Joel Pennington
Moby ID: 101104
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Joel is currently the Lead Motion Capture Technical Director at ImageMovers Digital. He is in charge of motion capture and performance pipeline development and contributes to furthering motion capture technology in film and games.
Joel was employed in Motion Capture at Electronic Arts from April 2001 to August 2007. He was promoted to Lead Assistant Motion Capture Specialist in the fall of 2003, to Associate Motion Capture Specialist in the summer of 2004 and to Motion Capture Specialist in the Summer of 2006. Joel received the motion capture employee of the year award in 2004 for his contributions in production refinement, research and development, and craftsmanship.
Joel attended the Vancouver Film School where he graduated in 2001 with a Diploma in the Animation and Digital Effects program.
His short film, A Cheese Without Cause went on to win a YTV student film contest and was nominated for an award at the Victoria Film Festival. The film also appeared at the Los Angeles Film Festival and is part of the permanent CBC, new media archives.
Credited on 28 games
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| The Godfather: Blackhand Edition (2007, Wii) | Additional Motion Capture |
| Fight Night Round 3 (2006, PlayStation 2) | Motion Capture Team |
| The Godfather: The Game (2006, Windows) | Additional Motion Capture |
| MVP Baseball 2005 (2005, PlayStation 2) | Additional Motion Capture |
| FIFA Street (2005, PlayStation 2) | Additional Motion Capture |
| UEFA Champions League 2004-2005 (2005, Xbox) | Motion Capture Team |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth (2004, Windows) | EA Mocap Specialists – Solvers |
| NBA Live 2005 (2004, Windows) | Motion Capture Team |
| FIFA Soccer 2005 (2004, Windows) | Motion Capture Team |
| NHL 2005 (2004, Xbox) | Motion Capture Team |
| UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal (2004, Windows) | Motion Capture |
| Fight Night 2004 (2004, PlayStation 2) | Motion Capture |
| MVP Baseball 2004 (2004, Windows) | Additional Motion Capture |
| Need for Speed: Underground (2003, GameCube) | Motion Capture Talent |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, GameCube) | Operators |
| FIFA Soccer 2004 (2003, PlayStation 2) | Motion Capture |
| NBA Live 2004 (2003, GameCube) | Motion Capture Team |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 (2003, PlayStation 2) | Motion Capture Technicians |
| NHL 2004 (2003, Windows) | Motion Capture |
| NBA Street Vol. 2 (2003, PlayStation 2) | Motion Capture Operators |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 23 games with Beverly Koeckeritz
- 23 games with Eric Perrier
- 22 games with Steven Schnur
- 21 games with Robert Parent
- 21 games with Ben Guthrie
- 21 games with Joel Krich
- 20 games with Sandro Licastro
- 19 games with David Hobbins
- 17 games with Evan Tepoorten
- 17 games with Cybele Pettus
Companies
- 28 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 20 games with EA Sports
- 16 games with Electronic Arts Vancouver
- 13 games with TiVo Corporation
- 12 games with Electronic Arts GmbH
- 9 games with Electronic Arts Publishing SARL
- 6 games with Visceral Games (Redwood Shores)
- 6 games with Electronic Arts Ltd.
- 6 games with Electronic Arts Polska Sp. z o.o.
- 5 games with NBA Properties, Inc.
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