Victor Navone is a traditional artist and computer animator. He currently works as an Animation Supervisor at PIXAR.

He was born in Chula Vista, California, and has a degree in Fine Arts from the University of California, Irvine. He worked for several years as a Conceptual Designer and 3D Artist in the computer games industry. In 1998, Navone began studying 3D character animation in his spare time. One of his early animation exercises, “Alien Song,” went on to become a viral internet clip and caught the attention of Pixar Animation Studios, who hired him as a full-time Animator in 2000. He has worked at PIXAR for 25+ years now.

Navone has worked on numerous films and shows, including the films Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Toy Story 3 & 4, Brave, The Good Dinosaur, Inside Out, Coco, and Onward and the recent streaming shows Dream Productions and Win Or Lose. He’s also contributed to several short films, including “Lou,” “Bao,” and “Kitbull.” For his work on WALL-E, he won an award from the Visual Effects Society. He’s also co-directed a series of short “Cars Toons” for television. Victor has been teaching animation since 2005, and he currently resides in Oakland, California with his family.

See Victor Navone’s animation work at vimeo.com/victornavone and follow his personal artwork on Instagram @victornavone.

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