Ozgur Aydogdu

Ozgur Aydogdu

Senior Character TD / 16 yrs

New York, United States

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Character TD

Nimona (2023)

Character Technical Director

Cars on the Road (2022)

Character Technical Director

Nimona (2022)

Character Technical Director

Spies in Disguise (2019)

Rigging Of The Man

Avarya (2019)

Character Development Supervisor

Bad Cat (2019)

Additional Character Technical Director

Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)

Visual Effects Artist

The Breath (2009)

Visual Effects Artist

The Ottoman Republic (2008)

Work History
  • Senior Character TD

    Pixar

    April 2021 - Present
  • Character TD

    Blue Sky Studios

    November 2014 - April 2021
  • Freelance Character TD

    Animation Mentor

    November 2012 - October 2014

    Rigging Crew characters (Aia and Jules) and Tribe characters (Stewart, Stan, Stella, Squirrels, Monster Ball, Birdball, Sloan, Rock, Pinky and Twig) for Animation Mentor, The Online School of Animation and VFX

  • Character Development Supervisor & Lead Character TD

    anima istanbul

    June 2013 - September 2014

    Rigging characters and developing automated facial rigging tools for the studio’s upcoming animated feature film, Bad Cat (Kotu Kedi Serafettin)

  • Freelance Character TD

    Flying Bark Productions

    August 2012 - November 2012

    Rigging hero characters for animated feature film “Blinky Bill the Movie”

  • 1000 Volt

    June 2007 - July 2012

    Designing, modeling, rigging, animating characters and props for various commercials & feature films

  • Character TD & 3D Generalist

    1000 Volt

    June 2007 - July 2012

    Designing, modeling, rigging, animating characters and props for various commercials & feature films

  • Developer

    Meteksan Systems Inc.

    October 2005 - June 2007

    Designing user interfaces and developing simulation softwares

Education
  • Middle East Technical University

    2005 - 2008
  • Baskent University

    2000 - 2005
  • AAL

    1993 - 2000