JIMMY ZIELINSKI

CREATIVE DIRECTOR // DESIGN DIRECTOR // Animator


CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS: ASCENSION	CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS: CALL OF THE DEAD	CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS: REZURRECTION MAP PACK	CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS II: TRANZIT

What Have I Done!!!...

...As a Creative and Desing Director I worked with super talented people to create the highest rated and best selling DLC Zombie map to date, MOON

...As a Game Developer I played a key role in bringing to life and launching a histrocial game mode for
CALL of DUTY franchise "NAZI ZOMBIES!!!"

...As a Lead Aanimator I developed animators into leaders and sorted out pipelines.

...Aa an Animator I created memorable characters, scenes and enemy AI (including Zombies), and weapons to be used by millions!

HIGHLIGHTS:

Most recent project (Unannounced)
Creative and Design Director of Zombies for Call of Duty Black Ops and BO2.
A key memeber of a small team which created the present day cult classic NAZI ZOMBIES
Lead Animator for CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR and BLACK OPS

The Story: The following is not complete, a WIP. I am working on writing the story below, it will be coming in waves, but trust me it will be worth the wait!

Below is a chronoligically ordered list of the maps I created while working as the Creative Director and Design Director of the Call of Duty Zombies. This does not include my work as Design Consultant and Lead Animator on the World At War Zombies.

-KINO DER TOTEN

This map actually began development during World at War, and was brought back to life during Call of duty Black Ops as a perfect map to ship on the disc to rekindle the story for followers of WAW Zombies.

-FIVE

We needed more Zombie content for the shipping disc, so I was asked by the V.P. of Treyarch to create a themed map that would fit the stroy timeline of Black Ops. "5" was born!

-ASCENSION:

This was a map that was planned as the main offering on disc, however the teams ambition and the maps scope required a longer development time, so it was shelved for a later release date.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8IT1p3xXOU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMEeqWBWjv8#t=41

-CALL OF THE DEAD

Oh man was I into this one! The chance to create a Zombies experience, not only for the father of modern zombieism "George Romero"!!! But he would be a character in it! Not to mention the rest of the cast!

Again this was a map (the geo) that began it's life back during World at War. But it started out as the Cliffs of Dover and even went through a tropical spell before we landed on the iced over stormy environement, fitting the king of zombies himself!

I got some real concerns from "up top" for deciding to make George a monster, which players would have to fight/avoid/certainly run from, now and again. It wasn't until the V.P. himself came to a user testing session and witnessed the players reactions to baddy George, that he became more than confident that this was the right call...of the dead! Hah! See what I did there?

-SHANG RI LA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z34RTO2BKM4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxX1v3bjXak#t=129

-MOON/REZURRECTION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXk2D0fAJPQ

-ZOMBIE LABS LIVE ACTION COMMERCIAL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k8V7fF7v7s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXH381x4j24

Zombie Labs HD trailer Creative point for live action commercial

-TRANZIT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH_9GzaUW40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoZ2o_2QMOE