Dan Hughes

Canadian

30697 Steelhead Crt.

Abbotsford, BC  V2T 6V1

cell: (604) 866-8585

sharkmad@gmail.com

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Camp Skookum Interactive Inc., Abbotsford, BC

June 20, 2009 – present

PresidentFounder and Creative Director

• Develop online games for kids. 

Atomic Cartoons - Vancouver, BC 

October 2013 – September 2014

Storyboard Artist

• Rocket Monkeys
• Pirate Express
• Winston Steinburger & Sir Dudley Ding Dong

DHX Media, Vancouver, BC

Summer 2013

Storyboard Artist

• Equestrian Girls (My Little Pony)

Vancouver Film School, Vancouver, BC

February 2003 – October 2009

Instructor

• Head Storyboarding Instructor (Classical Program)
• Classical Animation (Foundation Program)

Studio B Productions, Vancouver, BC

February 2000 – August 2008

Storyboard Artist

• Kid vs. Kat (digital shorts)
• Martha Speaks
• Ricky Sprocket
• Pucca
• George of the Jungle
• Being Ian
• Yvon of the Yukon

Bardel Entertainment

2006

Storyboard Artist

• Edgar and Ellen (holiday specials)

The Art Institute of Vancouver, Burnaby, BC

June 2004 – April 2006

Instructor

• Storyboarding Instructor
• Character Design

Sextant Entertainment, Vancouver, BC

July 2000 – February 2001

Storyboard Artist/Revisionist, Character Designer/Builder 

• Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show 

Freelance Graphic Designer/Cartoonist, Kamloops, BC

May 1992 – February 1999

• Magazine layout
• Ad Design
• Webpage Design
• Logo and Brochure Design
• Character Design
• T-shirt Artist

    

Canadian Graphics West, Vancouver, BC

July 1990 – April 1992

Graphic Designer

• Graphic Designer for licensed NFL, NHL, MLB, NCCA,
       Football, CFL, and Garfield apparel.

  

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EDUCATION

Vancouver Film School • Classical Animation, Vancouver, BC

1999 - 2000  

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AWARDS

2005 Leo Awards

Best Direction/Storyboarding in an Animation Program or Series

Being Ian – Links for Love

(Directed by Andy Bartlett, Storyboard by Dan Hughes and Rob Boutilier)

2000 Teletoon Animation Scholarship Competition

2nd place - Most Promising Student

2000 Rhode Island International Film Festival

First Place - Animated Short Film for "A Dog's Job"

2000 Twin Rivers Media Festival (West Virginia)

4th Place - Student Animated Short Film for "A Dog's Job"

2000 Cascadia Festival of Moving Images (Vancouver, BC)

Finalist - Post-Secondary Animation for "A Dog's Job"

2001 Anima Mundi (Sao Paulo & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Screening of "A Dog's Job"