Aaron Pfau

Aaron Pfau

Supervisor Tech Artist / Supervisor Character TD / 22 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Head Of Character Technology

The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

Software Supervisor

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

Software Lead

The Smurfs 2 (2013)

Software Supervisor

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Lead Digital Artist

Titanic (2012)

Character Setup Supervisor

Arthur Christmas (2011)

Character Set-Up Supervisor

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Tech Art Manager

League of Legends (2009)

Character Setup TD

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

Character Rigging

Beowulf (2007)

Character Technical Direction

Over The Hedge (2006)

Creature TD

King Kong (2005)

Character Technical Director

Shark Tale (2004)

Character TD

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

Lead Creature Developer

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

Lead Creature Developer

Work in Progress (2000)

Digital Paint & Roto Artist

Space Cowboys (2000)

Animator

Mission to Mars (2000)

Frog Construction

Magnolia (2000)

Creature Developer

Deep Blue Sea (1999)

Digital Model Development & Construction Artist

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

Technical Director

Small Soldiers (1998)

CG Sequence Supervisor

T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (1996)

Digital Artist

Apollo 13 (1995)
Work History

  • Principal Technical Artist

    Riot Games

    March 2016 - Present

  • Creature Technical Director

    Wētā FX

    March 2004 - December 2005

    King Kong

  • Principal Technical Artist

    Riot Games

    August 2018 - Present
    Greater Los Angeles Area

  • 3D Animator

    the vision factory

    1994 - January 1995
    Greater St. Louis Area

  • Digital Artist & Sequence Lead

    Digital Domain

    February 1995 - January 1997

    Apollo 13
    Titanic
    Terminator 2-3D
    Dodge "Time" Commercial

  • Lead Character Technical Director

    DreamWorks Animation

    February 2002 - February 2004

    Sinbad
    Sharktale
    Over the Hedge

  • Teacher

    Webster University

    October 2008 - October 2008

    Taught Intro to Visual Effects & Feature Animation Class.

  • Senior Character Setup TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    January 2006 - November 2009

    Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
    Watchmen
    Prince Caspian
    Beowulf

  • Character Setup Supervisor

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    December 2009 - September 2011

    Arthur Christmas
    Alice in Wonderland

  • Head of Character Setup Technology

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    September 2011 - July 2014
    Culver City, California

    The Amazing Spiderman 2
    Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
    Oz the Great and Powerful
    The Smurfs 2
    Men in Black 3
    Hotel Transylvania
    The Smurfs

  • Head of Character Technology

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    August 2014 - March 2016
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Suicide Squad
    Storks
    Ghostbusters
    Angry Birds
    Alice Through the Looking Glass
    Hotel Transylvania 2
    Pixels

  • Head of Character Technology

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    December 2005 - March 2016

  • Senior Creature TD

    Wētā FX

    January 2004 - November 2005

    King Kong

  • Lead Character TD

    DreamWorks Animation

    January 2001 - December 2003

  • Lead Creature Developer

    Industrial Light & Magic

    February 1997 - December 2001

    Creature Rigging

  • Digital Artist

    Digital Domain

    January 1995 - December 1996
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Education

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Media Communications

    Webster University

    1993 - 1995

  • Missouri University of Science and Technology

    1989 - 1991