Tim Coleman

Work History

• Rigging Supervisor

  HyperReal

  March 2020 - March 2023
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  Character Technical Supervisor

  Magic Leap

  April 2016 - June 2019
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  Character Technical Supervisor

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2011 - September 2015

  
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  Character Rigging Supervisor

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2011 - January 2015

  Edge of Tomorrow, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, The Amazing Spider-Man, Hotel Transylvania

  

  

  

  

  
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  Character Technical Supervisor

  ImageMovers

  March 2007 - November 2010

  Formed and supervised character rigging department at Imagemovers Digital for Robert Zemeckis' feature film "A Christmas Carol" & "Mars Needs Moms". Supervising production rigging along with character pipeline and tool development.

  

  
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  Creature TD

  Industrial Light & Magic

  February 2006 - March 2007

  Ran cloth/rigid/flesh simulations on Davy Jones and his crew on Pirates of the Carribean Dead Man's Chest feature film. Rigged Optimus Prime and Ratchet characters for Transformers feature film.

  

  

  

  
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  Character Rigging Supervisor

  Giant Killer Robots

  September 2004 - January 2006

  Rigged "Human Torch", Thing and Doom for Fantastic Four feature film. Animation, rigging and effects work on Poseidon "Nightclub" shots using Endorphin and Maya. Crowd/car animation/simulation on Producers feature film.

  

  
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  Character Rigger

  ESC Entertainment

  March 2002 - August 2004

  
  Rigged A.P.U. mechanical robot for Matrix Reloaded/Revolutions feature films. MEL scripting and tool development. Rigged CG Catwoman for Catwoman feature film.
  

  

  

• Maya Software Trainer

  Alias (now Autodesk)

  January 2000 - January 2002

  
  Trained classes of 8-10 students in Maya Introductory, Character Animation and MEL classes.
  
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  Character Rigger

  Tippett Studio

  January 1999 - February 2000

  
  Rigged CG kitten "Boris" for Cats & Dogs feature film.
  

  
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  Computer Graphics Instructor

  Academy of Art

  January 1998 - January 2000

  
  Instructed undergraduate and graduate level 3D Graphics courses, which included modeling, rigging and animation.
  

• Animator

  SuperGenius Animation

  January 1997 - January 2000

  
  Worked on 3D graphics for several commercial and video game projects. Animated award winning short film "Bowling For Souls" seen in Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation. Won 3D Magazine's Big Kahuna Award and Eveo.com Internet Film Showcase.
  

• Computer Graphics Developer

  Cornerstone Consulting

  March 1998 - September 1999

  
  Worked with a small consulting team who created a custom software/hardware solution for delivering real-time broadcast TV commercials for both the California and Delaware State Lotteries. My job involved creating/compositing graphic elements to writing scripts to working with other programmers.