Adam Hicks
At A Glance
| Job Title | Associate Producer |
| Industry | TV, Advertising, Design & Creative, Digital Media, Animation & VFX |
| Profession | View More Producer |
| Expertise | TV & Film Commercial |
| Level | Management |
| Profession | Animator / VFX Artist |
| Expertise | Animation & VFX, Modelling, 2D Computer Animation, 2D Traditional Animation, 3D Computer Animation, 3D Computer VFX, Matte Painting, Motion Graphics, Stop Motion, Other, Compositing, Character Developer |
| Level | Management |
| Profession | Creative & Art Director |
| Expertise | Design & Creative |
| Level | Management |
| Profession | Screen Editor |
| Expertise | TV |
| Level | Management |
| Availability | Not Looking for Work |
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Will relocate | No, Staying Put |
| Residency / Visa | Australia / New Zealand |
My Loop
About Me
Music, TV and Film are my passion...especially music!
Education
| 1990 |
Billy Blue College of Design Graphic Design Awarded a Credit Diploma in Graphic Design |
Employment History
| OCTOBER 1991 TO APRIL 1992 |
Inbetweener WALT DISNEY TELEVISION ANIMATION Working on “Goof Troop” |
| MAY 1992 TO JUNE 1992 |
Freelance Inbetweener/Clean-up Artist UNLIMITED ENERGEE “Pied Piper” TV series |
| JUNE 1992 TO DECEMBER 1993 |
Assistant Animator RKA THE ANIMATION STUDIO Major Responsibilities: Assisting Director Layout and design 2D Animation 2D Inbetweening Assisting with the day to day running of the studio |
| JANUARY 1994 TO MARCH 1994 |
3D Animator NEUROLOGICAL CENTRE WESTMEAD Dr Brian Summerville Major Responsibilities: Creation of technically accurate medical illustrations and animation in 3D Organisation of a medical documentary film |
| JUNE 1994 TO APRIL 2008 |
Editor/SPFX/Animator/Layout Artist etc... SOUTHERN STAR ANIMATION Major Responsibilities: Layouts Voice Direction Storyboards Compositing Colour Styling Digital Ink and Paint Clean Up 2D and 3D Animation SPFX Character and Prop Design Script Editing Assisting General Production Animatic and Off-Line Editing Track reading and mouth assignments |
| APRIL 2008 TO JANUARY 2010 |
Editor FUNNYAZHELL ANIMATION Major Responsibilities: Animatic and Off-Line Editing Storyboard Compilation and coordination |
| JANUARY 2010 TO JULY 2011 |
Editing/motion graphics/animation/storyboards B-LINE MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTIONS Working on various live action projects |
| JULY 2010 TO OCTOBER |
All post production work PET STREET LIVE ACTION DVD All post production work on Pet Street DVD including: Editing BG and Character Design 2D Animation Compositing and Special Effects Colour Grading Audio Balance and Effects DVD Menu Design DVD Authoring DVD & CD Cover and Disc Design |
| AUGUST 2010 TO DECEMBER 2010 |
Freelance Editor SOUTHERN STAR ANIMATION Freelance animatic editing for the 3D animated children's show "Bananas in Pyjamas" |
| JULY 2011 TO PRESENT |
Associate Producer Digital Pulse
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Awards & Achievements
| 2003 |
Logie - Most Outstanding Children's Program Tracey McBean 2003 Logie winner for Most Outstanding Children's Program |
| 2002 |
Nomination for AFI Award Tracey McBean nominated for Best Children's Television Drama |
| 1999 |
Nomination for AFI Award The Adventures of Sam nominated for Best Children's Television Drama |
Favorite Websites & Blogs
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Vanishing Point |
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Vimeo |
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Seattle Weekly |
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Youtube |
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Blabbermouth |
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IMDB |
Skills
Off the record...
| Listening to: | Metal (of all kinds), Rock, Blues, Jazz, Funk, Hip Hop, Break Beats etc.... |
| Watching: | Most shows on HBO and Showtime...and Madmen of course - Treme - Game of Thrones - Party Down - Parks and Recreation |
| Reading: | Freakanmoics |
| Doing: | Learning guitar on my Gibson Flying V!!!! |
