Taran Matharu Email & Phone Number

Canada

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Principle Cinematic Animator at Respawn working on the new Iron Man video game coming out of Motive.

Instructing and critiquing student work at animschoolFabio Gubetti Recommendation"I had the pleasure to have Taran as mentor during my class at AnimSchool.I learned so much from his huge experience, always the perfect tip at the right moment. He really helped me to push my skills and to focus on the aspects of animation that make the difference.Beside the work’s side, he’s a very comprehensive guy, great person to work with!"

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

- Animation Supervisor | Mission Impossible 7- RnD Unreal Engine 5+ Development for animation

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Mentor for 2023 Animation Fellowship Program, focusing on keyframe animation and performance with unreal engine 5.- responsible for guiding a team of 14 Industry Fellows / Producing a collaborative 'Exquisite Corpse' animated short film as part of the Fellowship.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Animation Supervisor : Transformers Rise of the BeastsResponsible for :Help setup rigging blueprint and mocap pipeline with anim directorCreate character bibles for personality traits and designs of the main characters for Transformers. creative feedback for the animators, animating, acting/shooting and directing mocap. Shoot reference to aid animators for realistic approach and style of animation. Casting and bidding shots based on skill set of team and schedule. Liaise frequently with anim director for debriefs with client feedbacks. Encourage open dialogue with the team for any creative ideas and the health of the workforce. Keep the motivation up throughout the duration of project. Help create poster designs and sculptures for marketing. Work closely with production team and coords to maximize communications cross depts. discuss frequently with cg sups to discuss any technical pipeline issues throughout the publishing process. Some shot work also!And overall keep a happy vibe and positive energy :)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Animation Lead : La Calisita Short movie

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Animation lead : in-house Rnd

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Animation Lead : Scoob!Animation Lead : RumbleAnimation Supervisor : Internal Short.Derek Henriques Recommendation:"First I must say I feel lucky to be in Taran's team. When I started on Scoob, I had no idea what to expect from him as a lead. But after just a few months I had a strong sense of team and was enjoying the many great aspects he brought to us as a lead. From the brainstorms about sequences to the team gatherings asking everyone how he/she was feeling, my respect and for him as a lead only grew.He's also been flexible with ideas. many times giving me very precise feedback but every time I tried to keep an idea he would listen carefully and try to adjust his feedback. If I would be wrong he would explain thoroughly why and make sure I would understand and be ok with it! After a while, it only has gotten easier to work with him due to those many nice touches he brings to the table!Artistically I would say I am impressed by his very strong eye for body mechanics and naturalistic movement. Many times I was trying something that was almost there and Taran would push it with some body mech advices. All his other skills are obviously very good as well, but that's the one I learned to pay a lot more atention to after working with him."

Montreal, Canada Area

Senior Animator : Christopher Robin

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Senior Animator : Sgt Stubby

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Animation Lead : Playmobil movie

Montreal, Canada Area

Animation Lead : Captain Underpants

Montreal, Canada Area

Animation Lead : Charming

Montreal, Canada Area

Senior Animator : Terminator Genesis

Senior Animator on :MuneLe Petit Prince

Teach fundamentals of character animation tailored towards video games.Feedback from Lena Wagner (student whom i tought)"Taran was nothing but fantastic and I couldn’t ask for a better teacher. He was incredibly helpful, giving detailed information everytime and was always willing to help. He constantly checked in on us to be sure we were doing all right and covered everything that we need to know about animation and more. Taking this class has definitely confirmed with me that I want to do this for a living and Taran’s friendliness and enthusiasm is definitely to thank for that. I definitely felt he was one of the best professors I’ve ever had and really appreciate the fact that he was so into helping us improve. I will for sure be taking up on his offer to continue to offer advice when asked outside of class! I also recommend having him reteach the class next year—couldn’t ask for a better guy (And also—thanks for making an exception to even have this class! Really appreciate it!)"

Animator : pre and post vis Smurfs 2

Montreal, Canada Area

Animator : independent movie

Montreal, Canada Area

Animator : The Chronicles Of Riddick: Dead Man Stalking

Senior Games Animator : Warp, in-house projects

Animator : Indiana Jones on Nintendo WiiAnimator : WETAnimator : Monkey questAnimator : rnd projects

Animator : Worms 3D Animator : Worms FortsAnimator : Lemmings Animator : Rnd projects

2I, Computer Animation & Visualisation

Art Foundation, Illustration