RESUME
Mike Williams 6828 North La Presa Drive (714) 423-8123 San Gabriel, CA 91775
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EXPERIENCE
Instructor of the Twenty Second Film Class, California State University, Fullerton, CA 2004.
Character Designer and Animator; Squishy Studios; Torrance, CA 2002-03
Instructor of Introduction to Animation; California State University, Fullerton, CA 2002 - 2003.
Instructor of Beginning and Advanced Animation; Orange County High School of the Arts; Santa Ana, CA 2001 to 2003.
Character Designer; Flinch Studios; Santa Monica, CA 2001.
Assistant Animation Director, Flash /Traditional Animator, Character Designer, Storyboard Artist, Prop Designer; Essential Entertainment; Hollywood, CA 2001.
Flash /Traditional Animator; Unbound Studios; Los Angeles, CA 2000.
Chartacter Designer; ideaspa; Hollywood, CA 2000.
Internship; Storyboard Revisionist and Character Designer Nickelodeon Animation Studios; Burbank, CA 2000.
Storyboard Artist; Burred Productions; Huntington Beach, CA 1999.
Internship; Production Assistant; Nickelodeon Animation Studios; Burbank, CA 1999.
Portrait Artist and Caricaturist; Disneyland; Anaheim, CA 1999.
Instructor of Introduction to Animation; California State University, Fullerton, CA 1999
Character Animator, Storyboard Artist, Character Designer; Spittoon Cartoons Productions;Fullerton, CA 1997-1999.
Character Animator, Inbetweener, Clean up Artist, Character Designer, Layout Artist; Ken Stack Productions; Yorba Linda, CA 1997-1999.

EDUCATION
American Animation Institute; Storyboarding, 2004
California State University, Fullerton (CSUF); MA in Illustration; 2003.
California State Unversity, Fullerton (CSUF); BFA in Entertainment Arts with a concentration in Animation; 1999.
Associates in Art; Character Animation; 1998.
American Animation Institute; Gesture Drawing for Animation, 1999; Storyboarding, 2000.

SOFTWARE
Flash, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, Soundedit 16, Animation Stand, Premiere.

AFFILIATIONS
Vice President; Women in Animation Orange County Chapter, 1999.
Founder and President; Pencil Mileage Club (PMC), 1997-1999.
Interactive status; Warner Bros. Feature Animation ACME Virtual Training Network; 2003- present, 2001, and 1999-1998.
Participant in 2002 Key Arts Movie Trailer Contest.

AWARDS
“ Bigelow” Art show at California State University, Fullerton; East Gallery.
Director; Best Animation Award in the World Animation Marathon; 1997 World Animation Celebration; Pasadena, CA.
Second Place; Animation 2000; World Animation Celebration; Pasadena, CA.
First Annual Jeff Bacon Scholarship, CSUF; 1997-1998

References Available Upon Request