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Iolanda Filipponi

Junior

Maya
Python
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VFX Animator and animation enthusiast

Biography

Hi,

I'm a VFX animator eager to grow and support fellow creatives in the industry. 

Throughout my animation journey, I organize weekly online life drawing sessions and do my best to be an active member of the animation community.

Thanks for stopping by!

"Always have one hand reaching for the stars, while the other hand is reaching back to help someone else"

Skills

Roles

  • Intermediate
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Technical Skills

  • Basic

Software

  • Intermediate
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Other Skills

  • Basic
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Work Experience

2025 – Present day

3D Animator

Freelance (Remote)
  • Previz 3D animator on upcoming project (UK):
  • Responsible for basic modelling and rigging, cameras and animation

2024 – Present day

Assistant

Open Door Animation Dailies by LinoDiSalvo (Remote)
  • Mentored by Sheila Mann
  • Notes taking during Dailies and Reel Reviews by Lino DiSalvo
  • Organizing Figure Drawing Sessions

2024 – 2025

Mentee

WIA - Women In Animation (Remote)
Confidence and Presentation Skills Workshop for CG Artists Mentor: Philippe Denis

2024 – 2024

3D Animator

EDI - Effetti Digitali Italiani (Milan, Italy)
freelance - A2A Commercial and internal project - Mocap clean-up - Used technical skills to fix simple issues

2023 – 2024

3D Rigger and Animator

EDI - Effetti Digitali Italiani (Milan, Italy)
Created cycle animation for crowd, creature rigging with in-house tool, roto anim for VFX, delivered realistic animations, gained experience in MoCap, adapted to team and other departments’ needs and

2023 – 2023

3D Rigging and Animation Intern

Digimax Creative Services (Rome, Italy)
Built basic biped autorig with Python and character animation for scene previz

Education

2025 – 2025

Master the Art of Cinematic Effects

by Abdel Halim Garess

Masterclass

  • Broadened my knowledge of the entire production pipeline in the VFX industry
  • "skills to master the art of cinematic effects, excelling in story structure, pre-production planning, on-set VFX supervision, and post-production refinement"

2020 – 2023

Master of Arts

Rufa - Rome University of Fine Arts

Computer Animation and Visual Effects

PRORIG MAGAZINE - Rigging thesis https://heyzine.com/flip-book/cc3b3ec355.html RUFA Scholarship Recipient

2017 – 2020

Bachelor

Sapienza Università di Roma

Computer Science

Laziodisco "Right to Education" Scholarship Recipient