PERSONA
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Name:   Henning Birkeland
Birth:     02/08 1977

ADR.:     Melsomvik, Norway

E-mail:
Marital status: Married to Silvia
Employment: 3D teacher at Idefagskolen and owner of BM-media


Work experience:
2001-2010 3D-Design teacher at Idefagskolen
2007 Creating digital Sets & Enviroments for the movie Melvin
2002-2006 3D modeler and 3D character designer for Inovani AS
2000 Graphic design and game development for Young-Gate
1998 Administration ass. in OPKLESK Setermoen military dep.
1996-1997. Drawing kitchen solutions for Mobalpa-Norge

Courses:
2009 Live Action Integration workshop/ Eric Hanson & Greg Downing
2008 VFX Compositing in Shake workshop / Brian Conner
2007 3D Animation Masterclass / Kyle Balda
2007 Digital Sets Workshop / Eric Hanson & Greg Downing
2006 Photo Course at Idefagskolen 15 hours.
2006 Digital Sets and Enviroments workshop / Eric Hanson.
2005 Graphisoft ArchiCAD course by Arktis
2001 Alias|Wavefront's Maya Rendering (Gent, Belgium)
2000 Alias|Wavefront's Maya Character anim. (Gent, Belgium)
2000 Alias|Wavefront's Maya Transition (Gent, Belgium)
1998 Practical sale and marketing course by ROS.
1997 Military course for aministration assistens.

Education:
2000/01 Multimedia 2 (Maya) at Idefagskolen
1999/00 Multimedia at Idefagskolen
1993-96 EDB-allmenfag at Horten Videregående

Other commitments:
2010 Course instructor and organizer of ArchiCAD course.
2009 Course instructor and organizer of ArchiCAD course.
2008 Participating 3d graphics and Visual Effects advisor for NOKUT-comitte.
2007 Sensor "MMT330 Introduction to 3D graphics" for HiNT.
2007 Participating 3d graphics advisor for NOKUT-comitte.

Skills:
My main interest and workfield is 3D graphics, VFX and compositing, but I'm also into web design, interactive CD-rom's/DVD's, Flash and basic game development. I have great experience in teaching computer software.

Some of the clients i have worked for:
Aqua Fence, Asko Hvitevarer, BBS, Bambuz Design, Bang & Olufsen, Borge, Citybag, ClassWare / Sonans NettGymnas, Danielsen Underholdning, Elopak, Esso, Flytoget, Frank Beck, Garanti, Guard Systems, Hydro, Idefagskolen, Inovani, Inpoc, Jotun, Norsk Kiropraktorforening, Komplett.no, Lemon, Leo Burnett, Mikron Tunsberg, Mobalpa-Norge, Mobalpa-Sverige, Natre, Norrønafly, Norsk Postforbund, Promed Pharma, QuickCollect, Reichhold, Resirk, Ringerike sykehus, Scandinavian Bunkering, Sæthren & Wraaman AS, Tolcon, Trainor, Utdanningsmagasinet Radiator, Wring Wrong Films, Wistex, Young-Gate.

Software I use and teach in:
Autodesk Maya
Andersson Technologies SynthEyes
Eyeon Fusion
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Premiere
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Flash
PTGui
Graphisoft ArchiCAD