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Woody Smith of Bonfire Studios

September 25, 2010 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

A Bunch of Short Guys General Meeting
Date: Saturday, September 25, 2010
Speaker: Woody Smith, Lead Animator of Bonfire Studios
Topic: Animation Principles at Play in Mobile Game Development
Where: Collin College, Spring Creek Campus
2800 Spring Creek Parkway
Plano, TX 75074
Room C104
Time: 10:00 am – Noon

Welcome to A Bunch of Short Guys!

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Please join ABOSG as we welcome Woody Smith, Lead Animator of Bonfire Studios. Animation was an early passion for Woody. He grew up in Florida, just a couple of hours from Disney World,and frequent visits to the parks cemented his calling to animation. After graduating from high school he enrolled in Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL in 1995. He graduated in 1999 with a BFA in Computer Animation.

Woody began in the video game industry at Paradigm Entertainment in Carrollton, TX, working on N64 titles. He got his first chance to work in the cinematic department during the Spy Hunter reboot for the PS2. He created nine minutes of cinematic footage for the game. Over the next six years he became head of the cinematic department, working on five more titles before leaving for Ensemble Studios in 2006.

At Ensemble, Woody was responsible for the development of all of the in-engine cutscenes for Halo Wars. He worked at there for two and a half years until the studio’s closure in early 2009. Woody is among the founding members of Bonfire Studios, a new, independent game development house in Dallas. He is currently Lead Animator of Bonfire Studios.