Ryan O'Phelan 3D animator character animator generalist maya animator autodesk maya after effects compositing foundry nuke compositing new york city NYC NY technical director Ryan OPhelan portfolio reel	Ryan is a true generalist with skills in all Maya technologies, scripting, tracking, compositing, and mocap animation. He has been the Technical Director at Stardust Studios' New York office for three years, responsible for team management, shoot supervision, pipeline design, along with typical CG production duties. Before that, he was a Lead at Click3X, and an animator at Curious Pictures. Ryan has a background as an advertising Art Director for print and interactive, and as a Web Designer. He is comfortable with clients and presentations, as well as managing projects. He holds an MFA from The School of Visual Arts, and a BFA from Cornell University, and has attended RISD, and Parsons as well. Ryan is proficient in Maya (cloth, particles, animation, MEL and Python), After Effects, NUKE, Boujou, PFtrack, Deadline Render, and various other production tools.