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Popular As	Jason Schleifer
Occupation	Animation Department
Age	51 years old
Zodiac Sign	Aries
Born	April 3, 1973 ()
Birthday	April 3
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Jason Schleifer’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Jason Schleifer was born in the Year of the Ox. Another of the powerful Chinese Zodiac signs, the Ox is steadfast, solid, a goal-oriented leader, detail-oriented, hard-working, stubborn, serious and introverted but can feel lonely and insecure. Takes comfort in friends and family and is a reliable, protective and strong companion. Compatible with Snake or Rooster.

Jason Schleifer grew up in Northern California and is an animator, character technical director, and entrepreneur. Schleifer started his career in Santa Barbara, California at Alias/Wavefront where he was a product specialist during the development of the 3D animation software Maya.

In 1999 he moved to New Zealand to work as a character technical director and eventually animation lead at Weta Digital where he helped create and animate the character, Gollum for the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

In 2003 Schleifer moved back to the U.S. to work at PDI/Dreamworks in Redwood City, CA as an animator on feature films such as Madagascar and Shrek the third. Eventually he became Head of Character Animation heading up Megamind and Mr.

Peabody & Sherman.During his time at PDI/Dreamworks, Schleifer also created a series of character rigging tutorials focused on making "animator friendly rigs". These tutorials have been used by character technical directors all around the world who have gone on to have incredible careers in the animation industry.

In 2014 Schleifer co-founded Nimble Collective with DreamWorks alumni Rex Grignon, Bruce Wilson and Scott LaFleur with a goal to democratize the animation industry.Jason Schleifer has a B.A. in High Honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

He also received an Honorary Doctorate of Animation from the Digital Media Arts College in Boca Raton, Florida.