Ron Friedman

Work History

• Instructor/Owner

  Toonimations

  September 2011 - Present

  One-on-One Online Animation Tutoring focusing on teaching students the principles of character animation including acting and performance, timing, and weight and physics as it applies to character motion.
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  Finals Animator

  The Third Floor

  December 2018 - September 2025

  Los Angeles, California, US

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Tutorial Author

  Digital-Tutors

  March 2013 - December 2018

  I am an author of animation tutorials for the website DigitalTutors.com which provides art discipline and software tutorials for the entertainment and education industries.
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  Lead Animator

  Disney Consumer Products and Interactive

  May 2015 - October 2018

  Palo Alto, CA

  I am the Lead Animator on a currently developing prototype project.

• Adjunct Professor - 3D animation

  The New England Institute of Art

  January 2012 - May 2015

  Brookline, MA

  Teaching 3D Character Animation and other disciplines for the Bachelor of Science Media Arts program at NEIA.

• Animation Instructor

  Boston University Center for Digital Imaging Arts (CDIA)

  January 2011 - May 2015

  Teaching Character Animation and other disciplines as part of the school's part-time certificate program.

• Lead Animator

  Hitpoint Studios

  January 2013 - September 2014

  Amherst, MA

  Lead Animator on the "Disney Fairies - Hidden Treasures" games for Microsoft Windows 8 as well as the game "DreamWorks Dragons Adventure" for Nokia.

  
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  CafeFX

  ? - September 2007