Dave has almost three decades of experience in the animation industry, working on some of the most iconic 2D and CGI animated films of our time. Dave is the Animation Supervisor at Animal Logic’s Vancouver studio, where he was the Animation Director on DC League of Super-Pets and the Animation Supervisor on The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part.

In 1991, Dave started at Walt Disney Feature Animation, where he was an animator and supervising animator on many of their most successful 2D films, including Beauty and The Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King and Tarzan.

In 2001, he switched his pencil for a computer and started at PDI/DreamWorks, working as an animator, supervising animator and head of character animation. His credits during this time include Shrek 2, Madagascar, Over the Hedge, Megamind and Trolls.

Dave graduated from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver with Honours in Animation.

Josh has worked with Animal Logic for over a decade, originally working in Animal Logic’s Sydney Studio. Josh is now based in the Vancouver Studio where he most recently was Lighting Supervisor on The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part.

Josh thrives on the creative and often challenging process of visual storytelling in feature animation. He enjoys the complete control over the images that the medium allows, from lighting through to the final composited sequences that we see on the big screen.

Josh’s earlier credits include Happy Feet, The LEGO Movie, The LEGO Batman Movie, The LEGO Ninjago Movie, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, Sucker Punch and Baz Luhrmann’s, Australia.

Kristen has over 15 years experience in Film and TV. She has worked as a set designer and art director for live-action TV and film, and, more recently, as a digital set designer and art director on animated features.

Kristen first joined Animal Logic’s Sydney Studio in 2012 as a concept artist and designer on The LEGO Movie. She was Set Designer for The LEGO Batman Movie and Digital Set Designer for The LEGO Ninjago Movie. In 2016, Kristen moved to Vancouver to take on the role of Art Director on The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, where she worked closely with the Director and Production Designer to develop and execute the look of the film. She then worked on DC League of Super-Pets as the Art Director. She has just wrapped on Animal Logic’s latest film, Leo.

Kristen’s additional credits include Top of the Lake, Gods of Egypt, Narnia, Wolverine, Terra Nova, Australia, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Matrix 2 & 3, and Superman Returns.

Timothy Jason Smith has over 20 years’ experience in Feature/TV animation production management, with over 10 of those years as a producer.

Tim is originally from Boston, MA where he started his career as a Production Stage Manager at The Huntington Theatre Company.

Following that, Tim moved into Feature Animation. Tim has worked in the US, Canada and Singapore at such studios as Walt Disney Animation Studios, DisneyToon Studios, Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and Paramount/Nickelodeon. Some of the productions he has been involved in are Dinosaur, Treasure Planet, Barnyard (the movie), Tinker Bell & the Legend of the NeverBeast and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. This has given Tim experience in developing and maintaining diverse production pipelines, and working with multi-disciplinary teams from pre-production through to post-production.

Tim is currently Associate Producer at Animal Logic Vancouver, specifically for The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, where he collaborates with all levels of management on overall show leadership and planning.