Ryan Cousins

Ryan Cousins is an accomplished Art Director at Rec Room since April 2016, leading and managing teams across various platforms, defining art direction and visual standards, and mentoring artists. Prior experience includes serving as Lead Technical Artist for That Dragon, Cancer, where Ryan established lighting and rendering pipelines, and as Character Technical Director at Nickelodeon Animation Studios, creating over fifty character rigs and collaborating across multiple productions. Additional roles at Midway Games and Red Eye Studio contributed to expertise in cinematic production and motion capture. Ryan holds a Bachelor of Arts in film and computer animation from Columbia College Chicago.