About Kirsten

Kirsten Yamaguchi is a creative who has worked in various design and artistic capacities for over 25 years, across theater, feature film, games and virtual reality industries.

Kirsten is always seeking to learn new ways of creating clear, beautiful visuals, to collaborate with inspiring producers and designers, and to contribute great work.

Kirsten Yamaguchi is a character animator who has animated professionally for over 15 years.

Kirsten’s animation work can be seen in:

• Disney and Pixar’s Turning Red

• Disney and Pixar’s Soul

• Ang Lee’s Life of Pi

• James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of the Water

• Telltale’s Batman: The Enemy Within (video game)

• Fable Studio’s Wolves in the Walls (VR)

• and many more.

Kirsten is a graphic designer, primarily for theater. This work has included layout for print graphics, social media, custom illustration, photography, and more.

Kirsten has created graphics for numerous theatrical productions in California and Connecticut, including:

• Moliere’s The Imaginary Invalid, Actor’s Ensemble of Berkeley

• Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, Actor’s Ensemble of Berkeley

• The Birds by Aristophanes, Oddfellow’s Playhouse, CT

• Kander & Ebb’s Cabaret, Oddfellow’s Playhouse, CT

• and more.

As a teacher, Kirsten has designed and taught animation & art courses and has mentored artists in-studio, as well as through Women in Animation and Rise Up Animation.

As a youth in Los Angeles, Kirsten was a performer in musical theater and a martial artist (Tang Soo Do).

Please see Navigation Links at top of page to see Kirsten’s work.