
Richard Fournier
Animator
Dreamworks Animation
Richard Fournier has been a professional animator since 2005 and is currently an animator at Dreamworks Animation. He graduated from Animation Mentor and was hired by Blue Sky Studios in 2008. He has worked on a dozen feature films since. In his spare time, he creates designer toys under the artist name Triplikid. Richard currently teaches Advanced Body Mechanics, the third Core Character Animation Course at Animation Mentor.
Richard’s Credits

Spies in Disguise

Ferdinand

Ice Age: Scrat Tales

The Peanuts Movie
Films
- Luck
- Spies in Disguise
- Ferdinand
- Ice Age: Collision Course
- The Peanuts Movie
- Rio 2
- Epic
- Ice Age: Continental Drift
- Rio
- Ice Age : Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Shorts
- Scrat Tales
- Scrat’s Continental Crack-Up
Games
- Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach
- Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
- Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria
What Richard’s Students are Saying
Amazing
Richard was amazing. He had something new to teach in class every week. All the Q&As were helpful from the first one till the last one. He was very open to all the questions and tried to answer them and made sure if everyone understood. He was open to put extra time and you could be sure that he was there if you needed any help. It is my second time that I passed class 3 and this time I feel very confident about my ability. I feel like I just found what animation is about.
Great Ideas and Suggestions
Rich always comes up with great ideas and suggestions that are very helpful whenever I feel stuck at something and they make the job so much easier. He is very considerate and honest with his critiques. His precise critiques makes it easier to deal with assignments. I am having a wonderful time learning from him and now I feel much more confident about my skills.
A Great Mentor
Rich is a great mentor! He is very honest and straightforward with his feedback and can explain complex and abstract ideas with clarity. His varied experience (and the anecdotes that come with it) in both games and feature films offers a different perspective than from my past mentors and it’s always interesting to hear about how things differ in different industries.
Dedicates Time and Effort for Every Student's Needs
I think he dedicates the time and effort that every student needs, he adapts to every level of his class. He’s straight to the point and focuses on the important aspects of the current assignment’s stage and how things will be when students start getting actual jobs.
Pushes His Students to Go the Extra Mile
Richard was a great Mentor, pushes his students to go the extra mile with their animations and does what he can to help in any way possible. In addition, Richard tries to make himself as available as possible outside the Q&A’s so students can always turn to him when they need help.
Amazing
Richard was amazing. He had something new to teach in class every week. All the Q&As were helpful from the first one till the last one. He was very open to all the questions and tried to answer them and made sure if everyone understood. He was open to put extra time and you could be sure that he was there if you needed any help. It is my second time that I passed class 3 and this time I feel very confident about my ability. I feel like I just found what animation is about.
Great Ideas and Suggestions
Rich always comes up with great ideas and suggestions that are very helpful whenever I feel stuck at something and they make the job so much easier. He is very considerate and honest with his critiques. His precise critiques makes it easier to deal with assignments. I am having a wonderful time learning from him and now I feel much more confident about my skills.
A Great Mentor
Rich is a great mentor! He is very honest and straightforward with his feedback and can explain complex and abstract ideas with clarity. His varied experience (and the anecdotes that come with it) in both games and feature films offers a different perspective than from my past mentors and it’s always interesting to hear about how things differ in different industries.
Dedicates Time and Effort for Every Student's Needs
I think he dedicates the time and effort that every student needs, he adapts to every level of his class. He’s straight to the point and focuses on the important aspects of the current assignment’s stage and how things will be when students start getting actual jobs.
Pushes His Students to Go the Extra Mile
Richard was a great Mentor, pushes his students to go the extra mile with their animations and does what he can to help in any way possible. In addition, Richard tries to make himself as available as possible outside the Q&A’s so students can always turn to him when they need help.
Courses Taught By Richard
Courses may vary from term to term.