Inanimate

Biography

Tim Finn's undergraduate thesis film "Limboscape," finished at RISD in 2000, has played at twenty film festivals and is available on a Level13.net DVD compilation. For two years at Soup2Nuts, Tim storyboarded and animated for "Home Movies" (Adult Swim) and "Hey Monie" (BET). On the side Tim spent five years acting as Animation Consultant on 13 DVD boxed sets for Rhino Home Video. Now armed with a Master's degree in Art Education, Tim teaches animation to college students, and is writing a coffee table book on toys, animation, and marketing in the 1980s. He lives near Boston with two cats.

Resumé

T I MF I N N

tim (at) inanimate (dot) com

EDUCATION

MAT, Art Education

Tufts University in association with
the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (sMFA)
Boston, Massachuetts

graduated May 2005
certified Pre-K - 12

BFA, Animation

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
Providence, Rhode Island

EMPLOYMENT and VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Associate Professor

Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
-Drawing For Animation
-Animation Basics 2
-Animation History

Adjunct Associate Professor

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
-Animation History

Jan 2007 – May 2007

Art Elective Teacher

Shady Hill School, Cambridge MA
-Animation Elective: Grades 7 and 8

Sept 2005 – May 2006

Animation Consultant
& Copy Writer

Rhino Home Video, Los Angeles CA
-10 DVD boxed sets

July 2000 – Oct 2005

Animation Counselor

Camp Androscoggin, Wayne ME

June 2003 – Aug 2003

Staff Animator
& Background Artist

Soup2Nuts, Watertown MA
-Television series: Home Movies

Oct 2000 – Oct 2002

SKILLS

Computer

Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Final Cut Pro

Film and Video Production

VHS and S-VHS linear video production,
Hi-8 and DV Avid non-linear video production,
16mm filmmaking, 35mm animation production

Writing, Drawing, Distribution

Self-Publishing mini-comics and zines

March 1992 – Present

HONORS

Attendee

10th Edition of the International Animated Film Workshop Cracow, Poland

Nov 2002

Awards

Limboscape (2000):
35mm animated film shown in 19 film festivals in Europe & USA including:

Future Media Concepts Award, NYExpo

Student Cel Animation, Platinum Remi Award, WorldFest Houston

Best Animation Winner, IFCT

Nov 2000


Apr 2001

2002-2003 World Tour

REFERENCES

References available upon request