Angie Jones
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- University of Southern California
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 2018
Angie Jones is a seasoned supervising animator specializing in engaging character and creature performances. As an animation director/supervisor and lead animator, she works closely with directors and VFX supervisors to design character performances and sequences for major motion pictures, commercials, and games. For the past 24 years, Angie has worked on 17 features, 40 commercials, and 38 AAA video games. Her work has received Academy, Clio and VES award accolades and includes such titles as “Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus,” “Dino Crises 3,” “Red Dead Revolver,” “Avatar 2” (release date 2020), “Stuart Little 2,” Spike Jonze’s short film “I’m Here,” “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “XMen 2,” and “Smurfs.” In addition to her animation work, Jones has taught for several institutions — most notably, University of Southern California, Gnomon School of VFX, and iAnimate — and is a published author, of which her latest title is “Thinking Animation: Bridging the Gap Between 2D and CG.” Angie lives in downtown Los Angeles with her two cats, Bacon and Picasso.
