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2009 College of Arts & Media Digital Animation Speaker Series

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Damon Riesberg of Dreamworks Animation
Digital Animation Industry Speaker Series
Friday, February 13 • 11:30am-1pm
Starz FilmCenter on the Auraria Campus
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by: UC Denver Digital Animation Center (DAC) and the UC Denver Visual Arts Department

Credits:
Shrek the Halls (2007) (TV) (character effects animator lead)
Shrek the Third (2007) (character effects animator)
... aka Shrek 3 (Singapore: English title) (USA: working title)
... aka The Third (USA: promotional abbreviation)
The Madagascar Penguins in: A Christmas Caper (2005) (character effects animator)
Madagascar (2005) (character effects animator)
Shrek 2 (2004) (clothing & finaling)

Damon Riesberg spent five years working for Alias|Wavefront, working on Maya since it was in early beta, before joining PDI/Dreamworks. At PDI, Damon worked on Shrek 2, Shrek 3, and Madagascar – Shrek the Halls, and Madagascar 2 in the Character FX department working on shots related to hair, clothing, and additional technical animation. Damon is currently the Head of Character FX on the upcoming movie with the working title Master Mind, due out in November of 2010.

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