Kate Forrest

Kate Forrest

Creature and character animator.

Senior Animator / 15 yrs

Bendigo, Australia

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Animator

Cocaine Bear (2023)

Animator

The Sea Beast (2022)

Animator

Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)

Animator

The Mitchell's vs. The Machines (2021)

Animator

Over the Moon (2020)

Animator

The Witches (2020)

Animator

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

Animator

The Lion King (2019)

Animator

Flying With Byrd (2011)

Animator

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

Senior Animator

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

The Marvels (2023)

Animator

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

Animator

War For The Planet Of The Apes (2017)

Jr Animator

The Jungle Book (2016)

Jnr Animator

The BFG (2016)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Sausage Party (2016)

Animator

Charming (2021)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)

Animator

The Penguins of Madagascar (2008)

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (2011)

Animator

Robot and Monster (2012)

Animator

Monsters vs Aliens (2013)
My goal is to create compelling and believable characters. Continuing to grow artistically and expand my animation skills.

I've worked globally on a variety of projects ranging from the cartoony Nickelodeon series Penguins of Madagascar to previz and animation on Disney's hyper realistic The Lion King.. This wide breadth of experience has taught me to become adaptable to project requirements, pipelines and stylistic challenges.
Work History

  • Animator

    Wētā FX

    March 2023 - December 2023
    Wellington, NZ

  • Senior Animator

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    October 2022 - March 2023
    Vancouver, Canada

  • Framestore

    June 2022 - August 2022
    Melbourne, Australia

  • Animator

    Wētā FX

    December 2021 - June 2022
    Canada

  • Character Animator

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    May 2021 - November 2021
    Vancouver, Canada

  • Senior Animator

    Industrial Light & Magic

    September 2020 - May 2021
    Vancouver, Canada

  • Animator

    Framestore

    July 2020 - August 2020
    Montréal, Canada

  • Animator

    Method Studios

    March 2020 - June 2020
    Vancouver, Canada

  • Animator

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    December 2019 - March 2020
    Vancouver

  • Animator

    Sony Pictures Animation

    September 2019 - December 2019
    Vancouver, Canada

  • Animator

    Digital Domain

    July 2019 - September 2019
    Vancouver, CA

  • Creature Animator

    MPC

    January 2018 - February 2019

  • Creature Animator

    MPC

    April 2017 - January 2018

  • Animator

    Wētā FX

    February 2017 - March 2017
    Wellington, New Zealand

  • Animator

    Wētā FX

    July 2016 - February 2017

  • Animator

    Cinesite Montreal

    February 2016 - April 2016

  • Animator

    Wētā FX

    April 2015 - February 2016

    Disney's Jungle Book

  • Character Animator

    Nitrogen Studios

    November 2014 - April 2015

    Seth Regen's Animate Feature "Sausage Party".

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1700841/

  • Senior Animator

    Bardel Entertainment

    May 2014 - November 2014

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3.

    Character animator responsible for creating roughly 2 - 3 minutes of animation on each assigned episode.
    Working with and taking direction from the episode director and Nickelodeon animation supervisors.
    Collaborate with animation team to assure consistency and continuity across shots.
    Also responsible for layout pass, setting up cameras and framing the scene to coincide with the storyboards. Forecast and trouble shoot any staging or hook up issues.

  • Sessional Lecturer

    JMC Academy

    September 2013 - April 2014

    Introduction to 3d Animation in Maya.

    Teaching students the basics of animation, covering bouncing balls, walk and run cycles jumps and carrying heavy objects.
    Learning to use the Maya interface, timeline, settings, graph editor, constraining.
    Covering workflow practices, pose to pose and layered workflows along with how and when to use various tangents through the animation process.

  • Jr Animator

    Luma Pictures

    November 2013 - January 2014

    Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier.
    - Match moving and animation enhancement.

  • Airbag Productions

    October 2013 - October 2013

    Creature animation in 3ds Max.
    - Dolphins
    - Birds
    - Butterflies

  • Animator

    Oktobor

    February 2013 - September 2013

    Monsters vs. Aliens DreamWorks/Nickelodeon

    Character animator responsible for creating roughly 2 minutes of animation on each assigned episode.
    Working with and taking direction from the episode director and Nickelodeon animation supervisors.
    Collaborate with animation team to assure consistency and continuity across shots.
    Also responsible for layout pass, setting up cameras and framing the scene to coincide with the storyboards. Forecast and trouble shoot any staging or hook up issues.

    Kung Fu Panda

    Character animator responsible for creating roughly 2 minutes of animation on each assigned episode.
    Working with and taking direction from the episode director and Nickelodeon animation supervisors.
    Collaborate with animation team to assure consistency and continuity across shots.

  • Animator

    Oktobor Animation

    August 2010 - March 2012

    The Penguins of Madagascar - DreamWorks/Nickelodeon

    Robot and Monster - Nickelodeon

    Character animator responsible for creating roughly 2 minutes of animation on each assigned episode.
    Working with and taking direction from the episode director and Nickelodeon animation supervisors.
    Collaborate with animation team to assure consistency and continuity across shots.

    Helped establish in service training seminars and peer buddy initiative.

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Education

  • Animals and Creatures MasterClassAnimals and Creatures MasterClass

    Animation Mentor

    2012 - 2012

  • Character AnimationCharacter Animation

    Animation Mentor

    2005 - 2007

  • Fine Arts in MultimediaFine Arts, Multimedia

    La Trobe University

    2001 - 2003