Sean Nolan

Work History

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  Senior Animation TD

  343 Industries

  October 2017 - June 2019
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  Lead Character Pipeline TD

  Hangar 13

  January 2015 - September 2017

• Lead Character Pipeline TD

  2K Games | Hangar 13

  January 2015 - September 2017

  Novato, CA
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  Character Technical Director

  DreamWorks Animation

  September 2007 - July 2014

  Set up motion and deformation systems for hero and background characters including hair, beard, clothing, props and various mechanical assets using our proprietary rigging software.

  
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  Character Technical Director

  LucasArts

  January 2007 - August 2007

  Rigged hero and NPC characters as well as various props and mechanical assets in Maya. Provided support to animators and helped develop tools for the rigging pipeline.

  

• Character Technical Director

  Shaba Games - Activision

  July 2005 - December 2006

  Rigged, skinned and exported all characters for Shrek 3. Developed a modular Biped and Quadruped Auto-rigging and facial system. Built various tools to support animators in their workflow.
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  Adjunct Instructor

  Academy of Art University

  January 2006 - April 2006

  Taught a course in MAYA Character Rigging to MFA students.
  Emphasis on rigging techniques used in a real production setting.
  Importance of topology, joint hierarchies, skinning and control rig building.
  Some MEL scripting introduced.
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  Effects TD

  Laika

  2005 - 2005

  Worked on a CG short, Moongirl, where I setup cloth simulations with Syflex and wrote build scripts in MEL for automated setups in shots.