Denise Maitan – Visual effects artist, animator and illustrator. CGD Certified.

Hi, I’m Denise. I’m an animator, vfx artist and art director. I have over 15 years of experience, and have worked on many cool projects for film, television, ad campaigns, and more.

Demo Reels

an orange cat with a chefs hat floats into the air, powered by healthy food
Animation Reel
a woman with flowing scarf overlooks winnipeg's river skating trail
Broadcast Visual FX Reel

Career Highlights

32 Film Credits: VFX Compositor credits for feature length films

24 Industry Awards: Projects I’ve worked on that won local, national and international awards

08 Animation Department: Show openings, graphics, animation and VFX for TV shows

02 Museum Exhibits: Contributed to two installations at the CMHR

01 Short Film: Written, directed and produced

Featured VFX Movies

IMDb profile
  • ice road movie poster
  • escaping the madhouse: the nellie bly story movie poster
  • orphan first kill movie poster
  • Relax, I'm from the future movie poster
  • simulant movie poster
  • bed rest movie poster
  • i am somebody's child, the regina louse story movie poster
  • rabid movie poster
  • james vs his future self movie poster
  • elevator game movie poster
  • Sniper: rogue mission movie poster
  • blood movie poster
  • Stand!
  • Summon the Darkness movie poster
  • juliana and the medicine fish movie poster

Learn more about my VFX work.

A few organizations I’ve worked with:

Sample Animations

  • animation of an isometric view of an intersection
  • auntie speaks to the camera while speech bubbles display the sick, pregnant and elderly, highlighting the most at risk populations for covid
  • animation of a man walking in the wind, then sitting on a park bench
  • 3d animation of a building being assembled
  • a cool retro bus driver, and a bus waving to the camera
  • an orange cartoon cat juggles balls of dough
  • a cartoon girl flies across two computer monitors like a superhero
  • a small girl thinks about fun, heart, and mind
  • an animation of snowmen. some are drinking too much, and others are trying to take care of them
  • animation of vegetables on a plate, a flipping calendar, and the text 800 million
  • the un-fee man fails to block a large wave from hitting him
  • Tomato superhero with cape flowing in the wind
  • 3d animation of a building inspection in an x-ray style, revealing unexpected locations of asbestos
  • animation of a computer screen displaying the text, want to avoid speeding tickets? just slow down
  • a candle is assembled from ribbons and other animated particles
  • synthwave style text reads, creative practice group! start?
  • the words buy it, fix it, sell it grow out of the ground
  • two men sit on a couch, in a gang environment. One tries to persuade the other to do something
  • animation of a view of a small house and mailbox in the night
  • elves appear out of presents, like a set of russian dolls

See more of my animation work.

Art & Illustration

  • an illustration of a girl with a fashionable jacket and a halo of flowers
  • an illustration of an elegant woman, standing in front of tropical leaves
  • an illustration of a girl with golden braids
  • an illustration of a girl drinking a coke through a straw. they have a cool yellow varsity jacket with black trim on
  • an illustration of a fashionable girl with purple hair and round glasses
  • an illustration of a a clumsy cupid
  • Portrait of a young woman
  • an illustration of a pensive mermaid leaning on a lily pad. The top half is fish and the bottom half is human.
  • an illustration of a woman's face smiling
  • an illustration of a dramatically long mermaid, in a dark underwater cavern
  • an illustration of a Arwen of lord of the rings

See more of my art and illustration.

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