Experience

• Compositor at FuseFX

  Burbank, United States of America

  June 2016 - Present

• Freelance Compositor at Timber

  Santa Monica, United States of America

  April 2016 - May 2016

  Quick turnaround Nuke composite work for a couple of commercials.
  
  >CG Element Integration
  
  >2D Matchmove & Stabilization
  
  >Roto & Paint
  
  >Color Correction
  
  >Rig Removal

• Freelance Compositor at Dimension X

  Los Angeles, United States of America

  November 2015 - April 2016

  An OSX, Nuke based pipeline where I utilized Nuke and Ocula for native shot plate correction. Correcting any native artifact, alignment or color change between the left and right cameras.

  Title(s): X-Men: Apocalypse

  >2D Tracking in Mocha and Nuke.
  
  >Roto
  
  >Color Correction
  
  >Extensive use of Ocula for Stereo Plate Disparity Generation, Vertical Alignment, and Color.
  

• Freelance Nuke TD / Compositor at The BOX Creative

  Marina del Rey, United States of America

  July 2015 - September 2015

  The BOX Creative brought me in, contract, to help out with python and TCL scripts for Nuke as well as compositing. I created small tools to assist in Nuke script efficiency such as auto-write, custom reformat nodes, Nuke environment variables, custom menu.py and init.py all catered to project specifics. When not creating tools for the Nuke pipeline I was compositing shots utilizing elements from the CG team, 2d and 3d tracks, matte paintings, roto, and color correction.

  >Created matte paintings for the Escape format which is an additional two 2880 x 1620 screens of content to match the center plate.
  
  >Developed a custom project specific write node as well as other general tools.
  
  >2D tracked shots in Mocha Pro and Nuke.
  
  >Color corrected, matte painted, and adjusted CG renders of plates to better match Escape center plate.

• UI Artist at TC Digital Games // 4Kids Entertainment

  Del Mar, United States of America

  February 2007 - December 2009

  A small studio where I had to take on many roles educating myself in an assortment of areas of Game Development, Graphics Design, Web Development and Marketing. I Designed and created layouts, models, animations, or any art related materials for the Unity Engine game environment and the Chaotic website utilizing Maya, After Effects, and Photoshop.

  > Modeled and textured low poly table top card environments for Online play using Maya and Photoshop.
  
  > Designed and developed art using Photoshop and After Effects for the UI in coordination with the front-end developers for web and game environments.
  
  > Created Marketing and Promotional Art in conjunction with the marketing department, i.e. banners, icons, ads, promotional web flyers, etc. using Illustrator and Photoshop.
  
  > Created graphic art, package design and print materials in coordination with the design team.
  
  > Created rough models and concept art for all teams to pitch at meetings.

• Compositing TD at Legend 3D

  Burbank, United States of America

  February 2010 - December 2014

  A leading Stereoscopic Conversion company where I started as a Depth Artist and progressed to a Compositing TD. My end role was to optimize complex senior level Nuke scripts, create tool prototypes, problem solve, research & develop, and document, all focused in 2D to 3D Conversion and / or 2D Compositing. Progressed through 3 positions: Depth Artist, VFX Asset Technician, and Compositing TD.

  > Created mock-ups and simple tools using Nuke and Python.
  
  > Placed Stereo Rigs or 2D cameras in Maya for placing client 3D assets. Assets from client were typically scans or high poly models that were reduced and optimized for use in Maya and the Nuke pipeline.
  
  > Figured out work-flows and best practices with all VFX heavy Nuke scripts from 3rd party studios which included consolidation, optimization, and shot planning.
  
  > Developed strategies and work-flows with new technologies such as VR using in-house tools, Maya and Nuke.
  
  > Problem solved trouble Nuke shots to help meet deadlines.
  
  > Reported to and worked directly with VFX Supervisors, Compositing Supervisors and the Development team.