Giorgio Bertolone and was born in Turin, Italy. He's been interested in animation and art since he was a little boy. After briefly studying Graphic Design, he decided to follow his dreams and moved to Canada to study 3D Animation and Visual Effects at the Vancouver Film School. He describes the time as a great and intensive year, where he learned the art of the animation.

"It's been an amazing experience for me -- I learned a lot and worked very hard, but I also enjoyed every minute of it."         --Giorgio Bertolone

"These Paws Are Made For Flying" is his final short film and graduate thesis. The film is a callback to a lot of great, classic animated shorts like old Disney films. The film looks good, but could have benefitted from some texture, detail, and contrast work as he has demonstrated in subsequent work on the assets.

At any rate, the film shows Bertolone's love for the medium, and his potential for the future.

"I completed 'These Paws are Made for Flying' in about six months. I started preproduction with some drawings, a little story and a 2D animatic. I then spent most of the production time in the rigging and animation process, and in the last weeks I worked on the final compositing and editing.

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"THESE PAWS WERE MADE FOR FLYING"

It's been an amazing experience for me -- I learned a lot and worked very hard, but I also enjoyed every minute of it. I currently work in Vancouver as Character Technical Director. I'm in love with my job because it gives me great challenges evey day.

       --Giorgio Bertolone, MAR 2007