Curriculum Vitae

Name: Josef Alois Schützenhöfer

Date of Birth: Febuary 02, 1992

Place of Birth: York, Pennsylvania – USA

Residence:
Pöllau, Austria

Skills:

Software expertise:

Education:

2018 – 2020: Ballyfermot College of Further Education (BCFE): Animation – Visual Media BA Hons; Dublin, Ireland
2016 – 2018: Ballyfermot College of Further Education (BCFE): Animation – Classical & Computer Diploma; Dublin, Ireland
2012 – 2014: FH Joanneum: Information Design (incomplete); Graz, Austria
2002 – 2008: BORG Birkfeld: Finished with maturity diploma; Birkfeld, Austria
1999 – 2002: Primary School; Pöllau, Austria

Credits:

Smiling Friends S2 - Studio Yotta - Cleanup/Inbetweening/Coloring/Revisions
Craig Before the Creek - Cartoon Network (through Studio Yotta) - Animator
Project (currently under NDA) - Studio Yotta - Animator
Super Planet Dolan s2 #107 "What If You Lived In Your Bathtub For A WEEK?" - Animator
Pen15 Episode "Jacuzzi" - Studio Meala - Cleanup Animator

Experience:

2023-present: Animator & Character Designer for Wondermation Productions
2022-present: Animator for Studio Yotta
2021: Cleanup Animator for Studio Meala
2014 – present: Marketing illustration & animation for Hotel Reiters, Wieselstein Media
2012 Feb – Jul: Internship at Gallerie Werkstatt; Graz, Austria

Other:

2023: Directed and animated the short Kablammo's AMA - Ask a Minion Anything
2022: Directed and animated the short TNToy
2020 – 2022: Maintaining, illustrating and writing a self-published webcomic, The Baddies
2020: Senior Thesis Film "The First Step" (currently not publicly viewable), shown at Dingle Animation Festival, Dublin Animation Film Festival and others
2019 – 2021: Illustrator for “Variety is HOPE”, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, benefiting Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation (PCRF)
2019: Dingle Animation Festival – Participant in “The Big Pitcher” event
2015: Classical Drawing Semester; Viborg, Denmark
2014: Participant at Comic Seminar Erlangen; Germany