| Jason Schleifer | |
| Occupation: | Co-founder |
| Employer: | Nimble Collective |
Jason Schleifer is an American animator, character technical director, and entrepreneur. Schleifer started his career at Alias/Wavefront where he was a product specialist during the development of Maya. His technical expertise in character rigging[1] led him to work as a character technical director and eventually animation lead at Weta Digital where he helped create and animate the character, Gollum for the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In 2003 Schleifer moved back to the U.S. to work at PDI/DreamWorks in Redwood City, CA where he became Head of Character Animation and worked on feature films including Madagascar, Over the Hedge, Megamind,[2] and Mr. Peabody & Sherman.[3]
Jason Schleifer has a B.A. in High Honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He also received an Honorary Doctorate of Animation from the Digital Media Arts College in Boca Raton, Florida.
In 2014 Schleifer co-founded Nimble Collective with DreamWorks alumni Rex Grignon, Bruce Wilson and Scott LaFleur.
| Year | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Bingo (short) | additional character animation |
| 2001 | creature technical director | |
| 2002 | senior animator | |
| 2003 | animation lead | |
| 2005 | Madagascar | animator |
| The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper | animator | |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | animator |
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | animator |
| 2008 | supervising animator | |
| 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens | character development |
| 2010 | Megamind | head of character animation |
| 2011 | (video short) | head of character animation |
| Night of the Living Carrots (video short) | supervising animator | |
| 2014 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | head of character animation |
| Rocky and Bullwinkle (short) | head of character animation | |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | head of character animation (pre-production) |
| Disrupted (short) | animator | |
| Coin Operated (short) | animator |