Daniel Kole Email & Phone Number

Burbank, Ca

Strange World: Technical Animation SupervisorRaya And the Last Dragon: Technical AnimatorFrozen II: Technical Animator

Greater Los Angeles Area

Vancouver, British Columbia

Rigging, simulation setup, and shot work, as well as mentoring new hires and assisting fellow TDs with their work.Aquaman (2018) (Lead Creature TD)Bumblebee (2018) (Lead Creature TD)Ready Player One (2017)(Lead Creature TD)Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) (Lead Creature TD)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (2016)The Revenant (2015)

Greater Los Angeles Area

Los Angeles

As a Supervisor for R&H's Technical Animation team, I was responsible for organizing and distributing shots, evaluating TD work, guiding TDs and resolving technical issues they raise, managing our local and international TDs, developing workflows, and communicating with other departments to solve problems and respond quickly and effectively to questions and requests.As a TD and as a Supervisor I've been responsible for simulation of cloth and fur, as well as character setup for Tech Anim, muscle contraction, muscle and fat jiggle, post-animation geometry cleanup, shot-specific rig modification, character collision and interaction. In addition I've worked on and overseen research and development; creating, augmenting, and adapting the assets and tools used by the team to complete our work.As a Character Rigging TD I built and maintained the rigs for animator use, as well as the separate rigs and muscle setups used by our technical animators.Technical Animation Supervisor:Percy Jackson: Sea of MonstersLife of Pi (International Team)Alvin and the Chipmunks 3Hop (International Team)Technical Animation TD:Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the SmithsonianAliens in the AtticAlvin and the Chipmunks 2: The SqueakquelYogi BearCharacter Rigging:Tammy -- Rigging Supervisor"Action Movie FX" Phone App - Rigging TDInternal Projects (under NDA) - Rigging TD

Directed a team of animation students and alumni in the creation of a short promotional video for the University of Central Florida's College of Arts and Humanities, over the course of approximately six weeks. The team was tasked with all aspects of production, including storyboarding, timing the story to music, overseeing the filming of live action elements, creating and animating digital elements and effects (including environments), and compositing all those assets. At each phase we were required to present our work before the faculty for their approval, and responded quickly and effectively to their requests. I served as student director, storyboard artist, effects animator, shader writer, and compositor, as well as serving as a liaison between the student team and the faculty oversight.