Jessica Monteiro

Jessica Monteiro

Production Support Engineer at Pixar Animation Studios

Mid-level Pipeline TD / 16 yrs

San Francisco, CA

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Sequence Lead

Elio (2025)

Effects Artist

Inside Out 2 (2024)

Sequence Lead

Lightyear (2022)

Sequence Lead

Luca (2021)

Rendering Lead

Pixar Popcorn (2021)

Rendering Technical Director

Soul (2020)

Rendering Technical Director

Onward (2020)

Rendering Technical Director

Toy Story 4 (2019)

Rendering Technical Director

Incredibles 2 (2018)

Rendering & Global Technology Artist

Lou (2017)

Rendering Technical Director

Cars 3 (2017)

Animation / Production Support Engineer

Finding Dory (2016)

Animation / Production Support Engineer

The Good Dinosaur (2015)

Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

Imageworks

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

Character Pipeline TD / Technical Animat

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

Technical Director / Technical Animator

Resistance 3 (2011)

inFamous 2 (2011)

SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs (2011)

Killzone 3 (2011)
As a Technical Director, I worked directly with the artists and developers to ensure seamless implementation of their day to day tools as well as debugging, developing and testing new tools to ease their workflow.

Provide friendly support to all major production departments, such as layout, rigging, animation, cloth/ hair, FX, lighting, compositing, Motion capture, etc.

Software and languages:
Maya, Motion Builder, 3d StudioMax, Houdini, Nuke, Katana, Aftereffects, Arnold, Mental Ray, Vray Photoshop, Python, Mel

Movie and Game Credits:

Hotel Translyvania 2
The Amazing Spiderman
Oz, The Great and Powerful
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2: Revenge of the Leftovers

Socom 4
Resistance 3
Infamous 2
Work History

  • Technical Director

    Pixar

    July 2016 - Present

  • Production Support Engineer

    Pixar

    January 2015 - July 2016

  • Rig/ Tech Support (Part time) for Animation Mentor

    AnimationRigs.com

    June 2013 - September 2015
    Freelance

  • Character Pipeline TD / Technical Animator

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    September 2014 - January 2015

  • Software Engineer

    Method Studios

    March 2014 - September 2014

  • Character Pipeline TD / Technical Animator

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    March 2012 - August 2013

    The Amazing Spider-man
    Oz, The Great and Powerful
    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2: Revenge of the Leftovers

    - Provided support to all major departments of the production, such as
    layout, rigging, animation, cloth/ hair, FX, and lighting
    - Troubleshooting Maya, Nuke, Katana, in-house programs, tools, scripts, and
    failed jobs on the render cue
    - Helped setup native stereo pipeline, assisted artists on stereo workflows
    - Created layout and tile setups, allowing for complicated multi-plate shots to be
    animated while preserving all matchmove

  • Technical Director / Technical Animator

    Sony Computer Entertainment America

    September 2010 - April 2011

    Projects: Socom 4, Resistance 3, Infamous

    - Provided technical support for artists
    - Troubleshooting Maya and Motion Builder
    - Acting Production & Maya TD
    - Managed workflows for pre-rendered and in-engine cinematics

  • JR Technical Director

    Nathan Love

    July 2008 - June 2010

    - Acting Production & Maya TD
    - Assisted in creating and managing workflows
    - Managed Render Queue
    - Troubleshooting in Maya
    - Dynamic and Particle Simulations in Maya, nParticle, nCloth, etc.
    - IT work including creating and managing User Accounts,
    archiving andrestoring production work, installing and configuring
    workstations

  • Lab Assistant

    School of Visual Arts

    May 2007 - August 2009

    - Assisted teachers, faculty, and fellow students with various issues
    within the computer labs
    - Helped Administrators maintain lab computers and equipment
    - Operated Green screen Room
    - Teacher Assisted Freshmen Classes

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Education

  • BFA in Computer Art

    School of Visual Arts

    2006 - 2010

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in 3D Animation, Visual Effects, Motion

    School of Visual Arts

    2006 - 2010