SKILL SET


  • 15+ Years Experience in CG & VFX
  • 9 Years Experience as a College Professor\Instructor
  • 6 Years of Formal Education in Traditional Animation & Fine Arts
  • 20+ Years of Photography Experience
  • Maya, Blender, Houdini, 3D Studio Max, Unreal Engine, Motionbuilder
  • Storyboard Literate
  • USD Pipeline Experience
  • Animator & Layout Artist: Ability to stage and deliver strong framing/timing/posing in Layout/Previs for clarity
  • Solid understanding of both Layout & Animation Departments
  • Strong grasp of lenses, focal lengths, aperture, exposure
  • Can comfortably jump between departments
  • Always excited to learn new tools and methods to increase workflow efficiency
  • Fluent in both English and Polish

CAREER EXPERIENCE


Mike Swiegot Resume

Layout & Animation @ Sinking Ship Entertainment | 2025 - 2025

Season 1 - Flower & Flour (38 Episodes)

  • Worked in a USD Pipeline 
  • 2500 - 3000 Frames/Week
  • Reassigned to help out Animation upon Layout completion

Layout @ Nelvana | 2021 - 2024

Season 1 - Millie Magnificent (52 Episodes)

  • 2000 - 2500 Frames/Week

Season 2 & 3 - Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe (104 Episodes)

  • 3000 - 4000 Frames/Week 

Animation @ Tangent Animation | 2020 - 2021

Netflix's Maya and The Three (Mini Series - 9 Episodes)

  • Trained on-site to work in a Blender pipeline

Professor @ George Brown College | 2012 - 2020

Faculty Member at the School of Design - Game Art Program 

  • Restructured the Animation stream curriculum for 1st, 2nd and 3rd year courses
  • Intro to Animation, Intro to 3D Modeling, Body Mechanics 1 & 2, Character Animation 1 & 2
  • Maya, 3D Studio Max, Motionbuilder

Professor @ Toronto Film School | 2014 - 2019

Faculty Member in the Video Game Design & Development Program

  • Game Animation, Game Project Development

Animation Supervisor & Principal Investigator @ Bitebankmedia | 2013 - 2015

Collaboration between Bitebankmedia & George Brown College

  • Overlooked the selection, interview and hiring process
  • Collaborated with GBC heads of faculty on budget flow, R&D and project outcomes
  • Quality control and revisions

Senior 3D Artist @ Wasabi Entertainment | 2014 - 2014

The Incredible Tales of Weirdwood Manor, an interactive story building app.

  • Lighting/Rendering - Mental Ray/Final Gather
  • Compositing - After Effects
  • 3D Modeling - Maya

Animation @ Industrial Brothers | 2013 - 2013

Disney Jr.'s Yup Yups - TV Series

3D Artist @ Soho VFX | 2011 - 2012

Feature Film - Jack the Giant Slayer, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

  • 3D Animation, Stereoscopic Camera/Motion Tracking, Previz

Animation @ March Entertainment | 2009 - 2011

Mia & Me (TV Series), Playmobil: The Quest for the Golden Scepter (DVD Feature)

Animation @ SPIN VFX | 2009 - 2009

Feature Film - Legion

Animation @ C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures | 2007 - 2008

Super Why! (TV Series)