649 E. Naples St.
J. Andres Zapata
• Chula Vista, CA 91911
• 619.843.2010
Qualifications Summary
Has led teams of animators, designers and contractors working on diverse scale projects. Enjoys meeting with clients. Experienced in creating schedules and budgeting for large and small scale projects. Experienced in managing outside consultants. Founder Stellarum, Inc. (2000) a 3d visual communications studio. Registered Architect in the State of California.
Software capabilities include:
• 3ds Max (+Vray, +finalrender)
• Autocad
• Adobe Photoshop
• MS Word
Experience Highlights
• Final Cut Pro
• DVD Studio Pro
• Adobe Encore
• Adobe After Effects
Architecture, Development and Built Environment.
• Adobe Audition
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Premier
• Rhino
• Softimage
• Revit
• Experience with both Mac and PC
• 429 17th St. San Diego. ADU + Multi-Unit Design Explorations and CD's.
• Co-design and construction - Garcia Residence.
• Co-design and construction - Zapata-Garcia Residence.
• Subdivision of 1 acre property - Chula Vista, California.
• Designer, 8 Story Condominium building. Rosarito, Mex.
• Architect, production of working drawings, New Palace Hotel. San Diego, California.
CG images and animation - Built Environment.
• 8500 Burton. Animation of exclusive apartment building in Beverly Hills, Ca.
• Recently completed animation and video editing for Custom and Border Patrol’s Global entry program, including 20 airports and 32 international terminals/ (www.globalentry.gov)
• Modeling and animating of over 40 international airports around the world, including JFK, BOS, Atlanta, LAX, Denver, Shanghai, Beijing, Narita, Mexico City, SFO, Vancouver, Montreal.
• Producer, Telly Award winning animation - El Monumento - Baja California, Mexico.
• Producer - animation for “Heart of the Zoo” video - San Diego Zoo.
• Producer, Telly Award winning video - Maylasia Helicopter Co. - McDonnel Douglas.
• Producer, Telly Award winning animation and production design - Paseo del Mar
• Led team of animators in the creation of animation of Palm Island in Dubai.
• Led team of animators in the creation of animation for Cairo City Centre,Multi-use Project.
• Led team of animators in the creation of animation for The Grove at Farmer’s Market in LA.
• Creation of large scale renderings - General Growth Properties.
CG images and animation - Product
Creation of Computer Generated images and animations for national brands including: Siemens Mobile phones, Adidas Golf, Pioneer receivers, Denso Mobile phones, Pantech Mobile phones, Hewlett Packard, Aptus Endosystems, Palm, Qualcomm.
Experienced in handling High resolution cg images used for product packaging, brochures and trade show large format graphics. Interactive multimedia
• Design/ production of interfaces and content for cd-rom based interactive titles: Soundgarden (music), Cutthroat Island (soundtrack, lead designer), 3 Penny Needle (music, lead designer).
•Lead team of designers on the creation of interactive cd-rom, educational titles for Glencoe/McGraw Hill.
Employment History
2000-Present President Stellarum,Inc.
1997-2000 Lead animator / Producer Ayres Group
1996-1997 Lead animator nu*millenia, Inc.
1995-1996 Lead designer/animator Compton’s New Media, Inc.
1994-1995 Architect Xavier Weichers and Assoc.
1993-1994 Architect AZ Consulting Group
1991-1993 Job Captain /Architect Chelminiak, King Architects.
1990-1991 Job Captain Lorimer Case Architects.
1985-1990 Job Captain C.W. Kim Architects and Planners.
Education
Bachelors of Architecture - New School of Architecture, 1985 ( with honors )
Awards
Telly Award
3D Animation - Atlanta Hartsfield Airport and Washington Dulles Airport
Telly Award
3D Animation - Washington Dulles Airport
Telly Award
Lead Animator - Paseo del Mar
Telly Award Producer - Malaysia Helicopter Co.
Telly Award Producer - El Monumento Master Plan
Telly Award
Production Design - Paseo del Mar
Publications
Siemens S56 Cell Phone - Exposé 1.
Siemens M56 Cell Phone - Exposé 2.
Community activities
Advisor Committee - Coronado School of the Arts, Digital Art program. Advisory Committee - Regional Occupational Program. Coronado High School.
Presenter - San Diego 3ds Max User’s group
President - San Diego Macintosh User’s Group, Multimedia SIG (1995-1996)
Instructor - Adobe Premiere Editing at Foundation for Educational Achievement, an employment retraining program. President - SCAIA, New School of Architecture Chapter.