Ty Semaka Resume Email: ty@tysemaka.com | Phone: 403-619-4187 #204, 2420 1st Street N.W. Calgary AB www.tysemaka.com GRAPHIC DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION & PROP BUILDING 1991 to present: Owner of graphic design & illustration studio ‘Ty Semaka Studios’. TELEVISION & FILM January 17 - 21 and still on call Graphic Artist for feature film Cold Road January 10 - 14 and still on call Illustrator for feature film Under Wraps 2 Disney Plus June - September 2019 Graphic Artist for TV series Fortunate Son (Season 1) CBC Broadcasting May - June 2019 Graphic Artist for feature film Let Him Go Starring and Produced by Kevin Costner August 12 - December 22 Props Builder & Graphic Artist for TV mini series Under The Banner Of Heaven Disney / FX Networks / Imagine Entertainment September - October 2018 Graphic Artist for TV series JANN (Season 1) CTV Broadcasting March 29 - June 11, 2021 Graphic Artist for TV series The Last Of Us (Season 1) HBO Broadcasting August 2018 Graphic Artist for feature film Miracle In East Texas Starring and Produced by Kevin Sorbo January 25 - March 26, 2021 1st Assistant Art Director for TV series JANN (Season 3) CTV Broadcasting October 26, 2020 - January 22, 2021 Graphic Artist for TV series Tribal (Season 2) APTN Network August 27 - October 23, 2020 Graphic Artist for TV series Black Summer (Season 2) Netfllix February 2020 Graphic Artist for TV series Wynonna Earp (Season 4) Netflix January 9 - January 29, 2020 Graphic Artist for TV series The Handmaid’s Tale (Season 4) Hulu Network November 4 - 8, 2019 Graphic Artist for feature film Marlene Written and Produced by Wendy Hill-Tout September 9 - Nov 1, 2019 Graphic Artist for TV series JANN (Season 2) CTV Broadcasting September 2019 Graphic Artist for feature film Land Starring, Produced and Directed by Robin Wright July 27 - 2020 Graphic Artist for TV series Black Summer (Season 1) Netfllix September 2017 Graphic Artist for TV series The Detour (Season 2) Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner July - August 2017 Graphic Artist for TV series Damnation (Season 1) Netflix December 2016 - April 2017 Graphic Artist for TV series Fargo (Season 3) Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios Inc. December 2016 Graphic Artist for TV series Wynonna Earp (Season 2) NBC Universal (SyFy Channel), now on Netflix. March 2016 - November 2016 Graphic Artist for TV series Tin Star (Season 1) Kudos Film and Television (UK) October 2015 - January 2016 Graphic Artist for TV series Wynonna Earp (Season 1) NBC Universal (SyFy Channel) June 2015 - August 2015 Graphic Artist for feature film Burn Your Maps. Cinelou Films, Big Wheel Entertainment, Defender Films October 2014 - April 2015 Graphic Artist and Scene Painter for TV series Fargo (Season 2) Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios Inc. OTHER EMPLOYMENT January 2013 - September 2014 Alliance Pipeline Art Director NOTABLE CLIENTS Moose Mountain Cycle and Sport Ghost River Theatre Bruce McCulloch (actor, writer, comedian) The National Sleep Institute Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes Douglas Copeland (author, playwright) Nichrista Gift Shops Calgary Folk Music Festival Kronos Quartet (recording artist) Rockview Water Co-Op The Old Trout Puppet Workshop (theatre) The Banff Centre for Performing Arts Sabal Homes Calgary Opera Calgary International Children’s Festival Strathcona Mall Springboard Performance Theatre Calgary International Film Festival Trail Appliances The Brick Warehouse U of C Drama, Dance & Visual Arts depts Tunnel Mountain Chalets (Banff AB) Calgary Museum of the Regiments Francis, Williams & Johnson Advertising Xerox Calgary Parks & Recreation Theatre Calgary Y.W.C.A. Carstairs Chamber of Commerce Blue Collar Dance Hidden Ridge Chalets (Banff AB) Ethan Allen Interiors Alberta Playwright’s Network IBM Canada Fitter Fitness One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ APPLICATIONS Photoshop CC, InDesign CC, Illustrator CC, Adobe Premiere CC, Adobe Animate CC, Dreamweaver CC, Wordpress, all of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and Power Point, Acrobat Pro, Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Freehand, Pagemaker, Quark Express, Fontographer __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION Bachelor Of Arts - Alberta University Of The Arts (1984 - 1988) Calgary AB High School Diploma - W.R. Myers School (1981 - 1984) Taber AB __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ UNION, CERTIFICATES & AWARDS Member of IATSE 212 Union since 2014 Saint John Ambulance First Aid and CPR Certificate 2017 Art Director’s Guild Nominee for Best Production Design for Fargo Season 3 2016 Emmy Winning Art Department for Best Art/Graphics for Fargo Season 2 2005 Dr. Betty Mitchell Award for “Outstanding Poster Design” (designer) 2005 Dr. Betty Mitchell Award for “Outstanding Original Musical” (writer) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ REFERENCES Elisabeth Williams Production Designer, The Handmaid’s Tale (S2-4) Hulu, Production Designer, Fargo (S3). Art Director, Fargo (Season 2) 514-578-5859 Ilywilli2@gmail.com John Blackie Production Designer, Fargo (S1) Netflix, Tin Star (S1-2) Sky & Amazon, Damnation (S1) Netflix, Heartland (S1-11) CTV 403-850-3299 johnblackie@mac.com Catherine Cowan Artistic Director, JANN (S1) CTV, Fortunate Son (S1 ) CBC, Asst Art Director, Tin Star (S1 ) Sky & Amazon, 403-617-6445 bailiwick.design@gmail.com Louise Middleton Production Designer, JANN (S1-S3) CTV, Fortunate Son (S1) CBC 403-606-7925 louise.middleton.me.com Yvette Andre Artistic Director, Riverdale (S1-S3) The CW 250-866-1984 bluedragonstudio@shaw.ca Bill Ives Art Director, Fargo (S2-3), Tin Star (S1 ), Damnation (S1), Togo (Disney) 403-815-6407 billives@gmail.com Bobby Vanonen Production Designer, Black Summer (S1-S2) Netflix 403-473-7789 bobby@redevents.com Tracey Baryski Art Director, Brokeback Mountain, Black Summer (S1-S2) Netflix 587-888-6296 tbaryski@telusplanet.net Trevor Smith Production Designer, Wynonna Earp (S3-S4) Netflix, Land (Robin Wright feature), Let Him Go (Kevin Costner feature) 403-620-7576 trevorfilms@gmail.com Brendan Smith Production Designer, JANN (S2) CTV, Schitt’s Creek (S1-6) CBC 416-567-6764 brendan_smith@rogers.com Dale Marushy Production Designer JANN (S2), Artistic Director (Heartland (S10-13) 403-797-0422 dalemarushy@hotmail.com Raevn Brasch Production Designer, Tribal (S1-S2) 780-885-5667 raevn1@hotmail.com