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Yasmine (Yuanying) Xu is an MFA recent graduate in Experimental Animation at the California Institute of the Arts (Valencia), with a BFA from East China Normal University. Her work spans hand-drawn, multimedia, and stop-motion/puppet-based filmmaking, with a strong focus on visual storytelling and process-driven experimentation. She has contributed as a key animator, editor, director, and project assistant on animation productions, and has supported animation courses through teaching assistant roles. Her toolkit includes stop-motion tools (Dragonframe), motion graphics, rigging/VFX in After Effects, and color grading with DaVinci Resolve, alongside skills in screenwriting and visual development. CV：_Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_…Yasmine (Yuanying) Xu is an MFA recent graduate in Experimental Animation at the California Institute of the Arts (Valencia), with a BFA from East China Normal University. Her work spans hand-drawn, multimedia, and stop-motion/puppet-based filmmaking, with a strong focus on visual storytelling and process-driven experimentation. She has contributed as a key animator, editor, director, and project assistant on animation productions, and has supported animation courses through teaching assistant roles. Her toolkit includes stop-motion tools (Dragonframe), motion graphics, rigging/VFX in After Effects, and color grading with DaVinci Resolve, alongside skills in screenwriting and visual development. CV：_Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_

Yasmine Xu

Animator, Film Director, Video Editor, +2

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Yasmine (Yuanying) Xu is an MFA recent graduate in Experimental Animation at the California Institute of the Arts (Valencia), with a BFA from East China Normal University. Her work spans hand-drawn, multimedia, and stop-motion/puppet-based filmmaking, with a strong focus on visual storytelling and process-driven experimentation. She has contributed as a key animator, editor, director, and project assistant on animation productions, and has supported animation courses through teaching assistant roles. Her toolkit includes stop-motion tools (Dragonframe), motion graphics, rigging/VFX in After Effects, and color grading with DaVinci Resolve, alongside skills in screenwriting and visual development. CV：_Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_…Yasmine (Yuanying) Xu is an MFA recent graduate in Experimental Animation at the California Institute of the Arts (Valencia), with a BFA from East China Normal University. Her work spans hand-drawn, multimedia, and stop-motion/puppet-based filmmaking, with a strong focus on visual storytelling and process-driven experimentation. She has contributed as a key animator, editor, director, and project assistant on animation productions, and has supported animation courses through teaching assistant roles. Her toolkit includes stop-motion tools (Dragonframe), motion graphics, rigging/VFX in After Effects, and color grading with DaVinci Resolve, alongside skills in screenwriting and visual development. CV：_Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_

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Yasmine (Yuanying) Xu is an MFA recent graduate in Experimental Animation at the California Institute of the Arts (Valencia), with a BFA from East China Normal University. Her work spans hand-drawn, multimedia, and stop-motion/puppet-based filmmaking, with a strong focus on visual storytelling and process-driven experimentation.

She has contributed as a key animator, editor, director, and project assistant on animation productions, and has supported animation courses through teaching assistant roles. Her toolkit includes stop-motion tools (Dragonframe), motion graphics, rigging/VFX in After Effects, and color grading with DaVinci Resolve, alongside skills in screenwriting and visual development.
CV：Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup

Skills

Stop Motion Animation

Adobe After Effects

Motion Graphic

Adobe Premiere Pro

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Experience Level

Stop Motion Animation

Expert

Adobe After Effects

Expert

Motion Graphic

Expert

Adobe Premiere Pro

Expert

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Beginner

Language

Chinese

Fluent

English

Advanced

Work Experience

Teaching Faculty / TA at California State Summer School of the Arts (CSSSA)

June 1, 2026 - August 5, 2026

TA for Film Editing and individually taught a Color Grading workshop for 14–18 year-old students during a one-month program. Managed film development, provided feedback for pitches and ideas, supported post-production and final delivery, and developed/implemented a production workflow system.

Director, Stop-motion Animator (Puppet & Set Fabrication) at Holyshit!

January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Directed and created an 8-minute hybrid materials stop-motion thesis work, serving as the stop-motion animator and handling puppet and set fabrication.

Director, Animator at An infinite room of 502 (Personal Creative Short)

January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Directed and animated a 2’34’’ personal creative short using color pastel hand-drawn and stop-motion techniques.

Animator at Solo Exhibition: Who’s Mimi? (Collaborating Artist: Mimi Shi)

November 1, 2024 - November 30, 2024

Created After Effects animations, rigging, and special effects based on illustration assets for an exhibition project. Worked on motion/FX integration to bring the illustration-driven visuals to life for show presentation.

Teaching Assistant at California Institute of the Arts (Coursework Support)

September 1, 2024 - May 31, 2026

Supported instruction for Comics Workshop and Production Design courses. Organized workshop materials, facilitated student activities, and delivered short lectures as needed under the instructors (Lilli Carre, Stephen Chiodo).

Director, Animator at Becoming (First Year Short)

January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Directed and animated a 4’30’’ first-year short using color pastel hand-drawn and multimedia approaches.

Director, Writer, Animator at Fireworks (Undergraduate Thesis)

January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Directed, wrote, and animated a hand-drawn and multimedia undergraduate thesis short (4’40’’).

Key Animator & Project Assistant at MV Project: A Spray’s Trip: Talking to the Palm - Print of God

April 1, 2022 - October 31, 2022

Assisted the director with task assignment and coordinating other animators. Participated as a key animator on the production. Supported production workflow through collaboration with the animation director (Cheng Qiu) on a 7’28’’ music video with Chinese/English subtitles.

Executive Director & Editor at Good Night (Team Work Film, Light Animation)

January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

Executive director and editor on a 3-minute team animation film (2022).

Executive Director & Editor at Line0 (Team Work Film, Pixelation Animation)

January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020

Executive director and editor on a 5-minute team animation film. The project was shortlisted for multiple international animation/media art festivals including BIDF, LINOLEUM (Ukraine), ANIMART (Greece), Big Cartoon Festival (Russia), YOUKI (Austria), and FEST Film Festival (Serbia).