[Technical Director · Character Rigging · Maya Tools]

I build the rigs behind the performance.

Character rigs and Maya tools for feature films, shorts and series — built with teams around the world, for animators who'd rather perform than fight the rig.

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Worked with teams at Animal Logic · Disney Animation

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24 fps · 35mm

[CORE]

Rigs that feel invisible

A good rig disappears. The animator sees a character, not a pile of controls — every face shape, every IK switch and every corrective is there when the pose needs it.

Body, face and deformation rigs for film, shorts and series
Maya tools and plugins in Python and C++, with PySide interfaces
Built and tested on production, with studios around the world

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One module · every tool AM_Tools

Overview 3 tools

[TOOLS]

The technical pipeline, handled.

Every tool installs into one shared AM_Tools module — drag a single file into a Maya viewport and it's ready.

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[THE TOOLBOX]

Tools & assets

Built on real productions, polished for every rigger, animator and artist. Free and paid tools for Autodesk Maya and for Windows — and the list keeps growing.

Maya · Animation Am Picker Click the shape, get the control. Draw your rig's layout once — with live mirror, widgets and layers — then select any control by clicking the picture. Free for Maya 2022–2026.

OverviewFree

Maya · Animation AM Rig Menu Every rig tool, one flick away. Reset, mirror, switch spaces and IK/FK, and select controls from a single marking menu. Built for AM_Rig, useful on any rig.

OverviewFree

Maya · Rigging AM Landmark Mark up a mesh by painting it. Generate a palette of named colours, paint face regions, mirror them across the model and carry the whole pass to the next scene as a file.

Overview$25

Windows · Teaching & art Am Sketch Draw on any screen. Sketch over slides, PDFs, video calls and reference images with pressure-sensitive brushes, shapes, text, a ruler and perspective guides. For Windows 10 and 11.

Overview$49

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[SELECTED WORK]

Projects I've shipped

Feature films, shorts and series I've rigged and built character technology for.

Bache Zerang

Feature Film · Honare Pouya

Rigging Supervisor — rigged most of the main cast, with full oversight of modeling and topology.

Baahubali 2

Feature Film · Al-Zahra VFX · 2014–15

Character TD & creature setup — muscle systems, asset rigging and Python rig tools.

HYH

Feature Film · HYH Studio · 2017–18

Led the modeling & rigging team, built rig and pipeline tools in Python/PySide; worked with the director and animation.

The Elephant King

Feature Film · Honare Pouya · 2015–17

Senior Rigger — character setup and rig/pipeline tools in Python and PySide.

Lupin

Character Rig · Lupin House

Sole rigger — supervised the modeling and built the whole rig from scratch.

Mr. Indifferent

Short Film · Badstache Animation · 2018

Character Setup & Rigging Lead — led the character modeling team, worked closely with the director.

Power of Peace

Feature Film · Pouya Mehr

Rigging Supervisor — rigged four of the main characters, with full oversight of rigging, modeling and topology.

Scotty

Feature Film

Rigging Supervisor — rigged and supervised the characters, with direct oversight of modeling and topology.

Tomorrow

Short Film · Badstache Animation

Character Setup & Rigging Lead — led the modelers, worked with the director, art director and character designer.

Xander

Character Rig · Lupin House

Sole rigger — supervised the modeling and built the whole rig from scratch.

[EXPERTISE]

Every step counts. None wasted.

Body rigging

IK/FK, space switching, stretch and squash — built to survive a whole animation team.

Facial rigging

Joint, blendshape and hybrid faces with on-face controls that feel like sculpting.

Deformation

Skinning, correctives and secondary motion that hold up in a close-up.

Creatures

Quadrupeds, tails and non-human anatomy with controls animators understand.

Maya plugins

C++ nodes and deformers for when Python isn't fast enough in the viewport.

Python & PySide

Tools with real interfaces — from one-click utilities to full picker systems.

Pipeline

Rig builders, publishing and automation that keep a character team moving.

Animator-first

Pickers, clean channel boxes and fast rigs — the animator's time comes first.

Tool documentation

[EXPERIENCE]

Rigging for studios around the world

With studios and production teams including Animal Logic and Disney Animation.

10+ Years

Of professional experience as Character TD and Senior Rigger

10+ Productions

Feature films, short films, series and production pipelines

4 Tools shipped

Am_Picker, AM Landmark, AM Rig Menu and Am_sketch — with more on the bench

[ABOUT ME]

Technical Director & Rigging Artist

I’m a Technical Director and Rigging Artist with an international background in animation, games, and visual effects. My career began in graphic design and evolved through 3D modeling, animation, and filmmaking before leading me to rigging and character technology.

With a strong foundation in both art and programming, I specialize in building character rigs, developing Maya tools and plugins, and creating technical solutions that empower artists and simplify complex workflows. I have worked with studios and production teams across Iran, Malaysia, Canada, London, Thailand, and Germany, including Animal Logic and Disney Animation, contributing to feature films, short films, and production pipelines.

I’m passionate about the space where art, technology, and problem-solving meet — building tools and systems that turn creative ideas into practical, expressive, and production-ready solutions.

Hand-drawn portrait of Abolfazl Movahhedi, hands behind his head — fig. 01 — self-portrait, rigged

[CONTACT]

Let's build something together

A rigging project, a question about a tool, support or feedback — send a message and I'll get back to you.