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I’m Roland Vallet, a senior animator with 20+ years of experience across AAA games, feature film, and VFX. I specialize in high-quality character, creature, and gameplay animation for both real-time and cinematic pipelines. My work spans pre-production through final delivery, collaborating closely with design, engineering, cinetech, QA, and rendering teams to define targets, test rigs, and refine workflows. With a background as a software engineer, I bring a rare blend of artistic judgment, technical fluency, and production efficiency to senior animation roles. I enjoy solving complex motion and pipeline challenges, mentoring teammates, and helping teams ship polished, responsive animation that enhances storytelling and gameplay.…I’m Roland Vallet, a senior animator with 20+ years of experience across AAA games, feature film, and VFX. I specialize in high-quality character, creature, and gameplay animation for both real-time and cinematic pipelines. My work spans pre-production through final delivery, collaborating closely with design, engineering, cinetech, QA, and rendering teams to define targets, test rigs, and refine workflows. With a background as a software engineer, I bring a rare blend of artistic judgment, technical fluency, and production efficiency to senior animation roles. I enjoy solving complex motion and pipeline challenges, mentoring teammates, and helping teams ship polished, responsive animation that enhances storytelling and gameplay.

Roland Vallet

Animator, 3D Animator, Visual Effects Artist, +4

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I’m Roland Vallet, a senior animator with 20+ years of experience across AAA games, feature film, and VFX. I specialize in high-quality character, creature, and gameplay animation for both real-time and cinematic pipelines. My work spans pre-production through final delivery, collaborating closely with design, engineering, cinetech, QA, and rendering teams to define targets, test rigs, and refine workflows. With a background as a software engineer, I bring a rare blend of artistic judgment, technical fluency, and production efficiency to senior animation roles. I enjoy solving complex motion and pipeline challenges, mentoring teammates, and helping teams ship polished, responsive animation that enhances storytelling and gameplay.…I’m Roland Vallet, a senior animator with 20+ years of experience across AAA games, feature film, and VFX. I specialize in high-quality character, creature, and gameplay animation for both real-time and cinematic pipelines. My work spans pre-production through final delivery, collaborating closely with design, engineering, cinetech, QA, and rendering teams to define targets, test rigs, and refine workflows. With a background as a software engineer, I bring a rare blend of artistic judgment, technical fluency, and production efficiency to senior animation roles. I enjoy solving complex motion and pipeline challenges, mentoring teammates, and helping teams ship polished, responsive animation that enhances storytelling and gameplay.

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I’m Roland Vallet, a senior animator with 20+ years of experience across AAA games, feature film, and VFX. I specialize in high-quality character, creature, and gameplay animation for both real-time and cinematic pipelines. My work spans pre-production through final delivery, collaborating closely with design, engineering, cinetech, QA, and rendering teams to define targets, test rigs, and refine workflows.

With a background as a software engineer, I bring a rare blend of artistic judgment, technical fluency, and production efficiency to senior animation roles. I enjoy solving complex motion and pipeline challenges, mentoring teammates, and helping teams ship polished, responsive animation that enhances storytelling and gameplay.

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Work Experience

Senior Cinematic Animator at The Coalition

December 31, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Lead real-time cinematic animation and pipeline integration for Maya/Unreal workflows. Performed pre-production rig testing, test cycles, and moments planning in Unreal, and collaborated with narrative/design teams to optimize visuals. Explored ragdoll dynamics and efficient pipeline integration. In production (2023-2025), created high-quality animation for CG creatures, characters, vehicles, and doubles, ensured facial rigs and cameras met real-time fidelity standards, and worked on seamless cinematics-to-gameplay transitions while optimizing workflows with cinetech, QA, and environments.

Lead Animator at CareActR

December 31, 2022 - December 31, 2022

Led the development of an interactive animation system using a Houdini KineFX/Unreal pipeline. Built an exportable Houdini character rig and efficient animation workflow, collaborating with Houdini TD Steve Dugaro and creative director Daniele Colajacomo to realize the project's vision.

Senior Gameplay Animator at Endnight Games

December 31, 2021 - December 31, 2021

Contributed to the Maya/Unity gameplay animation pipeline, delivering high-quality animation for gameplay sequences and supporting real-time interactive work in a fast-paced production environment.

Senior Character Animator at Weta FX

December 31, 2019 - December 31, 2019

Worked in a large team (up to 200) to produce award-winning character animation for feature films. Engaged in research, issue identification, feedback from dailies, blocking and final animation, and downstream support to ensure production-wide quality and consistency.

Senior Character Animator at Weta FX

December 31, 2021 - December 31, 2021

Remote role in 2021 continuing animation contributions during the studio’s distributed workflow.

Character Animator at Image Movers Digital

December 31, 2010 - December 31, 2010

Animated on Disney’s A Christmas Carol and Mars Needs Moms within a Maya pipeline for feature production.

Character Animator at Rainmaker Animation/Mainframe

December 31, 2008 - December 31, 2008

XSI/Softimage mocap-based pipeline; previz and animation on DVD movies; delivered 20–30 seconds of animation per week.

Character Animator at Vanguard Films & Animation

December 31, 2007 - December 31, 2007

Maya pipeline; animated on Space Chimps.

Character Animator at 3DSite

December 31, 2006 - December 31, 2006

Maya pipeline; worked on two Disney Imagineering projects: Stitch Encounter (Hong Kong) and the Laugh Floor (Disneyworld). Visual Effects Society nomination (2008) for Outstanding Visual Effect in a Special Venue Project.

Software Engineer (R&D) at Siebel Systems

December 31, 2004 - December 31, 2004

C++ and ILOG constraint-based product configurator development; Universal Application Network (Tibco) integration; listed as inventor on two patents.

Software Engineer (Integration) at Schlumberger Smart Cards

December 31, 2000 - December 31, 2000

Integration team; servers for wireless systems based on Smart Card technology; C++ development and on-site client support.

Senior Cinematic Animator at The Coalition

January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2026

Created high-quality character, creature, facial, vehicle, and camera animation for AAA game Gears Of War: E-Day cinematics. Contributed to pre-production and full production, helping define visual targets, test rigs, and validate animation workflows. Collaborated closely with Cinetech, QA, Narrative Design, and Environment teams to integrate motion into Unreal, identify and resolve pipeline inefficiencies, and animate seamless transitions between cinematics and gameplay.

Lead Animator at CareActR

January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022

Led animation development and partnered with Technical Director to design an interactive character system built on a Houdini-to-Unreal pipeline. Supported creative direction through early research, prototyping, and iteration on animation systems.

Senior Gameplay Animator at Endnight Games

January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2021

Delivered gameplay animation for Sons of the Forest, worked closely with design and engineering to ensure animation clarity and responsiveness. Maintained high output in fast-paced animation environment delivering 5 to 10 seconds of footage a day.

Senior Animator at Weta FX

January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2019

Animated on major feature films including: Tintin, Hobbit Trilogy, Avengers, Iron Man 3, Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Valerian, War for the Planet of the Apes, Pete’s Dragon, Infinity Wars, Alita, … Collaborated with supervisors and leads through full production cycles: research, blocking, polish, and final delivery; and supported downstream departments by ensuring animation consistency, clarity, and technical reliability.

Senior Animator at Weta FX

January 1, 2021 - Present

Returned to Weta FX in 2021 to continue work on high-end VFX and animation pipeline improvements.

Character Animator at Image Movers Digital

January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2010

CG feature films: Disney’s A Christmas Carol and Mars Needs Moms.