Feed.
- Animator
  
  Walking Cinema
  
  May 2011 - Aug 2011 (3 months)
  
  Created a stop motion intro/outro for an new media cooking show.
- Animator
  
  Electric Literature
  
  Jan 2011 - Mar 2011 (2 months)
  
  Created stop motion piece for Electric Literature's "Single Sentence Animations".
- Intern
  
  Z Media
  
  Oct 2010 - Jan 2011 (3 months)
  
  Edited live footage, collaborated in production of new studio website, designed multiple stop-motion shoots.
- Animator
  
  Vital Pictures, Inc.
  
  Jul 2010 - Sep 2010 (2 months)
  
  Created hand painted cell animation sequence for documentary in production.
- Intern
  
  Handcranked Productions
  
  Jul 2008 - Sep 2008 (2 months)
  
  Assisted in renovation and organization of studio. Created props and puppets for small commercial shoot. Developed and designed wooden puppet for personal work. Researched imagery for commercial studio production.
Awards

SENE Film Music & Arts Festival, "Best Animated Film" 2011

Highest Departmental Honors 2010

Philip DeMateo Scholarship Award 2006
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ASIFA
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