Bill Diaz

Bill Diaz is an accomplished animation professional with 30 years of experience in the industry. Currently, Bill serves as the Owner, Creative Director, Animation Supervisor, and Feature Animation Consultant at Valor Vfx Inc, where consultation is provided to enhance animation pipelines and achieve high-quality visual effects. Simultaneously, Bill holds the position of Supervising Animator for the upcoming "David" movie at Sunrise Animation Studios. As an Instructor at the California Institute of the Arts, Bill teaches advanced CG character animation to BFA and MFA students. Previous roles include Lead Character Animator at DreamWorks Animation, where Bill contributed to several major projects, and Supervising Character Animator at Sony Pictures Imageworks, with credits on notable films. Bill's educational background includes studies at UCLA.