Mark Oftedal
Chief Creative Officer, Co‑Founder
Mark Oftedal, a seven-year Pixar veteran, animated on Toy Story, A Bug‘s Life, Toy Story 2, and Monster’s, Inc. and was one of the founding influences in the development of Pixar’s character animation group. Beyond Pixar, Mark has animated and directed numerous short films, including the award-winning hand-drawn piece "The Pumpkin of Nyefar" and multiple VR shorts for Google Spotlight Stories, as well as providing character development and lead animation for numerous feature films. Mark today spends some of his time teaching future generations of character animators through Animation Mentor. He completed his training in traditional animation in the Character Animation program at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).
