Person
Rob Dressel
Camera
Biography
Rob Dressel got his start in CG in 1993, doing commercials at a small house in Hollywood called Sidley Wright MotionWorks. A year later he started working in visual effects at Dream Quest Images which was later bought by Disney and became The Secret Lab. There Rob worked on many films like Crimson Tide, Deep Rising, Armageddon, Mighty Joe Young, 102 Dalmatians and Reign of Fire eventually becoming a supervising animator and creature supervisor. He left Disney to be the animation supervisor on Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow which, because of having to previs the entire film, opened the world of cinematography to him. This new passion led Rob to continue working in live action previs at Unit Eleven LLC. There he worked on Transformers 1 and 2 as well as Hancock. In 2008 Rob returned to Disney to become the layout supervisor for Prep and Landing at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Layout was the ultimate job for cinematic storytelling.
Known for

Zootopia 2
Layout Supervisor

Big Hero 6
Director of Photography

Tangled
Layout

Wreck-It Ralph
Layout

Raya and the Last Dragon
Director of Photography

Wish
Other

Moana
Layout

Crimson Tide
CG Animator

Iwájú
Director of Photography

Gone Fishing
Director of Photography
Filmography
- 2025Zootopia 2Layout Supervisor
- 2024IwájúDirector of Photography
- 2023WishOther
- 2021Raya and the Last DragonDirector of Photography
- 2017Gone FishingDirector of Photography
- 2016MoanaLayout
- 2014Big Hero 6Director of Photography
- 2012Wreck-It RalphLayout
- 2010TangledLayout
- 1995Crimson TideCG Animator
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