I'm a Director and Creative Director in the animation and games advertising Industry with 20+ years of experience directing shorts, advertising, feature films, and TV series.I have worked with beloved characters like the Oscar pre-selection, TIFF and Annie Awards nominee “Tito and the Birds” and famous Brazilian IPs such as “Mônica’s Gang” and “Senninha in The Wacky Races”. I have a proven track record leading projects with multiple outputs, delivering high-impact results, and successfully managing budgets, from big to small. And also, the ability to manage and inspire x-functional teams, build strong client relationships, and achieve exceptional results under tight deadlines.I also created and lectured several courses such as comics, animation, storyboard and direction, as well as created graduation and post-graduation courses for big learning institutions. Sharing knowledge and relating to young professionals or aspirants is always inspiring and refreshing.Directing is what drives me, making me feel alive and young. I'm on the lookout for great stories to be told in new and impressive ways in the animation and gaming industry. Eager to create new things together and always curious for more!Born in Brazil, with a Hungarian passport/citizenship.
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DirectorHisteria! Sep 2024 - Nov 2024São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilI directed a 30" anime style animation teaser for a Netflix Game. -
DirectorDogzilla Studio Jun 2024 - Jul 2024I directed this one minute short movie for Dogzilla studios from animatic to it's final delivery, following art, animation and sound (music and folley) through the whole process. -
Creative DirectorWildlife Studios Jun 2021 - Mar 2024São Paulo, Brazil- Creation - Responsible for the creatives of Wildlife´s IPs. In this role we think and plan the creative strategy for the game we are responsible for - we create, produce and deliver the creatives, analise their tests, and from the results we iterate the whole cycle again.- Directed creatives from traditional 3D pipeline/production, Unity and Unreal, Motion graphics and playable ads- Produced several creatives with great perfomance for a new game to be launched, based on research, planning, iteration and instinct.- Successfully led a project involving creatives for Tik Tok, acquiring great results in test and rollouts.- Responsible for creating new creation and production processes where they didn´t exist, or improving them when needed.- Helped to identify and solve problems in internal processes and pipelines between different departments- Training new creatives directors. -
Director - Animation SeriesSplit Studio Mar 2020 - Feb 2021São Paulo, BrazilDirector of the second season of Que Corpo é Esse, an animation series for TV Futura. And also directing a web series of Mr. Men Little Miss. -
DirectorSplit Studio May 2018 - Mar 2020São Paulo Area, BrazilDirector of the second season of the animated TV series Senninha na Pista Maluca - A TV series based on the iconic F1 racer Ayrton Senna - from written scripts to the final delivery, in 2020. Not only I improved the storytelling from the previous season, bringing a dynamic pace to the episodes, but also the animation and art, while keeping all the production checkpoints, forming new professionals, dealing with over 30 people in the team and maintaining a great relationship with the client, making sure their needs were met, and negotiating goals and results where needed.This was a cut-out series with 3D animations on the racing scenes.
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Animation DirectorSplit Studio Dec 2016 - Apr 2018São Paulo Area, BrazilAnimation Director of over 20 high quality episodes of Monica´s Gang TV series (a very famous brazilian IP), and the feature film Tito and the Birds - selected for Annecy and TIFF, among other festivals. I directed around 20 animators, keeping track of the quality and schedule of the scenes/episodes.
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Animation DirectorO2 Filmes Dec 2015 - Nov 2016São PauloIn my year there, I directed a TV series Pilot with a small team, delivering a beautiful 4 minute animation short and also an ambitious feature film mixed techniques animation prologue, bringing together different areas of the studio to produce an outstanding piece. -
Game ProducerFlux Game Studio Sep 2015 - Nov 2015São Paulo Area, BrazilOver my short period at Flux Studios I had the opportunity to manage over 10 projects at the same time, balancing the needs of clients, studio and team, and facilitating the communication of the whole company. -
Animation Director And TeacherEscola Carlitos Aug 2013 - Sep 2015São Paulo, BrazilOver chaos and mayhem with around 30 8-year-old students, I managed to engage them in creating, producing and delivering two short movies, while secretly teaching them animation. -
Animation Director - Animator - Storyboarder - TeacherChico Bela Jun 2006 - Sep 2015São PauloFreelance director/animator/storyboarder/teacher working for animation studios.
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Animation Director/DirectorMol Toons Apr 2010 - Jun 2014São Paulo Area, BrazilMOL Toons was a small and vibrant animation studio, where I could tackle every project with depth, and deliver great products along with a highly motivated team. I also helped to form new talents in art and animation. -
Freelance TeacherSenac São Paulo Apr 2014 - May 2014São PauloAnimation and Art Direction classes for Post-graduate course at Senac. -
Freelance Animator / StoryboarderO2 Filmes 2007 - Aug 2011
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Animation TeacherIstituto Europeo Di Design - Ied São Paulo Oct 2009 - Feb 2011Responsible for creating and teaching a one year 2D digital animation course. -
Storyboard TeacherIstituto Europeo Di Design - Ied São Paulo Oct 2008 - Dec 2010IEDResponsible for creating a 24 hour storyboard course for the illustration graduation of IED - Instituto Europeo di Design - and for teaching it once a semester
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Animation ConsultantSenac Apr 2010 - Jul 2010São PauloCreation of a post graduation animation course at Senac.
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Senior Animator/ Layout ArtistMol Toons Aug 2009 - Dec 2009Senior animator and lay-out artist at the animated series pilot "Jajá Arara Rara". Also acted as animation director and art director assistant. This pilot was produced by MOL Toons - www.moltoons.com.br
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Animation ProfessorInstituto Criar De Tv E Cinema 2007 - 2009São PauloI created and taught a one year animation course. -
Lay-Out ArtistLightstar Studios Aug 2008 - Nov 2008Background lay-out artist for the animated feature Lutas -
Animation ConsultantSenac Mar 2008 - Jun 2008Creation of a graduation animation course at Senac.
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Animation Director/ AnimatorMondo Vazio Productions Dec 2006 - Aug 2007Responsible for all the graphic creation and development, and most of the characters from the animated series while at the company.
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Illustrator, Art Director And 2D AnimatorEstudio Mol May 2005 - Dec 2006December 2006Producing illustrations, lay-outs, story-boards, inking, digital and analogic colorization. Worked together with the 3D staff of the studio, making illustrations for animations made using the After Effects software. Also made 2D animations.MOL is a graphic design, editorial design, illustration and former 3D animation studio. Working there made me develop a common knowledge of the areas mentioned, such as dealing with them and working in creation teams, as it was frequent to have jobs involving the whole studio. -
Animation AssistantBriquet Filmes May 2000 - Feb 2001São PauloI was an animator assistent at this studio, responsible for inbetweens, clean ups, and simple animations.
Chico Bela Education Details
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Character Animation -
Academia De Animação3D Animation -
Hgn Studios2D Animation - Traditional
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Senac São PauloGames
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Architecture, Urbanism
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Chico Bela's current role is Creative Director | Director | Animation Director | Storyboard | Storytelling.
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Chico Bela attended Gobelins, L'école De L'image, Academia De Animação, Hgn Studios, Senac São Paulo, Universidade De São Paulo.
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