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Jason Martinsen

Senior Animator
Cinesite

Jason Martinsen has been a professional animator since 2006 and is currently a senior animator on Brad Birds’ Ray Gunn at Cinesite. Previously he was a supervising animator at Sunrise Productions. Jason worked at Framestore, Reel FX, Sony Imageworks, and Blue Sky Studios on film productions like Storks and Ferdinand. He graduated from Sheridan College as a classically trained animator and landed one of his first jobs working on his favorite video game, Jak and Daxter and more recent projects include Scoob!, Back to the Outback, Rumble, and Monkey King. Jason has been a mentor since 2007 and teaches many courses in our 3D Character Animation Program, including Body Mechanics, Introduction to Acting, Advanced Acting, and Feature Animation Acting & Polish.

Jason’s Credits

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Iron Man

Storks

Hotel Transylvania 2

Recent Films

  • Ray Gunn
  • The David Movie
  • The Monkey King
  • Rumble
  • Back to the Outback
  • Scoob!
  • Ferdinand
  • The Emoji Movie
  • Storks
  • Hotel Transylvania 2

More Films

  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2:
    Revenge of the Leftovers
  • Hotel Transylvania
  • Rio
  • Paul
  • Iron Man 2
  • Planet 51
  • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
  • Horton Hears a Who!
  • Ice Age: The Meltdown

Short Films

  • Mt. Ehn

Games

  • Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
  • Ori and the Will of the Wisps
  • Gears of War Ultimate Edition
  • Infamous 2
  • Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
  • Jak X: Combat Racing
  • Jak and Daxter 3
  • Jak and Daxter 2

Courses Taught By Jason

Courses may vary from term to term.

Body
Mechanics

12-Week Course

Learn to animate realistic bipedal movement.

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Introduction
to Acting

12-Week Course

Make your characters come alive with emotion.

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Advanced
Acting

12-Week Course

Tell a complex, two-person story with dialogue.

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Feature Animation
Acting & Polish

12-Week Course

Animate a shot the pros would be proud of and finish your demo reel.

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