About Ron Friedman

Ron Friedman comes from a performance background of stage and theater acting with over 30 years of experience as a Character Animator.

Ron has worked in Feature Animation (Pagemaster, Swan Princess), Visual Effects Animation for Film (Van Helsing, Lemony Snicket, The Mist, Snakes On A Plane), and Videogame Animation (Star Wars: Rivals, Robot Rising, City Of Heroes, Immortal City).

Ron was Animation Supervisor for the Academy Award-winning film "Pan's Labyrinth" and was Animation Director on the Namco/Bandai videogame "Afro Samurai".

 Most recently, Ron was a Senior Animator at The Third Floor, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA working on Previsualization for feature films, television, and major theme parks. Prior to that, Ron was a Lead Animator at Disney Interactive on Star Wars: Rivals.

 Ron has experience working in Maya, Softimage XSI, Lightwave, 3D Studio Max, Character Studio and Blender. Ron is also proficient in the Unreal and Unity game engines as well as Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Encore.

Ron has taught animation at the New England Institute of Art,  Mount Ida College, and at Harvard University Extension in Cambridge, MA. 

Ron has provided  tutorials for DigitalTutors.com/Pluralsight and Lynda.com/LinkedIn Learning on the subject of 2D and 3D Character Animation as well as a variety of other subjects.