Chris Gallagher

AI Production Track, UE: Building Procedural Worlds
Digital Domain Disney DreamWorks Electronic Arts Weta

Chris spent eight years as a Technical Director at Walt Disney Animation Studios, contributing to Frozen, Zootopia, Big Hero 6, Moana, Wreck-It Ralph, and Tangled — then became Chair of the Animation Department at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), where animation grew into the university’s most popular degree program under his leadership. He presented at SIGGRAPH 2015 on new cloth workflows for Big Hero 6. He holds the Unreal Fellowship: Storytelling certification and now consults independently on pipeline strategy.

Key credentials:

  • Technical Director — Walt Disney Animation Studios: Frozen, Zootopia, Big Hero 6, Moana, Wreck-It Ralph, Tangled
  • Chair of Animation — SCAD, Savannah (7 years) — most popular degree program at the university
  • Character/Pipeline TD — Sony Pictures Imageworks: Spider-Man 3, I Am Legend, Speed Racer
  • SIGGRAPH presenter (2015) · Unreal Fellowship: Storytelling certification

What you’ll work on at Chris’s bootcamp:

  • Mapping and designing a complete AI-era production pipeline from intake to delivery
  • Understanding where AI tools break professional pipelines — and how to fix that
  • Building the technical vocabulary to lead or collaborate with a pipeline team

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AI Production Track

New
Brandon Webb
Blur, Digital Domain, DreamWorks, NETFLIX
Chris Gallagher
Digital Domain, Disney, DreamWorks, Electronic Arts, Weta
July 20 - 31, 2026
4 weeks
/ 12 participants
English
Kutná Hora, Czech Republic

UE: Building Procedural Worlds

New
Chris Gallagher
Digital Domain, Disney, DreamWorks, Electronic Arts, Weta
10. - 11.12.2025
2 days
/ 10
English
Prague
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