07 — ABOUT
Brian Oliver
I've been animating with computers since 1979 and working in Los Angeles television since 1989. I freelanced at The WB Television Network from its first year, animated the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer logo, and spent 25 years there and at The CW Television Network — 10 years as Director of Animation writing, directing and animating the WB Television Network's Saturday morning Kids' WB promos, then 15 years producing iconic promos for the CW Television Network, the last 2 as Executive Director of the Graphics Department, overseeing project management and asset tracking across tens of thousands of deliveries. That work earned 24 PROMAX and BDA awards, 17 of them Gold.
Before television, I was building trial animation: around 1990 I animated chip-layout comparisons for a landmark semiconductor case delivering a $25 Million verdict, a 3D reconstruction of a fatal interstate truck crash, and a surgical-mesh hernia repair. Along the way came digital restoration of Cinderella, Pinocchio and Bambi for Disney, VFX for music videos and content for video games.
These days I work remotely from Santa Clarita, CA. I have a network of very talented friends that I can call upon for projects as well. They are some of the best designers and animators out there. Xandad LLC is a boutique studio with a network-sized résumé: Maya, Unreal Engine, Cinema 4D, Blender, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve and Premiere, plus on-set VFX supervision and design for 3D printing and fabrication.