ANDRE L. BEAULNE
Senior Animator | Rigger | Technical Director
Mississauga, ON | 647-286-2513 | RAREAvatar@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/andre-beaulne-49980036 | Portfolio & Reel: 1rareavatar.blogspot.com | rareavatar.com
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Senior animator, rigger, and technical director with over a decade leading rigging departments for TV animation, and nearly 30 years total across studios that shaped some of the medium's most recognizable series and films — including Walt Disney Animation, Nelvana, and Pipeline Studio. Specializes in Toon Boom Harmony rigging and pipeline technical direction, building character rigs that hold up across full broadcast seasons. Moves fluidly between 2D and 3D (Maya, Blender, Moho, Unity) and has spent the last two years integrating AI-assisted workflows into production pipelines without compromising craft. Work has contributed to Daytime Emmy, Peabody, Annie, and WGC award-winning and nominated series.
CORE SKILLS
Rigging & Technical Direction: Toon Boom Harmony (Certified), rigging pipeline design, department leadership & QC
2D/3D Tools: Toon Boom Harmony, Maya, Blender, Moho, Unity, Adobe Photoshop/After Effects
Pipeline & Scripting: Python, production pipeline optimization, AI-assisted workflow integration (ComfyUI)
Leadership: Department management, cross-team collaboration, mentorship, budget & schedule adherence
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Technical Director, Animator & Lead Rigging Supervisor — Pipeline Studio, Hamilton, ON2013 – 2023
Led a distributed rigging team of 3–6 artists across Colombia and Brazil from Hamilton, ON, directing resource allocation, quality control, and technical output against budget and client requirements
Served as Lead Rigger for the full production runs of Sunny Day and Alma's Way, delivering broadcast-ready Toon Boom Harmony rigs across every season
Mentored rigging teams and partnered with design and animation departments to deliver series on time and on budget
Owned production delivery pipelines end-to-end and ensured adherence to regional compliance standards
Storyboard Revisionist — Cookie Jar / DHX Media, Toronto, ON2012 – 2013
Revised storyboards for Ella the Elephant and other series, maintaining continuity and studio style standards
Senior Animator / Character & Prop Designer — Nelvana, Toronto, ON1999 – 2010
Designed and animated characters and props for series including Little Bill, Max & Ruby, Rescue Rangers, Jacob Two-Two, Sidekick, Quads!, Seven Little Monsters, 6Teen, and Grossology
Assistant Animator / Clean-up & In-between Artist — Walt Disney Canada, Toronto, ON1996 – 1999
Contributed clean-up and in-between animation to theatrical and direct-to-video features including Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World, Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas, The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea, Return to Never Land, and Brother Bear 2
CONCURRENT FREELANCE WORK
Freelance Animator (via Yowza Animation) — Toronto, ON2000 – 2009
Contributed clean-up and in-between animation to The Princess and the Frog (Walt Disney Animation) and Osmosis Jones, along with other smaller productions
Freelance Animator, Rigger & Storyboard Artist — Various Studios1995 – Present
Delivered animation, rigging, storyboarding, and compositing for Imagine That, CRUSH Studio, Bento Box Studio, Entrenched Inc., Chuck Gammage Animation, and Extra Dimension Games on productions including Fangbone!, Sunny Day, Elinor Wonders Why, Space Jam, Bubble Guppies, and Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series
Teach part-time digital art classes to students in grades 6–8
NOTABLE CREDITS & RECOGNITION
Little Bill — Daytime Emmy Award Winner · Peabody Award Winner
Max & Ruby — Canadian Screen Awards — 3x Nominee
Elinor Wonders Why — Daytime Emmy Nominee · Annie Award Nominee · WGC Award Winner
Alma's Way — Webby, Imagen, GEE!, and ALA Honoree
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION
Diploma, Classical Animation — Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
Toon Boom Harmony — Professional Certification
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