Cesar Kuriyama's Page

Tell us your story:

Well I graduated from Pratt in 2004 with a BFA in Computer Animation.
My thesis, an animated short entitled "Awkward", has been selected for screenings and received awards at over 20 film festivals, including the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival, and the Slamdance Film Festival. The distribution rights have also been sold on several platforms in various territories.
Awkward was featured on CHANNEL FREDERATOR episode 12!

Since then...
I've done design, 3D lighting, and animation work for such notable studios as Marvel Entertainment, SelectNY, the Jim Henson Company, and Curious Pictures. Clients included ABC's Monday Night Football, America Online, MSNBC, Sci-fi Channel, Toshiba, Tommy Hilfiger, Swarovski, Maxell, and BMW.

I've also taught several courses in Computer Animation at the New York Film Academy, Harvard University, Pratt Institute, and currently NYU.

I am currently staffed at Charlex while I also pursue my personal interests in animation, graphic design, photography, and film.

Hometown:

Union City, New Jersey

Personal Website:

http://cesarkuriyama.com

Portfolio Site:

http://cesarkuriyama.com

About Me:

ape, barmy, batty, berserk, bonkers, cracked, crazed, cuckoo, daft, delirious, demented, deranged, dingy, dippy, erratic, flaky, flipped, flipped out, freaked out, fruity, haywire, idiotic, insane, kooky, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mental, moonstruck, nuts, nutty, potty, psycho, screw loose, screwball, screwy, silly, touched, unbalanced, unglued, unhinged, unzipped, wacky, whacko

Favorite Cartoons:

South Park... Family Guy... Justice League...

Favorite Films:

Fight Club, Forrest Gump, Shawkshank Redemption, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation, the Incredibles, Requiem for a Dream

Favorite TV Shows:

Office... Lost...

Favorite Comics:

Green Lantern ones...

Favorite Books:

Chuck palahniuk ones...

Favorite Artists or Illustrators:

tough one...

Favorite Music:

MUSE... System of a Down...

Favorite Robots:

the transforming ones...