Who We Are

Filmography

Mario Pochat - Founder & CEO

Mario Pochat has been teaching animation since 2000 and has been part of the faculty of the top animation schools in North America. Mario has also taught in international leading animation schools in Mexico City and in Madrid Spain.

Mario has been a professional animator since 1994 and he is best known for his award- winning animated short film "BYE-BYE!". He has been an animator for Game Cinematics such as MICROSOFT AMPED 2 and ELECTRONIC ARTS: NEED FOR SPEED. Mario has worked on nine blockbuster Feature Films such as DR DOLITTLE, GARFIELD II, as an Animator and as a Lead Animator in BLADES OF GLORY, TROPIC THUNDER, NUTCRACKER: THE UNTOLD STORY, DRAGON BALL Z and TWILIGHT. He is currently a Cinematics Animator at Capcom Vancouver.

Patrick Suberville - Co-Founder

Patrick attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena California. He was hired on the spot to take on the role of Art Director at Harry Moller, one of the most prolific advertising agencies in Mexico City.  His creative vision and work can be seen in reputable companies such as: SIMMONS, NESTLE, JOHNSON & JOHNSON and more.

Shortly after, Patrick founded Viewpoint Mexico, the first Visual Effects and 3D Animation Studio to offer high end Computer Graphics services to major Production Houses.  Viewpoint was one of a kind start-up clearly ahead of its time.  Patrick and his team brought to the world computer generated images that were never seen before.

Continuing on to his second start-up, Patrick founded ADVOX; a one of a kind advertising agency combining creative solutions with high end technology.  Advox, a venture that lasted 10 years changed the way of post production houses, by bringing art and technology together to create the perfect marriage.

Filmography

Hans Heymans - Digital Domain

Hans Heymans was born in Vilvoorde, Belgium. He got his masters degree in Audio visual Arts with a major in animated movies. After his graduation, in the mid 90ies, he started working as a CG generalist, in a small 3D studio around Brussels, Belgium. But his passion lay in feature film work.

In 2002 he relocated to Vancouver, Canada and started working as animation lead on smaller features at Rainmaker (currently CIS Vancouver). With the arrival of bigger studios in Vancouver, there was no need to relocate to the other side of the world to work on high profile and character driven projects. After close to 15 years in the industry, and working in several studios his credits include such films as Garfield, Electra, Case39, Night at The Museum, Invictus and Twilight: Eclipse. As well as a number of commercials and game cinematics. Currently he is working as a rigging and animation artist at Digital Domain Vancouver on the upcoming projects Thor and Transformers, Dark of the Moon.

Filmography

Adrian Enciso - Next Level Games

Adrian has always had a passion for art. After graduating high school he attended the Centre for Digital Imaging and Sound achieving a diploma in Computer Animation, he then went on to get another diploma at the Vancouver Institute of Media Arts in Classical Animation and Game Art and Design. He has worked in a wide range of projects from a Hollywood film to becoming a lead Conceptual Artist with several years of experience in Animated Television series and Video Games. He continues to have a passion for art and continues to develop his skills. His favorite quote from an artist is what Michelangelo once said after painting the Sistine chapel: "I still have everything to learn". Other interests of him include Graphic Design, Sculpture and Photography.

Filmography

Mike Jahnke - Sony Imageworks

Mike Jahnke has been animating for over 6 years.  He found his love of animation at a young age making stick people walk and cartoon explosions on post-it pads.  Originally from small town Saskatchewan, he moved to Vancouver follow the dream of being an animator, where he has worked on films such as Sucker Punch, A-Team and Tree of Life, he is currently animating for Sony Pictures Imageworks working on the new Smurfs feature film.