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2D Animator and Designer
Italian 2D Animator and Designer, formerly based in Vancouver (Canada), where he started off his animation career, now working remotely as a freelancer from Italy on a number of European and international animated productions.
Graduated in Media design and Multimedia Arts at NABA, Milan (New Academy of Fine Arts) later moved to Canada and attended the 2D Animation and Art Direction program at the Vancouver Film School, graduating with honors and winning the Paul Boyd Class Achievement Award in 2013.
His graduation film against homophobia, "Plugin", was a viral video of anti-bullying movements all around the world, was featured on a number of international online newspapers and animation festivals, was temporarily screened at the MoMa museum of NYC during Pride month of 2014, and opened the Rome Pride of 2014.
Over the last 10 years in the animation industry he's had the chance to work for: Disney, Cartoon Network, WB, Hasbro, Adult Swim, Netflix, HBO Max, The BBC, Amazon Prime and AppleTv on several tv shows and feature films.
IDEA Academy is a visual art academy based in Rome, Italy which offers top-tier courses with only professionals as teachers.
We provide both online and on-site courses in visual development and 2D animation. Our mission is to provide a world-class education in visual art and animation to aspiring artists from around the world.