Cassidy Curtis
Cassidy Curtis is an animator and researcher at Google DeepMind, and served as Supervising Animator for Dear Upstairs Neighbors. Previously, he worked for almost two decades at PDI/DreamWorks, where he supervised animation on characters like Toothless in How to Train Your Dragon and Alex the Lion in Madagascar 2. In his capacity as a researcher, he developed stylized rendering techniques for immersive animated films like Pearl (the first VR short to be nominated for an Oscar) and Age of Sail (which won the VES award for real-time visual effects) at Google Spotlight Stories.
Courses and Content
Video
DEAR UPSTAIRS NEIGHBORS: Exploring Artist-Driven, AI-Assisted Expressionistic Animation
With: Connie He and 4 more
DEAR UPSTAIRS NEIGHBORS: Exploring Artist-Driven, AI-Assisted Expressionistic Animation
With: Connie He, Yung Spielburg, Cassidy Curtis, Sarah Rumbley and Márcia Mayer
Join the team behind Dear Upstairs Neighbors for a screening and deep dive into artist-centric, AI-assisted animation workflows. This short film blends traditional animation with abstract expressionism using innovative video-to-video techniques. Learn how animation veterans and researchers at Google DeepMind developed custom AI models to transform hand-crafted art and music into "living paintings" while maintaining total creative control.
Story Forum: Exploring Art and Innovation - ON DEMAND
Together with creators, educators, industry leaders, and technologists, we explored the creative technologies that are impacting storytelling and how today’s artists are evolving.
Now you can experience it all on-demand for free.