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Animators working on other Disney films From page 13
making the jump to Disney. But it could be said their paths started before that. Way, way before that. “I’m still learning, but I have been making marks on paper since I was three,” Chiang said. It wasn’t until university Chiang knew for sure animation was the kind of work she wanted to pursue. “I knew it was possible to work in the animation field but had no idea how to go about it — that is until I found out there was a good school locally, Capilano University, where I could start my education,” Chiang says. Her first job out of school was with Atomic Productions and then Studio B Productions (now DHX Media), before moving on to Disney. Airriess followed a similar path. “I’ve drawn since I was about two,” Airriess says. Yet it wasn’t until she was a teenager she knew she wanted to animate for a living.
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“For some reason, it wasn’t until I was 14 that I realized ordinary people become animators, and that because I liked to draw and act I could become an animator . . . as soon as I made that connection I was set on that as my goal,” she said. Airriess found work out of the gate with Bardel Entertainment based in Vancouver. She produced 2D animation before moving to Los Angeles and eventually finding work in Burbank with Disney. But Paperman isn’t the only film these two have worked on. Both Airriess and Chiang had a hand in 2011’s Winnie the Pooh. Currently Airriess is working on a movie that will be released after Disney’s next animated feature film Frozen. Chiang just worked on Frozen as a story artist, but was mum on her next project. In the end, Airriess and Chiang are both honoured to have been a part of an
Oscar-winning film, but they are not letting it explode their egos, instead choosing to keep their heads down working on the next project. So, in the end, what is it like to work for Disney? “Some of the toughest and the most inspiring times of life,” Chiang says. “It’s complicated,” Airriess explains. It’s a great experience and she has access to all kinds of training and resources she normally wouldn’t, she said, but there has been a cultural and professional shock when it comes to living in LA and working for a massive corporation like Disney. “This isn’t to denigrate any of the lovely and amazingly talented people I work with at all — Disney is full of the nicest people you’d meet anywhere and they’re all both brilliant and humble, so it’s a pretty inspiring place to come to every day.” James Prevette, staff at Capilano University’s Digital Visual Effects department, also worked on Academy Award-winning film Life of Pi as a digital artist.
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