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imported>Darman36: Dev pgs are not a place for their resume specifics. Just games, positions, and years is sufficient

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Dev pgs are not a place for their resume specifics. Just games, positions, and years is sufficient

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	*Lead Animator, ''NARC'', VIS Entertainment		*Lead Animator, ''NARC'', VIS Entertainment
	*Animator, ''Tom & Jerry'', VIS Entertainment		*Animator, ''Tom & Jerry'', VIS Entertainment

	~~==Specialties==~~
	*IP creation and refreshing.
	*In-game and cinematic animation creation and direction, both motion-capture and keyframe.
	*Designing and creating animation systems for gameplay and story, player controls, cameras and procedural content generation.
	*Building and maintaining realistic schedules that track thousands of assets throughout development to completion, ensuring milestones and dependencies are met.

	==Sample animation direction==		==Sample animation direction==

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	[[File:Assassins-Creed-3-Jonathan-Cooper.jpg\|thumb\|Jonathan Cooper]]		[[File:Assassins-Creed-3-Jonathan-Cooper.jpg\|thumb\|Jonathan Cooper]]
	'''Jonathan Cooper''' was an Animation Director on ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' at [[Ubisoft]] ~~{{Wiki\|Montreal}}~~. His other projects included work with the ''Mass Effect'' and ''Deus Ex'' franchises.		'''Jonathan Cooper''' was an Animation Director on ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' at [[Ubisoft\|Ubisoft Montreal]]. His other projects included work with the ''Mass Effect'' and ''Deus Ex'' franchises.

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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	==Specialties==		==Specialties==
	*IP creation and refreshing.		*IP creation and refreshing.
	*In-game and cinematic animation creation and direction, both motion-capture and keyframe		*In-game and cinematic animation creation and direction, both motion-capture and keyframe.
	*Designing and creating animation systems for gameplay and story, player controls, cameras and procedural content generation.		*Designing and creating animation systems for gameplay and story, player controls, cameras and procedural content generation.
	*Building and maintaining realistic schedules that track thousands of assets throughout development to completion, ensuring milestones and dependencies are met		*Building and maintaining realistic schedules that track thousands of assets throughout development to completion, ensuring milestones and dependencies are met.

	==Sample animation direction==		==Sample animation direction==

imported>DarkFeather: revamped to MoS -- still needs work but better than it was

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revamped to MoS -- still needs work but better than it was

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	[[File:Assassins-Creed-3-Jonathan-Cooper.jpg\|thumb\|Jonathan Cooper]]		[[File:Assassins-Creed-3-Jonathan-Cooper.jpg\|thumb\|Jonathan Cooper]]
	'''Jonathan Cooper''' ~~is currently the~~ Animation Director on ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' at [[Ubisoft]] {{Wiki\|Montreal}}.		'''Jonathan Cooper''' was an Animation Director on ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' at [[Ubisoft]] {{Wiki\|Montreal}}. His other projects included work with the ''Mass Effect'' and ''Deus Ex'' franchises.

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Originally from Scotland, Cooper ~~has~~ been animating a variety of character & story-heavy videogames since 2000, before which he spent his formative years animating sprites and gaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Design & Animation from the University of Dundee (1996 – 2000). Cooper ~~immediately~~ began his animation career in the computer game industry with the aim and ambition ~~to bring~~ this medium into the public consciousness as the most formidable cultural art-form of ~~our~~ time. Cooper noted that his passion ~~lays~~ not just in individual animations themselves, nor even just within the discipline of animation, but how animators/designers ~~work~~ cohesively as a team to bring amazing worlds and stories to life.<ref>[http://ca.linkedin.com/in/gameanim Linkedin Bio].</ref>		Originally from Scotland, Cooper had been animating a variety of character and story-heavy videogames since 2000, before which he spent his formative years animating sprites and gaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Design & Animation from the University of Dundee (1996 – 2000). Cooper began his animation career in the computer game industry with the aim and ambition of bringing this medium into the public consciousness as the most formidable cultural art-form of the time. Cooper noted that his passion lay not just in individual animations themselves, nor even just within the discipline of animation, but how animators and designers worked cohesively as a team to bring amazing worlds and stories to life.<ref>[http://ca.linkedin.com/in/gameanim Linkedin Bio].</ref>

	In 2004, Cooper moved to Alberta, Canada to work at BioWare, assuming the role of Lead Animator on ''Mass Effect'' and later moved to Montreal to lead the animation team on ''Deus Ex: Human Revolution''~~, however in~~ 2008 was called back to BioWare to start the Montreal studio, creating ''Mass Effect 2'' cutscenes. It was this drive and passion that Ubisoft sought ~~his talents for~~ and he ~~is now~~ at Ubisoft Montreal directing the animation for its ~~biggest and~~ most ambitious project ~~to date~~, ''Assassin’s Creed III''.<ref>[http://www.gameanim.com/about/ Official Website bio].</ref>		In 2004, Cooper moved to Alberta, Canada, to work at BioWare, assuming the role of Lead Animator on ''Mass Effect'' and later moved to Montreal to lead the animation team on ''Deus Ex: Human Revolution''. In 2008 he was called back to BioWare to start the Montreal studio, creating the ''Mass Effect 2'' cutscenes. It was this drive and passion that Ubisoft sought and he gained a position as Animation Director at Ubisoft Montreal directing the animation for its most ambitious project at the time, ''Assassin’s Creed III''.<ref>[http://www.gameanim.com/about/ Official Website bio].</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
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	*Lead Animator, ''NARC'', VIS Entertainment		*Lead Animator, ''NARC'', VIS Entertainment
	*Animator, ''Tom & Jerry'', VIS Entertainment		*Animator, ''Tom & Jerry'', VIS Entertainment

	~~==Sample animation direction==~~
	~~<gallery captionalign="left">~~
	~~Assassins-Creed-3-Connor winter rendition.jpg\|Sample cover rendition of the original work by Sergey Kalinen.~~
	~~Assassins-Creed-3-Connor using a Native American Canoe.jpg\|[[Ratonhnhaké:ton\|Connor]] using a Native American canoe.~~
	~~</gallery>~~

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	*Building and maintaining realistic schedules that track thousands of assets throughout development to completion, ensuring milestones and dependencies are met		*Building and maintaining realistic schedules that track thousands of assets throughout development to completion, ensuring milestones and dependencies are met

	==~~External links~~==		==Sample animation direction==
	*[http://www.~~gameanim~~.~~com/ Official Website]~~.		<gallery captionalign="left">
	*[~~http~~:~~//ca.linkedin.com/in/gameanim Jonathan Cooper~~] ~~s professional profile at Linkedin~~.		Assassins-Creed-3-Connor winter rendition.jpg\|Sample cover rendition of the original work by Sergey Kalinen.
	*[http://www.yatedo.com/p/~~Jonathan+Cooper/normal/c198d9d489c3250e863dc3ec854d0b98 Jonathan Cooper] s professional profile at Yatedo.~~		Assassins-Creed-3-Connor using a Native American Canoe.jpg\|[[Ratonhnhaké:ton\|Connor]] using a Native American canoe.
			</gallery>

	==References==		==References==
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			*[http://www.yatedo.com/p/Jonathan+Cooper/normal/c198d9d489c3250e863dc3ec854d0b98 Jonathan Cooper] s professional profile at Yatedo.
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imported>The Forgotten Fragment at 01:29, 2 November 2013

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	[[File:Assassins-Creed-3-Jonathan-Cooper.jpg\|thumb\|Jonathan Cooper]]		[[File:Assassins-Creed-3-Jonathan-Cooper.jpg\|thumb\|Jonathan Cooper]]
	'''Jonathan Cooper''' is currently the Animation Director on ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' at [[Ubisoft]] Montreal.		'''Jonathan Cooper''' is currently the Animation Director on ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' at [[Ubisoft]] {{Wiki\|Montreal}}.

	==Biography==		==Biography==

imported>The Crimson Eagle at 00:05, 4 July 2013

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imported>The Forgotten Fragment at 00:22, 2 April 2013

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	'''Jonathan Cooper''' is currently the Animation Director on ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' at [[Ubisoft]] Montreal.		'''Jonathan Cooper''' is currently the Animation Director on ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' at [[Ubisoft]] Montreal.