3D WORKS

I'm Natália Freitas, Director, 3D Artist and 2D Animator.

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I LOVE Animation with all my heart and I am dedicating my life to it!

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From 2005 to 2009, I did a Bachelor degree in Traditional 2D Animation at the ESCOLA DE BELAS ARTES - UFMG). There, I directed and animated my first short film (LIGHT FLIGHT). After graduating, I started working full time as a 2D Animator for multiple studios in Brazil. In 2010, I had the opportunity to work on my first Feature film as a 2D animator (Ate que a Sbornia nos separe). By the end of that year, I began to teach myself 3D using online tutorials. In 2011, CAFEKA, my second short film, was released and won a few awards.

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Thanks to my new knowledge in 3D, all the short films and artworks I did in my country, I won a scholarship from the German government in 2011 (DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst  / Postgraduate Studies in the Field of the Performing Arts ). In 2012 I moved to Germany, did an intensive German language course in Cologne and then started as a Quereinsteiger at the FILMAKADEMIE BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG (Animationsinstitut) in Ludwigsburg. ​​After directing and animating my third short film ELECTROFLY, I finished my German Diploma in VFX & Animation in March 2015. I then worked for some studios in Germany as a freelance 3D Artist. By October of that year, I was one of three artists selected by the WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS for their "Talent Development" program. I moved from Germany to the USA, where I worked as Look Development Artist on the amazing animated Film MOANA (2016). I was the only Brazilian woman working on this Film and also the first Filmakademie Alumna to work at Walt Disney.

In 2017 I moved to Canada to work as a Texture Artist at SONY Pictures Imageworks in Vancouver (Hotel Transylvania 3 and Smallfoot). In 2018 I moved from Vancouver to Montreal to work as Lead Texture Artist at MILL FILM and as a Texture Artist at MIKROS on The Spongebob Movie 3. In 2020, I've worked as a remote freelance 3D artist on some amazing projects for NICKELODEON  (Star Trek: Prodigy) and PASSION PICTURES (Edgar's Christmas).  In November 2020, I started working as a Surfacing Artist (texturing, shading and grooming) at DNEG ANIMATION (Montreal & Vancouver) and contributed to 3 projects (ENTERGALACTIC, GARFIELD and THAT CHRISTMAS). In 2024, I directed the second season of the animated TV series TAINA AND THE AMAZON'S GUARDIANS. 

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By the end of 2024, I've moved to the UK (Warwick) and I'm currently working again for DNEG ANIMATION.

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If you would like to know more about me, please let's get in touch! 

Cheers,

Nat