Toby Morgan

Email: toby@toby-morgan.com
linkedin: linkedin.com/in/tobymorgan

Skill Summary

Team Leader
Task Supervision
Project Planning
Tool Development
CG Pipeline
Artist Tools
Artist Work
Shot Work CFX, FX
Asset Rigging, CFX
Communication
Reporting
Outcome Driven

Software Knowledge

Education

Bachelor of Interactive Entertainment (Animation) - SAE Melbourne

Work History

May 2025 - Oct 2025
Wildbrain
Lead Pipeline TD

Working with asset development departments, Look, Groom, and CFX simulations as well as shot departments CFX, FX, and Lighting. Developing workflows and technologies to deliver high-quality feature animations.

Jul 2023 - May 2025
Walt Disney Animation
General TD

Developing custom tools for houdini based fx and lighting teams generating and editing linework on cg characters. Liaising with show leadership to inform design decisions and meet production timelines. Mentoring a co-op trainee and other junior team members.

Zootopia 2 (2025) - Moana 2 (2024) - Tiana (2025)
Sep 2020 - Aug 2023
Industrial Light and Magic
Lead Pipeline TD

Work with production on each show to work out pipe crew resources Develop cross show projects for asset and shot hand over. Help built a team of 16 pipeline td's and supported them across 10+ shows concurrently. Work with global leadership to support/develop new work-flows.

Transformers One (2024) - Alien: Romulus (2024) - The Rings Of Power Season 02 (2024) - The Creator (2023) - Wicked (2023) - Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning (2023) - Haunted Mansion (2023) - The Mandalorian Season 03 (2023) - The Skeleton Crew (2023) - Ahsoka (2023) - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) - Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023) - Renfield (2023) - Untitled Feature Animation - The Batman (2022) - The Rings Of Power Season 01 (2022)
Nov 2019 - Sep 2020
Cutting Edge
VFX Technical Director HOD

Developing the pipeline as-well as departmental tools across the VFX division. Writing custom plug-ins for Deadline farm to work with Shotgrid toolkit apps, Maya, Nuke, Houdini. Developed Delivery tool with sg toolkit for production to manage client deliveries.

The Invisible Man (2020) - Fantasy Island (2020) - Halloween Kills (2021)
May 2019 - Nov 2019
Mill Film
Technical Animator

Developing fur rig tools in Houdini for pre and post sim artist control. Creating a rig automation to allow a lead to initialize a character specific set of defaults Delivered a number of creature simulation shots.

Cats (2019)
Feb 2015 - Jan 2019
Toby Morgan VFX
Owner Operator

Delivering and Developing VFX, Interactive Exhibits, and other video content as a vendor. Working with clients to develop workflows to integrate into their own pipelines as-well as extending their production value.

Glitch (2017) Season 02 - The Big Winch 360 Cinema - 360Fly CES 2017 Presentation - Meat and Livestock Australia Presentation - World Expo 2020 DP World - Nitro Training and Development - Client Liaison - Wild Life - Music Video - Bright Visions - Sovereign Hill - Rake (2016) Season 04 - The Beautiful Lie (2015) - Wizards of Aus (2016) - Glitch (2015)