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Troy Saliba
Animation Director
Sony Pictures Imageworks


Animation supervisor Troy Saliba has worked in the animation industry for more than 13 years with wide ranging experience in both traditional and CG character animation.

Currently, Troy is in production as animation director on the animated feature film "Monster House," which utilizes the proprietary Imagemotion™ performance-capture technology developed by Imageworks.

In 2003, Troy wrapped production as animation supervisor on Disney's "The Haunted Mansion" working with visual effects supervisor Jay Redd and director Rob Minkoff ("The Lion King," "Stuart Little," "Stuart Little 2"). He also completed work for the Academy Award®-winning blockbuster sequel "Spider-Man 2."

Since joining Sony Pictures Imageworks in 2001, Troy has worked on "Stuart Little 2," winner of the VES Award (Visual Effects Society) in 2003 for Best Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture, as well as the company's first CG short film "The ChubbChubbs," which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

In 2001, Troy was supervising animator on Nickelodeon's Academy Award® nominated "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius," one of the first animated features to ever be nominated for an Oscar.

Troy began his career in Dublin, Ireland, working for Don Bluth Animation on such features as "Rock-A Doodle" and "Thumbelina." While in Dublin, Troy also taught animation at Ballyfermot College in a program based upon the curriculum of the animation program at Sheridan College. He then took his talents to Walt Disney Television Animation in Sydney, Australia, where he worked on numerous television shows and direct-to-video features as both a character animator and animation supervisor. Moving to Fox Animation in Phoenix, Arizona in 1995, Troy was promoted to directing animator and served in that capacity on the feature films "Anastasia" and "Titan A.E."