John Dougherty | Motion Designer & Animator

HBO Catherine the Great

Modeling / Texturing / Lighting / Rendering / Animation / Compositing — 2019

Design Studio: Elastic Creative Director: Lisa Bolan Designers: Carlo Sa, Kaya Thomas, Lynn Cho, Min Shi Animators: Carlo Sa, Jon Fitz, John Dougherty, Yongsub Song, Jim Pierce 3D Artists: Ariana Ziae-Mohseni, Aemilia Mariani Widodo Modeling: Mike Dupree Rigging: Colton Smrz Editor: Rachel Fowler Producer: Michael Ross Pitch Producer: Meredith Cherniack Executive Producer: Luke Colson Head of Production: Kate Berry Managing Director: Jennifer Sofio Hall

For HBO's Catherine the Great title sequence, I worked across 2D and 3D animation, translating flat style frames into fluid, dimensional motion — built in Cinema 4D, rendered in Octane, finished in After Effects. My focus was atmosphere and continuity: holding the integrity of the visual concept while building seamless transitions and cinematic pacing, and carrying lighting, texture, and mood consistently so the sequence read as one world. Every frame finished to broadcast standard. The sequence earned a 2020 BAFTA nomination.

HBO Catherine the Great

Modeling / Texturing / Lighting / Rendering / Animation / Compositing — 2019

Design Studio: Elastic Creative Director: Lisa Bolan Designers: Carlo Sa, Kaya Thomas, Lynn Cho, Min Shi Animators: Carlo Sa, Jon Fitz, John Dougherty, Yongsub Song, Jim Pierce 3D Artists: Ariana Ziae-Mohseni, Aemilia Mariani Widodo Modeling: Mike Dupree Rigging: Colton Smrz Editor: Rachel Fowler Producer: Michael Ross Pitch Producer: Meredith Cherniack Executive Producer: Luke Colson Head of Production: Kate Berry Managing Director: Jennifer Sofio Hall

For HBO’s Catherine the Great title sequence, I worked across 2D and 3D animation, translating flat style frames into fluid, dimensional motion — built in Cinema 4D, rendered in Octane, finished in After Effects. My focus was atmosphere and continuity: holding the integrity of the visual concept while building seamless transitions and cinematic pacing, and carrying lighting, texture, and mood consistently so the sequence read as one world. Every frame finished to broadcast standard. The sequence earned a 2020 BAFTA nomination.