Larry Bafia
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- Centre for Digital Media
Other Affiliation(s):
- Vancouver Film School
Bio:
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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Role(s):
- Computer Animation Jury Member
- Computer Animation Organizing Committee Chair/Co-Chair
- Creative Development Director
- Educator's Forum Presenter
- Virtual, Augmented & Mixed Reality Chair
