Dakota Dee Wright

Background

About Dakota Dee Wright

Animation Specialist | Award-Winning Educator | Studio Co-Founder I’m Dakota Wright (she/her), a 3D Animation Lecturer at De Montfort University and co-founder of a twice-nominated boutique animation studio focused on storytelling, character design, and digital performance. I bring over a decade of creative industry experience into both the classroom and the studio, blending technical training with inclusive, forward-thinking pedagogy. My teaching has been recognised with DMU’s Students’ Choice Teaching Award—an honour voted by students across the university. I specialise in practice-based learning, helping students build strong portfolios while preparing them for real-world creative careers. Outside academia, I run a studio with my wife, developing animated content, VTuber models, and digital assets for games and online platforms. My current research explores VTubing as an anonymous mode of digital identity. Whether mentoring future animators, developing stylised character rigs, or researching how identity is expressed through digital avatars, I care deeply about work that is authentic, inclusive, and creatively ambitious.