About Matt Schmitz
ABOUT ME
With nearly 20 years of experience in video game development, Matt has been an Animation Director, Lead Animator and Senior Animator on many hit video game titles including Deadpool VR, Defector, Shroud of the Avatar, TMNT: Out of the Shadows, TMNT: Portal Power, and Thor: God of Thunder. He has extensive expertise in multiple areas of animation and video game development including gameplay and cinematic keyframe animation, motion capture animation pipelines, rigging and tool development, previs-shot planning, and expertise with game engine animation and implementation processes. He has a bachelor's degree in Communications Studies from the University of Texas and an honors diploma in 3D Animation and Visual Effects from Vancouver Film School.
Education
Matt has Bachelor's degree in Communications from The University of Texas at Austin and a Post-Graduate Degree with Honors in 3D Animation and Visual Effects from Vancouver Film School. During his studies, he focused on media studies, 3D and 2D animation, 3D modeling, rigging, layout, composition, compositing, and video editing.
SOFTWARE
Maya, Motion Builder, 3DS Max, Softimage, Unreal 4 and 5, Unity, Photoshop, After Effects, and Premiere.
Visual storytelling through IMAGES
This 3D rendering of a downtown Vancouver city block was a group project. Elements highlighted in red were done by me.