Sam Zielinski (Director)
As Art Director and Co-Director, Sam's primary focus is to annoy Genevieve with bad designs, argue on color palettes, and know how to draw Lynn N. Aside from this, she likes to get her grubby fingers in visual development, character design, 2D animation, and much, much more.
Genevieve Gonzalez (DIRECTOR)
Genevieve's primary focus as the Director is to annoy Sam with draw-overs, color tweaks, and quality concerns. But, when not doing that, they wrote the script and put the world of Dire Dryer to the page. It's their job to make sure production keeps chugging, and that everything ends up cohesive at the end of the day!
Zane Finnegan-Lenderman (PRODUCER)
The man behind the management, Zane is in charge of organization, scheduling, recording, note taking, finding extra help, and checking in on the team's progress individually. On top of that, Zane is one of our 2D animators, has helped with visual development, marketing, compositing, merchandise design and sales, and the artbook!
ALEX CAUSEY (2D LEAD)
Alex is our 2D Animation Lead! Keeping track of animation progress, giving animation feedback, and making sure we make everything move on time!
CARLOS DUARTE (3D LEAD)
Name's Carlos, the 3D Animation Lead. When I first met my team, I was not expecting to be the one to walk out of the room that day being the 3D lead of the film. I just had to step up to the occasion and it was a learning opportunity on what it's like to point a group of people onward to a deadline.
KARA NELSON (MARKETING DIRECTOR)
Marketing Lead, 3D Animation, Visual Development, and Producer's Assistant- Socks (as we like to call them) is a jack of all trades. Throughout the film, they were primarily focused on promoting the film online, coming up with ways to engage with our audience, and animating our big bad laundry monster.
EMILY MARCELIS (TECH LEAD)
As the film's Technical Lead, Emily has been in charge of a wide variety of tasks such as models, rigs, textures, and lighting that were needed to bring the 3D elements of this film to life.
AVA CIULLA (2D ANIMATION)
Ava is one of our 2D animators specializing in character and effects animation! They've worked hard to bring Lynn to life, and to put her through the horrors of laundry in both the final film and original proof of concept.
JOÃO SANTANA GUEIROS (2D ANIMATION)
As part of the dedicated 2D animation team, João had the task of bringing life to Lynn and her mom in scenes that blur the line between heartwarming, funny, and scary!
IRIS WATSON (2D ANIMATION)
Despite all appearances, Iris, does, in fact, do things for this film. Iris is in charge of 3D materials and final compositing, alongside acting as a 2D animator, 3D technician, and marketing artist. She also animates Lynn N. falling a lot, the weirdo.
Haiyang "Jackie" Li (2D ANIMATION)
Jackie has done a wide variety of things throughout the film's production. While mainly a 2D animator, he has also done character test animations, promotional materials, and texture concepts for the 3D team.
JACKSON BOELTE (2D ANIMATION)
Jackson is a 2D animator. While being on the dedicated 2D animation team, he has delved into helping the visual development team.
SIXUAN MARIA LI (2D ANIMATION)
Maria is one of our 2D character animators, contributing to keyframe, rough, and cleanup animation for Lynn's character performance. In addition to animation work, she has also helped with prop design and promotional material for Dire Dryer.
WEI HE (3D ANIMATION)
Wei primarily worked on character animation during the production of the film. Besides animation, she also helped with environment modeling, marketing illustrations, and textures for a variety of 3D props.
DANEIL MELNIKOV (3D ANIMATION)
Daniel contributed as a 3D character animator for Kroc in the film, helping to bring the character's personality and atmosphere to life. He also designed the final logo for the film, worked in visual development, and created artwork for promotional materials.
JIAYE XU (3D ANIMATION)
My name is Jiaye Xu, I am a 3D animator on the team. My main responsibilities include animating Kroc and creating initial layout shots. I also assisted the Technical Team with the modeling and textures. I also created some promotional material for marketing.
TEARYLL WINANS (VISUAL DEVELOPMENT)
As a storyboarder, Tearyll worked diligently to help bring the visual storytelling of Dire Dryer to life. She also assisted the 2D animation team and used her illustrative skills to create the posters that represent the films.
KONGXINRUI LIU (TECH)
As part of the Technical Team, Xinrui assisted in modeling rooms, texturing key environments, preparing 3D lighting for rendering, and bug-fixing.
JEFFREY BRICE (MUSIC)
Jeffrey is our main composer and self-described Audio Wizard. He is the man responsible for making the Dire Dryer soundtrack sound as great as it does!
KATE JACOBS (SOUND DESIGN)
Kate is responsible for making the auditory world of Dire Dryer come to life and finalizing the sound of our laundry monsters!
Jonna-Lynn Alonso (VOICE)
Jonna-Lynn Alonso is the voice of Lynn N! With her voice, she helped bring audible life (and terror) to Lynn!
Shanna McRae (VOICE)
Shanna is the voice of Mom! She hit the mark between a cartoon character and a realistic depiction of someone we can all call Mom.
