JOHN LOGUE
     415 N. Jarrett St.
     Portland, OR  97217
     (503) 289-6909  cell - 503-784-2442
     Email:  johnlogue43@yahoo.com
     
     SUMMARY:        
     Award winning animation director with extensive experience in entertainment 
     and advertising. Experienced in all phases of animation and live action 
     production:  writing, storyboarding, lighting, set & character design, 
     art direction, model building, editing, cinematography. CG experience
     with Lightwave and Maya.

     WORK HISTORY:

     Presently: LAIKA, Inc., (formerly Will Vinton Studios) Portland, Oregon - Directing 
     ongoing series of Samsung stop-motion commercials for Chiel Agency, Seoul, Korea

     March 2003 - March 2004
     Teaching animation in Maya at The Oregon 3D School, Portland, Oregon.
     
     Animation director on two CG films, one of which was running continuously at Siggraph, 
     San Diego at the Oregon3D booth.

     June 2002 - February 2003
     Free-lance project development with Mary Sandell, Producer, and Melissa Mitchell, Writer.

     June 2001 - January, 2002
     Phantom Investigators - Animation director on stop motion children's 
     television series for Warner Brothers and Sony Pictures Family Entertainment, 
     produced by (W)holesome Products, San Francisco. Aired nationally May 2002.

     November, 2001
     Korean Film Commission - Seoul, Korea
     Taught stop-motion animation workshop at Korean Academy of Animation Arts.

     1987 - 2001
     Will Vinton Studios
     Fifteen-year history with award winning animation company specializing in 
     stop motion, Lightwave and Maya; director of primetime network television series 
     and specials, short films, theme park films, domestic and international commercials.  
     
     PROJECTS AT WILL VINTON STUDIOS:
     1998 - 2001             
     The PJs; Director; Directed 8 half-hour episodes over three seasons of 
     primetime stop motion series starring Eddie Murphy; produced by Imagine Television,
     Disney and Will Vinton Studios for Fox Television & Warner Bros.  
     
     1993 - 1997
     CG Experience:  CG animator on Clorox Rainclean and M&Ms spots, Directed CG
     parody of M&Ms commercial for client Burger King.  Trained on Lightwave
     and Maya.
             
     Director, Commercial & Theme Park Projects:
     The Shelly Show (Disney World), Pocahontas (Mattel/Disney), Barbie (9 spots, Mattel), 
     Spanish Yellow Pages, Yamaha, Chase Visa, Nestles' Frisky, MacGregor Golf, 
     Splenda Sweetener (Australian television), Uncle Terra (Japanese museum project).  
     Traveled to Argentina for Suchard Argentina 30" spot.   
     
     1988 - 1992             
     Director: Adventures in Wonderland; The Disney Channel: Directed 40 Clay Cartoons 
     for popular Disney children's show; Judgement Day, a short film for French television;
     Corn & Potatoes, Writer/Director for Smithsonian Seeds of Change exhibit;
     Metropolitan Life, featuring a clay animated Snoopy for PBS;
     California Raisins/Kentucky Fried Chicken (Canada)

     Art Director - Sunkist Fruits, Alpo, Fritos, Charmin, Federal Express (Canada), 
     Beecham's Coughcaps, Macleans Toothpaste (England), Kamol (France).

     1987
     A Claymation Christmas Celebration
     Co-writer/Art Director/Animator on Will Vinton Studio's first primetime half-hour
     stop motion special for CBS.  Emmy winner - "Outstanding Animated Program".
     Also recruited, auditioned and hired animation talent and art team for this
     project, and established studio's "Short Film" division.

     OTHER PROJECTS
     1988
     Stop Motion Animator, Jim Blashfield Productions: Tears for Fears music video;
     My Dinner with the Devil Snake, live action/animated short for the PBS arts program, 
     Live From Off Center;

     1980-1986               
     Independent producer, writer, cinematographer, graphic artist;
     Cinematographer on Dream of Life, a half-hour dramatic video production
     for Westcom Productions, Eugene, Oregon;  lighting director on educational series, 
     PSAs and industrial videos for Independent Video Services; Eugene, Oregon.
     
     1978 - 1979             
     Attla  (aka  Spirit of the Wind)
     Co-Writer/Cinematographer/Associate Producer on Independent live action feature 
     film starring Chief Dan George, Slim Pickens, Pius Savage;  music by Buffy Sainte-Marie 
     and Will Ackerman.  Winner "Best Picture" U.S. Film Festival (Sundance) 1979
     Invited to Cannes Film Festival 1979; one of four official U.S. entries.
     Award for Humanism in Cinema Art; Moscow Film Festival.  Best Picture, American Indian 
     Film Festival.  Silver Halo Award;  Southern California Motion Picture Council
     
     1976-1977               
     Freelance artist/photgrapher – Juneau, Alaska
     
     1970-1975 
     Public Information Officer/Graphic Artist/Photographer
     Alaska Department of Education;  Juneau, Alaska
     
     Education:              
     Ohio State University           
     Columbus College of Art & Design
     
     Travels:                
     Korea, Europe, Canada, Alaska, Peru, Argentina, Mexico
     Invited to Cannes Film Festival, France;
     
     References available on request