Mike Boas
60 Carlson Rd.
Rochester, NY 14610
Phone: 585-496-4532
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As a freelance animator and editor, Mike Boas has contributed to short films, commercial projects, narrative features, and documentaries. This encompasses traditional hand-drawn animation, title graphics, special effects and live action clean-up. Each job brings new challenges, and Mike is well versed in melding traditional animation techniques with computer technology.
Editing is the final step of writing, where the message of a piece gets locked into its final form, and Mike loves taking on that challenge. In addition, Mike has worked as assistant director, producer, even actor on documentaries, narrative features, shorts, commercials, and web series.
SKILLS: Hand drawn animation, Flash/Animate, Toon Boom, After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Illustrator.
STYLES: Cartoon, comic book, technical illustration, sketchy, watercolor or marker simulation, animated photographs, motion graphics, cut-out, stop motion.
SELECT ANIMATION CREDITS:
* Animated titles for Quentin Tarantino: The First Eight
* Titles on video release of Army of Darkness (Red Shirt Pictures)
* Titles on video releaseScanners (Criterion Collection)
* Titles on video releaseRoger Corman’s Nurses Collection (Shout Factory)
* Titles/segments for documentaries That Guy Dick Miller and American Grindhouse (SXSW premieres)
* Opening titles for The Right Stuff and Pro-File for Shipman Productions
* FX animation for features Bubble Girl, 3.14, and Hero of the Underworld
* Supervising Animator on three Buju & Ziggie Cat Food webisodes for Wegmans Food Markets. Winner of a Bronze Telly.
* Contributing animator on Derf the Viking cartoon series for Animatus Studio
SELECT EDITING CREDITS
* Hero of the underworld (co-editor, feature)
* 3.14 (feature)
* The End of the Line: Rochester’s Subway DVD featurettes