Jarl Midelfort

Jarl Midelfort

Principal Animator at Sony Firesprite

Lead Animator / Lead Rigging Artist / 8 yrs

London, United Kingdom

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Senior Animator

Prehistoric Planet (2022)

Animator

The one and only Ivan (2020)

Animator

Four Kids and It (2020)

Animator

Aladdin (2019)

Animator

Tolkien (2019)

Rigger

Christopher Robin (2018)

Animator

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

Lead Rigger

Paddington 2 (2018)

Lead Rigger

Geostorm (2017)

Animator

The OA (2016)

Rigging

Winter's Tale (2014)

Modeling And Rigging

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

Rigger

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)

Lead Rigger

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Lead Rigger

The Martian (2015)

Lead Rigger

Guitar Hero Live

Rigger

Paddington (2015)

Lead Rigger

Dracula Untold (2014)

Rigger

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Rigger

Gravity (2016)

Rigger

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Rigger

Johnny English Reborn (2011)
Jarl Midelfort Lead Rigger Reel
Jarl Midelfort 2020 Animation Reel
Gameplay Animator with a decade of past experience in Feature Film Animation & Rigging
Gameplay Animation Keyframe & Mocap / Character and Creature Keyframe Animation / Rigging / Technical Animation / Technical Design / Virtual Production / Previz
Work History

  • Principal Animator

    Firesprite

    June 2021 - January 2026

  • Animator / Senior Animator

    MPC

    April 2019 - June 2021
    London, United Kingdom

  • Animator

    Milk VFX

    February 2019 - March 2019
    London, United Kingdom

  • Animator

    One Of Us

    December 2017 - February 2019
    London, United Kingdom

  • Rigger / Lead Rigger

    Framestore

    June 2010 - December 2017
    London, United Kingdom

  • Lead Rigger

    Framestore

    November 2013 - November 2017
    London, United Kingdom

    Christopher Robin
    Paddington 2
    Fantastic Beasts
    Geostorm
    The Martian
    Guitar Hero Live
    Dracula Untold

  • Pipeline Developer

    Kickstand

    June 2010 - June 2010
    Greater New York City Area

    - Mel to python conversion for OpenPipeline

  • Intern

    Kickstand

    November 2009 - June 2010
    Greater New York City Area

    - Rigging research for scripted rig build pipelines

  • Student Volunteer

    SIGGRAPH 2009

    August 2009 - August 2009
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Education

  • AnimSchool

    2018 - 2019

  • BFA in Digital Arts

    Pratt Institute

    2006 - 2010

  • School of Liberal Arts

    Temple University

    2004 - 2005