Valerie Morrison

Valerie Morrison

Lead Animator / 19 yrs

Vancouver, Canada

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Lead/Senior Animator

DC Super Pets (2022)

Animation Lead

The Lego Movie Sequel (2019)

Lead Animator

Hotel Transylvania 3 (2018)

Lead Animator

The Emoji Movie (2017)

Lead Animator

Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)

Lead Animator

Storks (2016)

Lead Animator

Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

Senior Animator

Endangered Species (2014)

Senior Animator

Slugterra: Return of the Elementals (2014)

Animator and Crowd Animation Lead

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

Animator

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Animator

Arthur Christmas (2011)

Temp Animator

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

Work History

  • Animator

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    March 2022 - Present
    Vancouver, Canada

  • Senior Animator

    Animal Logic

    January 2022 - March 2022
    Vancouver, BC

  • Little Zoo Studio

    October 2021 - November 2021

  • Animation Lead

    Animal Logic

    November 2017 - October 2021
    Vancouver, Canada

  • Lead Animator

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    December 2014 - November 2017
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Supervising sequences and animators, and animating shots on the film, "Hotel Transylvania 2."

  • Senior Character Animator / Crowd Animation Lead

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    August 2014 - November 2014
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Working on the film, "Hotel Transylvania 2."

  • Senior Animatior

    Nerd Corps Entertainment

    August 2013 - August 2014
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Animated character shots for the kids' television show "Endangered Species."

  • Animator and Crowd Animation Lead

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    November 2012 - July 2013
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Animated character shots on "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2."
    Organized assets, assigned cycles, gave feedback to artists, and helped populate environments for sequences with crowd animation.

  • Rigger / Animator

    WayForward Technologies

    October 2012 - November 2012
    Valencia, CA

    Created character rigs and keyframe animation for a canceled unreleased game.
    Created keyframe animation for a Smurfs 2 Wii game.

  • Animator

    Logan

    October 2012 - October 2012
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Character animation for a Nike online advertisement.

  • Animator

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    February 2012 - June 2012
    Culver City, CA


    Animated character shots, character cycles and assisted the crowd pipeline for the film "Hotel Transylvania."

  • Animator

    WayForward Technologies

    September 2011 - January 2012
    Valencia, California


    Created keyframe animation and motion capture cleanup for Silent Hill: Book of Memories cinematics and in-game animation. Created keyframe animation for Double Dragon title.

  • Animator

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    January 2011 - July 2011
    Culver City, CA


    Animated character shots and cycles for the film "Arthur Christmas." Animated shots for the second "Arthur Christmas" teaser trailer.

  • Flash Animator

    Chewy Software

    January 2008 - January 2011
    Chicago, IL

    Created primary 2D & 3D character animation cycles and cutscenes for many Leap Frog games for Disney, Warner Bros., and Nickelodeon.

  • Temp Animator

    Blue Sky Studios

    January 2009 - March 2009
    Greenwich, CT

    Animated character shots for the film "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs."

  • Animator / Art Director

    How Machines Work

    August 2005 - January 2008
    Greater Chicago Area

    Conceptualized online games and websites from character design and storyboarding through modeling, rigging, and 2D/3D character animation.

  • Certified Projectionist

    AMC Theatres

    September 2002 - January 2008

  • Mo-Cap Cleanup Animator

    Red Eye Studio

    October 2005 - December 2005
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Education

  • Animation Mentor

    2006 - 2007

  • the Illinois Institute of Art - Schuamburg

    2002 - 2005