Elliott Roberts
Character Animator for Film and Games
I am a professional character animator and CG artist with experience in feature film, visual FX, games, robotics and more!
EXPERIENCE
August 2021-Current
Sr/Supervising Animator / Sr. UX Motion Designer for Amazon’s consumer robot Astro.
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Management, ideation and allocation of work responsibilities to a team of 3 animators.
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Creating content and motion design to ensure believable emotional responses and behaviors
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Working with Engineering, Product Management and QA teams to create an efficient pipeline for delivering UX assets to the device.
August 2016-May 2018
Senior Animator for Oculus VR’s internal development team.
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Worked with 3rd party developers to optimize assets for mobile VR
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Only animator on team, so also picked up rigging, testing and design duties
February 2015-November 2015 & March 2006-May 2006
Character/Creature Animator for the feature films:
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Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
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Pirates of the Carribean 2:Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
Animator for Disney Rides:
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Soarin’ Around the World (2015)
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Pirates of the Carribean (2015)
April 2008-November 2014
Lead Animator:
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Ron Gilbert’sThe Cave (2013)
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Unannounced/Unpublished Amazon Project (2014)
In-Game and Cinematic Animator:
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Brütal Legend (2008)
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Iron Brigade (2011)
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Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster (2011)
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Broken Age (2014)
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Contributed to almost every Double Fine game during this time
Co-Writer/Co-Designer:
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Costume Quest (2011)
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Pixar Animation Studios
July 2006-May 2007
Crowd Animator:
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Ratatouille (2007)
Character Animator:
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Finding Nemo: Submarine Voyage (Disneyland)
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The Seas With Nemo and Friends (Disneyworld)
Tippett Studio
April 2005-February 2006
Character Animator:
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Charlotte's Web (2006)
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The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3D (2005)
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The Shaggy Dog (2006)
Blue Sky Studios
May 2003-October 2004
Character Animator:
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Robots (2005)
TEACHING
Animation Mentor
April 2007-Present
Full time mentor.