James Sumner
Character Rigger at Naughty Dog
Santa Monica, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Sumner is a character rigger with nine years of professional experience, currently shaping high-fidelity rigs at Naughty Dog from his base in Santa Monica. Trained at Rigging Dojo and holding a BA in Linguistics (cum laude) from Yale, he combines formal analytical skills with specialized technical rigging knowledge to translate animation needs into robust, production-ready systems. His work as a TD is showcased through reels at jamessumneriii.com, reflecting a focus on both technical problem-solving and artist-friendly rigging tools. Known for bringing linguistic-style attention to structure and detail, he excels at building rigs that anticipate animator intent and streamline iterative pipelines.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Linguistics, cum laude, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Linguistics, cum laude at Yale UniversityRigging Dojo
English, Spanish, German, Italian, French
Github Skills (2)
spine2
maya2
Github contributions (5)
scorza/pluginsRepo
Sep 2016 - Oct 2020
Contributions:24 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
scorza/jsStress
Aug 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:7 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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