Chris Karlberg Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

- Responsible for developing and maintaining tools for feature film visual effects pipeline- Worked on international team development between London, San Francisco, Singapore, and Vancouver- Interfaced with modeling, texturing, creature development, animation, lighting, facial performance, pipeline, crowds, and research & development departments.

• Support artists and production pipelines.
• Identify areas of optimization and develop tools and process to provide production efficiency.
• Modify and upgrade existing tools and utilities to support production changes.
• Support and extend systems for data exchange between in-house and oversea vendors.
• Maintain and enhance internal asset management systems.
• Develop and instruct scripting/programming classes for studio artists and staff.

• Build character rigs, deformation systems, and animation controls that conform to studio standards.
• Work with Modeling and Animation Departments to ensure final rigs satisfy animation requirements.
• Develop and maintain tools and utilities to streamline the rigging process.

Worked with the Custom Production Shop and Product Management Team. Responsibilities Included:- Custom CD Product Collection build out ( 60+ collections from June - August 2000 ) - Web page development- Assisting with Royalty and Copyright Administration

Bachelor'S Degree, Mathematics And Computer Science

Certificate Program, Animation And Visual Effects

Focus: Character Setup and Scripting