João Dias is a character animator, who is responsible for the animation department at Ocidental Filmes.
Before starting at Ocidental Filmes, João worked as 3D character animator on VFX at Trixter in Berlin and MPC film in London, he also worked in smaller studios in feature film animation, and as a freelancer CG generalist on advertisement for over 6 years.
João has a degree in civil engineering and several courses in drawing, fine arts painting, illustration, animation, and he has a Masters Drawing ongoing in Faculdade de Belas Artes de Lisboa.
João has a degree in civil engineering and several courses in drawing, fine arts painting, illustration, animation, and he has a Masters Drawing ongoing in Faculdade de Belas Artes de Lisboa.
He’s always drawing, creating characters for small stories in his head, he practices sports regularly, and he loves to listen to music and to be with his family and dog.