Woonam Kim
Associate Professor
Department of of Design and Dynamic Media
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Canada
Biography
Woonam Kim is an associate professor who teaches 3D computer animation at the Faculty of Design + Dynamic Media. Woonam has a MFA from California Institute of the Arts, where he focused on filmmaking and experimental animation. Prior to joining ECUAD, Woonam worked as an animator and visual effects artist for studios including Industrial Light and Magic, Digital Domain and Microsoft Game Studios. Woonam's work-based expertise includes CG animation, layout, pre-visualization and game development. Woonam's academic and applied research explores creative storytelling and the integration of art and technology. His goal is to apply his visual effect and game production expertise in computer graphics and animation to an academic platform. Woonam's areas of research include computer graphics, animation, gaming, visualization, virtual reality, interactive design, creative storytelling, and methods of combining art and technology.
Research Interest
computer graphics, animation, gaming, visualization, virtual reality, interactive design, creative storytelling, and methods of combining art and technology.
