My name is Jacopo but everyone calls me Jack. I was born in 1983 in a small city in northern Italy, laid on the shores of River Po, at the feet of luxuriant hills on one side and the tall majestic Alps on the other. Turin takes its name from the people who inhabitated the area before the roman invasion, Taurini ( therefore its Latin name Augusta Taurinorum ). The legend says that the Taurini named themselves as such after the Bull ( taurus ) who, drunk on red wine, fought and defeated the dragon which was bringing death and destruction to their land.
I could just tell you my name and surname, what I like, what I do and you probably won't take much away from this page. But I decided to tell you a story.
That is because I think that it's worth taking the time to listen and to tell a good story.
Storytelling is at the core of what I do, whether its through a presentation, an animation or an illustration. Telling you a story is my goal.
I have always been fascinated by the magic box in the living room which showed me illustrated characters coming to life and took me to places which only existed in the realm of imagination.
I never for one second believed as a child that one day I'd be able to have that magical power myself.
EXPERIENCE
- I graduated in 2d animation in 2008 at CSC, in Turin
- 3 months Internship at Cartoon Network, London starting May 2008
- Between august 2008 and may 2011 I worked on multiple projects for Cartoon Network with a few intervals.
- In such intervals I worked as a Storyboard Artist for SquareZero ( client: DIsney ) and as a creative on a pitch for MTV ( Client:HP )
- On the side I collaborated as a character designer, storyboard artist and 2d animator for the Pilot of a Pre School Series called WildLife Jack , Directed by EdKellie ( Screendog Productions )
- In may 2011 I started my career in iGaming at Gamesys as a 2d animator.
- In may 2012 I was promoted to Head of Animation and Built up the Animation Department until 2019 when Gamesys ceased to exist as it evolved into Roxor
- Currently working for Aristocrat Interactive as Roxor got integrated into one of its Game Studios.
During my years as Head of Animation at Gamesys, on the side I worked as Animation Director on the WildLife Jack Series which ended up being co produced by Disney Junior.
In the past 4 years I carried on freelancing on the side as an animator and illustrator and I had the luck to work for clients such as UMG, MARS, CN, GFuel, GetEngaged, HappyDad, Charts+Darts, Moonpay, Disney, Roblox, Apecoin, Alpine and Yugalabs.
