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drawing by Avinoam Kosowsky


Born in 1952, Tel Aviv, Israel. 1974 student in Avni art school

1976 Special effects assistant to Kieth West(oscar winner) and Peter Dawson in Lorimar Productions - "Big Red One", 1979 props on "Dizengoff 99" Avi Nesher film Special effects assistant in Universal Studios production- "Masada",

1976-1986 Giora was mentored by Victor Honigman to draw by applying, Andrew Loomis techniques . Freelance air-brush illustrator

1986 moved to US. 1992 Giora started creating Computer Graphics.

1994 he got his first breaking job at “The Post Group” Hollywood Ca. Giora did there 3d animated graphics for clients such as: Emmy Awards, Disney, Motorola, and Chrysler.

1995 Giora took a major part in "Tsi studio" 3D Character Modeling and Rigging. That year he created the Motion Capture driven Character of "The Pillsbury Doughboy" for the studio ( commissioned by the Leo Burnett Ad Agency).

1996 Giora was called by Tom Tolls and Brett Gassaway from the "House of Moves" (a major MotionCapture Studio in Hollywood) to rig the face and body of Bruce Willis for "Apocalypse" (a computer game commissioned by Activision and Sony).

1997 Giora created "The Golden Globe Awards" graphic Animated title for "Dick Clark Productions" at The Complete Post in Los Angeles.

2002 teaching “Maya” for 3 years at Memad-Ascola school of art and design, Tel-Aviv Israel.

2003 founder of “Real-3d animation studio”.

       
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