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Alec Fredericks

Alec Fredericks

(He/Him)

Character Rigging and Effects

Character Rigger at Dreamworks Animation

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Vegan Character Rigger @ DreamWorks Animation (veganism doesn’t preclude me from rigging animals)

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Career: 3

Character Rigger

Dreamworks Animation

Full-time · Pasadena, California, US

May 2022 - Present

Rigging characters, wardrobe, hair, & props for feature animated films.

Technical Animator

Sony Music Entertainment

Full-time

Apr 2020 - May 2022

Sole rigger for a new subsidiary at Sony focused on multiplayer social experiences. A lot of tool creation in Maya, using Python & Qt5, along with quite a bit of experimental prototyping in Unreal 5, using Blueprints.

MayaPythonQt5Unreal EngineBlueprintsRigging

Sr. Technical Animator

Respawn Entertainment

Full-time

Mar 2018 - Apr 2020

Was the primary rigger (sole rigger until the last six months) for the multiplayer VR game, Medal of Honor: Above & Beyond, using Unreal Engine 5, and Maya.

Unreal EngineMayaPythonQt5Blueprints

Skills: 7

Technical

BlueprintsPython

Creative

Character Effects (CFX)RiggingUnreal Engine

Other

MayaQt5

Projects: 3

Donkey

imdb.com/title/tt43619974/

Mar 2026 - Oct 2026

Rigging characters & props. Got onto the show late, after wrapping an unannounced film.

Shrek 5

imdb.com/title/tt6113186/

May 2023 - Jun 2024

Rigged a number of primary characters, including Felicia (Shrek's daughter) and Fergus, one of her brothers, along with a few others.

The Wild Robot

imdb.com/title/tt29623480/

Jan 2023 - Jan 2024

Rigged birds, including Brightbill and Longneck, as well as Fink, the fox.

Education: 2

Expression Center for New Media

BS, Animation

Oct 2000 - Jun 2002

Went back to school to learn animation, and came out a rigger. It was an early, intensive, credentialed animation school.

San Jose State University

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Sep 1994 - Jan 1996

Jr. & Sr. years at SJSU, after transferring from a community college.

Languages: 2

English(Native or bilingual)
German(Limited working)

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