Inanimate

Biography

Tim Finn is currently writing the definitive history of the "Real American Hero" incarnation of G.I. Joe. Having conducted over 150 interviews with toy designers, VPs, marketers, animation writers, and comic book artists, and having cataloged over 1000 rare pieces of artwork and photography, this lavish coffee table book is a celebration of the brand, and accessible both to hard-core as well as casual fans.

Armed with a Master's degree in Art Education, Tim teaches animation, animation history, and drawing to college students. He has self-published minicomics since high school, and now teaches comic book storytelling as well. Tim's RISD undergraduate thesis film Limboscape has played at twenty film festivals. His newest film, CYMoKay, screened at the Ottawa International Animation Festival. For two years at Soup2Nuts, he storyboarded and animated for Home Movies (Adult Swim) and Hey Monie (BET). Tim's essay on independent filmmaker Bill Plympton was published in the ANIMATOR festival catalog in Poznan, Poland, and Tim acted as Animation Consultant on 13 DVD Transformers and G.I. Joe boxed sets for Rhino Home Video. He lives near Boston with two cats, and knows he should have finished uploading his film clips to Inanimate by now.

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

Visiting Professor

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

Spring 2007, Spring 2009

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