Chris Hogstead
Alumni Information
School: LaSalle College Vancouver
Grad Year: 2009
Program of Study: VFX for Film & Television
Degree: Diploma
Employment/Professional Information
Company Name: Image Engine
Location: Vancouver
Job Title: Rigger
Primary Responsibilities: Rigging/ClothTD/ShotTD.
Describe a Typical Work Day:
I create a rig for a character, shirt, muscle so an animator can move it, pose it, jiggle it.
What accomplishment(s) are you most proud of?
The projects I have worked on, the great studio I work at, and being able to experience the process every day of creating the creatures that entertain people.
What are your creative inspirations or influences? Who are your heroes?
Stanely Kubrick, for his cinematography. Irving Kershner for one of my childhoods favourite films. Akira Kurosawa for storytelling.
What do you enjoy the most about your career?
The challenge to create something simple, but effective. I look at every task I do this way, but it is a hard one to follow.