Mark A. Walsh Email & Phone Number

Pasadena, Ca, Us

Seattle, Washington, Us

*Product Design Advisor *Creative Director / Advisor for Marketing & Branding concepts*Narrative Design Advisor*Leading collaboration and consensus with various stakeholders

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

*Directing Cinematic Animation for FORTNITE, the AAA title from Epic Games*Mentoring animation talent*Creative Leadership across diverse, multi-disciplinary teams*Narrative Design, Writing, & Storyboarding of internal, original projects*Creative Technologist for new tools

Corona, California, Us

*Narrative Design, Writing and Direction for the original short film*Adapting new tools in Unreal Engine *Mentoring new talent *Casting diverse teams prioritizing cultural sensitivity and inclusion*Crafting socially conscious narratives*Leading teams in Story, Writing, Editorial, Color, Animation, and Sound Direction

San Francisco, California, Us

*Founded Calm Kids*Led Narrative Design, Writing, Product Design, Visual Design, Content Strategy, Audio Production & Consumer Product Strategy*Mentored new talent *Prioritized team adaptability and working with diverse talent.*Managed Creative Partnerships with global brands: *Minions *Peppa Pig *Transformers *My Little Pony *Gabby's Dollhouse *Disney's Winnie the Pooh Voice Director: *Tom Hiddleston *Diane Keaton *P!nk *Maya Rudolph *Randall Park *Wanda Sykes *tWich *Mike Carlsen *Sophia Bush

Pasadena, Ca, Us

*Creative Technologist for Ai-driven Avatar technology*Product Design for internal and external prototypes*Narrative Design and Direction for Gary the Gull: *World's first Ai character in VR *Released through Sony on the PSVR *Guided teams towards cohesive storytelling in a branching narrative *Collaborated with transgender voice artist Maddie Taylor *Leadership for character development, world-building, visual design, audio design, & marketing*Developed the voice of ENO for Capital One: *World’s first gender-neutral, virtual banking assistant *Lead Creative Collaboration with major stakeholders *Collaborated with designers at Skywalker Sound

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

*Pitched and Led the Augmented Reality app for Facebook Messenger & Portal*Wrote & Directed 6 Narrative, Augmented Reality stories for product launch*Prototyped original UX concept as Creative Technologist*Managed cross-functional teams in New York, California, and England*Worked with cross-functional teams in UX, Art, Animation, User Testing & Marketing*Developed Brand Partnerships with Dr. Seuss, Pete the Cat, & Llama Llama Red Pajama

Mountain View, California, Us

Acquired by Amazon. Advised creative & technology for Nimble's cloud platform & films.

Beverly Hills, Ca, Us

Developed multiple feature animated films with major studios: *Warner Bros *MGM *Fox *STX *Rideback

San Francisco, Us

Advised the VR short, "Alumette" by award-winning director, Eugene Chung

Emeryville, California, Us

PARTYSAURUS REX*Responsible for the popular Disney/Pixar theatrical short*Led all parts of the creative process, including visual, narrative, & audio design*Led cross-functional, remote teams of talent in California and Canada *Theatrical release with Finding Nemo 3D*Managed $10m budget*Inspired hit single by artist BT, released by Disney Music*Spawned consumer product line of toys, books, accessories clothing, and theme park experiencesVoice Director: *Tom Hanks *Tim Allen *Wallace Shawn *Don Rickles *Estelle Harris *Kristen Schaal *John Ratzenberger *Tony Cox *Joan Cussak *Corey Burton

Emeryville, California, Us

*Led Narrative Design for all Brand Partnerships with Disney/Pixar *Collaborated with diverse stakeholders within Agencies, Brands, and Disney/Pixar *Wrote & Directed international Campaigns for VISA, TARGET, DOLBY, SKY BROADBAND, PIXAR, DOLBY, USPS, PEUGEOT, AFLAC, KELLOGGS, DISNEY, NASA, & others*Led the Story, Editorial, Lighting, Animation, & Post teams*Designed Posters & Marketing Assets*Directed all Voice Talent

Emeryville, California, Us

*Supervised Animation pre-production, production, & Marketing for the Academy Award-winning film by Brad Bird. *Managed team of 120 artists and coordinators to meet Creative & Schedule goals*Developed tech innovation across multiple platforms*Mentored new talent*Partnered with every part of the pipeline to deliver world-class quality.

Emeryville, California, Us

*Led animation & pre-production for the Academy Award-winning film by director Andrew Stanton. *Developed the visual persona of Dory, voiced by Ellen DeGeneres*Maintained quality and schedule of over 80 artists*Mentored new talent *Supervised creation of marketing marketing assets and release posters

Emeryville, California, Us

Guided Art and Tech departments through the rigging and characterization of characters such as Mike, Randall, and Boo.

Emeryville, California, Us

A BUG'S LIFE, MONSTERS INC, TOY STORY 2, FINDING NEMO, THE INCREDIBLES, RATATOUILLE, PIXAR LOGO 3D, PRESTO.

Sharing the tools of Pixar Narrative Design to help Students and Businesses create powerful stories. *Animex Festival, UK *View Conference, Italy *Anima Mundi, Brazil *Athens Intl. Film Fest, Greece *Taiwan Intl. Film Fest *Red Stick Animation Festival, Louisiana *Ottawa Intl. Animation Festival, Canada *ACM SIGGRAPH, San Francisco *Disney Animation Studios, Burbank *Disneyland Character Training, Anaheim *Disney Consumer Products, Milan *Efteling Theme Park, Netherlands *Bay Area Children’s Film Fest, Oakland *Academy of Art, San Francisco *California Institute of the Arts *UC Berkeley, California *AYACC, China *Square Enix Studio, Japan *Montpellier In Games Conference, France *Cinekid Festival, Amsterdam *Laguna College of Art & Design *Chapman University

Glendale, California, Us

Designed immersive experiences with Luxo Jr in Florida, Mr. Potatohead in Anaheim, and Remy in Paris. Animated Flick in 3D experience "Tought to be a Bug"

Glendale, Ca, Us

The first internship ever held at Dreamworks "SKG". Trained in Story, Animation, & Background Painting on Prince of Egypt (1998) under Jeffrey Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg, Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells, Paul Lasaine, Rick Farmaloe & Lorna Cook.

Us

Seasonal Design and storyboard work under tremendous animation veterans.

Production Assistant on pre-digital VFX under supervisor Michael Heimos: *The Abyss (dir James Cameron) *Defending Your Life (dir Albert Brooks) *Grand Canyon (dir Lawrence Kasdan) *Hot Shots (dir Jim Abrahams) *Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves (dir Kevin Reynolds) *Hook (dir Steven Spielberg)

Character Animation

Education record

California Art Scholar, Animation

Film | Video | Animation

Film / Character Animation