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Doug Dooley
Character Animator and Robotics Consultant
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Doug Dooley is a character animator and robotics consultant. He spent 13 years at Pixar, contributing to films such as Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Cars 2, and Brave. After earlier work at Blue Sky Studios, he left Pixar in 2013 to focus on making robots feel alive, including working at Willow Garage. He now consults for robotics and animation companies in the Bay Area.
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