Kolja Erman

Kolja Erman

Senior Technical Director / 26 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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FX Technical Director

Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

FX Technical Director

The Croods (2013)

FX Technical Director

Puss in Boots (2011)

FX Technical Director

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Technical Director

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

Technical Director

The Iron Giant (1999)

FX Technical Director

Me and My Shadow

Technical Director

Monsters vs Aliens (2009)

FX Technical Director

Flushed Away (2006)

Technical Director

Shark Tale (2004)

Technical Director

Over The Hedge (2006)

Shot Prep Technical Director

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

Technical Director

Scooby-Doo (2002)

Lead Technical Director

Eight Crazy Nights (2002)

Technical Director

Osmosis Jones (2001)

Scene Planner (Supervisor UK Team)

The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot (1998)

Scene Planner

Space Jam (1996)

Scanner/Scene Planner

The Fearless Four (1997)

When I started out in the industry there was little to nothing available in terms of education and degrees specific to the world of CGI. What skills and chops I have today, from working on shots using a range of packages to writing pipeline and application code, I learned and developed on the job, simply because I needed to at the time. Because of the rapid rise of CGI and the shift to 3D animation in the industry each new job I took during the 90s and early 00s was like jumping head first into the deep end of the pool. A fun journey overall!
Work History

  • Technical Director

    DreamWorks Animation

    May 2002 - Present

  • fx technical director

    DreamWorks Animation

    June 2014 - December 2015

  • Technical Director

    Warner Bros. Animation

    January 1998 - April 2002

  • Final Layout

    Warner Bros. Animation

    June 1996 - December 1997

  • Layout/Compositing

    Munich Animation

    November 1994 - May 1996

  • Editorial Trainee/Gofer

    Roman Kuhn & Partner

    May 1994 - October 1994

  • Program Assistant

    Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film

    April 1993 - April 1994
    Stuttgart, Germany
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Education

  • Remstal Gymnasium Weinstadt

    1981 - 1990