BENJAMIN (JAMIE) MAXFIELD

131 Massachusetts Ave., Apt. 3
Arlington, MA 02474
Phone: (781) 643-8407
Cell: (508) 523-8997
jmaxfield07 (at) gmail (dot) com
www.jamiemaxfield.com

EDUCATION

MFA, Experimental Animation

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS
Valencia, CA

1995-98

BFA, Film/Animation/Video

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Providence, RI

1990-93

 

BENNINGTON COLLEGE
Bennington, VT

1988-90

EXPERIENCE

Full Time

Animator/Storyboarder

TOM SNYDER PRODUCTIONS / SOUP2NUTS
Watertown, MA
- Television series: Home Movies,
Hey Monie, Time Warp Trio

2003, 2005

Animator/In-betweener/
Cleanups

OLIVE JAR STUDIOS / RED SKY
Brighton, MA
- Commercials: Marshall's, Nesquik, Pillsbury, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Cartoon Pilots: BANG!, Uncle Gus
- Television Series: Between the Lions (Cliff Hanger)

1998-2001

Freelance

Portrait Artist

CONCORD ART ASSOCIATION
Concord, MA
- Drew portraits during "Paint the Town" auction

2009

Volunteer

CRADLES TO CRAYONS
Quincy, MA
- Painted designs & logo on donation boxes

2007

Animator

ANIMATED ADVENTURES
Bainbridge Island, WA
- animated sequences

2004 up

Illustrator

ASPERGER'S ASSOCIATION OF NEW ENGLAND (AANE)
Newton, MA
- fundraiser and appeals cards

2004 up

Animator

OLIVE JAR STUDIOS
Brighton, MA
- Incredible Hulk/Dr. Doom, Universal Studios
- Hollywood Trash, in-house production

1997, 1998

Assistant Animator

Karen Aqua
Somerville, MA
- Lifetime TV spots

1994

Intern/Apprentice

NEW IMAGE PRODUCTIONS
Westford, MA
- "It's Your Move", instructional computer-animated
chess video (storyboarding and modeling objects)

1994-5

Teaching

Teaching Assistant

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Providence, RI
- Animation II, FAV Department

1991-3

SKILLS

Computer

Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Premiere,
After Effects, Media 100, Amiga Take Two, SOFTIMAGE,
Lightwave 3-D, ProTools, Google Sketchup

 

Film and Video Production

pencil testing, 16mm filmmaking (Oxberry & Bolex),
16mm film and sound editing

 

Materials

graphite pencil, pen and ink, watercolor, charcoal, clay

 

INDEPEDENT FILMOGRAPHY / MEDIA COVERAGE

BETWEEN THE LINES

(pencil-drawn)
- Silver Medal, Animation, Student Academy Awards, 1999
- Best Animation, New England Film & Video Festival, 1999
- CalArts 35-year tribute, Museum of Modern Art, 2006

1998

THE YEAR OF THE BUG

(CalArts collaborative project)

1997

THE PLANET UNSCREW'D

(CalArts collaborative project)

1996

ROUGH CUT

(cut-outs/mattes/computers)
- Director's Choice Award, Black Maria Film/Video Festival, 1994
- Bronze Apple Award; National Educational Film/Video Festival, 1995
- Medicine Wheel Animation Festival, 1994-5

1993

ABOVE AVERAGE

(pencil-drawn)
- Gold Medal, Animation, Student Academy Awards, 1993
- Gold Hugo Award, Student Animation, Chicago International Film Festival, 1993
- Chris Award, Student Animation, Columbus International Film/Video Festival, 1994
- First Place, Student Film, ASIFA-EAST
- Best Animated Film; Humboldt Film Festival, 1994
- Medicine Wheel Animation Festival, 1993

1992

Complete Film Awards & Screening list available upon request

EXHIBITS

 

PAINT THE TOWN
- Concord Art Association

May 2009

 

ARLINGTON OPEN STUDIOS 2008 EXHIBITING ARTISTS
- Arlington Center for the Arts

Oct 2008

 

"PERSPECTIVES" - Artists from the AANE and ArcWorks
- North Shore ARC, Danvers, MA

Oct - Dec 2008

 

FRANCES N. RODDY OPEN COMPETITION
- Concord Art Association

Sept 2008

 

PAINT THE TOWN
- Concord Art Association

May 2008

 

MEMBERS JURIED II - PHOTOGRAPHY, GRAPHICS, CRAFT
- Concord Art Association

Feb 2008

 

"SEEING WITH A DIFFERENT EYE" - Art by Adults with Asperger's Syndrome
- John Hancock Hall - Back Bay Grand Room
- Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center
- Concord Free Public Library
- Honan-Allston Branch of the Boston Library
- Massachusetts State House

Sept 2007 - Jun 2008

 

MEMBERS JURIED II - PHOTOGRAPHY, GRAPHICS, CRAFT
- Concord Art Association

Feb 2007

 

"PUTTING CREATIVITY TO WORK"
- VSA Mass, Boston

2005

June 2009