Rob O'Neill

Current

• Founding Partner at Kickstand
• Research Associate + Acting Director (Digital Arts Research Lab) at Pratt Institute
• Adjunct Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute

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Past

• Studio Technical Director at Eyebeam
• Character Technical Director at Charlex
• Adjunct Professor at Parsons School of Design

• Character Technical Director at PDI/Dreamworks
• Production Fellow (Technical Director) at Eyebeam
• Cultural Resources Manager at American Museum of Natural History

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Education

• Parsons School of Design
• City University of New York-Brooklyn College

Recommended

1 person has recommended Rob

Connections

244 connections

Industry

Animation

Websites

• My Website
• My Company
• Kickstand

Rob O'Neill’s Summary

I am interested in the creation and application of creative technologies for the arts, entertainment, and sciences. My specialty is character technology and animation pipeline development.

In November 2008, my textbook, "Digital Character Development: Theory and Practice" was published by Morgan Kaufmann (Elsevier). It's a software agnostic look at character technology (rigging and animation) for games and film.

Rob O'Neill’s Specialties:

project management, programming, system design, research, team building, anatomy, rigging, pipeline

Rob O'Neill’s Experience

• Founding Partner

  Kickstand

  (Privately Held; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  2007 — Present (1 year)

• Research Associate + Acting Director (Digital Arts Research Lab)

  Pratt Institute

  (Educational Institution; Animation industry)

  2006 — Present (2 years)

• Adjunct Assistant Professor

  Pratt Institute

  (Educational Institution; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  2004 — Present (4 years)

• Studio Technical Director

  Eyebeam

  (Animation industry)

  2005 — 2006 (1 year)

• Character Technical Director

  Charlex

  (Animation industry)

  2004 — 2005 (1 year)

• Adjunct Professor

  Parsons School of Design

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  2004 — 2005 (1 year)

• Character Technical Director

  PDI/Dreamworks

  (Public Company; Animation industry)

  2002 — 2004 (2 years)

• Production Fellow (Technical Director)

  Eyebeam

  (Animation industry)

  2001 — 2002 (1 year)

• Cultural Resources Manager

  American Museum of Natural History

  (Museums and Institutions industry)

  1997 — 2001 (4 years)

Rob O'Neill’s Education

• Parsons School of Design

  MFA, Digital Design and Technology, 1999 — 2001

• City University of New York-Brooklyn College

  BA, Anthropology, 1993 — 1997

Additional Information

Rob O'Neill’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company
• Kickstand

Rob O'Neill’s Groups:

Eyebeam, Siggraph, Pratt

•    ACM SIGGRAPH
•    Animation, Media & Entertainment
•    DreamWorkers
•    [VFX_AG] - The Visual Effects Artists Group
•    Professional Maya Users

Rob O'Neill’s Honors:

Featured in Pixel Magazine's "World's Best Maya Developers" column: http://pixelcreation.fr/ (2001)

Rob O'Neill’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch