Resume
Joy Johnson
CG Supervisor & Character Rigging TD
Experience
January 2019 - present
Paramount Animation Studios
Tiger’s Apprentice– 2020 Rigging Supervisor
Jersey Crabs– 2020 Rigging Supervisor (Temp)
January 2017 - 2019
Taiko Studios
One Small Step short- 2017 CG Supervisor and Character Rigging TD
TravelKo Commercial– 2018 CG Supervisor and Character Rigging TD
Duke Kunshan University Ad– 2018 CG Supervisor and Character Rigging TD
June 2011 - January 2017
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Wreck it Ralph 2– 2016 Character Rigging TD
Weeds short by Kevin Hudson- 2016 Character Rigging TD
Puddles short- 2016 Character Rigging TD
Drop short- 2016 Character Rigging TD
Olaf’s Frozen Adventure– 2016 Character Rigging TD
Moana– 2016 Technical Animation
Inner Workings short- 2016 Lead Character Rigging TD
Zootopia– 2015 Character Rigging TD
Feast short- 2014 Character Rigging TD
Frozen– 2013 Character Rigging TD
Wreck it Ralph– 2012 Character Rigging TD
April 2007 - June 2011
Nickelodeon Animation Studios
KungFu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness– 2010 Lead Character Rigging TD
Penguins of Madagascar Season 2– 2009 Lead Character Rigging TD
Fanboy and ChumChum– 2008 Character Rigging TD
Penguins of Madagascar Season 1– 2008 Character Rigging TD
Tak and the Power of Juju– 2007 Rigging Apprentice/ Character Rigging TD
Awards & Accomplishments
2019- 91st Oscar nominated One Small Step- for Best Animated Short Film.
2019 Annie’s Judge- picked for judging feature animation awards category.
2014 VES Award- for ‘Best Character in an Animated Feature’ for Rigging of Frozen’s Elsa.
CTN Anime Expo 2018 Panel Presenter– with Taiko Studios on ‘The Making of One Small Step’
Siggraph 2016 Panel Presenter– with Jason Figliozzi on ‘The Rigging and Animation of Inner Workings’
2018- 20th Annual Animation Show of Shows for One Small Step
Gnomon Panel Presenter– on ‘The Making of One Small Step’ with Taiko Studios
Book Quote– personal quote found in ‘The Art of Frozen’ book
Book Quote– personal quote found in ‘The Making of One Small Step’ book
Awards– on 4 Oscar winning films and 6 Oscar nominations.
Awards– One Small Step has received over 36 film festival award wins with 105 official selections.
Awards– Weeds has won over a dozen film festivals and was long listed for the Oscars.
Interview– co-interviewed with Andrew Jennings on ‘The Animated Journey’
Article mentions– on Cartoonbrew.com, AnimationMagazine.com, BlackNerdProblems.com, and more.
Invited to present- ‘One Small Step’ at many major studios like Disney, Dreamworks, ILM, Pixar, Riot, Blur, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, …
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2004-2008
Education
CSU Fullerton– Bachelors of Arts and Entertainment
Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a GPA of 3.95
Member of PMC- Pencil Mileage Club
