Didier Donné
75 Arch St. # 201
Redwood City, CA 94062
email: didier@didierdonne.com
phone: 419 601 2637

E D U C A T I O N

Bowling Green State University 2001 – 2005 B.F.A. Digital Arts Bowling Green, Ohio GPA: 3.5
Hogeschool Limburg (1 year) 2000 – 2001 Computer Science Diepenbeek, Belgium

S O F T W A R E S K I L L S

Maya - Animation, Rigging
Zbrush - Modeling, texturing
Photoshop - Texturing, Painting

E X P E R I E N C E

2009 - *

Dreamworks Animation

Redwood City, California

In my mentorship at Dreamworks I am able to enjoy the invaluable insight of animation veterans such as Jason Schleiffer and Rex Grignon. Together with my assigned mentor I am able to retake all the steps in animation schooling and push my skills through to the professional level that is expected in a competetive industry. We’ve reviewed everything from body mechanics and performance. These topics are bundled in several exercises allowing me to apply an indepth study of the art of animation.
All exercises are available on www.didierdonne.com.

My current position at Dreamworks is that of an asset manager.

2008 - 2009

Kuju America

Burlingame, California

I worked at Kuju as a Junior Animator. I was able to figure out the art and animation pipeline with the Technical Director. I also built entire presentations by modeling, texturing, rigging and animating them. I always went beyond my core duties and was in touch with other studios in the Kuju network to learn more about the game engine and the pipeline.

2007 - 2008

Neighborhood Tech Support

Menlo Park, California

As an independent computer technician I am in charge of maintaining my own customer base, booking my appointments and going onsite to ensure proper hardware & software configuration.

A D D I T I O N A L S K I L L S

As a native Belgian my first language is Dutch. I speak and write fluently in English and I am also proficient in French and moderately proficient in German.