About Me

Chase Olivera is a CG Generalist and Filmmaker studying Film & TV Production at USC's School of Cinematic Arts. He believes that storytelling through animation allows him to craft compelling narratives with stunning visuals that resonate with audiences. Chase has written, directed, and produced multiple animated and live-action shorts, including The Chihuahua Shake, a musical comedy that premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre.

He is also working on an animated adventure series called Cloud Racers, and has worked in film, animation, and graphic design for several years.

Experience

Sep 2025 - Jan 2026

CG Design Lead
Transmedia Lab Apprenticeship

CG Design Lead for Fall 2025 Sony Transmedia Lab. Created 3D models of characters and props designed to by interactive in VR space through Unreal Engine, as well as animations for them that react to players' actions. Building the next generation of XR & immersive experiences with a creative and technical team. Partnering with Disney, Epic Games, and Sony

Jul 2025 - Dec 2025

Director & Animation Lead
"The Barbershop Song"

Collaborated with a musical artist with over 500k followers to create an original animated music video. Led the project from concept to final delivery, including story development based on the lyrics, visual design, animation, and edit. Crafted a stylized visual aesthetic aligned with the artist’s brand while synchronizing animation precisely to the music and vocal performance.

Livingston Animation Studio LTD.

Feb 2023 - Feb 2024
CG Background & Layout Artist

Jan 2023 - Feb 203
CG Environment & Layout Artist
TV Show: Fierceracer

Provided all CG aspects and followed a storyboard to create complex camerawork and rough pre-vis to bring the director's vision to life. Created and blended CG backgrounds harmoniously with 2D characters for commercials to promote services, through modeling, texturing, and virtual camera.

Worked with a team of artists and animators as a 3D modeler and concept designer to integrate 3D backgrounds into a 2D animated TV Show. Also, built a rough model of the entire map of the world the show took place in to understand the geography for better scene planning, including designing a castle school and all the different locations in it.

Greeting keynote speakers and navigating them through the venue, signing them in, setting up speaker panels, leading crowds of famous award-winning animation directors and creatives from around the world. Hosted by Eric Bauza.

Oct 2023 & 2024
Volunteer

Jul - Oct 2024
Motion Graphics / Animation Lead

Created a minute-long animated intro from start to finish for the largest high school film festival in America. Premiered before the awards show at the King's Theater in Times Square

Education

Aug 2025 - May 2027

Film & TV Production BA

College of the Canyons

Aug 2023 - Jun 2025
Computer Animation AA

Animation Mentorship

Sep 2023 - Oct 2023
Characater Animation

Made three major short films a semester as director, DP, and producer. Crewed on many masters and graduate sets in every position.
Skills: Avid Media Composer, ProTools, Shotgrid,
SkillsSki

Studied 3D Animation, VFX, and Motion Graphics. Also, was Vice President of the Canyons Creative Club for artists of all kinds to create a community and build their skills.
Skills: Maya, Unity, Substance Painter, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve

6-week course on body mechanics, lip-syncing, and facial acting.
Skills: Autodesk Maya

One of the 28 students to be selected for the highly rigorous and intensive 4-week film directing training at the CalArts campus, studying theory and production.
Skills: Adobe Premiere

Jun - Jul 2022

Film Scholar

Resume

Demo Reel