Stephan Osterburg
Rigging Architect at DNEG
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolStephan Osterburg is a Rigging Architect with over 25 years in computer graphics, visual effects, and animation, and nine years in senior technical and leadership roles across studios like DNEG, DreamWorks, and Framestore. He blends an architectural background and formal software engineering training with hands-on rigging, technical direction, and team-building experience, having led feature animation rigging teams and creature FX groups. Curious about machine learning, he completed a data science bootcamp and applies that analytical mindset to pipeline and tool development. Known for bridging creative and technical teams, Stephan excels at turning complex character requirements into maintainable systems while mentoring artists and engineers. Based in Stony Stratford, he brings an unusually broad career arc—from architectural drafting to top-tier VFX leadership—paired with a relentless appetite for learning.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
CAD Engineer Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD, CAD Engineer Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD at IVM Technical Consultants GmbHData Scientist Data Science (Full Time Online Bootcamp), Data Scientist Data Science (Full Time Online Bootcamp) at Flatiron SchoolHigh School Diploma Naturwissenschaftlich-Technologische Ausbildungsrichtung (NTAG), High School Diploma Naturwissenschaftlich-Technologische Ausbildungsrichtung (NTAG) at Städtisches Abendgymnasium MünchenSoftware Engineer Computer Software Engineering, Software Engineer Computer Software Engineering at Control Data Institut
German, English
Github Skills (64)
python10
pandas10
arabic-nlp9
data-science9
artificial-intelligence9
named-entity-recognition9
language-processing9
manipulation9
jupyterlab9
text-classification9
dataframes9
fairness-ml9
natural-language-processing9
spacy9
neural9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
osterburg/dsc-2-15-02-introduction-summary-online-ds-ft-100118
Nov 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:270 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
osterburg/dsc-2-24-09-ridge-and-lasso-regression-online-ds-ft-100118
Nov 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:346 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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