Ted Ty
Global Head of Character Animation, Feature Animation, DNEG
Ted Ty has over 27 years of experience at the feature animation level. He has animated on 20 feature films, and is presently Global Head of Character Animation, Feature Animation at DNEG.
His CG credits include "How to Train your Dragon 2 ", "Rise of the Guardians", "Kung Fu Panda" and "Puss n Boots" among others. Before arriving at DreamWorks, he spent over 10 years at Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida crafting traditional animation and worked on films such as "Mulan", "The Lion King", "John Henry" and "Lilo and Stitch" where he served as a Lead Animator.
He recently spent 6 years as Head of Animation for L'Atelier Animation in Montreal where they just finished the feature "Fireheart".
He is a graduate of the CalArts Character Animation program where he was also the senior animation instructor for 5 consecutive years. He has taught masterclasses at places such as CalArts, CTNX Expo, DreamWorks Animation, SCAD, Pixel Quebec, NAD Center, University of Granada, RIOT Games, Effects Mtl, iAnimate.net, and is also a Master Teacher and National Panelist at YoungArts Foundation.