Amal Samuel Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Amal Samuel is the designer and creator of the show IP, Possibly Ali©, a 2D fantastical comedy for a 6-9 year old audience. All work is copyright, all rights reserved.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Line Producer for the short film “You Give Me Heart”, part of the Kizazi Moto Generation Fire anthology series on Disney Plus #disneyplus

Participated in the Fall ‘22 Story Xperiential with Pixar workshop to create the story reel short, ‘Grilled Cheese and Soup’ with Rajan Kapila, link below

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Participated as an auditor in the 2022 BIPOCTV Writing for Kid’s TV Workshop, with John May as a mentor

Production Manager (remotely)- Rick and Morty Season 5 on Adult Swim- Carole & the End of the World on Netflix

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Creator of the comic strip Hope & A Bear™ about a girl in love with her boyfriend who happens to be a bear. All rights reserved. https://hopeandabear.com

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Production Manager for 3 projects between 2020-2021 in Harmony pipeline all done remotely: -Doomsday Brothers S1, adult 22min x 18 episodic series that aired on Adult Swim Canada-adult 22 min x 1 pilot-Where Oliver Fits 22 min special & 9 x 2min shortsDoomsday Brothers S1 - 18 Episodes-oversaw team of 60, worked with line producer and 2 coordinators on Doomsday Brothers season 1 show -conducted episodic launches with all dept leads and director for Doomsday Brothers-did microschedules for separate depts -worked closely with editor for assemblies-worked closely with Animation Director, having daily check ins-delivered shots to client-sent designs for approval to clientAdult 22 Min Pilot-was key production person for 22min adult animation pilot project helping to create remote pipeline and overseeing Design, Builds/Rigging, Layout, BG, Animation, FX and COMP depts. The responsibilities was closer to that of a junior producer, working with prod coordinator with a team of 30 artists- worked with clients and director and was in charge of key deliveries-created, exported, imported and bulk rendered and templated scenes through Toonboom Harmony for design and animation depts-created real time tracking system for artists with Google sheetsWhere Oliver Fits 22 Min Special & 9 x 2min Shorts-oversaw Animation, FX, Comp depts with daily check ins with director and supervisors -helped to reimport scenes-worked with editor for assemblies -worked with scene planner to make sure all assets were in scene filesGeneral-conducted meetings through Zoom, Go To Meetings and Microsoft Teams-worked closely with IT and Head of Operations to ensure work can be done remotely by artists-helped artists schedule vacation days

Toronto, Canada Area

Senior Production Coordinator on Total Dramarama Season 2Contributions:-created guides on how to do different production tasks for different depts-was heavily involved in the technical side of production: helped improve pipeline for season 2-helped to better organise schedules/calendars for all deptsDuties:-conforming/editing scripts with Final Draft at various script stages-pre-conforming/conforming storyboards for episodic launch with Storyboard Pro-creating assets/descriptions for Posing dept-creating scenes for Layout/Animation: linking assets to scenes and keeping track of work and deadlines in those depts-uploading funpack design files to storyboard artists through FTP-conducting animation dailies with director and leads: keeping track of revisions and deadlines before sending to editor for colour assembly-working with editors -helping to fill in for project manager at times when unavailable

Production Coordinator on Total Dramarama Season 1Duties:-creating assets for design and posing depts, keeping track of approvals from director on tracking system-creating scenes for layout and animation depts: keeping track of work and deadlines-arranging launches for funpack and episodic meetings-creating asset breakdowns for episodes both for funpack and episodic launches -conforming/editing storyboards for episodes with Storyboard Pro to be used for episodic launches -weekly reviews with director for assets-uploading files to clients on FTP -helping Production Manager with Actra contracts for recording artists

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I am the author of The Be You! Book, a self-help book for young adults & people of all ageshttp://thebeyoublog.com/the-be-you-bookLearn how to be comfy with who you are and how to achieve your goals! Includes interviews with the greats: Suze Orman, Lynn Johnston, Stefan Brogren and many others. This book is full of good advice on all these topics: #relationships, #career, #finance, #confidence, #creativity, #health, #beautyFeel free to download/purchase a copy (search Amal Marie Samuel on Amazon or any other retailer) and leave a review :)Ebook$2.99US on amazon.com and barnes&noble $3.99CAN on amazon.ca and indigo.caPaperback$18US/ $22.99CAN first edition (color)$12.99US/$16.99CAN second edition (b&w)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Production coordinator in the Finaling dept. Projects worked on/helped out with:-Fantastical Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)-Bumble Bee (2018)-Mortal Engines (2018)Duties included:-writing notes for shots during dailies/review sessions with Stereo supervisor-consistently keeping shots updated through tracking-helping coordinators on other projects-communicating with other branches of company

Chicoutimi, Qc

Working with the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi.As a research assistant, I have worked on enhancing the quality for over 2000 optical and electro-microscopic photographs used for over 150 scientific publications which include international journals, books and PhD theses. I have also written many corporate emails and done administrative work.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Overseeing production management for FX, VUE and Marketing departments for Thomas and Friends TV show.Projects-Thomas and Friends Season 22 series, 2017-18-Thomas and Friends Season 22 DVD special, Big World! Big Adventures! 2017-18-Thomas and Friends Season 21 series, 2016-17-Thomas and Friends Season 21 DVD special, Journey Beyond Sodor 2016-17-Thomas and Friends Season 20 series, 2016

Toronto, Canada Area

Compositor, used Fusion for following projects:-Barbie Starlight Adventure DVD, 2016-Thomas and Friends The Great Race DVD, 2016-Thomas and Friends Season 20 Episodes, 2016-Thomas and Friends marketing work (DVD covers, Netflix/Twitter images, books, merchandise), helped create a more productive pipeline for marketing and wrote manual 2015-2016-Thomas and Friends The Adventure Begins DVD, 2014-Thomas and Friends Season 19 Episodes, 2014

Toronto

ProjectsCompositor on Paw Patrol Season 2, did some of the opening sequences as well, all done in Nuke.

Oakville, On

Internship working on experimental film, 'Kenk' produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Tasks include doing compositing/tracking work in Nuke and 3d modeling/texturing/layout in Maya

Montreal, Qc

I run my own studio for portrait photography and retouching.

Nova Scotia, Canada

On-site training and freelance assignment with The Orb Factory Limited located in Halifax, Nova Scotia (worked with Disney-licensed designs) www.orbfactory.com

Chicoutimi, Qc

working with TAMLA Research Group in association with General Motors Corporation and federal government (National Science and Engineering Research Council), preparing PowerPoint presentations for meetings and conferences, research articles and scientific theses, Photoshop editing of hundreds of scientific photographs for PhD students

Graduate Certificates, Digital Visual Effects & Computer Animation

2013-2014 Computer Animation post-grad certificate, High Honours 🎓 Winner🏆: Outstanding Technical Achievement Award for grad film.

Continuing Education, Cartooning, A+

Dept Of Continuing Education, Certificate, Digital Photographic Imaging (Photoshop, Photography, Graphic Design)

Bfa, Computation Arts, Minor In Business Studies, John Molson School Of Business

Cegep Certificate, Visual Arts