David Hutchins
Head of Effects at Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Role
- Head of Effects at Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Location
- Burbank, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About David Hutchins
David Hutchins has been a Head of Effects, Effects Supervisor, Effects Lead, and Effects Animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios since 2005. Hutchins is currently Head of Effects on Disney Animations\' 2025 feature film,\"Zootopia 2\". Previously, Hutchins worked on \"Wish\" as an Effects Lead. Recently he worked on \"Strange World\" as an Effects Animator, and prior to this he was Head of Effects on Oscar(r) winning \"Encanto\". He worked on “Frozen 2” as an Effects Lead, Effects Supervisor on “Ralph Breaks the Internet” and as Head of Effects on the short film “Frozen Fever”. He was an Effects Lead on “Moana” and Senior Effects Lead on Oscar(r) winning “Big Hero 6”. As Effects Supervisor his credits also include “Glago’s Guest”, “Prep and Landing 2” and “Wreck-It Ralph”. As Effects Animator additional credits include “Meet the Robinsons”, “Bolt”, “Prep and Landing”, “Tangled” and Oscar(r) winning “Frozen”.
Experience
Head of Effects
Oct 2023 — Present · Burbank, CA, US
Education
Maine College of Art & Design
BFA, Graphic Design
1983 — 1987
Skills
- 3d
- Animation
- Motion Graphics
- Computer Animation
- Renderman
- Python
- Nuke
- Mel
- Shake
- Houdini
- Visual Effects
- Maya
- Shading
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