Larry Bafia – ACM SIGGRAPH HISTORY ARCHIVES

Larry Bafia

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Most Recent Affiliation(s):


  • Centre for Digital Media

Other / Past Affiliation(s):


  • Vancouver Film School

Bio:

  • SIGGRAPH 2021

    I’m an animator and educator currently residing in Vancouver, B.C. I enjoy travel, hiking, motor sports, and photography. When my schedule permits, I also enjoy painting urban landscapes in acrylic. Besides volunteering for SIGGRAPH on a local and committee level, I have been involved with the SPARK CG Society in Vancouver, which hosts an annual animation conference and festival and VFX conference. I have animated professionally for over three decades starting in stop motion (clay and latex puppets) and moving on to CG character animation. I’ve also directed commercials. The bulk of my reel is from PDI/Dreamworks and Will Vinton Studios. I began an academic career in 2003 by becoming the animation department head at VFS. I have been teaching digital media production in a master’s program at the CDM since 2009.

    SIGGRAPH 2006

    Larry Bafia 3D

    Animation and Visual Effects Department Head Vancouver Film School

    An animator who works with numerous media, Larry started his career in stop motion and claymation before moving into CGI. During his seven year tenure as Commercial Animation Director at PDI/Dreamworks, Larry directed commercials for many top clients including Coca-Cola, Sega, Intel, Kraft, Circle K, and Saturn. While with PDI/Dreamworks, Larry was also Sequence Lead Animator on several hit films including Antz, Batman & Robin, A Simple Wish, and was a Sequence Animation Supervisor for Mission Impossible II. In addition, Larry served as Animation Supervisor for the Stop Motion Division on Tim Burton’s feature Mars Attacks. In 2002, Larry founded his own CGI company Blam! Animation. As the company’s Creative Director, Larry continues to develop commercials with animated characters.

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