Craig Christian

Animator at Industrial Light & Magic

Senior Animator / Mid-level Generalist / 16 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Senior Animator

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Animator

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth (2018)

Animator

Overwatch: Shooting Star (2018)

Animator

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

Animator

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

Character Animator

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)

"Annie Origins" League of Legends

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth

Character Animator and CG Generalist

Specialties:
Animation & Previs

Additional Responsibilities:
Lighting
Modeling
Basic Rigging
Rendering
CG Compositing - Nuke & After Effects

Proficient with:
Maya / Nuke / VRay / Arnold / Mental Ray / After Effects / Photoshop / Illustrator

Experienced with:
Softimage / Modo / Mari / Linux

Work History

Animation Lead

Digital Domain

October 2019 - April 2020

Los Angeles, California, United States
Animator

Industrial Light & Magic

June 2019 - October 2019
Animator

Digital Domain

May 2019 - June 2019

Playa Vista, CA
X2 Games

January 2019 - May 2019

Burbank
Animator - Cinematics

Blizzard Entertainment

April 2018 - December 2018

Irvine, CA
Animator

Industrial Light & Magic

September 2017 - March 2018

San Francisco, CA
Character Animator

Riot Games

August 2017 - October 2017
Animator

Industrial Light & Magic

January 2016 - May 2017

San Francisco
Freelance Animator

Disney Junior

July 2015 - April 2016
Animator

Framestore

June 2015 - July 2015

Los Angeles, CA
Animator / Compositor / 3D Generalist

Jose Ortiz Design

September 2012 - June 2015
Lead Animator / 3D Generalist

Blind

May 2015 - June 2015

Santa Monica, CA
Rigger

Disney Consumer Products

December 2014 - March 2015
Character Animator

Whiskytree

October 2014 - November 2014

San Rafael, CA
Animator / 3D Generalist

Framestore

January 2013 - September 2014

Los Angeles

Duties include:
Character Animation, Camera Animation, Animation Finaling
Previsualization, Modeling, Lighting, Slap - Compositing, Pipeline Development

Pepsi 'Beyonce Mirrors'
Previz, Rotomation

Unreleased Project
Character Animation, Lighting, Rendering

Unreleased Project
Modeling, Facial Rigging, Animation, Lighting, Rendering, Pre-Compositing

Previz Animation for Unreleased Project
Rigger

Disney Consumer Products

July 2014 - August 2014
Previs Animator

Proof Inc

January 2014 - February 2014

Universal City, CA

Previs on Fast and Furious 7
Animator / Lighter

Mirada Studios

January 2013 - January 2013
3D Animator / Generalist

Imaginary Forces

August 2012 - October 2012

Layout and Animation
Lighting and Rendering
Nuke Compositing
3D Character Animator / Previz Artist

Wolf & Crow

February 2012 - June 2012
3D Animator / 3D Artist

Prologue Films

February 2012 - February 2012
3D Artist / Animator

Psyop

June 2010 - February 2012
3D Artist / Animator

Prologue Films

August 2011 - November 2011

3D Artist for Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Previs for Battleship
3D Artist (Development) for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
3D Artist for ESPN MLB
Rigger / Animator

Blind

July 2011 - August 2011
3D Artist

Imaginary Forces

July 2011 - July 2011
3D Artist

Royale

March 2011 - May 2011
CG Intern

Nickelodeon Animation Studio

January 2009 - May 2009