Peter Christensen

• Effective team management and inter-department communication
• Create movie-quality, complex character/animal/mechanical rigs for Film & TV
• Design, create, test, and maintain character rigs/skinning/deformations
• Develop/Code character setup scripts and other supporting tools
• Strong knowledge of human and animal physiology

• Rigging Supervisor

  Arc-Creative

  Mar 2025 - Sep 2025

  6 mos

  Remote

  Game Cinematic: Bungie Inc., DESTINY II: Renegades Teaser Trailer
  Game Cinematic: Bungie Inc., Marathon: Save The Date, Factions
  Game Cinematic: EA: Star Wars Galaxy of Heros
  Commercial: Mercury Insurance: Squirrel Bird Disguise
  and more…
  

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  Rigging Supervisor

  The Mill

  Jan 2021 - Feb 2025

  4 yrs 1 mo

  Utah

  Game Cinematic:
  -ZeniMax, Elders Scrolls Online: Gold Road, Shadow Over Morrowind
  - Bungie Inc., DESTINY II: Lightfall, The Final Shape, Renegades Teaser
  -Marathon: Save the Date, Factions
  -Dungeons and Dragons:, Dark Alliance
  - Riot Games, Valorant: Incursions, Sino, Dawn Breaks, All Paths End, United Together
  - 2K Games, Horizons
  - Electronic Arts Inc., Star Wars: Jedi Survivor, Zero Company, Galaxy of Heroes
  - Epic Games, Rocket League: Sideswipe
  
  Commercial:
  -NFL Sunday Ticket, The Magic Of Sunday
  - Netflix, The World is on Netflix
  - Liberty Mutual, Truth Teller, Ghostbuster
  -Snapchat, Phantom House Off Trailer
  Commercial
  -Additional: Mercury Insurance, Energizer, Pepsi, Hasbro, Microsoft, Progressive, etc.
  

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  Rigging Supervisor

  Encore VFX

  Jun 2016 - Dec 2020

  4 yrs 6 mos

  Burbank, California

  I'm currently Head of the Character TD department @ Encore VFX. Our project load involves most of the super hero shows on television: Flash, Titans, Doom Patrol, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lightning...basically, if it's on television, from the DC universe, and has super powers, either myself - or the team I lead - probably had a hand in rigging it.
  
  TV: Doom Patrol
  TV: Titans
  TV: The Flash
  TV: Supergirl
  TV: Batwoman
  TV: Legends of Tomorrow
  TV: Black Lightning
  TV: Riverdale

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Lead Rigger

  Encore VFX

  Jan 2016 - May 2016

  4 mos

  Burbank, California

  I started as a Lead Rigger before Encore picked up the DC Universe contract.
  
  TV: The Flash
  TV: Supergirl
  TV: Legends of Tomorrow

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  Lead Rigger

  Prologue Pictures

  Feb 2013 - Oct 2015

  2 yrs 8 mos

  Diamond Bar, California

  Bungie contracted Prologue Films to create a movie-quality cinematic for their ambitious new game: DESTINY. Prologue had never taken on a project like this before, which meant I was able to build the rig system from the ground up. Plus I got the bonus of rigging high-rez aliens, humanoids, ships, weapons, the whole gamut!
  
  CINEMATIC: Mars Landing
  CINEMATIC: The Dark Below
  CINEMATIC: The Taken King
  CINEMATIC: House of Wolves
  CINEMATIC: Shadowkeep
  
  -Create, adapt, and support rigs and skinning for high-rez humanoid, alien, mechanical, vehicle assets
  -Create MOCAP rigs and script tools to integrate animation onto high-rez rigs
  -Secondary animation through nCloth and dynamics
  -Script animation tools including character GUIs, MOCAP animation transfer, resolution baking, etc
  -Script environmental population and set dressing tools

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  Rigging Lead

  Brewster Parsons

  Oct 2014 - Nov 2014

  1 mo
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  Rigger

  Wolf & Crow

  Dec 2013 - Dec 2013

  1 mo
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  Rigger / Character TD

  Super 78 Studios

  Mar 2013 - May 2013

  2 mos
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  Rigger / Character TD

  Stargate Studios

  Mar 2012 - May 2012

  2 mos
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  Final Layout Artist

  DreamWorks Animation

  Jun 2010 - May 2011

  11 mos

  

  
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  Rigger / Character TD

  DreamWorks Animation

  Nov 2007 - May 2010

  2 yrs 6 mos

  FILM: How to Train Your Dragon
  FILM: Kung Fu Panda 2

  
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  Rigger / Character TD

  Sprite Animation Studios

  Aug 2006 - Nov 2007

  1 yr 3 mos
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  3d Artist / Generalist

  Reality Check Studios

  Oct 2005 - Sep 2006

  11 mos

  
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  Animation TD

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  Mar 2004 - Oct 2005

  1 yr 7 mos

  FILM: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

  

• generalist

  Center For Instructional Design

  2003 - 2005

  2 yrs

• BFA

  Brigham Young University

  Jan 2000 - Aug 2003