JOSHUA R. GRAMSE                                                                         

EDUCATION

2002  
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Master of Fine Arts, Imaging Arts/Computer Animation

1997  
Kent State University, Kent, OH
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture and Drawing

COMPUTER SKILLS   

Maya, PhotoShop, MetaCreations Painter, StudioPaint, After Effects, Premiere, Quick Time Pro, 
Avid Media Composer and McXpress, Digital Fusion, Director, Flash MX, SoundEdit 16, Sound 
Forge XP, Word, Outlook, Windows/NT, Mac OS 

EXPERIENCE

 2003-2005
ANIMATOR/CG ARTIST - Red Eye Studios, Pittsford, NY
Worked as part of a production team responsible for video game pre-rendered full motion video. 
Games included Crash Bandicoot: Twinsanity (PS2, Xbox), Spider-Man 2 (PSP) and 
Crash Tag Team Racing (PS2, Xbox, GameCube, DS). Primary responsibilities included animation 
of characters, rigging, modeling, facial blends and initial UV layout. Secondary responsibilities 
included the cinematic editing of 2D animatic, 3D animatic and final sequences.  As an Intern Board 
Designer/Background Artist, designed boards for pinball-style game and created fully tileable back-
ground art for 2D side-scrolling adventure game for Game Boy Advanced.

2003-2004   
MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPER - Element K, Rochester, NY
Developed and assembled multimedia content for Cisco and Microsoft e-learning courses. 
As a member of the development team, assisted in the timely meeting of rigid deadlines in a 
production oriented environment. 

1999-2002   
INDEPENDENT STUDENT ANIMATOR/PRODUCER - Rochester, NY
Produced three independent animated short films: "Ol' Doc Segram's Place" (1999), 
"Sylvia" (2000), "The Marsh" (2002).

2000   
COMPUTER ANIMATION ADJUNCT PROFESSOR - RIT, Rochester, NY
Taught undergraduate  Introduction to 2D Computer Animation. 

   
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

2003   
Trophy Winner for The Marsh , 45th Rochester International Film Festival,  Rochester, NY

2002    
FirstGlance 3 Los Angeles Film and Video Festival for The Marsh, Hollywood, CA 

2002    
RIT Student Honors Show for The Marsh, Rochester, NY

2001    
Second Place Award for Sylvia, AFS Student Video Contest Auburn University, Auburn, AL

2000   
 RIT Student Honors Show for Sylvia, Rochester, NY

2000    
MotionArts Film Festival for Sylvia, Sacramento, CA

1999    
MicroCineFest '99 for Ol' Doc Segram's Place, Baltimore, MD

1999    
RIT Student Honors Show for Ol' Doc Segram's Place, Rochester, NY