TRAVIS COWSILL 20 Giordan Court Staten Island, NY 10303 Phone: (347) 465-0988 Email: Travis.T.Cowsill@gmail.com
PROFILE
Multifaceted, Veteran Storyboard Artist, Illustrator and Director seeks a position within a motion picture/television production studio that welcomes career-minded, experienced professionals who demonstrate an exceptional work ethic, a vast hands-on understanding of all production aspects of the film animation field, and the ability to grow and contribute on a project by project basis. Freelance jobs also sought.
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Curriculum Vitae...
DIRECTORIAL & SUPERVISORY CREDITS
October 2008 – Present Sinister Hand Productions—New York, NY
A Travis Cowsill Company (Feature Film/Television Series/Web Series Development)
PRESIDENT/CEO [Live Action/Animation]
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Ongoing Independent Projects, development, partnerships and co-ventures
May 2008 – July 2008 Three Cats Productions—New York, NY
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/STORYBOARD ARTIST [Short Feature/Live Action]
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“Wonder” Three Cats Productions/Sinister Hand
Productions/Positive Productions/The Wonder Project
October 2006 – February 2007 Nerd Corps Entertainment—Vancouver, BC, Canada
FREELANCE STORYBOARD DIRECTOR—based in New York, NY [Television Productions]
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“Storm Hawks” Storm Hawks Productions
July 2006 The Discovery Channel/Digital Artists Montreal Network—Montreal, QC, Canada
ART DIRECTOR AND STORYBOARD ARTIST—on location, Cairo, Egypt [Television Productions]
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“Secrets of Egypt’s Lost Queen”
June 1997 – January 2000 Studio B. Productions—Vancouver, BC, Canada
ON-STAFF DIRECTOR/STORYBOARD ARTIST/CHARACTER, LOCATION, PROP DESIGNER
[Feature Productions/Commercial Animation]
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“Snowden and Friends: Fox Home Video
The Raggedy Ann and Andy Adventure”
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“The Big Fill” (30 second spot) The Golden Gallon Corporation, The Exxon
Corporation and Wooket Graphics Ltd.
May 1994 – June 1997 Ian Freedman Productions/Barking Bullfrog Animation—Vancouver, BC, Canada
ON-STAFF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/STORYBOARD SUPERVISOR/STORYBOARD ARTIST
[Television Productions]
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“101 Dalmatians” Walt Disney Television Animation
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“Action Man” DIC Entertainment
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“Aeon Flux” MTV Productions/Liquid Television
D
irector & Storyboaard AArtist• “Arsin Lupin” Teletoon Productions
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“Doug” Jumbo Pictures
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“Dumb and Dumber” Universal Cartoons
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“Earthworm Jim” Universal Cartoons
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“Flash Gordon” Lacewood Productions
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“Johnny Bravo” Hanna Barbara
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“Life with Louie” Fox Television Animation
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“Little Wizards” Hyperion Entertainment
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“Mummies Alive” DIC Entertainment
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“Mutant League” Franklin/Waterman Entertainment
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“Pillow People” Invision Entertainment
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“The Savage Dragon” Lacewood Productions
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“Wing Commander Academy” For Television Animation
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“Young Quasimodo” Bardel Animation
[Feature Productions/Direct to Video]
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“Doug’s First Movie” Jumbo Pictures/Walt Disney Animation
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“Fern Gully Part II” Wild Brain Productions
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“The Land Before Time, V” Universal Cartoons
Ian Freedman Productions/Barking Bullfrog Animation—Vancouver, BC, Canada (Continued)
ON-STAFF ART DIRECTOR [Internet Series]
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“Cyber Chicken” Woah! Media
STORYBOARD ARTIST CREDITS
January 2009 – March 2009 Phantom House Productions—New York, NY
FREELANCE STORYBOARD ARTIST [Feature/Live Action]
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“Serial Mind” Phantom House Productions
July 2006 Rock Solid Films—New York, NY
FREELANCE STORYBOARD ARTIST [Short Feature/Live Action]
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“Walking Wounded” Rock Solid Films
November 2005 – June 2006 The Animation Collective—New York, NY
ON-STAFF FLASH STORYBOARD ARTIST [Television Productions]
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“Kappa Mikey” Nickelodeon
September 2005 – November 2005 Pork and Beans Productions—Vancouver, BC, Canada
FREELANCE STORYBOARD ARTIST—based on site and in New York, NY [Television Productions]
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“Get Set” Pork and Beans Productions
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“Shuriken School” Teletoon
March 2000 – July 2004 Funbag Entertainment—Ottawa, ON, Canada
FREELANCE STORYBOARD ARTIST—based in Los Angeles, CA; New Orleans, LA; Vancouver, BC, Canada [Television Productions]
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“Rainbow Fish” Fun Bag Entertainment/Sony Pictures
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“The Berenstain Bears” Fun Bag Entertainment/Nelvana Ltd/Agogo Ent., Ltd.
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“Toad Patrol” Toadbag Production/Edward Sarson Productions
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“Toad Patrol, Season 2” Toadbag Production/Edward Sarson Productions
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“Undergrads” Fun Bag Entertainment/MTV/Decode
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“Watership Down” Fun Bag Entertainment/YTV/Decode
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“Watership Down, Season 2” Fun Bag Entertainment/YTV/Decode
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“Woody Woodpecker” Fun Bag Entertainment/Vivendi/Universal
February 2000 Matshushita Corporation—Hokkaido, Japan [Military Recruitment Division]
FREELANCE STORYBOARD ARTIST—based in Vancouver, BC, Canada
“Frog Man Assault” (30 second recruitment spot)
June 1997 – January 2000 Studio B. Productions—Vancouver, BC, Canada
ON-STAFF STORYBOARD ARTIST [Television Productions]
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“Calamity Jane” Warner Bros. Animation
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“D’Myna Leagues” Studio B. Productions
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“Invasion America” Dreamworks, SKG Television Animation
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“Jungle Cubs” Walt Disney Television Animation
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“Timon and Pumbaa, Season 3” Walt Disney Television Animation
[Feature Productions/Direct to Video/Commercial Animation]
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“Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” DIC Entertainment/Walt Disney Home Video
April 1993 – May 1994 New World Entertainment/Marvel Animation—Los Angeles, CA
ON-STAFF STORYBOARD ARTIST [Television Productions]
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“Biker Mice from Mars” New World Entertainment
OTHER PRODUCTION CREDITS
August 2006 – September 2006 The Animation Collective—New York, NY
FREELANCE STORY/LAYOUT ARTIST [Television Productions]
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“Kappa Mikey, Season 2” Nickelodeon
August 2005 Bardel Entertainment—Vancouver, BC, Canada
FREELANCE CHARACTER DESIGN ARTIST [Television Productions]
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“Rooster Rumble” Bardel Entertainment
July 2004 – October 2004 AKA Cartoon, Inc.—Vancouver, BC, Canada
ON-STAFF PROP DESIGNER [Television Productions]
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“Ed, Edd n’ Eddy” AKA Cartoon, Inc./Cartoon Network
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TRAVIS COWSILL, Curriculum Vitae continued
June 1997 – January 2000 Studio B. Productions—Vancouver, BC, Canada
ON-STAFF CHARACTER DESIGNER
[Television Productions]
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“Kat Came Back” Studio B. Productions
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“Timon and Pumbaa, Season 3” Walt Disney Television Animation
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“Thor, God of Thunder” Fabio Productions
[Feature Productions/Direct to Video/Commercial Animation]
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“Galaxy Girl Studio B. Productions
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“Romeo and Juliet” Studio B. Productions
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“Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” DIC Entertainment/Walt Disney Home Video
ON-STAFF KEY ANIMATOR/KEY ASSISTANT [Video Game Productions/Internet Series]
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“Purple Moon” Purple Moon, Inc.
May 1994 – June 1997 Ian Freedman Productions/Barking Bullfrog Animation—Vancouver, BC, Canada
ON-STAFF CHARACTER DESIGNER
[Television Productions/Video Game Productions/Web Series]
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“Cyber Chicken” Woah! Media
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“Dead Space” Radical Entertainment
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“Doctor Doolittle” Barking Bullfrog Productions/NOA Productions
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“Pillow People” Invision Entertainment
ON-STAFF KEY ANIMATOR/KEY ASSISTANT
[Video Game Productions/Web Series]
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“Cyber Chicken” Woah! Media
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“Dead Space” Radical Entertainment
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“Dyno Blaze” Radical Entertainment
[Television Productions]
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“Billy the Cat” NOA Productions
ON-STAFF LAYOUT ARTIST [Television Productions]
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“I Am Weasel” Hanna Barbara/Warner Entertainment
EARLY EXPERIENCE CREDITS
1987 – 1994 Don Bluth Animation—Los Angeles, CA ON-STAFF ASSISTANT ANIMATOR
Chuck Jones Productions—Los Angeles, CA ON-STAFF ASSISTANT ANIMATOR
Warner Bros. Animation—Los Angeles, CA ON-STAFF LAYOUT ARTIST
Hanna Barbara Animation—Los Angeles, CA FREELANCE STORYBOARD CLEAN-UP ARTIST
Marvel Animation—Los Angeles, CA ON-STAFF STORYBOARD CLEAN-UP ARTIST
New Line Cinema—Los Angeles, CA ON-STAFF APPRENTICE EDITOR/ASSISTANT TO EDITOR
New Line Cinema—Los Angeles, CA ON-STAFF ON-SET PRODUCTION ASSISTANT/STAGE HAND
Sullivan/Bluth Productions Ireland, Ltd.—Los Angeles, CA FREELANCE CREATIVE CONSULTANT/STORYBOARD ARTIST
TEACHING CREDITS
October 2008 – January 2009 Freelance Storyboard Instructor—Los Angeles, CA
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Professional storyboard instruction and basic cinematic theory in film
2000 – 2005 Substitute Storyboard Instructor—The Vancouver Film School
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Film and Television Department
Guest Lecturer/Instructor—Vancouver Institute of the Arts
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Series Development/Pitch Program
SPECIAL SKILLS
Working knowledge of the following software and tools:
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Autodesk Maya (Generalist—intermediate)
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Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 3
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Storyboarding in Flash
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Wacom tablet (some Cintiq)