Tim Coleman

Tim Coleman

Senior Lead Character TD / 26 yrs

Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Character Rigging Supervisor

The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

Character Rigging

Pearl (2016)

Character TD Supe

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Character TD

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

Character TD Supe

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Character Set-Up TD

The Amazing Spiderman (2012)

Character TD

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

Character TD Supe

Mars Needs Moms (2011)

Character TD Supe

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Creature TD

Transformers: Beginnings (2007)

Digital Models & Simulations

Transformers (2007)

Character TD

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Character TD Supe

Poseidon (2006)

Digital Effects Artist

The Producers (2005)

Rigging

The Sandbox (2005)

Character TD Supe

Fantastic Four (2005) (2005)

Character Rigging

Robota: The Hunted (2005)

Character Rigging

Catwoman (2004)

Character TD

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

Character TD

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

Character TD

Cats & Dogs (2001)

Work History

  • Rigging Supervisor

    HyperReal

    March 2020 - March 2023

  • Character Technical Supervisor

    Magic Leap

    April 2016 - June 2019

  • Character Technical Supervisor

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    January 2011 - September 2015

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Character Rigger

    Tippett Studio

    January 1999 - February 2000


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

  • 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.

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Education

  • University of California, Davis

    1987 - 2002