October 1, 2024
To whom it may concern,
I am requesting contract renewal for my full time faculty position of Assistant Professor of Animation & VFX. Please find all necessary documents uploaded in my Woodbury Contract Renewal LibGuide application.
Sincerely,
Jeremy Mowery
Assistant Professor of Animation & VFX
Jeremy Mowery
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Phone: (858) 774-6134 Jeremy.a.mowery@gmail.com |
1200 W. 137th St. Compton, CA 90222 |
MFA Mount Saint Mary’s University, Film and Television November 2019
Thesis: “S.O.S.”
Advisors: Kelby Thwaits, Sharri Hefner, Mary Trunk, Matthew Manning
BA University of California, San Diego, History December 2007
Minored in Mathematics
AS The Art Institute of California, Los Angeles, Video Production March 2017
Maintained a 4.0 GPA
Planet 9 Film Fest 2023
Insanely Entertaining Award, “We Are Not Alone.”
Los Angeles Animation Festival 2019
2019 Silver Student Stop Motion Animation, “S.O.S.”
Houston Comedy Film Festival Most Original Concept Award 2018
Festival award for the short comedy, “The Last Tamale.”
Woodbury University Aug 2022 to Present
Assistant Professor, Animation & VFX
Woodbury University Jan 2020 to May 2022
Adjunct Professor, Animation
The Art Institute of California, Los Angeles Apr 2016 to Mar 2017
Teaching Assistant, Digital Film and Media
Workshop, “Making Foam Build-Up Puppets,” Puppet Fabrication Workshop, Oct 2019.
Workshop, “Making Clay Puppets,” Puppet Fabrication Workshop, Nov 2018.
Stop Motion Animator/Puppet Fabricator/Set Fabricator
“Foiled Again” (music video), Los Angeles, July 2024 – Present
Fabricated two puppets and one set with a five-person fabrication team for this upcoming Radioactive Chicken Heads music video. Utilized six previously fabricated puppets as well for animation. Currently in production with a seven-person production team for cinematography and animation.
VFX Artist
“Executor” (feature film), Los Angeles, June 2024
Worked with the director to achieve her vision in creating visual effects in After Effects for eight scenes of the feature length horror film.
Stop Motion Animator/Puppet Fabricator
“Hommage to the Laundress of Erik Satie” (short film), Los Angeles, January 2024 – Present
Fabricated two stop motion puppets and animated one scene of this short film. Coordinated with the director, producer and set fabricator to achieve director’s vision. Next scene to be animated in November 2024.
Co-Writer/Co-Director/Animator/Fabricator/Editor/VFX Artist
“Love Forevermore” (short film), Los Angeles, September 2023 – June 2024
Co-wrote, co-directed, edited, fabricated, and animating this short film. Fabricated two puppets and three sets with a ten-person team. 3D printed ten replacement faces with a Creality Ender-3 Pro 3D printer. Submitted film to ten festivals so far.
After Effects Compositor/Colorist
HorrorCon LA 2023 Commercial Spots, August 2023 – September 2023
Shot three actors and props with green screen background and composited assets with live action footage in Adobe After Effects. Color corrected and graded both spots.
Stop Motion Animator/VFX Supervisor/AE Compositor
“Freeway” (music video), Los Angeles, May 2023 – September 2023
Animated multiple 2D characters in After Effects. Composited animation with VFX, live action footage and 2D backgrounds in After Effects. Supervised green screen live action film shoot.
Stop Motion Animator/Fabricator/VFX Artist
“We Are Not Alone” (music video), Los Angeles, November 2022 – May 2023
Fabricated and animated two puppets. Composited animation with VFX in After Effects.
Stop Motion Animator/Fabricator
“An LA Christmas Story” (feature film), Los Angeles, June 2022 – December 2022
Fabricated and animated one puppet. Composited animation to background plates in After Effects.
Stop Motion Animator/Fabricator
“Screamfest Etiquette Video” (short film), Los Angeles, August 2022 – September 2022
Fabricated and animated two puppets. Composited animation to background plates in After Effects.
Stop Motion Animator/Fabricator
“Untitled Radioactive Chicken Heads Documentary” (feature length doc), Los Angeles, November 2021 – May 2022
Fabricated six puppets and four sets. Created molds and casted five puppet heads in two-part molds. Animated main title sequence and six chapter introductions.
Writer/Director/Animator/Editor/VFX Artist
“Dead Fred” (short film), Los Angeles, October 2021
Wrote, directed, animated, and edited this short film. Designed and fabricated four puppets and one set.
Writer/Director/Animator/Editor/VFX Artist
“Bert and Greg” (short film), Los Angeles, January 2021 – June 2021
Wrote, directed, animated, and edited this short film. Designed and fabricated nine puppets and one set.
Writer/Director/Animator/Editor/VFX Artist
“S.O.S.” (music video), Los Angeles, January 2019 – Sep 2019
Wrote, directed, animated, and edited short music video. Fabricated seven puppets and built seven sets. Composited animation and VFX in After Effects.
Animator/VFX Artist
“Wings of a Woman” (short film), Los Angeles, Jul 2019
Animated puppets. Created VFX in After Effects.
Animator/VFX Artist
“5 Faces of Hell” (feature film), Los Angeles, November 2018 – Dec 2018
Fabricated and animated two puppets. Conducted keying and rig removal in post.
Writer/Director/Animator/Editor/VFX Artist
“Upstream” (short film), Los Angeles, June 2018 – Oct 2018
Wrote, directed, animated, and edited this short brick film. Designed and created three characters from Lego bricks.
SIGGRAPH, 2023-Present
ASIFA-Hollywood, 2019-Present
Veterans in Media and Entertainment, 2017-Present
Hobbies include 2D rigged puppet animation, sculpting, painting, directing music videos, hiking and playing the guitar.