George Maestri

info@rubberbug.com

(323) 431-0180

 

Credits/Resume

 

President/CEO                  RubberBug, Inc                                                         2002-Present

                        Projects /Credits :

                        Price is Right DVD Game – Director/Producer

                        Scooby Doo DVD Game – Director/Producer

                        Algebra’s Cool – Writer/Director/Producer - 100 Episodes

                        Fringer (pilot) – Director/Producer

                        Corey the Clown – Director/Producer

                        Zoooos Digital Player branding - Director

                        Shrek Totally Twisted Tales - Director

                        Sandy Lane – Director/Producer

                        Math’s Cool – Writer/Director/Producer – 75 episodes

                       

 

Lead Animator                 Threshold Digital                                                           2001-2002
Sequences for Hershey Theme Park ride

 

Director                            Toon Disney                                                                          2000

                        Floogatron – opening sequence

 

Creator/Director                Warner Bros / Kid’s WB                                                1999-2000

                        Karen & Kirby – Wrote/Directed/Produced 13 episodes
                        that aired on Kid’s WB

 

Director                            Digital Character Group                                                        1999

Animation direction of 3D Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tazmanian
Devil for Bugs Bunny Lost in Time video ga

me 

 

Animation Consultant          Curious Pictures, New York                                                1998

Set up 3D animation pipeline for HBO series “A Little Curious”

 

Director                            Film Roman/Medialab Paris                                                  1998

Directed pilot for TV Series “Small Soldiers”

 

 

Creator/Director                Disney TV / One Saturday Morning                                     1998

                        Created & Directed pilot “The Forgotten Ones”

 

Animation Producer          South Park                                                                   1996-1998

                        Set up animation pipline, oversaw first season.

 

Animation Director           Matinee Entertainment                                                         1996

                        Kampung Boy – 6 episodes

 

Staff Writer                       Film Roman                                                                  1995-1996              

                        Developed several pilots for ABC, Fox and Carlton UK

 

Animation Director            MGM Animation                                                                   1995

                        Pink Panther Show – 5 episodes

                        7 Manly Men and the Kid

                        Hamm and Egggs

 

Staff Writer                       Nickelodeon                                                                  1992-1995

                        Rocko’s Modern Life – approx 40 episodes

 

Animator                          Joe Murray Studios                                                       1991-1992

                        Rocko’s Modern Life - pilot

 

 

 

Teaching

 

Otis College of Art – Classes in character animation                                                 2006-2007

 

Lynda.com – Classes in Maya, 3ds Max, and character animation                             2003-2007

 

Dhima – Classes in facial animation                                                                                 2004

 

NanYang Poylytechninc (Singapore) – Classes in character animation                             1998

Compaq Computer – Classes in character animation for Siggraph                                      1996

 

 

Books

 

 

3ds Max 2008 at a Glance – Sybex Publishing                                                              2008

 

Maya 2008 at a Glance – Sybex Publishing                                                                   2007

 

Maya 8 at a Glance – Sybex Publishing                                                                        2006

 

[digital] Character Animation 3   --  New Riders Publishing                                           2006

 

Maya at a Glance – Sybex Publishing                                                                           2005

 

Animation Art (chapters on digital animation) – Collins                                                2004

 

Digital Texturing & Painting (series editor) --  New Riders Publishing                           2001

 

[digital] Character Animation 2 – Volume 2   --  New Riders Publishing                        2001

 

[digital] Character Animation 2 – Volume 1   --  New Riders Publishing                        2000

 

Digital Lighting & Rendering (series editor) --  New Riders Publishing                          2001

 

Inside 3d Studio Max 3: Animation – New Riders Publishing                                        1997

 

[digital] Character Animation   --  New Riders Publishing                                              1996

 

3D Studio Hollywood & Gaming Effects -- New Riders Publishing                                 1995