Michael "Ffish" Hemschoot (born 1972, Aurora, Colorado) is a director,
animator and has held a variety of roles as a visual effects artist in
major Hollywood films. Since 1996, Hemschoot has worked on films such
as Mars Attacks!, What Dreams May Come, The Matrix, Hollow Man, Black
Hawk Down, Minority Report and National Treasure.He was lead animator
on the films Bless the Child Master and Commander: The Far Side of the
World, which was nominated for Best Visual Effects at the 76th Academy
Awards. Currently, he is CEO at the animation studio he founded,
Worker Studio, and also a partner in the live action production
company, Travelin' Productions.Hemschoot was raised in Parker,
Colorado, but moved to California, where he attended California
Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in the early 1990s and graduated from
their Character Animation program in 1995.He has worked with visual
effects companies such as Warner Digital Studios, Creative Visual
Effects, Inc., Manex Visual Effects and Asylum Visual Effects. After
his relocation to Colorado, Hemschoot was an adjunct professor of
animation at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.
animator and has held a variety of roles as a visual effects artist in
major Hollywood films. Since 1996, Hemschoot has worked on films such
as Mars Attacks!, What Dreams May Come, The Matrix, Hollow Man, Black
Hawk Down, Minority Report and National Treasure.He was lead animator
on the films Bless the Child Master and Commander: The Far Side of the
World, which was nominated for Best Visual Effects at the 76th Academy
Awards. Currently, he is CEO at the animation studio he founded,
Worker Studio, and also a partner in the live action production
company, Travelin' Productions.Hemschoot was raised in Parker,
Colorado, but moved to California, where he attended California
Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in the early 1990s and graduated from
their Character Animation program in 1995.He has worked with visual
effects companies such as Warner Digital Studios, Creative Visual
Effects, Inc., Manex Visual Effects and Asylum Visual Effects. After
his relocation to Colorado, Hemschoot was an adjunct professor of
animation at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.
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