Javier Solsona

Javier Solsona

Supervisor Supervisor Character TD / 23 yrs

Vancouver, BC, Canada

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Supervising Character Technical Director

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Character Technical Director

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)

Supervisor Character TD

Over the Moon (2020)

Supervising Character Technical Director

The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)

Creature Technical Director

The Cave (2019)

Character Technical Director

Hotel Transylvania 3 (2018)

Character Technical Director

The Emoji Movie (2017)

Character Technical Director

Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)

Character Technical Director

The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

Lead Character Technical Director

Rise of the Guardians (2012)

Lead Character Technical Director

Puss in Boots (2011)

Shrek Forever After (2010)

Turbo (2009)

Turok (2008)

Character Setup TD

Open Season 2 (2008)

SSX on Tour (2005)

Animator

Def Jam Fight for NY (2004)

Animator

Def Jam Vendetta (2003)

Lead Character Technical Director

Truckers

Work History
  • Supervisor Character TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    October 2017 - December 2021
  • Senior Technical Director

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    February 2014 - October 2017
  • Lead Character Technical Director

    DreamWorks Animation

    February 2008 - February 2014
    San Francisco Bay Area

    Feature animation.

    Puss In Boots 2 - Lead Character TD
    Trolls - Lead Character TD
    Turbo - Lead Character TD
    Rise of the Guardians - Body Character TD
    Puss In Boots - Facial Character TD
    Shrek Forever After - Body Character TD

  • Sr Technical Director

    Propaganda Games

    February 2005 - February 2008

    Lead creature TD.
    In charged of all the creatures rigs for the animators as well as different tools for both animators and modelers.
    Pipeline tools.

  • Character Animator

    Electronic Arts

    July 2002 - February 2005

    Character animator for:
    DefJam Vendetta
    DefJam Fight for NY
    SSX4

  • Character Animator

    Lost Boys Studios

    February 2002 - June 2002

    Character animator for commercials and game cinematics

  • Creative Director

    WWBroadcast Network

    May 2000 - June 2001

    Responsible for the look and feel of the front end website.
    Managed a team of 4 people.

  • Graphic Designer

    Cisco Systems

    June 1998 - December 1999


    In charged of the intranet for different internal groups.

Education
  • Vancouver Film School

    2001 - 2001
  • University of Cape Town

    1994 - 1996