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Taran Matharu

Lead Character Animator / 23 yrs

Montréal, Canada

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Senior Animator

Playmobil: The Missing Piece (2019)

Lead Animator

Mune: Guardian of the Moon (2015)

"Taran has been a joy to work with from start to finish on Captain Underpants. He has strong leadership skills as an animation supervisor and led his team on several challenging sequences making them look easy. He's a talented, versatile animator, equally able to handle broad physical comedy and subtle emotional moments. He's a good communicator and brings a fun, positive energy to the crew. Thanks for all the hard work, Taran!!!"
David Soren, Director for Captain Underpants.

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"Taran is an animator on The Little Prince, and since his arrival to our production when we were already mid-process, Taran has been amazing at picking up the style and tone of the film with ease. He really did an amazing job and even raised the bar in some respects. He has been a true asset to the production, he is a supremely talented animator that can do it all. And on top of that, he is fast, turning around subtle nuanced performances extremely quickly. He is very deft at responding to notes, always making the requested alterations his own. He makes it look easy, and I would work again with him in an instant.."
Mark Osborne, Animation Director for Le Petit Prince.

Work History

Animation Instructor

AnimSchool

January 2019 - Present

Instructing and critiquing student work at animschool
Animation Lead

Reel FX

May 2018 - Present

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Freelance Photographer

Tmphotography.ca

January 2008 - Present
Senior Character Animator

Framestore

February 2018 - May 2018

Montreal, Canada Area
Character Animator

Mikros Image

October 2017 - January 2018
Lead Animator

ON Animation Studios

January 2017 - September 2017

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Animation lead on Playmobil feature
Senior Character Animator

MPC

November 2014 - February 2015

Montreal, Canada Area

Character animation on Terminator
Senior Character Animator

Mikros Image

March 2013 - November 2014

Character animation on features films
Mune
Le Petit Prince
Animation teacher

Champlain College Montreal Campus

August 2013 - December 2013

Teach fundamentals of character animation tailored towards video games.
Feedback from Lena Wagner (student whom i tought)
"Taran was nothing but fantastic and I couldn’t ask for a better teacher. He was incredibly helpful, giving detailed information everytime and was always willing to help. He constantly checked in on us to be sure we were doing all right and covered everything that we need to know about animation and more. Taking this class has definitely confirmed with me that I want to do this for a living and Taran’s friendliness and enthusiasm is definitely to thank for that. I definitely felt he was one of the best professors I’ve ever had and really appreciate the fact that he was so into helping us improve. I will for sure be taking up on his offer to continue to offer advice when asked outside of class! I also recommend having him reteach the class next year—couldn’t ask for a better guy (And also—thanks for making an exception to even have this class! Really appreciate it!)"
Character Animator

NeoReel

January 2013 - March 2013

Working on pre and post vis for Smurfs 2
Character Animator

Classics Animated

September 2012 - December 2012

Montreal, Canada Area

Animating in feature on characters, acting and stuff
Character Animator

Mokko Studio

April 2012 - September 2012

Montreal, Canada Area

Character animation on feature film The Chronicles Of Riddick: Dead Man Stalking
Senior Animator

Trapdoor Inc.

September 2010 - April 2012

Supervising and creating animation, from rigging to animating.
Senior Animator

Artificial Mind and Movement

September 2007 - September 2010

Animating characters, as well rigging from time to time. Also semi-directing with the art leads/directors for fresh ideas for animation.
Animator

Team17

April 2003 - August 2007

Character animator, from rigging to animating! No modelling or texturing!