Resume

2023

SHELDON BORENSTEIN

Phone: 818 489-3388

Email: sheldon419@sbcglobal.net

Cumulative Experience and Education

A classically trained artist and animator, Mr. Borenstein began being mentored by the top master artists at age 13.  By age 19, Mr. Borenstein had received an Associate of Arts degree in Commercial Art and was asked to participate in and teach in the Hanna Barbara Training Program.  Within six months he was hired by Filmation Studios.  At this young age, he also started teaching at the Brandeis Art Institute.  For over 43 years, Mr. Borenstein has been teaching animation and renaissance figure drawing.  Having studied with the top industry professionals, Mr. Borenstein is considered a master draftsman and an industry professional.

Training and Lectures on Demonstrative Evidence in Death Cases

Significant experience working with homicide and arson investigators, attorneys and medical examiners on there scene reconstructions visually and developing anatomical illustrations.

• Participant at the Col. Henry F. Williams Homicide Seminar, New York, September 2010, Invited
• Participant at the Col. Henry F. Williams Homicide Seminar, New York, September 2011
• Annual Western States Training Conference on Death and Forensics (Nevada, December 2010)
• Annual Western States Training Conference on Death and Forensics (Nevada, December 2011), Annual
• Western States Training Conference on Death and Forensics (Nevada, December 2012), Annual
• Western States Training Conference on Death and Forensics (Nevada, December 2013), Annual
• Western States Training Conference on Death and Forensics (Nevada, December 2014), Invited
• Western States Training Conference on Death and Forensics (Nevada, December 2015), Invited
• County of Los Angeles Coroner lectured on Demonstrative Evidence inv Death Cases 2016 also attended lectures
• Western States Training Conference on Death and Forensics “Arson Investigation” (Nevada, December 2016), Invited
• Western States Training Conference on Death and Forensics “Use of force 4-day seminar” (Nevada, December 2017), Invited
• Western States Training Conference on Death and Forensics (Nevada, December 2018), Invited to teach a 2 day seminar on Demonstrative Preparation from the Crime Scene to the Court

Room

• CLE/CLEST Training: Understanding Officer Involved Shootings Investigations Co teach with Tom Martin
• FBI Los Angeles: lecturer to agents my forensic and crime scene process Los Angeles December 2022
• FBI Los Angeles: Citizens Academy program graduate class of 2023

 11 / 2023 FBI Los Angeles: National Citizens Academy alumni member

12/2/2022 – current FBI Los Angeles

1 hour presentation at the Los Angeles federal building on how I set up and visually rebuild the evidence provided for crime scenes Helped the homicide violent crimes team with a 34-year-old cold case visually construct the crime scene per the provided evidence and identify murder weapon ILLUSTRATED 52 EXIBITS

2016 – County of Los Angeles Coroner lectured on Demonstrative Evidence in Death Cases

2010 – Current Englert Forensics Consultants

Anatomical Illustrations

I work with the Team In cases involving stabbings or shootings, it is often necessary to determine the path of the knife or bullet(s) through the body as well as to portray the position of the victim when assaulted. I can create accurate illustrations for courtroom presentations depicting each internal body part being compromised as well as entrance and exit wounds.

2010 – Current Crime Scene Forensics Tom Martin

Work with Tom Martin to provide Demonstrative Evidence for the courtroom.

I visually illustrate/animate the case files including deposition’s, autopsies and crime scene locations.

My goal is to provide the jury with drawings and illustrations that can be understood by any level of education

2012 – Current FiregraphicsLLC

I work with Steve Chasteen to provide clients with full-service visuals including Drawings,

Illustrations, and Animations for Fire, Explosion and Homicide Cases

2012- Current County of Los Angeles Tim Kral

I am responsible for providing and managing Demonstrative Drawings and Illustrations for complex COLA cases while also communicating with multiple Law Firms.

Portfolios and Case samples are available upon request

San Jose State University, San Jose, California

1997-2020               9/2020 – retired Emeritus

Part-time Professor for the Animation/Illustration Department for Figure Drawing, Anatomy and Animation

9/2009 – 2014

Chapman University, Orange County, California 

Part-time Professor Teaching classic master figure drawing and anatomy, foundation drawing, color theory and character design

11/2004 – present

Sheldon’s Art Academy, Oak Park, California

Owner/teacher of the art academy teaching drawing, painting, and design core fundamentals

8/2008 – present

Sheldon Borenstein Instructional Videos and Fundamental Drawing Books

Sold Internationally Purchased by private schools and individuals

10/1990 -10/1997 

Warner Bros. Feature Animation, Glendale, California and London (England)

• Associate Supervisor of Clean-Up Animation, , Lead Key Character Clean-Up Artist Warner Bros. Feature Animation
• Supervised the Department of Clean-Up Animators working on two major Warner Bros. full length animated films: Space Jam and Quest for Camelot
• Sent to Europe by Warner Bros. Studio during production to assure technique continuity and teach the animation concepts being developed for current films to the Warner Bros. animation team of artists

3/1990 – 8/1992

Hyperion Animation, Glendale, California

Assistant Animator Dual responsibility as Assistant to the Director and Head Animator

• Feature Film: Key Assistant Animator Rover Dangerfield
• Feature Film: Key Assistant Animator: Be Kids and Fern Gully

3/1994

Rich Animation studio Glendale CA

Responsibility as Lead Assistant Animation on the feature film Swan Princes

12/1982-12/1987

Filmation Studio, Canoga Park, California

• Assistant Animator Storyboard Artist
• Video Technician Rotoscope Artist

Account Executive Commercial Printing

Managing- high end accounts from cold call to complete production pipeline

Freelance

Video games

Lord of the rings

Might and magic

Commercials

Domestic and abroad

Illustrations

Domestic and abroad

Pitch Bible for Feature Film

Consultant