Lila Martinez

Director | Storyboard Artist ☆ Feature • Television Animation at Warner Bros. Animation
Director and Storyboard Artist

Glendale, California

Member Since:
December 2013

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About Lila

I'm a Director and Storyboard Artist based in Los Angeles with 16 years of professional experience in the feature and television animation industry. As a Member of the Television Academy of Arts & Sciences, as well as an Annie Award jury member (preschool category) at ASIFA-Hollywood, I have actively contributed to the L.A. animation community, and as a public speaker on various venues.

Earlier, I worked in Mexico City as a traditional hand-drawn animator on three feature films. Later, I became a Co-founder/Director at Phenomena Animation, a service bureau studio based in Mexico, where I oversaw a team of artists and animators. Servicing the Latin America advertising commercial marketplace, providing visual development, storyboards, and character animation to various Fortune 100 companies and served as a 2D animation outsourcer for FOX primetime series, ‘Highschool USA!’.

My continued vigor for storytelling led me to Southern California, contributing timeless stories and collaborating with passionate storytellers.

As a Director, I lead with empathy and foster a positive collaborative team environment that’s inclusive and equitable. I assist in building the storyboard crew into a diverse workplace and strive to nurture artist’s growth in their craft, as story artists and as teammates. With my expertise in 2D and high-end CG animation infrastructure and development of both artistic and technical pipeline standards, I provide the necessary (customized coding) plug-in tools and proprietary 3D animation training materials. This facilitates an enhanced hybrid storyboard and previsualization of 3D shots workflow for the Story department, to achieve a cinematic visceral quality in the cinematography, camera work and character blocking.

Member: Art Directors Guild, Local 800 and The Animation Guild, Local 839.

Specialties: Leadership, team building, and management. Agile methodology and scheduling. Pipeline development. Visual storytelling deconstruction, development and communication. Story problem solving. Brainstorming gags and ideas. Tools and features R&D. Storyboarding and previs/3D layout.

Film & TV Repped by Kleinberg Lange Cuddy & Carlo LLP

Unique traits: Director | Storyboard Artist ☆ Feature • Television Animation Software: Unreal Engine & Unity | Real-Time Technology • Blender • Autodesk Maya • SketchUp Pro • Autodesk ShotGrid • Foundry Flix • ToonBoom Storyboard Pro & Harmony

Gender:
Female

Height:
5' 5"

Weight:
130

Body type:
Slim

Hair:
Long

Hair color:
Blonde

Eyes:
Green

Ethnicity:
Latin/Hispanic

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The Simpsons (2016 - 2020)
Television by 20th Television Storyboard Artist
Duck Duck Goose (2016)
Film by Christopher Jenkins (Animation) Animation department A baby sitter (Zendaya) baby sits two kids, they play games. All of a sudden the games come to life and they must battle back to their dimension.
High School USA! (2013)
Television by Fragical Productions Character Animator
La Revolución de Juan Escopeta (2011)
Film by Animex Character Animator
Héroes verdaderos (2010)
Film by White Knight Productions (History, Animation and Musical) Animation department An animated retelling of Mexico's Independence war, as seen through the eyes of three different people.
Guardians of the Lost Code 3D (2010)
Film by Santo Domingo Animation Character Animator