Evan M. Boucher

evan.m.boucher@gmail.com
1(610)906-9236
www.evanboucher.com

Education

Drexel University, Philadelphia PA
Masters of Science in Digital Media, March 2011-GPA 3.94
Bachelors of Science in Digital Media, June 2009-GPA 3.91
summa cum laude

Experience

PDI/DreamWorks Animation – Redwood City, CA/Glendale CA
Character Technical Director, November 2011 – Present

• Character Body Rigging Lead on The Bad Guys (2022)
• Character Body Rigging Lead on The Croods: A New Age (2020)
• Character Animation on How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
• Character Rigging (Faces, Bodies, Props, Cloth, Armor, Development) on How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
• Character Rigging (Bodies, Faces, Props, Cloth) on The Boss Baby (2017)
• Character Rigging (Faces) on cancelled Puss in Boots sequel
• Character Rigging (Faces, Props, misc body work) on Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
• Character Rigging (Cloth and Hair) on Mr. Peabody and Sherman (2014)

Side Effects Software Inc. – Santa Monica, CA
Character Animator, May 2011 – November 2011

• Character Animation and Rigging in Houdini for an internally produced short film: Monstro! (2014)
• Exploring and evaluating character techniques and workflows in Houdini, including animation, rigging, modeling, and character fx

Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, Drexel University – Philadelphia, PA
Adjunct Professor – Computer Animation II, April – June, 2010

• Prepared and taught lectures in 3D animation tools, pipelines, problem solving, and production
• Mentored students in narrative visual storytelling
• Taught students various dynamic systems for animation production
• Taught students rigging and character animation concepts for animation production
• Introduced students to project management, rendering, and compositing techniques
• Critiqued technical, aesthetic, and storytelling aspects of student work

The Academy of Natural Sciences – Philadelphia, PA
Fossil Prep Lab Volunteer, Drexel University Fossil Lab monitor, July 2009 – September 2010

• Surface cleaning of fossils
• Opening and excavating field jackets
• Repairing fractured and broken fossils
• Casting fossils
• Supervising and Instructing other volunteers on methods of fossil preparation
• Informing museum visitors about dinosaurs, anatomy, fossilization, and fossil collection

ACIN (Applied Communications and Information Networking) - Camden, NJ
Human Factors Research Assistant, March 2008-July 2009

• Evaluated government software user interfaces
• Conducted interviews with Subject Matter Expert
• Met with software developers
• Created mockups of suggested changes for user interfaces

Drexel University – Philadelphia, PA
Educational Game Designer for Autism Research, August 2008 - July 2009

• Story and puzzle design
• 2D character design and animation
• 2D effects animation

Drexel University – Philadelphia, PA
Teaching Assistant, July-December 2008

• Introduced students to the pipeline for creating and importing 3D assets into the Torque Game Engine
• Taught lectures on 3D game pipelines and 3D modeling for gaming
• Assisted students with debugging and solving code and pipeline issues

Computer Skills

Operating Systems

Linux, Windows, Mac OS X

Software

Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Mudbox, Pixologic ZBrush, Joe Alter's Shave and a Haircut, Side Effects Houdini, Massive, Renderman for Maya, Headus UV Layout, Next Limit RealFlow, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Flash, Adobe Premiere, Foundry Nuke, PFTrack, Final Cut Pro, Geomagic Studio, Digidesign Pro Tools, Various Proprietary Tools

Languages

Python, Basic MEL, HTML/XHTML, CSS

Honors and Awards

• Contributor/Presenter - 'Rigging Octopuses in Penguins of Madagascar' - DigiPro 2015
• SIGGRAPH Dailies Contributor/Presenter 2015 - 'Body-Face Rig Integration on Dave the Octopus in Penguins of Madagascar'
• Winner of the National Geographic-Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize for Digital Modeling and Animation 2011
• Winner of the Best Graduate Poster Presentation for Creative Arts and Design Research at Drexel University's Research Day 2011
• Animation First Step won 'Best Animation' category at the Greater Philadelphia Student Film Festival 2010
• Animation Bazi won 'Best Animation' category at Drexel University's Untitled Film Festival 2009