Cassidy Curtis

Cassidy Curtis

Technical Art Lead

San Carlos, CA

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Work History
  • Senior Staff Visual Designer

    Google

    April 2020 - Present
  • Member

    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

    November 2017 - Present
  • Senior Staff Visual Designer

    Google ATAP

    March 2015 - March 2020
  • Technical Art Lead

    Google

    March 2015 - March 2017
  • Design Consultant

    Stamen Design

    March 2015 - March 2015
    San Francisco

    Project: Atlas of Emotions (https://atlasofemotions.com)

  • Supervising Animator

    DreamWorks Animation

    1998 - January 2015

    Projects:
    The Penguins of Madagascar (supervising animator)
    Home (animator)
    How to Train Your Dragon 2 (animator)
    Mr. Peabody and Sherman (animator)
    Turbo (animator)
    Madagascar 3 (supervising animator: Alex)
    How to Train Your Dragon (supervising animator: Toothless)
    Madagascar 2 (supervising animator)
    Madagascar Penguins' Christmas Caper (animator)
    Madagascar (animator)
    Over the Hedge (animator)
    Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (animator)
    Shrek the Halls (animator)
    Shrek the Third (animator)
    Shrek 2 (animator)
    Shrek (character TD)

  • Mentor

    Animation Mentor

    January 2006 - 2009

    I served as a mentor and video lecturer for students learning the principles of animation and developing their own short films.

  • Researcher / Instructor

    University of Washington

    1996 - 1998

    Research projects:
    Computer-Generated Watercolor
    Loose and Sketchy Animation
    Teaching: cse458, an interdisciplinary undergraduate animation class.

  • Animator

    Pacific Data Images

    1994 - 1996

    In those days at PDI, "animator" meant generalist. I did effects animation, rigged and animated characters, wrote compositing scripts, and set up production pipelines for various commercials and effects jobs.

  • Pacific Data Images

    1994 - 1996

    In those days at PDI, "animator" meant generalist. I did effects animation, rigged and animated
    characters, wrote compositing scripts, and set up production pipelines for various commercials

    and effects jobs.

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  • Software Developer

    Xaos

    1992 - 1994

    Particle systems, image processing, and other unorthodox visual effects techniques.

  • Xaos

    1992 - 1994


    Particle systems, image processing, and other unorthodox visual effects techniques.

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Education
  • Brown University

    1988 - 1992