David Torres

David Torres

Senior Animation Supervisor / 16 yrs

San Francisco, CA

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Directing Animator

Inside Out 2 (2024)

Animator

Garfield (2024)

Animator

Elemental (2023)

Animator

Lightyear (2022)

Animator

Dug Days (2021)

Animator

Luca (2021)

Animation & Story By

Pixar Popcorn (2021)

Animator

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2021)

Animator

Soul (2020)

Animator

Onward (2020)

Animator

Toy Story 4 (2019)

Animator

Incredibles 2 (2018)

Animator

Coco (2017)

Animator

Cars 3 (2017)

Additional Animation

The Boss Baby (2017)

Animator

Finding Dory: Marine Life Interviews (2016)

Animator

Finding Dory (2016)

Animator

The Good Dinosaur (2015)

Animator

Home (2015)

Head Of Character Animation

Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

Supervising Animator

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

Animator

Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)

Supervising Animator

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)

Animator

Rise of the Guardians (2012)

Animator

Puss in Boots (2011)

Supervising Animator

Megamind (2010)

Supervising Animator

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Animator

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

Supervising Animator

Surviving Sid (2008)

Lead Animator

Horton Hears a Who! (2008)

The Penguins of Madagascar (2008)

Animator

No Time for Nuts (2006)

Animator

Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)

Lead Animator

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006)

Supervising Animator

Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty (2005)

Lead Animator

Robots (2005)

Animator

Garfield (2004)

3-D Layout Artist / Animator

Gone Nutty (2002)

Animator

Ice Age (2002)

Work History

  • Animator

    Pixar

    July 2015 - Present
    San Francisco, CA

    Currently working on "The Good Dinosaur" as an animator

  • Head of Character Animation

    DreamWorks Animation

    April 2014 - July 2015
    redwood city, california

    I'm the Head of Character Animation (HOCA) on the up coming movie "Puss in Boots 2"

  • Supervising Animator

    DreamWorks Animation

    August 2008 - July 2015

    Supervising Animator on "How to Train Your Dragon", "Megamind", "Madagascar 3", "How To Train Your Dragon 2"

  • Mentor

    Animation Collaborative

    January 2012 - May 2012

  • Lead Animator

    Blue Sky Studios

    August 2000 - July 2008

    As an animator I worked on "Ice Age", "Gone Nutty", and "No Time for Nuts". Then I became a lead animator and worked on "Robots", "Ice Age 2", and "Horton Hears A Who". I was also the Supervising Animator on "Aunt Fanny's tour of Booty" and "Surviving Sid"

  • Animator

    Retro Studios

    January 2000 - July 2000

  • Animator

    Will Vinton Studios

    September 1999 - December 1999

  • Animator

    Walt Disney Imagineering

    August 1999 - September 1999

  • Animator (Internship)

    Walt Disney Imagineering

    May 1998 - August 1998
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Education

  • Ringling College of Art and Design

    1995 - 1999