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  • NPA header 2
    National People's Action, info vid
  • Ann Richard's texas film image 1
    "Ann Richards' Texas", doc title animation
  • "Sword of Fargoal 2", game menu background
  • Ann Richard's texas film image 6
    "Ann Richards' Texas", doc title animation
  • From "Penny", doc
  • "The Next Frontier: Engineering the Golden Age of Green", doc
  • "We've Got the Power", doc title sequence
  • "The Next Frontier: Engineering the Golden Age of Green", doc
  • "Around June", animated sequences for live-action feature film
  • National Peoples Action, info vid
  • "The Next Frontier: Engineering the Golden Age of Green", doc
  • Google Mobile Ads, 4 ad campaign
  • "The Next Frontier: Engineering the Golden Age of Green", doc
  • "Dump", concept art
  • "Around June", animated sequences for live-action feature film
  • Ann Richard's texas film image 4
    "Ann Richards' Texas", doc title animation
  • National Peoples Action, info vid
  • Count Mikael Eldridge/Stephen Colbert music vid concept art
  • "How Xoom Works", animated ad
  • "Sword of Fargoal 2", game open animation
  • "What I'm Hearing in My Head", doc animated sequence
  • "Sword of Fargoal 2", game open animation
  • "Amazing: The Rebuilding of the MacArthur Maze", doc
  • "Sword of Fargoal 1", game titles
  • "Around June", animated sequences for live-action feature film
  • "A Bridge Too Far", doc animated sequences
  • National Peoples Action, info vid
  • "Around June", animated sequences for live-action feature film
  • "The Next Frontier: Engineering the Golden Age of Green", doc
  • "Who Is Driving Change", Buddhist training video
  • "The Next Frontier: Engineering the Golden Age of Green", doc
  • "A Span in Time", doc animated sequences
  • "Sword of Fargoal 1", game animation
  • "Ann Richards' Texas", doc title animation
  • Xoom "Refer A Friend", ad
  • "Searchlights" Century Theaters chain feature trailer
  • "The Next Frontier: Engineering the Golden Age of Green", doc
  • Amor Vert "Earth Day", SF sustainable clothing company vid
  • Ann Richard's texas film image 7
    "Ann Richards' Texas", doc title animation
  • From Professional Engineers of California Gov't 50 yr anniversary tribute
  • "The Magic Rooster", 4 pg comic contributed to Wildbrain Studio's artist publication
  • "A Span in Time", doc animated sequences
  • "Ann Richards' Texas", doc title animation
  • "Around June", animated sequences for live-action feature film
  • "Sword of Fargoal 2", game open animation
  • "Ann Richards' Texas", doc title animation
  • "Happy Tree Friends", storyboards
  • "Around June", animated sequences for live-action feature film
  • "The Next Frontier: Engineering the Golden Age of Green", doc
  • "Sword of Fargoal 2", game open animation
  • "Hide & Seek", musical short film

CanfieldEmmy11_crp_50Creating Emmy award-winning hand-drawn and painterly animation, and related art, for over 3 decades.

Working with big studios, cozy boutiques, and as a one-man/one-stop shop from pre-production through production; now entirely digitally and paperless for easy collaboration around the world.

FEATURED WORK

A selection of animated sequences and production art

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“What I’m Hearing In My Head”

Animated sequences from doc on an eccentric SF music theorist and teacher.

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“Amour Vert, Earth Day”

Animated Info ad on sustainable practices in the fashion industry.

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“We’ve Got The Power”

Animated sequences from doc on the economics of renewable energy. WINS 2014 EMMY for Best Animation In A Doc!

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Google Mobile Ads

“Google Mobile Ads”

4 animated ads for “Google Mobile Ads” campaign.

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From Xoom "Refer A Friend" ad

Xoom “Refer A Friend”

Animated ad for wire transfer company, 2nd in series.

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Pre-pro art for Xoom ad

“How Xoom Works”

Animated ad for wire transfer company, 1st in series.

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National People’s Action

Animated big bank/justice awareness video.

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"The Next Frontier" title image 1

“The Next Frontier: Engineering the Golden Age of Green”

Animated sequences for doc on renewable, clean energy technologies. Wins 2 2011 Emmys for Best Animation and Best Doc!

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"A Span In Time" title

“A Span In Time”

Animated sequences for doc on a span of the SF Bay Bridge. Wins 2 Emmy awards for best graphics and animation in a documentary!

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Animation image from "Around June", feature film.

“Around June”

Animated sequences from live-action feature film “Around June” by writer/director James Savoca.

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Hide & Seek title

“Hide & Seek!”

Animated cutout short film to Chopin’s “Minute Waltz”

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News

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Amour Vert “Plant a T(r)ee”

Fashion industry sustainability ad mentioned in “People” mag.

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Charlie Canfield, the Filmsight crew, and Bruce Blanning from PECG with the 2014 Northern CA Emmy for Best Animation In A Doc, in the film "We've Got The Power".

“We’ve Got The Power”

Doc on the economics of renewable energy wins 2014 Emmy for Best Animation!

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“The Next Frontier”

Doc on renewable, clean energy technologies WINS 2 2011 EMMYS for Best Animation and Best Doc!

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Charlie Canfield and David L Brown 2009 Emmy

“A Span In Time”

Wins 2008-9 Emmy for best graphics and animation in a documentary!

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"Bridge So Far" 2 2007 Emmys; David L Brown, Charlie Canfield

“The Bridge So Far”

Wins 2 2006-7 Emmys for Best Doc and Best Animation in Doc!

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About

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Charlie Canfield is a 4-time Emmy award-winning animator, designer, and director creating sequences for film, documentaries and ads for over 25 years, with an emphasis on digitally hand-drawn animation.

His work ranges from drawn cartoons to computer graphics, special effects, and motion control camera shooting for employers such as Colossal Pictures, Wild Brain Inc, Industrial Light and Magic, Digital Kitchen, Mondo Media, MTV, Nickelodeon, Alpha Cine, and many independent filmmakers.

Awards, nominations and selections include the international film and animation festivals of Ottawa, Zagreb, London, Melbourne, New Zealand, San Francisco, Sundance, Anima Mundi, The world Animation Celebration, and organizations such as The Northern CA Emmy’s, The Addy’s, and Ad Age.

CONTACT

1-415-254-0083

charlie@charliecanfield.com

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