Resume

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Robert Kohr’s Resume.

EDUCATION
School of Visual Arts (1999-2003)
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Traditional Animation)
• Deans List with Honors
• 3.63 grade point average
• Silas H. Rhodes Scholarship
• Rhodes Family Award for Outstanding Achievement in Animation
• Alumni Production Grant

FILMOGRAPHY
The Lift (2010) http://thelift.kohrtoons.com
2d animated short, 4 years in production, directed a staff of 9 artists
• $5,000 Seed Grant from MTV Networks for production.
• Best Animation at Newport Beach Film Fest, Royal Flush Film Festival Alabama International Film Festival
and Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, Sky Fest, Blue Plum Animation Festival, Peach Tree Film
Festival and Atlantic City International Film Festival, Runner Up Best Short Film at in The Bin Film Festival (Australia)
• Finalist or screened at over 55 festivals including Woods Hole Film Festival, Boston Film Festival,
Animation Block Party, San Diego Children’s Film Festival, New Orleans Film Festival, Foyle Film Festival,
Kinofest, and Ojai Film Festival.

SVA Alumni Grant Panel (January 2007)
• Juror for School of Visual Arts Alumni Society 2007 Thesis Grants.

Broadcast Design Awards (through Nickelodeon)
• Nickelodeon Halloween Logo IDs (Gold Award – 2011) Special Event/Holiday Campaign
• Nickjr.com/kids (Gold Award – 2010) flash animation & design
• Wonderpets Save the Day (Silver Award – 2007) flash animation
• Yo Gabba Gabba Mini Arcade (Nominee – 2008) flash animation
• Downward Doghouse Game (Bronze – 2005) flash animation

EMPLOYMENT
Nickelodeon Kids and Family Digital
Animator: On-Air Creative (2/2011 – present)
• Storyboarded and created the 3D animated logo IDs and butto ns for on-air.
• 2D and 3D character animation for Dora the Explorer , Bubble Guppies and Monkey Quest.
• Storyboarded and created promos for various Nickelodeon Pro perties.
Animator, Interactive Designer: Online (8/2004 – 02/2011)
• Animated games for all Nick Jr . properties including Dora the Explorer and Team Umizoomi.
• Animated all characters in the 2010 website redesign.
• Maintained and quality controled animation libraries for al l preschool game properties.

Kohrtoons Studio, Inc (03/2009 – present)
Owner
• Animation and design services. Clients include Sesame W orkshop, Cartoon Brew, LLC., Zephyr Games, Inc., Speakaboos, Spring Thyme, Inc., BK Forex Advisors and Bill Plympton Studios

Technical
Adobe Suite of products, including After Effects & Flash, Animate Pro, St oryboard Pro, Maya, Final Cut Pro, Blender, Cinema 4D, HTML, CSS, Actionscript 2, and Linux server administration. Experienced pre-school game design expert.