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Nathalie (Cuixin) Mai

Nathalie (Cuixin) Mai

Animation & Visual Effects / MFA

Nathalie Mai is a 3D character animator. She has recently been studying for her MFA degree in Animation & Visual Effects at Academy of Art University.

Nathalie has interned at Nickelodeon in Spring 2020 as a CG Intern for the CG SpongeBob show "Kamp Koral"and participated in Studio X for two years as a 3D character animator and producer. She is experienced in various animated shorts, such as “Coyote’s Place”, “Jr Giant Foodie Cats”, “Dino Hunt” and “Monsters in the Dark”. She loves to work in a collaborative environment. In addition, Nathalie is also highly motivated and keeps a positive attitude towards solving creative problems while working on a team.

When she was growing up, she was surrounded by a number of animated feature films. These films allowed her not only to experience the fun of animation, but also to learn to appreciate the journey of life and to treasure people and things around her. Later she was eager to be part of the animation industry to create one heartwarming story after another.

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