Steve Rittler F/T
Astoria, New York
Associate Professor at School of Visual Arts & William Paterson University
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Summary
Steve graduated from Philadelphia’s University of the Arts with an Honors B.F.A. in Illustration (with an Animation Concentration) in 1990. In 2000, he received his M.F.A. in Computer Graphics Animation from Pratt Institute. He has animated for many companies, including Disney Interactive, and is the founder of his own company, MuseMachine Productions. He is an Associate Professor of Animation at William Paterson University in the Department of Art, is an MFA Thesis Advisor and animation instructor at the School of Visual Arts MFA Computer Art Department, has taught in the past at the New York University Center for Advanced Digital Applications, and the Pratt Institute Computer Graphics Department. He currently serves on the New York City ACM SIGGRAPH Board of Directors.
Education
Masters Degree
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Pratt Institute, NYC
Bachelors Degree
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University of the Arts, Phladelphia
Experience
Associate Professor at
Sep 2001 - Present
Job Duties:
Software: Premiere - Advanced, MAYA, Final Cut Pro, Debabelizer, Quicktime, Windows, MacOS, , Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, XSI
Summary:Teach Graduate and Undergraduate 3D and 2D character animation and Storyboarding; see CV/resume
Associate Professor at
Sep 2001 - Present
Job Duties:
Software: Premiere - Advanced, MAYA, Quicktime, Windows, MacOS, Opus/Harmony, , Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, XSI
Summary:Teach Graduate and Undergraduate 3D and 2D character animation and Storyboarding; see CV/resume
Associate Professor at William Paterson University
Sep 2001 - Present
Job Duties: Illustration / Storyboarding - Expert, Life Drawing - Expert, Animation (Character) - Expert, Production Design - Advanced, Modeling (Objects / Worlds / Environments) - Advanced, Network / System Admin / IT - Intermediate
Software: Photoshop - Expert, MAYA - Expert, MacOS - Advanced, Illustrator (v.10 to CS5) - Advanced, QuarkXpress - Advanced, Adobe After Effects - Advanced, InDesign - Intermediate, - Intermediate, Windows XP - Intermediate
Summary:
Instructor at SVA, MFA Computer Art Department
Sep 1999 - Present
Job Duties:
Software: Premiere - Advanced, MAYA, Final Cut Pro, Unix, MacOS, Windows, , Softimage, Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, XSI
Summary:Teach Graduate 3D character animation, MFA Thesis Advisor; see CV/resume
Senior Animator at
Jul 1998 - Aug 1999
Job Duties: Lighting Character Design Animation (Character) Story Boarding Modeling (Objects / Worlds / Environments) Modeling (High Poly) Production Design
Software: , Photoshop, MAYA, Debabelizer, Unix, MacOS, Windows, DeepPaint3D
Summary:see CV/Resume
Directing Animator at Blink.fx
Sep 1997 - Aug 1998
Job Duties: Illustration / Storyboarding - Expert, Animation (Object) - Expert, Character Design - Expert, Animation (Character) - Expert, Animation (Traditional) - Advanced, Modeling (Objects / Worlds / Environments) - Advanced
Software: Photoshop - Expert, MAYA - Expert, Illustrator (v.10 to CS5) - Advanced, Adobe After Effects - Advanced, InDesign - Intermediate
Summary:Lead Character Animator, 3D and 2D, Directing Animator of several TV ad spots produced by Blink.fx that year. Company now defunct.
Senior Character Animator/Designer at GLC Productions
Jun 1997 - Aug 1999
Job Duties: Illustration / Storyboarding - Expert, Animation (Object) - Expert, Character Design - Expert, Animation (Character) - Expert, Production Design - Advanced, Modeling (Objects / Worlds / Environments) - Advanced
Software: Photoshop - Expert, MAYA - Expert, Illustrator (v.10 to CS5) - Advanced, Adobe After Effects - Advanced, InDesign - Intermediate
Summary:Senior Character Animator and environment/character designer on three episodes of a multi-award winning 3D animated pilot project, "The Buddy System", presented at with Alias at SIGGRAPH 2008. Company now defunct.
Directing Animator at
May 1997 - Jul 1998
Job Duties: Rigging (Character) Animation (Character) Animation (Traditional) Staffing / Recruiting 2D Art / Graphic Design 2D Art / Graphic Design
Software: Premiere - Advanced, MAYA, Unix, MacOS, Windows, HP-UX, , Softimage, Photoshop
Summary:see CV/resume
3D Artist at Disney Interactive Studios
Jun 1996 - May 1997
Job Duties: Lighting Animation (Character) Modeling (Objects / Worlds / Environments) Character Design Modeling (Objects / Worlds / Environments) Rigging (Character) 3D Art
Software: , Softimage, Photoshop, MAYA, Alias, Unix, MacOS, Windows
Summary:see CV/resume
3D Animator / Artist at MTI / Image Design
Aug 1995 - Jul 1996
Job Duties: Illustration / Storyboarding - Expert, Animation (Object) - Expert, Life Drawing - Expert, Animation (Character) - Expert, Modeling (Objects / Worlds / Environments) - Advanced
Software: Photoshop - Expert, MAYA - Expert, Illustrator (v.10 to CS5) - Advanced, Adobe After Effects - Advanced, InDesign - Intermediate
Summary:3D Animator, Character Designer, modeling, lighting, storyboard artist.
3D Animator at
Mar 1995 - Jun 1996
Job Duties: Animation (Object) Modeling (Character) Animation (Character) Animation (FX) Story Boarding Character Design
Software: , Softimage, Alias, Unix, MacOS, Windows
Summary:see CV/resume
Adjunct Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute
Sep 1993 - May 2002
Job Duties:
Software: Premiere - Advanced, MAYA, Alias, Debabelizer, Toonz, Unix, MacOS, Windows, PowerAnimator, , Softimage, 3D Studio Max, Photoshop
Summary:Taught Graduate and Undergraduate 3D and 2D character animation, Senior Thesis and Storyboarding; see CV/resume
Character Animator / Designer at Freelance Animator / Illustrator / Designer
Sep 1990 - Present
Job Duties: Illustration / Storyboarding - Expert, Animation (Object) - Expert, Character Design - Expert, Life Drawing - Expert, Animation (Character) - Expert, Animation (Traditional) - Advanced
Software: Photoshop - Expert, Illustrator (v.10 to CS5) - Expert, MAYA - Expert, Adobe After Effects - Advanced, InDesign - Intermediate
Summary:I work as a freelance Animator, Illustrator, Designer and Storyboard Artist for various companies over the years, in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, since Graduating from the University of the Arts.
Software and Technologies
Photoshop (Expert), MAYA (Expert), Illustrator (v.10 to CS5) (Expert), QuarkXpress (Advanced), Premiere (Advanced), MacOS (Advanced), Adobe After Effects (Advanced), InDesign (Intermediate), Windows XP (Intermediate), Softimage, Form-Z, 3D Studio Max, XSI, Final Cut Pro, Alias, Sound Forge, Cubase VST, Debabelizer, Toonz, Quicktime, Unix, Windows, DeepPaint3D, HP-UX, PowerAnimator, FTP, Norton, Peak, Opus/Harmony, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook