KAMEL FAISAL ALTAMIMI

ABOUT ME:-

Kamel Altamimi is an animation filmmaker born and raised in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is currently a student at DePaul University pursuing his MFA in Animation.

Kamel was always passionate about animation from the animation film influences that reached me as he was growing up, thrilled by the vibrancy of the colors, and the surprisingly complex themes and raw sense of adventure and emotional power animation can provide through its imagery and story. He set out to learn how to attain those skills to make films so he can use his middle eastern heritage to make interesting films that look cool.

He earned his bachelors degree in a pre-revolution Cairo at the American University in Cairo. Trained in the United Arab Emirates In the Cartoon Network Animation Academy. He had also been awarded an internship at Cartoon Network Arabia studios in Abu Dhabi.

After being awarded a government scholarship, he was accepted into the MFA animation program at DePaul University to sharpen his skills. He had become vice president of the animation club where I share with others my passion for animation and hold lectures, interviews, tutorials etc. and hired by the university to become a student monitor for the Life drawing sessions to help other students improve their craft.

his Immediate goal is to gain experience to better learn the art and craft of visual storytelling and filmmaking. of specific interest to him is Story development, Story art, Visual Development, Character Design, and Film Directing.

Above all, I hope I can make animated films that enrich peoples lives, that provides candy for the eyes, and medicine for the soul.

SUMMARY OF SKILLS:-

Passionate and driven animation filmmaker looking to gain experience in story development, story art and visual development. Experienced in 2D character animation, film production and story development. Well rounded in pre-production aspects such as story boarding, layout planning, visual development, and character design. Familiar with 3D character modeling, rigging and texturing. Familiar with environmental 3D modeling, Texturing, lighting.