Overview

Diego Olivares is a professional artist specializing in rigging and technical animation. He has more than 12 years of experience working on animated feature films and television series productions. He has worked for major studios like Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation. Rigging on films like Trolls 3 and Kung Fu Panda 4 and TV series like Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous. Diego’s specialties are Maya, Zbrush, Photoshop, Rigging, Python Scripting, Cloth Simulations, 3D Animation, Figure Drawing, and Modeling.

Education

The Art Institute of California – Los Angeles, Bachelors of Science, Media Arts and Animation, 2007-2011

Work Experience

Character Rigger, DreamWorks Animation
Lead Character TD, Nickelodeon Animation
Lead Rigger, Sprite Entertainment

Credits

Trolls 3 (Feature film) (Character Rigger)
Kung Fu Panda 4 (Feature film) (Character Rigger)
Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution (Feature film) (Character Rigger)
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (TV Series) (Character Rigger)
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years (TV Series) (Character Rigger)
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight (TV Series) (Character Rigger)
Fast & Furious Spy Racers (TV Series) (Character Rigger)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Nine Realms (Character Rigger)
Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny (TV Series) (Character Rigger)
The Boss Baby: Back in Business (Character Rigger)
Spirit Riding Free (TV Series) (Character Rigger)