Sabrina Riegel

Work History

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  Head of Look/Visual Effects Supervisor

  88 Pictures

  November 2022 - Present

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  Overseeing Look Development for Animation across Film and Television production
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  Character Look Development Supervisor

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  March 2022 - October 2022

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  Look Development/Surfacing Supervisor

  Animal Logic

  September 2021 - February 2022

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  Character Shading/Groom TD

  Pixar

  May 2021 - August 2021

  Emeryville, California, United States

  Character Shading TD - Disney +, Cars On The Road
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  Visual Effects Supervisor

  DreamWorks Animation

  October 2019 - May 2021

  VFX Supervisor - Spirit Untamed
  Outsource VFX Supervisor - Boss Baby 2
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  Surfacing Department Chair - Look Development Artist/Groomer

  DreamWorks Animation

  September 2018 - October 2019

  Shading/Groom artist on Trolls 2
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  Surfacing Lead Artist/Feature Animation

  Double Negative

  January 2018 - July 2018

  London, United Kingdom

  Surfacing artist on Ron's Gone Wrong
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  Character Shading TD

  Pixar

  February 2017 - December 2017

  Emeryville, CA USA

  Character Shading TD on The Incredibles 2
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  Asset/Build Supervisor

  Oriental DreamWorks

  August 2016 - February 2017

  Shanghia China

  Supervise, develop and mentor the asset departments to build and execute complex assets for feature animation film production.
  
  
  
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  Surfacing Supervisor

  Oculus Story Studio

  February 2016 - July 2016

  San Francisco Bay Area

  Creating story telling through virtual reality!
  VR project “Wolves in the Walls”
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  Asset/Build Supervisor

  Oriental DreamWorks

  March 2014 - January 2016

  Shanghai City, China

  Supervise, develop and mentor the asset departments to build and execute complex assets for feature animation film production.
  
  Asset/Build Department Supervisor: Modeling and Surfacing
  Film: Kung Fu Panda 3
  Co-production with Dreamworks Animation, March 2014 - May 2015
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  Surfacing Supervisor

  DreamWorks Animation

  November 1998 - January 2016

  Responsible for the development and look of characters and environments
  Painted texture maps and setup shaders for skin, fur, environments, props
  Fur grooming – characters, large environments and foliage
  Supervised and managed surfacing artists.
  
  Films:
  Surfacing Supervisor - Monkey's of Mumbai (unreleased feature)
  Surfacing Supervisor – The Croods
  Surfacing Supervisor – How to Train Your Dragon
  Surfacing Supervisor – Bee Movie
  Surfacer - Over The Hedge
  Surfacing Supervisor – Madagascar
  Lead surfacer – Shrek 4D Universal Studios Theme Park Ride
  Surfacer – Minority Report
  Surfacer – Shrek 2
  Surfacer – Shrek
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  Texture Painter//Look Development Artist

  Tippett Studio

  March 1996 - October 1998

  Berkeley, California

  Texture artist, props and environments.
  Painted texture maps and setup shaders for environments and props.
  
  Films:
  Virus
  My Favorite Martian
  Armageddon
  Practical Magic
  
  Rotoscope artist: Starship Troopers