TRUEMAX ACADEMY INSTRUCTORS

Building Talents in 3d, CGI and animation

Some of the best 3D instructors in the world teach here.

Our instructors have been recruited from leading companies such as Pixar, DreamWorks, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Ubisoft Massive, EA Games and many more.

Darren Thomas

Darren Thomas has experience in many areas of the 3D business including Computer gaming, visualization and most recently the advertising sector...

Allan McKay

Allan McKay is a VFX Supervisor and FX specialist with over 13 years of production experience working on some of the biggest Hollywood visual effects films to date.

Andy Byrne

Andy Byrne has worked in the visual effects field on numerous projects at some of the biggest studios in the industry.

Cameron Miyasaki (Pixar Animation Studios)

Cameron Miyasaki is currently an animator at Pixar Animation Studios where he has worked on such films as "Finding Nemo", "The Incredibles", and the upcoming feature, "Cars".

Chris Landreth (Maya Master 2001)

In 2005 Chris Landreth won the Oscar for "Best Shor Film (Animated) for the short film "Ryan". Ryan has been embraced by the world of animation in an unprecedented way.

David Short (CG Artist/TD)

David Short contributed to the Oscar® winning visual effects of "The Golden Compass" working at Framestore-CFC as the Lead Rigger for all the polar bears. 

David Smith (Pixar Animation Studios)

David has been working as a professional CG animator since 1997. He has animated at effects houses as well as character animation studios.

Don Crum (Pixar Animation Studios)

Don Crum has been working in the animation industry for over 10 years and is currently employed as a Character Animator in Pixar Animation Studios.

Duylinh Nguyen

Duylinh Nguyen has worked in the video game industry for 5 years. He has worked on titles such as the Brothers in Arms franchise, Bioshock 2, Mafia II and several others.

Emile Ghorayeb (Digital04 / Former Key Animator at DreamWorks)

Emile Ghorayeb has worked at Dreamworks Animation (PDI) where he worked as key animator on Academy Award Nominated "Shrek 2" as well as many other titles. 

Erik Schmidt

Erik Schmidt entered the world of animation quite unexpectedly, however, several years later he can look back at a career which includes several prestigious feature film productions. 

Habib Zargarpour (EA games / Maya Master 2001)

Habib Zargarpour stumbled into 3D graphics in 1990 while designing for a film and considers computer graphics to be "the perfect mix" of the technical and artistic worlds.

Isaac Kerlow (former The Walt Disney)

Isaac Kerlow is a pioneer in the use of digital technology for animation and visual creation.

Jakob Hjort Jensen

Jakob Hjort Jensen has been working in the animation industry for over 17 years for DreamWorks Animation, Walt Disney Animation and Imagi Animation.

Jeremy Cantor (former Animation Supervisor at Sony Imageworks)

Jeremy Cantor has been animating professionally for nearly 15 years. He recently completed a 7-year stint as an animation supervisor at Sony Imageworks.

Lars Krogh Mortensen

With his 20 years of experience in the animation and CG business, Lars Krogh Mortensen is one of the pioneers in the Danish industry.

Lee Griggs

Lee Griggs has worked in 3D production for the last 15 years. He has worked in areas such as TV, film, game cinematics, aec, automotive and product design.

Meats Meier (Maya Master 2003)

Meats Meier is an award winning artist and animator with ten years experience with digital art.

Michael ”Miwer” Wettendorf

Miwer is a Comic Artist and Illustrator and has been working professionally since 1996. Among many other things, he has worked with "Rasmus Klump".

Michael Easton

Michael Easton has been working in the industry since 1993 and has been an SR/Lead at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) for the last 13 years up to the present (August 2010).

Michal Makarewicz

Michal Makarewicz joined Pixar Animation Studios in 2003, where he has been an animator on such features as "The Incredibles", "Cars", "Ratatouille", "Wall-E" and most recently "UP"

Moayad Fahmi

Moayad Fahmi began working with 3D animation in 1993. In 1998 he became one of the Co-Founders of TRUEMAX academy, the first independent 3D computer graphics and animation school in Scandinavia.

Morten Jacobsen

Morten Jacobsen has worked as a professional make-up artist since 1987.   He does both regular make-up and FX.

Ryan Kingslien

Ryan is a Resident Artist at the Gnomon Workshop. He has worked with companies such as ILM, Sony Pictures Imageworks, and others.

Scott Easley (EA games)

Scott Easley is one of the eight original members of Oddworld Inhabitants, and has served as Senior Animator for Abe's Oddysey, Abe's Exodus, and Munch's Oddysee.

Spencer Cook (Animation Director Sony Image Works)

Spencer Cook, Animation Director at Sony Pictures Imageworks, recently completed work as animation director on the international hit "Spider-Man™ 3".

Steven Stahlberg (Maya Master 2005)

Steven Stahlberg was chosen as Maya Master for 2005. He is 46 years old, and is internationally acknowledged as one of the world’s best CG artists.

Takayoshi Sato (EA games)

SATO is a "Talented, award-winning artist with over 10 years' experience in game industry in both Japan and the US, where he received a Green Card due to 'Extraordinary Talent in the Art Field'.

Thierry Capezzone

Thierry Capezzone is an animation artist and illustrator and has been working professionally since 1981. He has worked at Splint and Co. as well as other well known productions.

Warren Mahy (Weta Workshop)

For the past seven years Warren has helped create creatures and characters familiar to global audiences for the film and television industry.