Sunday, 20 January 2008 | Levent OZLER
Headlight Welcomes John Clausing
Headlight announced the recent hire of John Clausing as Animation Director. Clausing joins the company after working freelance as an Animator and generalist for various post production companies including: Psyop, Click 3X, Charlex, Spontaneous, Code F/X and several other New York-based firms. Some of his most notable work includes projects for Bombay Sapphire, Sprint, Gillette, Samsung, Panasonic, Monday Night Football, and M&Ms for such agencies as Margeotes Fertitta + Partners, TBWA/Chiat/Day, and BBDO Worldwide. Headlight's Head of Production, Lana Aklilu comments, "Having John brought in helps expand our production capabilities tremendously in the 3D arena, which is a great direction for us. From a technical perspective, having in-house CG resources really opens up the level of work that we can go after; but what we're most looking forward to is having another senior artist of his caliber contribute to the creative team as a whole."
John worked for four years with Code F/X (a division of the Napoleon Group) as their Animation Director/Senior Graphics Artist, directing the creation of all digital content as well as contributing in the modeling, animation, texturing, lighting, and various FX work for broadcast, pre-vis, and film. Other responsibilities included overseeing multi-member teams and assisting in the overall strategic direction of the division. Clausing adds, "Being able to start a 3D department with accomplished and knowledgeable design and compositing talent already in place is an exciting prospect. It allows me to concentrate completely on fully transitioning 3D into the standards at Headlight and know that the integration with other disciplines will be seamless."
Clausing received a post graduate degree in Medical Illustration from Ohio State University and earned a BA in Graphic Design from Bowling Green State University, with minors in Biology and Chemistry.
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