Michael Kaschalk
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- Walt Disney Animation Studios
Location:
- United States of America
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 2012
Born in Johnstown, PA and a graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Effects Supervisor, Michael Kaschalk started at Walt Disney Animation Studios in January 1997 on Fantasia 2000. Kaschalk is credited on such animated titles as Meet the Robinsons, Chicken Little, Home on the Range, Atlantis, Tarzan, and Fantasia 2000. He currently leads a team of FX artists creating cutting edge visual FX that add depth and dimension to such recent box office successes as Tangled. In 2008 Kaschalk was nominated for a VES award for Best Visual Effects on Bolt.
Experience Jury Member:
Learning Presentation(s):

Type: [Production Sessions]
Learning to Trust - The Making of “Raya and the Last Dragon” Presenter(s): [Odermatt] [Wu] [Cabral] [Dressel] [Kaschalk] [Lusinsky]
[SIGGRAPH 2021]

Type: [Production Sessions]
Generations of Houdini in Film Presenter(s): [Failes] [Bredow] [Estela] [Hodgkins] [Kaschalk] [Hayes]
[SIGGRAPH 2018]

Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Big Hero 6 : Into the Portal Presenter(s): [Hutchins] [Riley] [Erickson] [Stomakhin] [Habel] [Kaschalk]
Entry No.: [54]
[SIGGRAPH 2015]

Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Interactive Script Based Dynamics in Big Hero 6 Presenter(s): [Joo Byun] [Kaschalk] [Wadia]
Entry No.: [37]
[SIGGRAPH 2015]

Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Procedural Animation Technology behind Microbots in Big Hero 6 Presenter(s): [Joo Byun] [Falt] [Frost] [Ali] [Daniels] [Mund] [Kaschalk]
Entry No.: [40]
[SIGGRAPH 2015]
Role(s):
- Computer Animation Jury Member
- Course Presenter
- Production Session Presenter
- Talk (Sketch) Presenter