Weta Digital

Industry: Visual effects company company

Description

Weta Digital is a digital visual effects company based in Wellington, New Zealand. It was founded by Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, and Jamie Selkirk in 1993 to produce the digital special effects for Heavenly Creatures. Founded: 1993 Headquarters: Wellington, New Zealand Parent organization: Weta Workshop Founders: Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, Jamie Selkirk Key people: Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, Joe Letteri, Eileen Moran, Wes Takahashi

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Weta Digital Employees

Employee
Years
Job
Industry
Frank Ritlop Frank Ritlop Portland, Oregon Area Details
Frank Ritlop's Weta Digital Experience May 2002 - November 2002
Job
Industry Animation
Experience
HouseSpecial, LLC   March 2015 - August 2015
Sony Pictures Imageworks  November 2014 - March 2015
Laika House  February 2014 - July 2014
Sony Pictures Imageworks  February 2013 - January 2014
Laika House  December 2012 - January 2013
Hinge Digital  June 2012 - August 2012
Laika  May 2011 - May 2012
PDI/Deamworks inc   February 2003 - April 2011
Weta Digital   May 2002 - November 2002
H5B5 Media   2001 - 2001

Skills
Lighting, Compositing, Maya, Animation, Computer Graphics, Computer Animation, 3D, Renderman, Nuke, Look Development, Film, Character Animation, Commercials, Texturing, Live Action, Rendering, Shake, Traditional Animation, CG Lighting, Mental Ray, Technical Direction, Katana, 3D Studio Max

Education
Concordia University   1989 — 1992
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Film Animation

Jee Young Park Jee Young Park San Francisco Bay Area Details
Jee Young Park's Weta Digital Experience October 2006 - November 2009
Job Senior Animator at ILM
Industry Animation
Experience
ILM  October 2013 - Present
Digital Domain  April 2011 - August 2013
Academy of Art University  September 2011 - December 2011
Industrial Light & Magic  October 2010 - April 2011
The Moving Picture Company  April 2010 - August 2010
Weta Digital   October 2006 - November 2009
WildBrain  July 2003 - October 2006
July Films   May 2001 - February 2003

Skills
Animation

Education
California Institute of the Arts   1998 — 2001
BFA, Character Animation

Jihyun Nam Jihyun Nam Studio City, California Details
Jihyun Nam's Weta Digital Experience August 2013 - November 2013
Job Visual Effects Designer at StandardVision, LLC
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
StandardVision, LLC  July 2014 - Present
CGwars   January 2000 - Present
Double Negative  February 2014 - June 2014
Weta Digital   August 2013 - November 2013
Rhythm & Hues  November 2012 - April 2013
Walt Disney Animation Studios  April 2012 - October 2012
Rhythm & Hues  June 2011 - March 2012
Sony Pictures Imageworks  February 2011 - June 2011
Cinesite  February 2010 - January 2011
MacroGraph   January 2010 - February 2010

Skills
Houdini, Renderman, Particles, Visual Effects, Particle Effects, Maya, Dynamics, MEL, Nuke, Shading, Special Effects, FX, Compositing, VFX Supervision, Technical Direction, Feature Films, Computer Graphics, Digital Compositing, 3D, Particle, Fluid Simulation, 3Delight

Education
Sunchon National University   1993 — 1997
Bachelor

Kiki Francoise Kiki Francoise Los Angeles, California Details
Kiki Francoise's Weta Digital Experience January 2000 - September 2002
Job Creative Graphic Arts
Industry Entertainment
Experience
Freelance  July 2014 - Present
Independent Contractor  October 2012 - Present
Tara1Up Entertainment   February 2014 - October 2014
Dark Cloud Tattoo   March 2010 - November 2010
Blue Sky Studios  January 2004 - January 2006
DreamWorks Animation  January 2003 - August 2004
Weta Digital   January 2000 - September 2002
Sony Pictures Imageworks  February 1992 - June 2000
Columbia Pictures  January 1993 - December 1993
20th century fox  January 1992 - May 1993

Skills
Project Coordination, Tattooing, Computer Graphics, Post Production, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Extras Casting, Visual Arts, Contract Management, Animation, Maya, Visual Effects, Tattoo, Film, Television, Lighting, Houdini, Traditional Animation, Renderman, Compositing, Digital Painting, Feature Films, Film Production, Entertainment

Education
USC   1994 — 1996
MFA, Animation Computer Graphics/Cinema Television

Carnegie Mellon University   1986 — 1990
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Film Intermedia

columbus college of art and design

columbus college of art and design

columbus college of art and design

columbus college of art and design

columbus college of art and design

Elliot Rosenstein Elliot Rosenstein Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Elliot Rosenstein's Weta Digital Experience September 2010 - September 2011
Job CFX Artist at Digital Domain
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Digital Domain  August 2012 - Present
Weta Digital   September 2010 - September 2011
ImageMovers Digital  June 2008 - August 2010
Image Movers Digital  June 2008 - August 2008
Janimation  2008 - 2008
Sony Imageworks  May 2007 - September 2007
SPI  May 2007 - September 2007
Sony Pictures Imageworks  April 2007 - September 2007
Omation  February 2005 - August 2006
barnyard   September 2005 - June 2006

Skills
Maya, MEL, Visual Effects, 3D, XSI, Computer Graphics, Fur, Animation, Photoshop, Python, Look Development, Character Animation, Final Cut Pro, Nuke, Softimage, Cloth Simulation

Education
Syracuse University   1983 — 1987
BFA, Illustration

Dan Cregan Dan Cregan Port Saint Lucie, Florida Details
Dan Cregan's Weta Digital Experience July 2013 - November 2013
Job Senior Compositor at MPC
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
MPC  September 2015 - Present
Native Effects  August 2014 - Present
Numb Robot Studios   2006 - Present
MPC  March 2015 - July 2015
MPC  February 2014 - May 2014
ZERO vfx  January 2014 - February 2014
Weta Digital   July 2013 - November 2013
simple tricks & nonsense   April 2013 - April 2013
Blue Sky Studios  January 2013 - March 2013
Digital Domain Media Group  June 2012 - September 2012

Education
Florida Atlantic University   2002 — 2004
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Computer Art

Florida Atlantic University   1998 — 2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Graphic Design

Jeffrey Engel Jeffrey Engel Los Angeles, California Details
Jeffrey Engel's Weta Digital Experience November 2010 - September 2011
Job Animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios
Industry Animation
Experience
Walt Disney Animation Studios  October 2011 - Present
Anim Squad   September 2014 - March 2015
Weta Digital   November 2010 - September 2011
Blur Studio  August 2010 - September 2010
The Core  June 2010 - June 2010
Dilated Pixels  May 2010 - May 2010
Sony Pictures Imageworks  January 2009 - January 2010
Ghost Town Media  2008 - 2008

Skills
Animation, Character Animation, Character, Cinematics, Feature Films, Layout, Facial Animation, Maya, Visual Effects, Computer Animation, XSI, Creative Direction, MEL, Traditional Animation, Pre-visualization, Character Rigging, 3D, Film

Education
Animation Mentor   2008 — 2010
Diploma for Advanced Studies in Character Animation

Rochester Institute of Technology   1998 — 2004
BFA

Ian Azariah Ian Azariah Vancouver, Canada Area Details
Ian Azariah's Weta Digital Experience February 2015 - July 2015
Job Freelance Photographer / VFX Film
Industry Marketing and Advertising
Experience
Ian Azariah   December 1986 - Present
Weta Digital   February 2015 - July 2015
Motion Capture   February 2014 - April 2014
Weta Digital   2011 - 2013
Camera House   July 2009 - March 2010
Q-Bar   January 2009 - April 2009
Kevin Banna   July 2005 - October 2008
AU Photo Department   August 2004 - May 2008

Skills
Photography, Event Photography, Digital Photography, Film, Camera, Image Editing, Public Relations, Photos, Customer Service, Creative Direction, Portrait Photography

Education
Andrews University   2004 — 2008
Photography, Art History, Textiles, Working Artist.0

EungHo Lo EungHo Lo Vancouver, Canada Area Details
EungHo Lo's Weta Digital Experience March 2009 - March 2014
Job
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Image Engine Design Inc.  April 2015 - Present
Industrial Light & Magic  May 2014 - April 2015
Weta Digital   March 2009 - March 2014
Perpetual Entertainment  September 2007 - February 2008
Namco America  July 2007 - October 2007
DIGITROVE   2006 - 2007

Education
Academy of Art University   2005 — 2008
MFA

Daniel Curtis Daniel Curtis Vancouver, Canada Area Details
Daniel Curtis's Weta Digital Experience 2015 - Present
Job Creative Director
Industry Design
Experience
Weta Digital   2015 - Present
Daniel Curtis Media   May 2005 - Present
The Source Skateboard Shop   May 2007 - January 2010

Skills
Creative Direction, Graphic Design, Graphics, Photography, Art Direction, Art, Advertising, Typography, Logo Design, Illustration, Layout, Brand Development, Apparel, Visual Communication, Branding & Identity, Posters, Concept Development, Corporate Identity, Packaging, Video, Video Production, Creative Strategy, Catalogs, Image Manipulation

Education
Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design   2011 — 2011
Publication Design. Typography.

RMIT University   2009 — 2010
Motion Graphics

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology   2001 — 2004
CTSR Media program. Film/Video major.

Chris Hatala Chris Hatala San Francisco Bay Area Details
Chris Hatala's Weta Digital Experience 2001 - 2005
Job stealth.gg
Industry Computer Games
Experience
Stealth Studios Inc.   2014 - 2015
Stealth Studios Inc.   2014 - 2015
Massive Black  May 2010 - August 2014
Massive Black  February 2005 - May 2010
Weta Digital   2001 - 2005
Tippett Studio  2000 - 2001

Skills
Maya, 3D, 2D art, Video Games, Computer Animation, Character Animation, Animation, Visual Effects, Cinematics, Game Development, FX Animation, Computer Games, MEL, Storyboarding, Texturing, Look Development, Zbrush, Lighting, Concept Design, Game Design, Game Art, Unity3D, Mental Ray, 3D Studio Max, Creature Animation

Education
Academy of Art University   1998 — 2000
MFA, Animation

Arizona State University   1993 — 1997
Industrial Technology, Engineering

Geoffrey Irving Geoffrey Irving San Francisco Bay Area Details
Geoffrey Irving's Weta Digital Experience April 2010 - March 2011
Job Software Engineer at Google
Industry Computer Software
Experience
Google Brain   August 2015 - Present
Eddy Systems   September 2014 - August 2015
Otherlab  March 2011 - September 2014
Weta Digital   April 2010 - March 2011
D. E. Shaw Research   June 2009 - November 2009
Pixar Animation Studios  July 2007 - June 2009

Skills
Python, C++, Algorithms, Computer Science, Simulations, High Performance..., OpenGL, Scientific Computing, Distributed Systems, Functional Programming, Parallel Computing, LaTeX, Computer Graphics, Programming, Software Engineering, Linux

Education
Stanford University   2003 — 2007
Ph.D., Computer Science

California Institute of Technology   1999 — 2003
B.Sc., Mathematics and Computer Science

Brett Ineson Brett Ineson Vancouver, Canada Area Details
Brett Ineson's Weta Digital Experience June 2003 - November 2003
Job President / CTO Animatrik Film Design
Industry Animation
Experience
Animatrik Film Design   January 2002 - Present
Autodesk  May 2010 - May 2012
Autodesk  June 2006 - May 2010
Alias  April 2005 - June 2006
Various  January 2001 - April 2006
Omation  March 2004 - September 2004
Weta Digital   June 2003 - November 2003
Shiny Entertainment  May 2002 - May 2003
Vicon Motion Systems  January 2001 - May 2002
Mainframe Entertainment  October 1996 - January 2001

Skills
Maya, Animation, Computer Graphics, Computer Animation, Visual Effects, 3D, Video Games, Motion Capture, Autodesk MotionBuilder, MEL, Game Development, Character Animation, Compositing, Modeling, After Effects, Image Capture, XSI, Nuke, Film, Television, Feature Films

Education
Centre for Digital Imaging and Sound   1996 — 1996
Animation

Vancouver Film School   1995 — 1996
Animation

Carleton University   1989 — 1993
BA

Benjamin Cinelli Benjamin Cinelli Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Benjamin Cinelli's Weta Digital Experience 2002 - 2002
Job Senior Character Animator at Blur Studio
Industry Animation
Experience
Blur Studio  November 2014 - December 2014
Digital Domain 3.0  August 2014 - October 2014
Blur Studios   June 2014 - August 2014
Sony Imageworks  October 2004 - January 2014
Sony Pictures Imageworks  January 2010 - June 2010
Digital Domain  2003 - 2004
Warner Bros. Animation  August 2001 - May 2002
Radium  October 2000 - May 2002
Weta Digital   2002 - 2002
Rhythm & Hues  March 2001 - June 2001

Skills
Facial Animation, Maya, Character Animation, Computer Animation, Animation, Cinematics, Pre-visualization, 3D, Feature Films, Visual Effects, Modeling, Animation Direction, Film, After Effects, Video Games, Live Action

Education
Sheridan College   1995 — 1996
Computer Animation

Sheridan College   1993 — 1995
Graphic Design

Matt Logue Matt Logue Greater Seattle Area Details
Matt Logue's Weta Digital Experience January 2003 - April 2004
Job Animator at Valve corporation
Industry Computer Games
Experience
Valve corporation  2011 - Present
Rhythm & Hues  May 2004 - December 2010
Weta Digital   January 2003 - April 2004
Weta Digital   October 2000 - December 2002
Tippett Studio  April 1998 - August 2000
Tippett Studio  May 1997 - February 1998

Education
San Francisco State University   1994 — 1997

San Jose State University   1991 — 1994

Cedric Cagniart Cedric Cagniart San Francisco Bay Area Details
Cedric Cagniart's Weta Digital Experience December 2011 - February 2014
Job Software Engineer at Google
Industry Research
Experience
Google  July 2014 - Present
my basement   February 2014 - July 2014
Weta Digital   December 2011 - February 2014
Willow Garage  June 2011 - September 2011
TU Munich  February 2009 - May 2011
Deutsche Telekom Laboratories   November 2007 - February 2009
CEA  April 2007 - September 2007

Skills
Machine Learning, Computer Vision, 3D reconstruction, C++, Algorithms, OpenGL, Python, Computer Science, Computer Graphics, Artificial Intelligence, Parallel Computing, Programming, Signal Processing, Qt, Pattern Recognition, Dog Walking, 3D Reconstruction

Education
Université de Grenoble   2007 — 2012
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science

Ecole nationale supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne   2004 — 2007
MSc, Engineering degree, Signal Processing

Lance Thornton Lance Thornton San Francisco Bay Area Details
Lance Thornton's Weta Digital Experience November 2006 - December 2007
Job CG Supervisor & Technical Account Manager
Industry Animation
Experience
Autodesk  August 2011 - Present
Bay Area Circus Arts Festival   October 2005 - October 2014
Corntaters LLC   June 2010 - December 2012
Apple Inc.  April 2011 - August 2011
DreamWorks Animation  March 2008 - April 2010
Weta Digital   November 2006 - December 2007
Pixar Animation Studios  January 2001 - October 2006
Academy of Art University  January 2006 - May 2006
Industrial Light & Magic  May 1998 - September 1998
Walt Disney World  May 1997 - December 1997

Skills
Technical Direction, Account Management, Business Development, Computer Animation, Juggling, Animation, Visual Effects, Character Rigging, Character Animation, Computer Graphics, After Effects, 3D, Compositing, Maya, Film, MEL, Texturing, Nuke, Digital Compositing, Renderman, Rigging

Education
Texas A&M University
MS, Visualization

University of Central Florida
BA, Animation

University of Southern Mississippi
BS, Computer Science

Adrian Teng Adrian Teng Vancouver, Canada Area Details
Adrian Teng's Weta Digital Experience June 2012 - January 2014
Job Lead Roto/Prep Artist at MPC
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
MPC  July 2015 - Present
Industrial Light & Magic  June 2014 - June 2015
Weta Digital   June 2012 - January 2014
Industrial Light & Magic  July 2009 - July 2012
Comcepts   June 2008 - June 2009
ACS  December 2006 - December 2007

Skills
Photoshop rendering, Nuke, Flash Animation, Portrait Photography, Landscape Photography, Pianist, Guitarist, Drummer, Rotoscoping, Film Production, Compositing, Feature Films, Visual Effects, Digital Compositing, Look Development

Education
De La Salle University   2001 — 2006
Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science

Saint Stephen's High School   1999 — 2001

Saint Jude Catholic School   1987 — 1999

Brett McConnell Brett McConnell Los Angeles, California Details
Brett McConnell's Weta Digital Experience August 2011 - December 2011
Job
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Blizzard Entertainment  December 2011 - Present
Weta Digital   August 2011 - December 2011
Sony Computer Entertainment America  May 2010 - April 2011
Weta Digital   August 2009 - November 2009
Rhythm & Hues  June 2008 - August 2009
Blue Sky Studios  December 2007 - February 2008
Digital Domain  2008 - 2008
Sony Computer Entertainment America  March 2006 - December 2007
Blue Sky Studios  November 2005 - March 2006
Omation  October 2005 - December 2005

Skills
Rendering, Texturing, Compositing, Lighting, Film, Nuke, Renderman, Shake, Visual Effects, Mental Ray, Maya, Computer Graphics, VFX Supervision, After Effects, 3D Studio Max, Feature Films, Pipeline Development, XSI, Production, Cinematics, Video Games, Supervision, Computer Animation, PS3

Education
New York University   2001 — 2003
Masters, Digital Imaging and Design

State University of New York College at Fredonia   1992 — 1997
BFA, Painting and Sculpture

Amherst Central High School

Hao Li Hao Li Los Angeles, California Details
Hao Li's Weta Digital Experience June 2014 - August 2014
Job Assistant Professor of Computer Science at University of Southern California
Industry Computer Software
Experience
Grit Enterprises Inc.   November 2014 - Present
University of Southern California  June 2013 - Present
Weta Digital   June 2014 - August 2014
Industrial Light & Magic  April 2012 - June 2013
Columbia University  April 2011 - March 2012
Princeton University  April 2011 - March 2012
C-RAD AB   November 2010 - May 2011
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne   November 2010 - February 2011
ETH Zurich  July 2006 - November 2010
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne   February 2010 - July 2010

Skills
Modeling, Computer Graphics, Research, 3D, Computer Vision, C++, C, OpenGL, Programming, Computer Science, Optimization, Objective-C, LaTeX, Mac OS X, Optimizations, Machine Learning, Simulations, OS X, OpenCV, Animation, Algorithms, Numerical Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, CUDA, Signal Processing, Human Computer..., High Performance..., Qt

Education
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich   2006 — 2010
PhD, Computer Science

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)   2000 — 2006
MSc, Computer Science

Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique et de Mathématiques Appliquées de Grenoble   2002 — 2003
Computer Science

Bryan Burger Bryan Burger Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Bryan Burger's Weta Digital Experience July 2013 - June 2014
Job Digital Production Manager at ScanLineVFX LA
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
ScanLineVFX LA  April 2015 - Present
Method Studios  August 2014 - April 2015
Weta Digital   July 2013 - June 2014
Stereo D  August 2012 - July 2013
Faceware Technologies, Inc   January 2012 - June 2012
Image Metrics  July 2007 - January 2012
Image Metrics  July 2007 - January 2012
Image Metrics  July 2007 - January 2012
Image Metrics  July 2007 - January 2012
Warhola Video Productions   January 2007 - March 2007

Skills
Motion Graphics, Video Editing, Compositing, Visual Effects, After Effects, Character Animation, 3D Studio Max, Video Games, Computer Graphics, Feature Films, Computer Animation, Maya, Animation, 3D, Facial Animation

Education
Art Institute of Pittsburgh   2004 — 2007
Bachelor of Science, Visual Effects and Motion Graphics

SCT BOCES   2002 — 2004
Certificate, 3D Animation and Computer Graphics

Jessica Thomas Jessica Thomas Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Jessica Thomas's Weta Digital Experience June 2011 - February 2012
Job
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Blizzard Entertainment  March 2013 - Present
DreamWorks Animation  March 2012 - February 2013
Weta Digital   June 2011 - February 2012
Weta Digital   February 2009 - November 2011
eBusiness, Inland Revenue, New Zealand   September 2008 - February 2009
National Geographic Entertainment   September 2005 - February 2008
Cynosure New Media   June 2004 - August 2005
Computer Market Research  November 2003 - June 2004
KPBS  September 2002 - January 2003

Skills
Film, Final Cut Pro, Film Production, Photoshop, Visual Effects, Management, Multimedia, Post Production, Animation, Computer Animation, Modeling, Maya, Look Development, After Effects, Texturing

Education
University of California, Los Angeles   2006 — 2008

San Diego State University-California State University   1998 — 2002
BA

El Toro High School   1994 — 1998

Michal Finegold Michal Finegold New York, New York Details
Michal Finegold's Weta Digital Experience August 2014 - November 2014
Job Freelance Lighting TD at Method Studios
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Method Studios  July 2015 - Present
The Molecule  April 2015 - April 2015
Suspect  March 2015 - April 2015
Perception NYC  January 2015 - January 2015
Suspect  December 2014 - January 2015
MPC  November 2014 - December 2014
Weta Digital   August 2014 - November 2014
Suspect  June 2014 - July 2014
Quietman  May 2014 - June 2014
Charlex  April 2014 - May 2014

Skills
Programming, Lighting, Shading, Look Development, Compositing, Scripting, 3D, Computer Graphics, Maya, Nuke, 3D Modeling, Rendering, Texturing, Feature Films, Film, Television, Art, Animation, 3D graphics, MEL, Visual Effects, Python

Education
New York University   2005 — 2006
M. Sc., Digital Imaging and Design

Tel Aviv University   1998 — 2002
B. Sc., Physics and Computer Science

Matt Majers Matt Majers San Francisco Bay Area Details
Matt Majers's Weta Digital Experience 2002 - 2002
Job Animator/Film Maker
Industry Entertainment
Experience
Pixar Animation Studios  November 2002 - Present
Rhythm & Hues  June 2001 - June 2002
Weta Digital   2002 - 2002

Skills
Computer Animation, 3D, Video Editing, Maya, Traditional Animation, Visual Effects, Animation, After Effects, Storyboarding, Feature Films, Character Animation, Film Production, Film, Compositing, Post Production, Photoshop, Nuke

Education
California Institute of the Arts   1997 — 2001
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Film

Marco Menco Marco Menco Vancouver, Canada Area Details
Marco Menco's Weta Digital Experience June 2012 - December 2014
Job Generalist TD/Senior Modeler at Double Negative
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Double Negative  January 2015 - Present
Weta Digital   June 2012 - December 2014
Image Engine Design Inc.  September 2011 - May 2012
Vancouver Animation School   November 2010 - April 2012
Image Engine Design Inc.  May 2010 - September 2011
[AnomalyH2O] 2010   October 2010 - October 2010
Image Engine Design Inc.  September 2007 - May 2010
Pixologic  2009 - 2010
[Anomaly] 2009   April 2009 - April 2009
Binary Divinity   October 2008 - January 2009

Skills
Concept Design, Storyboarding, Texturing, Illustration, Modeling, Zbrush, Digital Sculpting, Character Design, Fine Art, Digital Painting, Maya, Texture Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, Texture Artist, Character, Art, Creature Design, Character Modeling, Look Development, Hard Surface Modeling, Texture, Mudbox, XSI, Organic Modeling, Premiere, Environment Modeling, 3D, Mental Ray, UV mapping, 3D Modeling, Visual Effects, Video Games, Character Animation, Traditional Animation, Digital Compositing, Animation, Compositing, Shading, Nuke, Pre-visualization, ZBrush, UV Mapping

Education
Accademia di Belle Arti - Italy   2002 — 2007
Bachelor in Fine Arts, Movie Directing

Liceo Scientifico   1996 — 2002
Maturita' Scientifica

Mark Kobrin Mark Kobrin Seattle, Washington Details
Mark Kobrin's Weta Digital Experience August 2010 - August 2011
Job Art Director at Microsoft (XBOX Platform)
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Microsoft - XBOX  February 2014 - Present
Microsoft - XBOX  January 2013 - May 2014
Microsoft - XBOX  May 2012 - December 2012
Atomic Fiction  September 2011 - December 2011
Weta Digital   August 2010 - August 2011
Academy of Art University  January 2009 - June 2010
ImageMovers Digital (Disney)   March 2008 - May 2010
Shaba Games (Activision)   June 2007 - December 2007
Discreet  January 2001 - February 2002

Skills
Facial Modeling for..., Facial Animation, Character Modeling, Organic Modeling, Creature Design, Maya, Mudbox, Zbrush, keyshot, Conceptual Modeling, Topology, 3D Modeling, Modeling, Animation, Creature Animation, Visual Effects, Texturing, After Effects, Character Animation, Computer Animation, UV mapping, Keyshot, 3D, Mental Ray, Video Games, Compositing, Lighting, Nuke, Game Development, Rigging, Digital Sculpting, Texture Painting, Photoshop, Sandwiches, Storyboarding, Network Topology, Cinematics, MEL, Computer Graphics, Character Rigging, Vray, Characters, Unreal Engine 3, 3D Studio Max, Concept Design, Xbox 360, Rendering, Low Poly Modeling, ZBrush, Art

Education
Academy of Art University   2003 — 2007
BFA, Computer Arts

New York Institute of Photography   2001 — 2002
Certificate of Completion, Photography

Samantha Ainsley Samantha Ainsley Greater New York City Area Details
Samantha Ainsley's Weta Digital Experience May 2011 - September 2011
Job Doctoral Candidate at MIT
Industry Computer Software
Experience
Google  January 2012 - Present
Columbia University  September 2010 - Present
Columbia University  January 2010 - May 2012
Weta Digital   May 2011 - September 2011
Google Inc  May 2010 - May 2011
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory  June 2009 - August 2009

Education
MIT   2012 — 2017
PhD, Computer Science: Social Computing

Columbia University - Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   2011 — 2012
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science : Physical Simulation

Columbia University - Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   2007 — 2011
BS, Computer Science : Vision and Graphics

The Vivian Webb School

Suzaine Aguirre Suzaine Aguirre Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Suzaine Aguirre's Weta Digital Experience October 2014 - October 2014
Job Camera Operator: IATSE 600 / VFX Photographer / Digital Tech
Industry Entertainment
Experience
Industrial Color  July 2013 - Present
Freelance  May 2009 - Present
Weta Digital   October 2014 - October 2014
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Fox Filmed Entertainment   May 2013 - June 2013
Rhythm & Hues  November 2010 - February 2013
Reliance MediaWorks (Lowry Digital)   May 2010 - September 2010
Action Audio & Visual  March 2010 - April 2010
CBS "The Doctors"   January 2009 - May 2009
California State Univer   September 2007 - December 2008
Nickelodeon Animation Studios  January 2008 - May 2008

Skills
Cinematography, Photography, Adobe Creative Suite, Film Production, Film, HDRI, Lighting, Camera Operating, Color Correction, Post Production, Videography, HD Video, Animation, Video Production, Video Editing, Video, Feature Films, Visual Effects, Television, Compositing, Camera, Premiere, After Effects, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Studio, Directing, Short Films, Mac

Education
California State University-Northridge   2004 — 2009
BA, Film Production

Justin Rosen Justin Rosen Los Angeles, California Details
Justin Rosen's Weta Digital Experience January 2014 - Present
Job Software Developer at Weta Digital
Industry Animation
Experience
Weta Digital   January 2014 - Present
DreamWorks Animation  October 2010 - November 2013
CIS Vancouver  July 2008 - September 2010
Nanotoon Entertainment  March 2006 - June 2008
EVS  2007 - 2007

Skills
Maya, MEL, C++, Python, PyQt, Nuke, OpenGL, Maya API, Computer Graphics, Visual Effects, 3D, Animation, APIs, Mental Ray, Pipeline Development, Shaders, JIRA, Sprint Planning, Team Leadership

Education
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   2001 — 2005
BS, Computer Science

Ryan Bowden Ryan Bowden Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Ryan Bowden's Weta Digital Experience June 2015 - Present
Job Effects Technical Director at Weta Digital
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Weta Digital   June 2015 - Present
Reel FX  January 2015 - April 2015
Weta Digital   July 2014 - November 2014
Reel FX  January 2014 - June 2014
Weta Digital   September 2013 - November 2013
Digital Domain  April 2013 - May 2013
Rhythm & Hues  October 2010 - April 2013
Digital Domain  July 2010 - September 2010
Rhythm & Hues  February 2010 - June 2010
Side Effects Software  September 2009 - December 2009

Skills
Maya, Shake, Houdini, Particle, Lighting, Nuke, Visual Effects

Education
Savannah College of Art and Design   2006 — 2009
Visual Effects, Effects

William Rocky Vanoost William Rocky Vanoost Greater Los Angeles Area Details
William Rocky Vanoost's Weta Digital Experience August 2015 - Present
Job Lead Animator at Weta Digital
Industry Animation
Experience
Weta Digital   August 2015 - Present
Weta Digital   July 2013 - Present
Microsoft Game Studios  June 2012 - July 2013
Blur Studio  March 2008 - June 2012
Midway Games  August 2007 - March 2008
Midway Games  2005 - August 2007
Blackwolf Animation   2003 - 2006
iToons Animation Studio   2002 - 2002

Skills
Motionbuilder, Character Animation, XSI, Maya, 3D Studio Max, Cinematics, Photoshop, Illustrator, Layout, Animation, Autodesk MotionBuilder, Storyboarding, After Effects, Character Rigging, Traditional Animation, Computer Animation, Motion Capture, Facial Animation, Pre-visualization, Texturing, Video Games

Education
Animation Mentor   2007 — 2008
Character Animation

Columbia College Chicago   2001 — 2005
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Animation

iAnimate

Lauren Fernandez-Morrell Lauren Fernandez-Morrell Toronto, Canada Area Details
Lauren Fernandez-Morrell's Weta Digital Experience July 2015 - Present
Job Finaling Artist
Industry Animation
Experience
Weta Digital   July 2015 - Present
Stereo D  February 2015 - June 2015
Weta Digital   September 2014 - November 2014
Gener8 Digital Media Corp  February 2014 - August 2014
Stereo D  April 2013 - July 2013
Stereo D  January 2013 - April 2013
Full Sail University  August 2010 - November 2012
Mapfre  May 2009 - August 2010
Kids or Not   January 2005 - May 2009

Skills
Compositing, Digital Media, Digital Illustration, Photoshop, Nuke, Maya, Syntheyes, Softimage, Animation, Character Animation, Computer Animation, Character Designs, Graphic Design, Digital Compositing, Image Compositing, Final Cut Pro, Character Rigging, Rigging, Shading & Lighting, Logo Design, Characters, Character Modelling, Rotoscoping, Stereoscopic, Stereo Conversion, Stereo Vision, Stereo 3D, Color Correction, Color Theory, Digital Painting, Matte Painting, Painting, Party Plan, Styling, Receptionist Duties, Cashiering, Photo Editor, Magazine Design, Magazine Layout Design, Texture Artist, Visual Effects, Visual Arts, Concept Artist, Conceptual Art, ZBrush, 3D, Traditional Animation, Lighting, Film, Texturing

Education
Full Sail University   2010 — 2012
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Animation

Miami Dade College   2008 — 2010
Associate of Arts (AA)

Collin Parrish Collin Parrish Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Collin Parrish's Weta Digital Experience January 2009 - March 2010
Job Pipeline Engineer and Compositor at LDS Motion Picture Studio
Industry Computer Networking
Experience
LDS Motion Picture Studio  October 2013 - Present
Arc9   October 2011 - October 2013
Dreamworks  October 2010 - November 2011
The Walt Disney Studios  March 2010 - October 2010
Weta Digital   January 2009 - March 2010

Skills
Texturing, Lighting, Renderman, Nuke

Education
Brigham Young University   1997 — 2003

Roja Huchez Roja Huchez Toronto, Canada Area Details
Roja Huchez's Weta Digital Experience November 2006 - March 2009
Job Model Supervisor at ToonBox Entertainment
Industry Animation
Experience
ToonBox Entertainment  April 2014 - Present
Beast House Fx   April 2013 - Present
Hahn Film / March Ent.   October 2012 - April 2013
Digital Domain Media group  January 2012 - October 2012
ToonBox Entertainment  July 2011 - January 2012
ToonBox Entertainment  March 2011 - September 2011
March Entertainment  March 2010 - March 2011
Weta Digital   November 2006 - March 2009
Starz  2009 - 2009
Nelvana  October 2003 - October 2006

Skills
Texturing, Rigging, Maya, MEL, creature modeling, Character Animation, Mudbox, Zbrush, 3D Modeling, Modeling, Visual Effects, Computer Graphics, Animation, Mental Ray, Concept Design, Digital Painting, Computer Animation, 3D, Digital Sculpting, Renderman, UV mapping, Nuke, Look Development, Shading, Texture Artist, Traditional Animation, Texture Painting, Cinematics, Hard Surface Modeling, Facial Rigging, UV Mapping

Education
Sheridan College   1996 — 1999
Classical Animation

Raphael Matto Raphael Matto New York, New York Details
Raphael Matto's Weta Digital Experience January 2008 - January 2010
Job Shotgun Pipeline Engineer at AutoDesk
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Floored  October 2014 - December 2014
NYU SCPS  January 2014 - December 2014
Midway Games  December 2013 - August 2014
Pandapanther  March 2012 - January 2014
Pandapanther  March 2012 - June 2013
Blue Sky Studios  February 2010 - February 2012
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg   February 2011 - February 2011
Weta Digital   January 2008 - January 2010
Weta Digital   October 2006 - August 2007
Blue Sky Studios  April 2003 - September 2006

Skills
Ruby, Ruby on Rails, PHP, MySQL, CodeIgniter, Javascript, CSS, HTML, Python, PyQt, Perl, C, C++, Unix, Linux, OSX, Windows, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, Maya, MEL, Studio++, Renderman, SL, Mental Ray, Mudbox, Mari, Nuke, Shake, Final Cut Pro, Android, iPhone, Blackberry, IOS, Nedit Macro Language, JavaScript, Texturing, Shaders

Education
Vermont College of Fine Arts   2010 — 2014
MFA, Poetry

Victoria University of Wellington   2008 — 2008
Creative Writing Workshops, Poetry

Arizona State University   2002 — 2002
MFA, Fiction

Skidmore College   1997 — 2001
BA, English, Writing

Chris Armsden Chris Armsden Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Chris Armsden's Weta Digital Experience November 2013 - October 2014
Job Head of Production Technology at Next Media Animation
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Next Media Animation  January 2015 - Present
Weta Digital   November 2013 - October 2014
DreamWorks Animation  April 2009 - December 2012
TD-College   April 2008 - April 2011
Anima   February 2009 - April 2009
Illusion Studios   September 2008 - December 2008
The Moving Picture Company  April 2005 - June 2008
Double Negative  January 2005 - April 2005

Skills
Nuke, MEL, Mental Ray, Renderman, Shading, Houdini, Visual Effects, Maya, Computer Graphics, Lighting, 3D, Compositing, Feature Films, Rendering, Animation, Look Development, XSI, Digital Compositing, Shake

Education
Bournemouth University   2003 — 2004
Masters, Computer Animation

University of East Anglia   2000 — 2003
BSc Hons 2:1, Computer Science

Danny Keller Danny Keller San Francisco Bay Area Details
Danny Keller's Weta Digital Experience February 2007 - July 2007
Job Animation Supervisor at Kabam
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Lucasfilm  July 2007 - December 2012
LucasFilm LTD  July 2008 - July 2010
Lucasfilm  July 2007 - July 2008
Weta Digital   February 2007 - July 2007
Walt Disney Feature Animation  August 2004 - February 2007
Rhythm and hues  2003 - 2004
Centropolis FX  2001 - 2003
Electronic Arts  2000 - 2001
Dream Works Interactive   1999 - 2000

Skills
Visual Effects, Maya, Character Animation, Computer Animation, Animation, Look Development, Facial Animation, Rigging, Cinematics, Live Action, Traditional Animation, Character Rigging, Feature Films, Pre-visualization, Film, 3D, Consulting, Game Development, Video Games, Gameplay, Game Design, Directing, Art Direction, Animation Direction, Texturing, Autodesk MotionBuilder, Team Building, Team Leadership, Team Management, Storyboarding, Computer Graphics, Conceptual Art, Special Effects, Creative Direction, Motion Capture, Zbrush, XSI, Rotoscoping

Education
Ringling School of Art and Design   1990 — 2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Animation

Rini Sugianto Rini Sugianto San Francisco Bay Area Details
Rini Sugianto's Weta Digital Experience August 2010 - December 2013
Job Character Animator at Osmo
Industry Animation
Experience
PIXOMONDO  September 2015 - Present
Osmo  July 2015 - Present
freelance  July 2015 - Present
Tippett Studio  March 2015 - June 2015
Industrial Light & Magic  September 2014 - March 2015
Osmo  2015 - 2015
Osmo  2015 - 2015
Industrial Light & Magic  March 2014 - June 2014
Weta Digital   August 2010 - December 2013
Blur Studio  May 2007 - August 2010

Skills
3D, Animation, Camera, Character Animation, Maya, 3D animation, Film, Feature Films, Visual Effects, Computer Graphics, Television, Computer Animation, Traditional Animation, Motion Capture, Compositing, Video Games, Photography, Cinematics

Education
Academy of Art University   2002 — 2005
mfa, animation

Regina Pacis Bogor

Regina Pacis Bogor

Dan Naughton Dan Naughton Greater New York City Area Details
Dan Naughton's Weta Digital Experience April 2011 - August 2011
Job Lighting Artist at Digital Domain 3.0
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Digital Domain 3.0  August 2015 - Present
Blue Sky Studios  November 2011 - July 2015
Weta Digital   April 2011 - August 2011
Digital Domain  January 2011 - March 2011
Walt Disney Animation Studios  September 2009 - January 2011
MAKE  June 2009 - July 2009
Digital Domain  February 2009 - June 2009
Full Sail University  2006 - 2008
CopyCat Digital   September 2004 - September 2006

Skills
Lighting, Modeling, Look Development, Mental Ray, Nuke, Shake, Video Games, Maya, Animation, Film, Visual Effects

Education
Full Sail University   2006 — 2008
BA, Computer Animation

Steve Haroz Steve Haroz Chicago, Illinois Details
Steve Haroz's Weta Digital Experience March 2010 - August 2010
Job Data Visualization, Perception, UX Design, Quantitative Research
Industry Research
Experience
Northwestern University  October 2013 - Present
UC Davis & UC Berkeley   December 2005 - May 2013
Microsoft Research Engineering Design   2011 - 2011
Weta Digital   March 2010 - August 2010
NVIDIA  June 2008 - November 2008
UC Davis  2005 - 2005
SingleClick Co.   2000 - 2004

Skills
User Experience, Human Computer..., User Experience Design, Information..., Usability Testing, Software Engineering, HTML 5, Visual Perception, Usability, JavaScript, User Studies, User Interface Design, .NET, WPF, WebGL, CSS, OpenGL, Software Design, C#, d3.js, Product Design, Visual Cognition, Quantitative Research, Scientific Research, R, ggplot, dplyr, Statistics

Education
University of California, Davis   2005 — 2013
PhD, Applications of Perception to InfoVis

Clemson University   2001 — 2004
B.S., Computer Science

University of California, Berkeley

Derek Esparza Derek Esparza Redondo Beach, California Details
Derek Esparza's Weta Digital Experience August 2014 - October 2014
Job Animator at Sony Pictures Imageworks
Industry Animation
Experience
Sony Pictures Imageworks  November 2008 - Present
Animation Mentor  June 2014 - Present
Weta Digital   August 2014 - October 2014
Blur Studio  June 2014 - July 2014
Reel FX  March 2014 - May 2014
Cryptic Studios  August 2008 - November 2008
Academy of Art University  2006 - 2008

Skills
Computer Animation, Animation, Maya, Facial Animation, 3D, Character Animation, Premiere, Creative Direction, Film, After Effects, Visual Effects

Education
AnimationMentor.com   2006 — 2008
3D Animation

Academy of Art University   2001 — 2004
BFA, 3D Character Animation

Richard Sur Richard Sur Vancouver, Canada Area Details
Richard Sur's Weta Digital Experience November 2010 - July 2011
Job Senior Lighting TD at Sony Pictures Imageworks
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Sony Pictures Imageworks  June 2015 - Present
Zoic Studios  November 2014 - June 2015
MPC  July 2014 - November 2014
Prime Focus World  March 2014 - July 2014
ScanlineVFX  August 2013 - February 2014
Animal Logic  August 2012 - May 2013
MPC  December 2011 - August 2012
Dr. D Studios  August 2011 - December 2011
Weta Digital   November 2010 - July 2011
Digital Domain  October 2010 - November 2010

Skills
Shading, Compositing, Nuke, Visual Effects, 3D, Look Development, Shake, Renderman, MEL, Houdini, Digital Compositing, Lighting, Computer Graphics, Feature Films, Animation, Mental Ray, Computer Animation, Maya, PFTrack

Education
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Computer Animation

Sheridan College
Computer Science

Vancouver Film School
3D Animation and Visual Effects

Jalil Sadool Jalil Sadool Glendale, California Details
Jalil Sadool's Weta Digital Experience October 2006 - May 2011
Job Animator at DreamWorks Animation
Industry Animation
Experience
DreamWorks Animation  May 2011 - Present
Weta Digital   October 2006 - May 2011
AnimationMentor.com  January 2008 - March 2011
Rhythm & Hues  February 2005 - September 2006

Skills
Animation, Character Animation, Pre-production, Computer Animation, Facial Animation, 3D, Traditional Animation, Maya, Feature Films, Art, Visual Effects, Computer Graphics

Education
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania   2000 — 2004
media arts, Animation

Alliance Francaise   2000 — 2000
Comic Book workshop

National University of Singapore   1998 — 2000
Mechanical Engineering

Angelica Perez Angelica Perez Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Angelica Perez's Weta Digital Experience May 2011 - July 2011
Job Digital Compositor at Double Negative
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Double Negative  March 2014 - Present
Sony Pictures Imageworks  June 2012 - February 2014
MPC  January 2012 - May 2012
Weta Digital   May 2011 - July 2011
Lucasfilm - Industrial Light and Magic   December 2010 - May 2011
Rhythm and Hues  March 2010 - November 2010
Sony Pictures Imageworks  April 2009 - February 2010
Rhythm & Hues  June 2007 - April 2009
Aperture Films, Ltd.   June 2005 - January 2007
Fire Studios   June 2006 - September 2006

Skills
Compositing, Technical Direction, Stereoscopic, Digital Fusion, Silhouette, Rotoscoping, Digital Compositing

Education
Otis College of Art and Design   2003 — 2007
BFA, Digital Media - Compositing

Gnomon School of Visual Effects

Andra Bard Andra Bard Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Andra Bard's Weta Digital Experience May 2000 - March 2001
Job VFX Producer
Industry Entertainment
Experience
TRACE VFX   January 2015 - Present
Freelance  September 2009 - Present
Digital Domain  February 2004 - August 2011
Universal - The Fast & The Furious Tokyo Drift   October 2005 - June 2006
R!ot   2005 - 2005
Digital Domain  April 2001 - February 2004
Weta Digital   May 2000 - March 2001
Sony Imageworks  January 1996 - May 2000
Digital Domain  August 1993 - October 1995

Skills
Budgeting, Team Management, Organizational..., Time Management, Excel, Word, Filemaker Pro, Oracle, Quickbooks, FileMaker, Microsoft Excel, QuickBooks, Post Production, Budgets, Microsoft Word, Feature Films, Visual Effects, Compositing, Film, Stereoscopic, Computer Graphics, Special Effects, Film Production, Lighting, Motion Capture, Commercials, Nuke, Pre-visualization, Live Action, Camera, Shake, Digital Compositing, Pre-production

Education
University of California, Los Angeles   1998 — 1998
Certificate

Santa Monica College   1987 — 1990
AA

Santa Monica High School   1985 — 1988

Bill Spradlin Bill Spradlin Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Bill Spradlin's Weta Digital Experience August 2009 - December 2009
Job CG Supervisor
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Zoic Studios  August 2014 - Present
Digital Domain 3.0  December 2013 - June 2014
Framestore  August 2013 - January 2014
Digital Domain  September 2012 - May 2013
Dr. D Studios  July 2011 - November 2011
Digital Domain  September 2010 - April 2011
Animal Logic  April 2010 - September 2010
Weta Digital   August 2009 - December 2009
Digital Domain  March 2007 - August 2009
Digital Domain  August 2006 - March 2007

Skills
Compositing, Visual Effects, Look Development, Texturing, Lighting, Renderman, 3D, Vray, Feature Films, Shading, Rendering, Arnold, Texture Painting, Premiere, Computer Graphics, Cinematics, Shaders, Houdini, Shake, Nuke, Maya, Digital Compositing, Film, Computer Animation, Post Production

Education
Full Sail University   2003 — 2004
AS, Computer Animation and Visual Effects

Joshua Matthews Joshua Matthews Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Joshua Matthews's Weta Digital Experience February 2014 - March 2014
Job Junior Technical Animator/QA Lead at Activision Blizzard
Industry Animation
Experience
Giant Studios  November 2013 - November 2014
House of Moves  June 2014 - June 2014
Weta Digital   February 2014 - March 2014
Weta Digital   October 2013 - November 2013
Weta Digital   April 2013 - August 2013
Brevard Community College (now Eastern Florida State College)   January 2013 - February 2013
Pendulum Studios  August 2011 - November 2011
Savannah College of Art and Design  June 2009 - June 2011
Savannah College of Art and Design  February 2010 - November 2010
Brevard Community College (now Eastern Florida State College)   January 2006 - May 2007

Skills
Motion Capture, Autodesk MotionBuilder, Maya, Vicon Blade, Retargeting, Data Tracking, Motion Tracking, Data Cleaning, Vicon IQ, Vicon, Character Animation, Facial Animation, Adobe Creative Suite, Stop Motion, Computer Animation, Animation, Motion Graphics, After Effects, Visual Effects

Education
Savannah College of Art and Design   2010 — 2012
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Animation

Savannah College of Art and Design   2007 — 2009
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Animation

Brevard Community College (now Eastern Florida State College)   2005 — 2007
Associate’s Degree, General Study with Primary Focus in Creative Writing and Graphic Design.

Patricia Hannaway Patricia Hannaway Norwich, Vermont Details
Patricia Hannaway's Weta Digital Experience May 2000 - August 2003
Job Visiting Professor in Digital Arts and Animation at Dartmouth College
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Dartmouth College  January 2012 - Present
Patricia Hannaway Fine Art and Animation   September 2009 - Present
Anderson Ranch Arts Center  October 2011 - December 2011
Aardman Animations  June 2009 - September 2009
Vivaty, Media Machines, KPCB funded.   October 2007 - March 2009
Foundation for Educational Achievement  2005 - 2007
Weta digital   May 2000 - August 2003
Stanford University  2000 - 2001
pdi/dreamworks animation  1998 - 2001
DreamWorks SKG  April 1997 - June 2000

Skills
Computer Animation, Animation, Computer Graphics, Storyboarding, Character Animation, Maya, Art, Feature Films, 3D, Illustration, Photoshop, Drawing, Traditional Animation, Final Cut Pro, Painting, Video Games, Film Production, 3D Modeling, Plot, Digital Art, After Effects, Lighting, Film, Modeling, Visual Effects, Rigging, Fine Art, Directing, Rendering

Education
School of Visual Arts   1991 — 1994
mfa, computer graphics

New York Academy of Art   1990 — 1994
MFA, Art

Smith College   1980 — 1984
BA, Major Art History/Minor Economics

Amherst College   1982 — 1983
ba, art history

Disney

Keith Huggins Keith Huggins Greater Seattle Area Details
Keith Huggins's Weta Digital Experience January 2005 - November 2005
Job Senior Animator at Monolith Productions
Industry Animation
Experience
Monolith Productions  August 2013 - Present
Valve Software  January 2006 - February 2013
Weta Digital   January 2005 - November 2005
Industrial Light & Magic  February 2004 - July 2004
Weta Digital   June 2002 - November 2003
Digital Domain  September 1996 - May 2002

Skills
Animation, Character Animation, Cinematics, Film, Maya, Commercials, Facial Animation, Video, Traditional Animation, Game Development, Computer Animation, Feature Films, Visual Effects

Education
Purdue University   1991 — 1994
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Technical Graphics

Towson University   1988 — 1991
Physics

Noah Gift Noah Gift San Francisco Bay Area Details
Noah Gift's Weta Digital Experience October 2008 - June 2009
Job CTO Sqor Sports
Industry Computer Software
Experience
Sqor Sports  July 2013 - Present
Trace and Trust   January 2013 - January 2014
Linden Lab  May 2012 - July 2013
Zebulant   2011 - September 2012
Loggly  July 2011 - May 2012
GiftCS, LLC   January 1998 - January 2012
AT&T Interactive  May 2010 - July 2011
ImageMovers Digital  July 2009 - May 2010
Weta Digital   October 2008 - June 2009
Racemi  March 2007 - April 2008

Skills
Python, Linux, Ruby, Software Development, Java, C#, Unix, Ruby on Rails, MongoDB, REST, .NET, PHP, Shell Scripting, OS X, Objective-C, SQL, JavaScript, Software Engineering, Windows, jQuery, Hadoop, Erlang, Statistics, Cloud Computing, Cocoa, R, Mac OS X, Microsoft Excel, NoSQL, General Awesomeness, Awesomeness, F#, Minitab, Mathematical Modeling, Powershell, Integration, Test Automation, Data Analysis, Scalability, Z-Shell, Machine Learning, Data Mining, kNN, Regression Analysis, Deep Learning, BJJ, Martial Arts

Education
University of California, Davis - Graduate School of Management   2010 — 2013
MBA, General Management

California State University-Los Angeles   2001 — 2003
M.S. Computer Information Systems, Expert Systems/AI, Database Design

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo   1996 — 1998
BS, Nutritional Science

Palomar College   1993 — 1996
AA, Liberal Studies

California Institute of Technology   2002 — 2003
Computer Science

Big Nerd Ranch   2006 — 2006
Certificate of Completion, Cocoa, Cocoa Bootcamp

Temecula Valley High School   1992 — 1993
High School

Linfield   1986 — 1992
Private College Prep School

Daniel Gonzalez Solozabal Daniel Gonzalez Solozabal Vancouver, Canada Area Details
Daniel Gonzalez Solozabal's Weta Digital Experience August 2014 - December 2014
Job Senior Compositor at Industrial Light & Magic
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Industrial Light & Magic  June 2015 - Present
Double Negative - London   May 2015 - June 2015
Industrial Light & Magic  January 2015 - May 2015
Weta Digital   August 2014 - December 2014
Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) Lucasfilm   March 2014 - July 2014
MPC  October 2012 - February 2014
Rhythm & Hues  October 2011 - September 2012
Ollin Studio   May 2010 - October 2011
What is F?   July 2011 - August 2011
Golem Producciones   May 2011 - May 2011

Skills
Digital Compositing, Nuke, Shake, Stereoscopic, Visual Effects, Compositing, Maya, Matte Painting, PFTrack, Rotoscoping, After Effects, Color Correction, Look Development, Film, 3D, Motion Graphics, Feature Films, Post Production

Education
Vanarts   2008 — 2009
Visual Effects for Film and TV

Fundación Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, A.C.   2002 — 2007
Bachelors, Communication Sciences

New York Film Academy   2004 — 2004
Filmmaking

Carl Ayala Carl Ayala Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area Details
Carl Ayala's Weta Digital Experience July 2011 - June 2014
Job VFX Artist
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Weta Digital   July 2011 - June 2014
Freelance  May 2010 - September 2011
Goldcrest Post Production   November 2009 - April 2010
Park Road Post Production   June 2007 - October 2009
Natcoll   2005 - 2008

Skills
After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Video Editing, Shake, Nuke, Photoshop, Maya, 3DEqualizer, Quantel IQ Pablo

Education
Stetson University   1998 — 2002
BA, Digital Arts

Jason Kane Jason Kane Greater Detroit Area Details
Jason Kane's Weta Digital Experience March 2012 - February 2013
Job CEO at Kitmoda
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Kitmoda   August 2014 - Present
University of Michigan  2013 - 2014
Weta Digital   March 2012 - February 2013
Human Head Studios  May 2009 - June 2012
Freelance  April 2009 - July 2010
Raven Software  June 2006 - May 2009
Troika Games   February 2001 - August 2002

Skills
Maya, Texturing, Lighting, UV mapping, Scripting, Mudbox, Cinematics, Environment Art, Character Animation, Sculpture, Modeling, Max, Unreal Engine 3, Zbrush, Game Development, Low Poly Modeling, Level Design, Animation, Texture Artist, Hard Surface Modeling, Characters, 3D Studio Max, Texture Painting, MEL, Digital Sculpting, Visual Effects, 3D, Computer Graphics, 3D Modeling, Unreal Editor, Character Rigging, Rigging, PHP, Custom CMS Development, SQL, CSS, PS3, Mental Ray, Video Games, Computer Animation, Game Design, Perforce, Digital Painting, Gameplay, Concept Design, ZBrush, Xbox 360, Film, Photoshop, Entrepreneurship

Education
College for Creative Studies   1998 — 2001
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Digital Animation

The Associates in Art (Sherman Oaks, CA)   2000 — 2000
Anatomical sculpture, figure drawing, and storyboarding.

Jill Berger Jill Berger Tucson, Arizona Details
Jill Berger's Weta Digital Experience June 2002 - November 2003
Job Medical Student
Industry Health, Wellness and Fitness
Experience
Emergency Professional Services  September 2011 - December 2013
Industrial Light & Magic  November 2006 - May 2011
Sony Pictures Imageworks  January 2004 - October 2006
Weta Digital   June 2002 - November 2003
Cinesite  July 2001 - June 2002
PDI/Dreamworks  September 2000 - July 2001

Skills
Renderman, Visual Effects, Shake, Nuke, Computer Graphics, Compositing, Maya, Look Development, Technical Direction, Lighting, Computer Animation, Feature Films, Animation, 3D

Education
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson   2015 — 2019
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Arizona State University   1995 — 2000
BS, Computer Science

Po Yuen Kenny Lam Po Yuen Kenny Lam Montreal, Canada Area Details
Po Yuen Kenny Lam's Weta Digital Experience June 2009 - September 2010
Job Art Director Graphic at Ubisoft
Industry Entertainment
Experience
Ubisoft  January 2013 - Present
THQ  May 2012 - January 2013
Eidos  September 2010 - April 2012
Weta Digital   June 2009 - September 2010
Weta Digital   January 2008 - June 2009
Weta Digital   October 2008 - January 2009
Weta Digital   April 2008 - October 2008
Electronic Arts  January 2008 - April 2008
Electronic Arts  October 2004 - April 2008
Freelance  January 2000 - December 2005

Skills
Texturing, Visual Effects, Shaders, Video Games, Animation, Xbox 360, 3D, PS3, Maya, Game Development, UV Mapping

Education
Concordia University   2002 — 2008
Fine Arts

CentreNAD   2003 — 2004
3D Modeling and Animation

Vanier college   1997 — 2000
DEC, Computer Science

Ricardo Tobon Ricardo Tobon Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Ricardo Tobon's Weta Digital Experience May 2013 - November 2013
Job Senior Animator at Tangentlemen
Industry Animation
Experience
Tangentlemen   April 2015 - Present
DreamWorks Animation  May 2014 - April 2015
Digital Domain 3.0  December 2013 - May 2014
Various Clients & Projects   April 2009 - March 2014
Weta Digital   May 2013 - November 2013
Sony Computer Entertainment America  February 2011 - April 2013
Full Sail  June 2004 - February 2011
Motion Capture Club   February 2007 - April 2010
Savannah International Animation Festival   February 2010 - February 2010
F.I.R.E.   January 2009 - March 2009

Skills
Character Animation, motion editing, motion capture, Rigging, Cinematics, Maya, Motionbuilder, Cortex, Diva, Blade, Autodesk MotionBuilder, Animation, Motion Capture, Computer Animation, Character Rigging, Traditional Animation, Creature Animation, Video Games, Rendering, Pre-visualization, Film, Computer Graphics, Visual Effects, Feature Films, 3D, Film Production, Game Development, Directing, Premiere, Game Design, XSI, MEL

Education
Savannah College of Art and Design   2002 — 2004
M.F.A., Computer Art

Jeffrey Arnold Jeffrey Arnold Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Jeffrey Arnold's Weta Digital Experience January 2011 - 2011
Job Lighter/Compositor for Cinematics at Blizzard Entertainment
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Blizzard Entertainment  June 2014 - Present
Look Effects  November 2013 - February 2014
Blue Sky Studios  November 2012 - March 2013
Sony Pictures Imageworks  2012 - 2012
Weta Digital   January 2011 - 2011
PDI/Dreamworks  March 2010 - December 2010
Image Movers Digital  January 2009 - January 2010
Motion Theory  2008 - 2008
CafeFX  April 2007 - May 2007
Disney Feature Animation  September 2006 - March 2007

Skills
visual effect, Maya, Lighting, Compositing, Traditional Animation, Digital Compositing, Computer Animation, Look Development, Visual Effects, Nuke, Shake, Renderman, MEL, Shading, Mental Ray, Cinematics, Rotoscoping

Education
University of Arizona   1990 — 1994
BFA

Bishop Amat High School   1984 — 1988

California State University-Fullerton

Priyamvad Deshmukh Priyamvad Deshmukh Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Priyamvad Deshmukh's Weta Digital Experience August 2013 - Present
Job Shader Writer at Weta Digital
Industry Computer Software
Experience
Weta Digital   August 2013 - Present
DreamWorks Animation  February 2010 - July 2013
PDI/Dreamworks  June 2009 - August 2009
Adobe Systems  July 2007 - June 2008

Skills
Visual Effects, Python, Animation, C++, Shaders, Computer Graphics, Maya, MEL, OpenGL, Perforce, Renderman

Education
Columbia University in the City of New York   2008 — 2010
Master of Science (MS), Computer Science (Computer Graphics Track)

Birla Institute of Technology and Science   2003 — 2007
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Science

Christoffer Hulusjö Christoffer Hulusjö Vancouver, Canada Area Details
Christoffer Hulusjö's Weta Digital Experience July 2014 - June 2015
Job Senior Production Engineer at Industrial Light & Magic
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Industrial Light & Magic  June 2015 - Present
Weta Digital   July 2014 - June 2015
Method Studios  October 2011 - July 2014
Prime Focus Vancouver   April 2009 - September 2011
Prime Focus London   October 2007 - April 2009
Air Defense Regiment (LV6)   January 2004 - June 2005

Skills
Nuke, Compositing, Python, Visual Effects, Feature Films, Digital Compositing, Pipeline Development, PyQt, Shake, Qt, Scripting, Look Development, C++, C#, Lua, ElasticSearch

Education
Jönköping University   2006 — 2007
Visual Effects

John Bauergymnasiet   2000 — 2003
Programming

Melanie Cordan Melanie Cordan San Francisco Bay Area Details
Melanie Cordan's Weta Digital Experience October 2000 - October 2002
Job Senior Character Animator
Industry Animation
Experience
DreamWorks Animation  July 2014 - January 2015
Animation Mentor  2006 - May 2014
UC Santa Cruz  December 2013 - March 2014
PDI/Dreamworks  March 2003 - November 2013
Weta Digital   October 2000 - October 2002
Pixar Animation Studios  April 1999 - October 1999
Rhythm & Hues  1996 - 1999

Skills
Character Animation, Visual Effects, Film, Video Games, Facial Animation, Animation, Commercials, Computer Animation, Television, Maya, Traditional Animation, Cinematics, Film Production, Feature Films, 3D, Short Films

Education
California Institute of the Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Character Animation

Allen Stetson Allen Stetson Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Allen Stetson's Weta Digital Experience May 2015 - Present
Job Crowd Department Supervisor
Industry Animation
Experience
Weta Digital   May 2015 - Present

Skills
Management, Crowd Simulation, Training, Pipeline Development, Technical Direction, Web Development, Feature Films, Computer Animation

Education
Cogswell Polytechnical College   1995 — 1999
BA, Computer and Video Imaging

Candice Ciesla Candice Ciesla Vancouver, Canada Area Details
Candice Ciesla's Weta Digital Experience March 2015 - March 2015
Job Art Director at Zeroes 2 Heroes
Industry Animation
Experience
Zeroes 2 Heroes   July 2015 - Present
Freelancing  August 2010 - Present
Weta Digital   March 2015 - March 2015
PikPok   October 2013 - December 2013
TinyCo  April 2011 - May 2013
Picture Plane Imaging   May 2009 - August 2010
Six Point Harness  January 2009 - March 2009
Fathom Studios  June 2003 - October 2008
Savannah College of Art and Design  2005 - 2006

Skills
Illustration, Concept Design, Storyboarding, Character Design, Vector Illustration, Photoshop, Layout, Art, Illustrator, Digital Illustration, Painting, Social Games, Props, Digital Art, Game Design, Pre-production, Books, PS3, Visual Development, Drawing, Flash, Character Animation, Conceptual Art, Visual Arts, 3D

Education
Savannah College of Art and Design   2004 — 2007
BA in digital media, Animation and Seqential Art

Jesse Sturdy Jesse Sturdy Vancouver, Canada Area Details
Jesse Sturdy's Weta Digital Experience July 2010 - November 2010
Job Producer at SturdyFX Ltd.
Industry Media Production
Experience
SturdyFX Ltd.   January 2011 - Present
Dreamworks Studios  March 2015 - June 2015
ViaSport  April 2013 - September 2014
Rhythm & Hues  April 2012 - July 2012
Warner Bros. Entertainment Group of Companies  November 2010 - November 2010
Weta Digital   July 2010 - November 2010

Skills
Video Production, Post Production, PreVis, 3D animation, After Effects, Maya, Photoshop, Computer Animation, Animation, Premiere, Compositing, Digital Compositing

Education
Vancouver Film School   2008 — 2009
3d Animation and Visual Effects

British Columbia Institute of Technology / BCIT   2007 — 2008
Broadcast and Media

Austin Eddy Austin Eddy Portland, Oregon Area Details
Austin Eddy's Weta Digital Experience March 2012 - March 2013
Job .
Industry Animation
Experience
Freelance  July 2015 - Present
LAIKA, Inc.   May 2013 - Present
Weta Digital   March 2012 - March 2013
Weta Digital   August 2011 - March 2012
Weta Digital   March 2009 - August 2011
Tippett studio  January 2007 - January 2009
Stormfront Studios  June 2005 - December 2006
Digital Domain  2004 - 2004

Skills
Visual Effects, Compositing, Maya, Character Animation, Concept Design, Cinematics, Computer Animation, Video Games, Animation, Drawing, Feature Films, Computer Graphics, Film, Commercials, Facial Animation, MEL, Character Rigging

Education
Academy of Art University   2001 — 2005
BFA, Character Animation & Visual Effects

David Lenna David Lenna Greater Los Angeles Area Details
David Lenna's Weta Digital Experience March 2006 - January 2008
Job CTO at South Park Studios
Industry Animation
Experience
Hero Forge   February 2014 - Present
South Park Studios  June 2010 - Present
South Park Studios  November 2008 - June 2010
South Park Studios  March 2008 - November 2008
Weta Digital   March 2006 - January 2008
Weta Digital   August 2005 - July 2006

Skills
Autodesk Products :..., Python, Perl, mel, C++, Pipeline Development, Animation Production, Project Management, IT Management, Department Budgeting, Linux System..., OS X, Database Design and..., Maya, Television, Python, Renderman, Programming, Producing, Animation, Computer Graphics

Education
Hampshire College   2001 — 2005
BS, Computer Science, N/A

Adam Dotson Adam Dotson Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Adam Dotson's Weta Digital Experience July 2003 - October 2003
Job Character Animator at Dreamworks Animation and Instructor at CGTarian.com
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
CGTarian.com   September 2014 - Present
DreamWorks Animation  October 2013 - April 2015
DreamWorks Animation  February 2008 - March 2013
Walt Disney Imagineering  November 2007 - February 2008
Brain Zoo Studios  September 2007 - October 2007
Stan Winston Studio  February 2004 - September 2007
Weta Digital   July 2003 - October 2003
Warner Bros. Animation  December 2002 - June 2003
Weta Digital   July 2002 - October 2002
Warner Bros. Feature Animation  June 1997 - June 2002

Skills
Pre-visualization, Film, Maya, Visual Effects, Character Animation, Animation, Computer Animation, Facial Animation, Compositing, Traditional Animation, 3D, Computer Graphics, Feature Films, Nuke, XSI, After Effects

Education
Studio Arts   2013 — 2013

Ringling School of Art and Design   1992 — 1996
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Computer Animation

Bradford deCaussin Bradford deCaussin San Francisco Bay Area Details
Bradford deCaussin's Weta Digital Experience March 2008 - July 2010
Job Creatures Supervisor (textures) at Industrial Light & Magic
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Industrial Light & Magic  May 2013 - Present
Industrial Light & Magic  October 2011 - April 2013
freelance  August 2011 - September 2011
Digital Domain  August 2010 - July 2011
Weta Digital   March 2008 - July 2010
Industrial Light & Magic  July 2007 - March 2008
Tippett Studio  April 2006 - July 2007
Massive Black  July 2005 - April 2006
Tippett Studio  December 2003 - July 2005
Industrial Light & Magic  May 2002 - December 2003

Skills
Look Development, 3D Modeling, Digital Matte Painting, Texturing, Texture Painting, Maya, Renderman, Zbrush, Computer Animation, Film, Texture Artist, ZBrush, Digital Compositing, 3D, Feature Films, Nuke, Animation, Mental Ray, Computer Graphics, Matte Painting, Visual Effects, Painting

Education
Academy of Art University   1991 — 1993
Illustration

University of California, Santa Cruz   1986 — 1989
Biology, Scientific Illustration & Communication

Viewpoint High School   1983 — 1986

David Mattingly David Mattingly Greater New York City Area Details
David Mattingly's Weta Digital Experience 2004 - 2005
Job Author of The Digital Matte Painting Handbook
Industry Graphic Design
Experience
School of Visual Arts  2004 - Present
Pratt Institute  2009 - Present
Sybex Books   2011 - Present
Baen Publishing Enterprises  1983 - Present
Mattingly Graphics   June 1979 - Present
Weta Digital   2004 - 2005
Scholastic, Inc.   1994 - 2004
Magicmaker   August 1996 - February 1997
The Walt Disney Company  1983 - 1985
The Walt Disney Company  1980 - 1983

Skills
Matte Painting, Teaching, Digital Illustration, Photoshop, Nuke, Maya, After Effects, Visual Effects, Illustration, Painting, Special Effects, Concept Design, Animation, Compositing, Computer Animation, Conceptual Art, Digital Compositing, Digital Painting, Motion Graphics, Digital Art, 3D, Art, Graphics, Film, 3D Modeling, Rendering, 3D graphics, Drawing, Premiere, Computer Graphics, Flash Animation, Commercials, Image Editing, Motion Design, Texturing, Adobe After Effects

Education
ArtCenter College of Design   1977 — 1980
Illustration

Colorado State University   1977 — 1977
Film

Art Institute of Colorado   1976 — 1977
Advertising

The Principia   1970 — 1974
High school

School of Visual Arts

Jordan Gestring Jordan Gestring Clemson, South Carolina Details
Jordan Gestring's Weta Digital Experience May 2014 - August 2014
Job Student at Clemson University
Industry Animation
Experience
Clemson University  August 2013 - Present
Weta Digital   May 2014 - August 2014
Clemson University  August 2012 - June 2014
TigerPaw Productions  August 2010 - May 2012
TigerPaw Productions  January 2010 - May 2010
TigerPaw Productions  September 2009 - December 2009

Skills
After Effects, Nuke, Maya, C++, Python, Linux

Education
Clemson University   2013 — 2016
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Digital Production Arts

Clemson University   2009 — 2013
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Computer Science

Monique Bradshaw Monique Bradshaw San Francisco Bay Area Details
Monique Bradshaw's Weta Digital Experience November 2006 - May 2008
Job Technology & Operations Executive
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Lucasfilm  June 2013 - January 2014
Lucasfilm Animation  2008 - June 2013
Weta Digital   November 2006 - May 2008
Animal Logic  November 2003 - October 2006
Cisco Systems  February 2002 - November 2003
Cisco Systems  April 2001 - February 2002
Euro RSCG Partnership   January 2001 - April 2001
Industrial Light & Magic  January 2000 - November 2000
Industrial Light & Magic  September 1999 - January 2000

Skills
Technical Leadership, Data Center, Architecture, Technology Management, Project Management, Renderman, Strategy, MEL, Unix, Python, Computer Graphics, Leadership, Nuke, Linux, Software Development, Cloud Computing, Software Project..., Team Building, Marketing, IT Strategy, Integration, Visual Effects, Perl, Modeling, Agile Methodologies, Mobile Devices, Software Engineering, C++, 3D, Perforce, Scripting, Pipeline Development, Pre-visualization, Technical Direction, Animation, Vendor Management, Management, Cross-functional Team..., IT Operation

Education
Stanford University   1993 — 1998
BS, Engineering (Product Design)

Stanford University
Bachelor's Degree, Engineering, Product Design

Jeff Unay Jeff Unay Greater Seattle Area Details
Jeff Unay's Weta Digital Experience January 2007 - January 2010
Job Filmmaker / Artist
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
IMPACT80, LLC   January 2010 - Present
Valve Corporation  February 2010 - May 2015
Weta Digital   January 2007 - January 2010
Autodesk  2003 - January 2010
Electronic Arts Canada  December 2005 - January 2007
Weta Digital   September 2004 - November 2005
Tippett Studio  May 2003 - September 2004
Academy of Art University  August 2003 - December 2003
Raven Software  September 2002 - May 2003
LLC  June 2000 - July 2001

Skills
Character Animation, 3D Modeling, Maya, Mudbox, Texturing, Modeling, MEL, Visual Effects, Art, Storyboarding, Computer Graphics, Facial Animation, Zbrush, Sculpture, 3D graphics, 3D, Film, Computer Animation, Commercials, Animation, Graphics, Digital Sculpting

Education
Full Sail University   2001 — 2002
AS, Computer Animation

Loyola University New Orleans   1996 — 2000
BA, Advertising/Graphic Design

Tom Mikota Tom Mikota Santa Monica, California Details
Tom Mikota's Weta Digital Experience October 2008 - July 2010
Job Making Movies
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
PIXOMONDO  May 2015 - Present
Various  October 2010 - August 2015
PIXOMONDO  2015 - 2015
ARC9   November 2010 - April 2014
Asylum Visual Effects  March 2010 - November 2010
Weta Digital   October 2008 - July 2010
Weta Digital   September 2006 - September 2008
Digital Domain  May 2006 - July 2006
Sony Imageworks  January 2006 - May 2006
Weta Digital   August 2005 - December 2005

Skills
Look Development, Shading, Lighting, Texturing, Film, Renderman, Shake, MEL, Houdini, Nuke, Mental Ray, Visual Effects, Web Development, Web Design, Python, PyQt, Adobe Fireworks, Illustrator, Flash Builder, Software Project..., 3D, Animation, Post Production, Scripting, Computer Graphics, Compositing, Maya, Pipeline Development, Texture Artist, Computer Animation, Feature Films, Digital Compositing, VFX Supervision, Photoshop, Commercials, Photography, Premiere, Film Production, 3D Modeling, Rendering, Video Editing, 3D Studio Max, Rotoscoping

Education
Brigham Young University   1997 — 2003
BFA, Animation

Brigham Young University   1997 — 2003
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Animation

Scott Dace Scott Dace Vancouver, Canada Area Details
Scott Dace's Weta Digital Experience October 2006 - November 2009
Job Senior Animator at Industrial Light & Magic
Industry Animation
Experience
Industrial Light & Magic  November 2013 - Present
Digital Domain  October 2011 - October 2013
Sony Pictures Imageworks  September 2010 - May 2011
MPC  June 2010 - August 2010
Image Engine Design Inc.  April 2010 - May 2010
Weta Digital   October 2006 - November 2009
Rhythm and Hues  October 2004 - September 2006
Fathom Studios  October 2000 - October 2004
Aston Worldwide Animation   April 2000 - September 2000

Skills
Character Animation, Animation, Maya, Visual Effects, Computer Animation, Facial Animation, Photography, 3D Modeling

Education
Ringling College of Art and Design   1995 — 1999
BFA, Computer Animation, Photography

Colorado State University   1994 — 1995
NA, Fine and Studio Arts

Laurence Lok Laurence Lok Vancouver, Canada Area Details
Laurence Lok's Weta Digital Experience August 2014 - November 2014
Job COMP
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Weta Digital   August 2014 - November 2014
Method Studios  March 2014 - July 2014
Sony Pictures Imageworks  April 2013 - February 2014
MPC Vancouver  February 2013 - April 2013
Sony Pictures Imageworks Canada   May 2012 - January 2013
MPC Vancouver  June 2011 - May 2012
MPC London   October 2008 - June 2011
Luma Pictures  July 2008 - September 2008
RIOT  June 2007 - June 2008
The Orphanage  February 2007 - May 2007

Education
Sheridan College   2003 — 2003
Post Grad Certificate, Computer Animation

UNSW Australia   1998 — 2000
B.A. (Media), Major: Multimedia

Edward Twiss Edward Twiss New York, New York Details
Edward Twiss's Weta Digital Experience 1999 - 1999
Job Operations Manager
Industry Architecture & Planning
Experience
Truescape   November 2007 - Present
Animal Logic  June 2006 - November 2006
Postmodern Sydney   2004 - June 2006
Animal Logic  2003 - 2004
Plastic Wax   2000 - 2003
Weta Digital   1999 - 1999
Brilliant Digital Entertainment  1998 - 1999
Various Freelance Positions   1997 - 1998

Skills
Lighting, Shading, Mental Ray, Realflow, Compositing, Nuke, Shake, Maya, MEL, Renderman, Visual Effects, 3D, After Effects, 3D Studio Max, Texturing, Rendering, Mudbox, Modeling, Rigging, Vray, Technical Direction, Premiere, Computer Graphics, Computer Animation

Education
University of Canterbury
PEMA2

Lincoln University (NZ)   1992 — 1996
BRS

St Andrews College Christchurch   1987 — 1991
UE

Intraware

Apple Australia

Rufus Blow Rufus Blow Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Rufus Blow's Weta Digital Experience April 2007 - Present
Job Creature Technical Director at Weta Digital
Industry Animation
Experience
Weta Digital   April 2007 - Present
Disney Feature Animation  August 2004 - April 2007
walt disney feature animation  2004 - 2007
Fathom Studios  January 1999 - August 2004

Education
Savannah College of Art and Design   1994 — 1997
Computer Art, Computer Art

Alex Gurevich Alex Gurevich Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Alex Gurevich's Weta Digital Experience July 2013 - Present
Job Motion Capture Pipeline Developer at Weta Digital
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Weta Digital   July 2013 - Present
DreamWorks Animation SKG  September 2007 - May 2013
Meteor Studios  October 2006 - July 2007
Animal Logic  July 2006 - October 2006
DNA Productions  August 2005 - July 2006
Side Effects Software  October 2004 - July 2005

Skills
3D, Compositing, Character Animation, Rendering, Visual Effects, Cinematics, Houdini, Look Development, Mental Ray, Computer Animation, Lighting, Nuke, MEL, Shading, Computer Graphics, Pipeline Development, Renderman, Character Rigging, Technical Direction, Zbrush, XSI, PyQt, After Effects, Maya, Pipelines, Digital Compositing, Animation, Texturing, Shake, Software Development...

Education
Rochester Institute of Technology   1994 — 1998
Master's degree, Computer Animation

Harvard University   1988 — 1993
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Shane Cook Shane Cook San Francisco Bay Area Details
Shane Cook's Weta Digital Experience May 2015 - Present
Job Compositor
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Weta Digital   May 2015 - Present
Industrial Light & Magic  December 2014 - April 2015
Weta Digital   July 2014 - November 2014
Industrial Light & Magic  January 2014 - July 2014
Sony Pictures Imageworks  January 2014 - January 2014
Weta Digital   July 2013 - December 2013
Rising Sun Pictures  March 2013 - June 2013
Digital Domain  December 2012 - March 2013
Weta Digital   September 2012 - December 2012
Rhythm & Hues  May 2012 - June 2012

Skills
Compositing, Shake, Nuke, Rotoscoping, 3D, Animation, Commercials, Feature Films, Computer Graphics, Traditional Animation, Visual Effects, Look Development, VFX Supervision

Education
Full Sail   2003 — 2004
AS, Computer Animation

Collins College   2001 — 2003
AOS, Animation

Will Kistler Will Kistler Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Will Kistler's Weta Digital Experience July 2013 - May 2014
Job Animator at Industrial Light & Magic
Industry Animation
Experience
Industrial Light & Magic  December 2014 - March 2015
Method Studios  August 2014 - September 2014
Weta Digital   July 2013 - May 2014
Rhythm & Hues  November 2012 - February 2013
A Slow Day in Comedy   2013 - 2013
Method Studios  July 2012 - October 2012
Create Advertising Group  March 2012 - June 2012
Rhythm & Hues  July 2010 - March 2012
Reel FX  March 2010 - July 2010
Create Advertising Group  May 2010 - May 2010

Skills
Character Animation, Facial Animation, Cinematics, Computer Animation, Maya, Animation, Video Games, Visual Effects, Film, Short Films, Feature Films

Education
AnimationMentor.com   2005 — 2006
Diploma, Advance Studies in Character Animation

Purdue University   2001 — 2005
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Graphics Technology

Kristin Sedore Kristin Sedore Vancouver, Canada Area Details
Kristin Sedore's Weta Digital Experience September 2014 - November 2014
Job Senior Lighting Technical Director
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Sony Pictures Imageworks  May 2015 - Present
Industrial Light & Magic  December 2014 - April 2015
Weta Digital   September 2014 - November 2014
Industrial Light & Magic  January 2014 - July 2014
Weta Digital   October 2013 - November 2013
Rhythm & Hues  July 2012 - July 2013
Digital Domain  September 2011 - May 2012
Weta Digital   April 2011 - August 2011
Digital Domain  November 2009 - April 2011
Rainmaker Entertainment Inc  March 2008 - November 2009

Skills
Lighting, Compositing, Visual Effects, Digital Compositing, Nuke, Renderman, Look Development, Shake, Maya, Houdini

Education
Vancouver Film School   2003 — 2004
3D Animation and Visual Effects

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology   1997 — 1999
Television and Film Production

Heather Abels Heather Abels Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Heather Abels's Weta Digital Experience September 2009 - November 2009
Job Set Extension Artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
CGSociety.org   October 2014 - Present
Walt Disney Animation Studios  February 2014 - July 2015
Rhythm & Hues  February 2012 - February 2014
Rhythm & Hues  September 2011 - July 2012
Rhythm & Hues  December 2009 - September 2011
Weta Digital   September 2009 - November 2009
Prime Focus World  August 2009 - September 2009
Rhythm & Hues  November 2008 - April 2009
The Orphanage  January 2008 - November 2008
Academy of Art University  2008 - 2008

Skills
Visual Effects, Matte Painting, Commercials, Texture Artist, Rotoscoping, Graphic Design, Digital Compositing, Compositing, Nuke, Texturing, Maya, Shake, 3D, After Effects, Photoshop, HDRI, Engaging Public Speaker, Look Development, VFX Supervision, Shading, Feature Films

Education
Academy of Art University   2004 — 2007
MFA, Animation and Visual Effects

East Tennessee State University   1998 — 2002
BS in Engineering Technology, Animation, Illustration, and Multimedia

Spring Hill High School

Marc Toscano Marc Toscano Los Angeles, California Details
Marc Toscano's Weta Digital Experience November 2008 - May 2009
Job Senior Lighting and Look development Available and looking
Industry Computer Games
Experience
Cloud Imperium Games  March 2015 - August 2015
Digital Extremes  June 2012 - February 2015
Digital Extremes  2013 - 2015
Digital Extremes  2013 - 2015
Blackcoffee®   April 2014 - April 2014
Naughty Dog  May 2011 - September 2011
Sony Pictures Imageworks  February 2011 - May 2011
Telltale Games  October 2010 - November 2010
MPC  November 2009 - March 2010
Weta Digital   November 2008 - May 2009

Skills
3D, Renderman, Nuke, Visual Effects, Maya, Cinematics, Lighting, Mental Ray, Photoshop, Compositing, Look Development, Video Games, MEL, Television, Zbrush, Evolution Game Engine, Sketchbook Pro, CryEngine, Unreal4.9

Education
Digital Tutors   2012 — 2022
N/A, What ever catches my eye or looks interesting, N/A

University of California, Los Angeles   1997 — 1997
extension, Cinematography I, II

Pratt Institute   1989 — 1992
M.F.A., Computer Graphics

Rhode Island College   1984 — 1989
B.A., Art Studio-Graphic Design Major

Brenton Cottman Brenton Cottman Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Brenton Cottman's Weta Digital Experience October 2010 - Present
Job Lead Matte Painter at Weta Digital
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Weta Digital   October 2010 - Present
Industrial Light and Magic  January 2010 - August 2010
Weta Digital   October 2008 - December 2009
Digital Domain  February 2005 - September 2008
Sony Pictures Imageworks  June 2007 - August 2007

Skills
Matte Painting, Digital Painting, Concept Design, Illustration, Nuke, Maya, Compositing, Look Development, Digital Compositing, Visual Effects, Painting, Rendering, Shake

Education
School of Visual Arts   2000 — 2003
bachelor of arts, illustration

Tom Meade Tom Meade San Francisco Bay Area Details
Tom Meade's Weta Digital Experience October 2010 - Present
Job Animation Technical Director at Weta Digital
Industry Animation
Experience
Weta Digital   October 2010 - Present
ImageMovers Digital  January 2009 - October 2010
Academy of Art University  September 2003 - December 2008
Pulse Entertainment  1999 - 2002

Skills
Renderman, MEL, Shake, Nuke, Shading, Character Rigging, Maya, Python, Visual Effects, Animation, After Effects, Compositing, Rigging, Cinematics, Character Animation, VFX Supervision, Computer Animation, Mental Ray

Education
San Francisco State University   1998 — 1999
Animation

Boston University   1992 — 1996
"BS", Film Production

Dean Lewandowski Dean Lewandowski Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Dean Lewandowski's Weta Digital Experience October 2010 - May 2013
Job Layout
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Lightstorm Entertainment  May 2013 - Present
Weta Digital   October 2010 - May 2013
The Third Floor, Inc.   March 2010 - September 2010
ImageMovers Digital  February 2010 - March 2010
Lightstorm   August 2006 - September 2009
Lightstorm Entertainment  August 2006 - September 2009
AVATAR -Lightstorm Entertainment   August 2006 - September 2009
Lightstorm   2006 - 2007

Skills
Pre-visualization, Visual Effects, Nuke, Maya, Motion Capture, Autodesk MotionBuilder, Look Development, Cinematics, Compositing

Education
DAVE School   2005 — 2006
Computer Graphics and Animation

DePaul University   2000 — 2005

Sheri Cruz Sheri Cruz Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Sheri Cruz's Weta Digital Experience July 2013 - March 2014
Job Roto/Paint at Industrial Light & Magic
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
PIXOMONDO  April 2015 - June 2015
Industrial Light & Magic  February 2015 - April 2015
Pixomondo  January 2015 - January 2015
Drawn By the Light VFX  October 2014 - November 2014
Mirada Studios  August 2014 - October 2014
Rodeo FX  April 2014 - July 2014
Weta Digital   July 2013 - March 2014
Newbreed Visual Effects  March 2013 - June 2013
Dtrain FX   January 2013 - March 2013
Rhythm & Hues  September 2001 - September 2012

Skills
Rotoscoping, Background Plate..., Photoshop, Autodesk Flame/Inferno, Linux, Mac OS X, Resource Management, Data Management, Technical Support, Computer Maintenance, Nuke, Tape Backup, Switched Digital Video, Feature Films, OS X, Commercials, Post Production, Visual Effects, Renderman, Houdini, Digital Compositing, MEL, PFTrack

Education
California State University-Fullerton   1989 — 1994
BS, Computer Science

Rachael Campbell Rachael Campbell Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Rachael Campbell's Weta Digital Experience September 2015 - Present
Job Production Coordinator
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Weta Digital   September 2015 - Present
Santa Monica College  February 2008 - August 2015
Fellow  February 2015 - April 2015
The Mill  January 2015 - February 2015
MFX  November 2014 - December 2014
Days End Pictures / Floq FX   October 2014 - November 2014
5D Global Studio  2014 - 2014
Mirada Studios  November 2013 - November 2013
Imaginary Forces  March 2013 - April 2013
Wolf & Crow  March 2013 - March 2013

Skills
Houdini, Visual Effects, Animation, Lighting, Computer Graphics, Nuke, 3D, Compositing, Film, Digital Compositing, Shake, Computer Animation, Rendering, Texturing, Particle, Post Production, Feature Films, Commercials, Teamwork, Inspiring Leadership, Teaching, College Teaching, Public Speaking, Team Coordination, Microsoft Office, shotgun

Education
Institute of Psycho Structural Balancing   2013 — 2014
Massage Technician, Massage Therapy, awesome

Savannah College of Art and Design   2002 — 2006
Bachelors of Fine Art, Visual Effects

Mayde Creek   1998 — 2002

Scott Gastellu Scott Gastellu Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Scott Gastellu's Weta Digital Experience September 2014 - November 2014
Job Digital Compositor at Paramount Pictures
Industry Entertainment
Experience
Paramount Pictures  September 2015 - Present
New Regency Productions  June 2015 - September 2015
Digital Domain 3.0  November 2014 - June 2015
Weta Digital   September 2014 - November 2014
Digital Domain  January 2008 - June 2013
Rhythm & Hues Studios  2006 - 2007

Education
The Art Institute of California-Los Angeles   1998 — 2000
Associate's Degree

Jason Cutler Jason Cutler Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Jason Cutler's Weta Digital Experience May 2015 - Present
Job Paint artist at Weta Digital
Industry Entertainment
Experience
Weta Digital   May 2015 - Present
Weta Digital   July 2013 - May 2015
Stereo D  April 2011 - June 2013
Stereo D  2010 - 2011
Stereo D  August 2010 - October 2010
In Three Inc.  October 2008 - August 2010
The Lymphedema Connection   2007 - 2007

Skills
Nuke, Rotoscoping, Compositing, After Effects, Silhouette, Digital Compositing, Shake, Motion Graphics, Stereoscopic, PFTrack, Visual Effects, Animation, Stereo Conversion, Mocha, Feature Films, Mental Ray, Look Development, VFX Supervision, Matte Painting, Eyeon Fusion, Digital Fusion, Syntheyes

Education
Art Institute of Pittsburgh   2004 — 2008
BS, Visual Effects and Motion Graphics

Anthony Jacob Anthony Jacob Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Anthony Jacob's Weta Digital Experience March 2012 - February 2013
Job SimulCam Operator/Lab Artist at Digital Domain
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Digital Domain 3.0  May 2014 - Present
Sony Computer Entertainment America  January 2014 - May 2014
Weta Digital   March 2012 - February 2013
Sony Computer Entertainment America  August 2010 - January 2012
ImageMovers Digital  March 2008 - March 2010
Rhythm & Hues  March 2008 - March 2008
DreamWorks Productions  October 2007 - December 2007
Lightstorm Entertainment  January 2007 - September 2007
Dream Balloon Productions   October 2006 - January 2007

Education
Digital Animation and Visual Effects School   2005 — 2006
Occupational Associates, Digital Animation and Visual Effects

DePauw University   2001 — 2005
B.A., Computer Science

Robert Cheatham Robert Cheatham Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Robert Cheatham's Weta Digital Experience August 2008 - November 2009
Job Consultant
Industry Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
Experience
Space Exploration Technologies  April 2010 - May 2015
Weta Digital   August 2008 - November 2009
Direct Controls, Inc.   July 2004 - August 2008

Education
Brigham Young University   2002 — 2007
Masters, Mechanical Engineering

Brigham Young University   1996 — 2002
Bachelors, Mechanical Engineering

Allen Edwards Allen Edwards Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Allen Edwards's Weta Digital Experience 1996 - 1996
Job CoFounder & CEO at Pretend LLC
Industry Computer Software
Experience
Pretend LLC   2009 - Present
Edwards Investment Group   2005 - Present
Apple Inc.  2002 - 2005
Nothing Real LLC   1996 - 2002
Weta Digital   1996 - 1996
Sony Pictures Imageworks  1993 - 1996
TDI Thomson Digital Image   1989 - 1993

Skills
Compositing, Computer Graphics, Visual Effects, Post Production, 3D, Special Effects, Feature Films, Film, Digital Compositing, Video, Computer Animation, Digital Video

Education
Pratt Institute   1981 — 1984

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Mariya Kalachova Mariya Kalachova Vancouver, Canada Area Details
Mariya Kalachova's Weta Digital Experience August 2014 - December 2014
Job Animator at Sony Pictures Imageworks
Industry Animation
Experience
Sony Pictures Imageworks  January 2015 - Present
Weta Digital   August 2014 - December 2014
Weta Digital   June 2013 - December 2014
Sony Pictures Imageworks  October 2012 - May 2013
Digital Domain  August 2011 - October 2012
Sony Pictures Imageworks  September 2010 - April 2011
Team Bondi   April 2010 - August 2010
Convergen Pty Ltd   September 2009 - November 2009
Xtranormal Technology Inc   April 2008 - August 2009
Australian National University  February 2007 - July 2007

Skills
Maya, Zbrush, Shake, Final Cut Pro, Compressor, Soundtrack, DVD Studio Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, ActionScript, Computer Animation, Nuke, Visual Effects, Compositing, Character Animation, Computer Graphics, Animation, Texturing, Traditional Animation, Facial Animation, Feature Films, Film, Video Games

Education
Animation Mentor   2008 — 2010
Advanced Studies in Character Animation

The Australian National University   2003 — 2007
Bachelor of Arts (Digital Arts) With First Class Honours

iAnimate

Jed Glassford Jed Glassford Vancouver, Canada Area Details
Jed Glassford's Weta Digital Experience February 2015 - Present
Job Motion Capture Body Tech at Weta Digital
Industry Entertainment
Experience
Weta Digital   February 2015 - Present
Zoic Studios  July 2014 - November 2014
Zoic Studios  June 2014 - November 2014
Animatrik Film Design   January 2014 - May 2014
Weta Digital   March 2013 - May 2013
Vancouver Visual Effects   January 2013 - April 2013
Anthem Visual Effects  July 2012 - December 2012
Rhythm & Hues  April 2012 - July 2012
Anthem Visual Effects  2011 - December 2011
Sanctuary  March 2011 - July 2011

Skills
On Set Data Collection, Visual Effects, Nuke, FileMaker, Microsoft Office, Shake, Film, Post Production, Compositing, Television, Feature Films, Final Draft, Film Production

Education
Capilano University   2005 — 2007
film

Dan Trezise Dan Trezise Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Dan Trezise's Weta Digital Experience 2012 - 2012
Job Owner of Outsource VFX
Industry Entertainment
Experience
Sony Pictures Imageworks  November 2011 - Present
Outsource VFX   November 2009 - Present
Pixomondo  2013 - 2013
Weta Digital   2012 - 2012
Prime Focus  November 2010 - March 2011
Sony Pictures Imageworks  2011 - 2011
Sony Pictures Imageworks  2011 - 2011
yU+co  2011 - 2011
Zoic Studios  2011 - 2011
Ferro Concrete   2011 - 2011

Skills
Shake, Digital Compositing, Nuke, Compositing, Visual Effects, Film, Look Development, Feature Films, Rotoscoping

Education
Rochester Institute of Technology   1994 — 1997
bfa, Film & Video

Brandon Onstott Brandon Onstott San Francisco Bay Area Details
Brandon Onstott's Weta Digital Experience January 2011 - February 2014
Job Engineer at Build Cool Stuff
Industry Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Experience
Build Cool Stuff   March 2014 - Present
Weta Digital   January 2011 - February 2014
ImageMovers Digital  December 2008 - December 2010
Pixar Animation Studios  June 1999 - October 2008

Skills
Shader Writing, Renderman, Look Development

Education
Texas A&M University   1991 — 1999
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Visualization Sciences

Chris Ingersoll Chris Ingersoll Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Chris Ingersoll's Weta Digital Experience August 2014 - November 2014
Job VFX and Post Production
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Paramount Pictures  May 2015 - Present
ScanLineVFX LA  January 2015 - May 2015
MPC  January 2015 - January 2015
Weta Digital   August 2014 - November 2014
Sony Pictures Imageworks  May 2014 - June 2014
Comen VFX  April 2014 - May 2014
Weta Digital   July 2012 - March 2014
LolaVFX   May 2011 - June 2012
Sony Pictures Imageworks  February 2011 - April 2011
LOLA VFX  February 2010 - March 2011

Skills
Compositing, Flame, Nuke, Visual Effects, Editing, Feature Films, Final Cut Pro, Film, Digital Compositing, Post Production, Look Development, Animation, Shake, Fire Management, Rotoscoping, Documentaries, PFTrack, VFX Supervision, Maya, Camera

Education
Loyola Marymount University   2000 — 2003
MFA, Film Production

University of Colorado Boulder   1996 — 2000
BFA, Film Production

Kingwood High   1992 — 1996

Vanessa Joyce Vanessa Joyce Santa Monica, California Details
Vanessa Joyce's Weta Digital Experience October 2010 - August 2011
Job VFX Production Supervisor at Warner Bros. Pictures
Industry Entertainment
Experience
Warner Bros. Pictures  February 2014 - Present
Lionsgate  January 2013 - September 2013
Fox Filmed Entertainment  October 2011 - January 2013
Weta Digital   October 2010 - August 2011
Rhythm & Hues  June 2007 - June 2010
Fox Filmed Entertainment  November 2006 - May 2007

Skills
Visual Effects, Post Production, Feature Films, Film, Film Production

Education
Loyola Marymount University   2001 — 2005
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Film Production

Brian Mckee Brian Mckee Dallas/Fort Worth Area Details
Brian Mckee's Weta Digital Experience January 2009 - April 2009
Job Senior Mocap specialist at Gearbox Games
Industry Computer Games
Experience
Gearbox Software  June 2013 - Present
Blur Studio  October 2010 - May 2013
Blur Studio  April 2009 - May 2013
Weta Digital   January 2009 - April 2009
House of Moves  February 2008 - January 2009
Sealy  October 1998 - February 2008
New Breed  May 1997 - October 1998

Skills
Motionbuilder, 3D Studio Max, XSI, Layout, 3D animation, Character Animation, Scripting, Pipeline Development, Python, Technical Direction, Autodesk MotionBuilder, Computer Animation, Animation, Motion Capture, Max, Maxscript, Vicon Blade

Education
High Point University   2000 — 2003
BS, Computer Information Systems

Appalachian State University   1988 — 1990
BS, Industrial Technology

Babak Beheshti Babak Beheshti Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Babak Beheshti's Weta Digital Experience 2013 - 2013
Job GM at Standard Deviation
Industry Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Experience
Standard Deviation   April 2001 - Present
Weta Digital   2013 - 2013
Modern Cartoons  May 1993 - February 2001

Education
University of Colorado Boulder   1981 — 1986
BS, Applied Math

California State University-Los Angeles

Kenneth Dackermann Kenneth Dackermann Arcadia, California Details
Kenneth Dackermann's Weta Digital Experience January 2012 - November 2012
Job Senior Compositor at Furious
Industry Entertainment
Experience
Senior Compositor at Furious FX   January 2013 - Present
Weta Digital   January 2012 - November 2012
Furious FX  November 2011 - December 2011
Weta Digital   May 2011 - July 2011
Sony Imageworks  2010 - May 2011
ICO VFX  June 2010 - September 2010
ngtv  2007 - 2009
Cinesite  1994 - 1999

Skills
Visual Effects, Shake, Maya, Digital Compositing, Nuke, Deep Nuke Compositer, Rotoscoping, Compositing, VFX Supervision, PFTrack, Renderman, Houdini, Live Action, Matte Painting, Digital Fusion, Stereoscopic, Look Development

Education
ArtCenter College of Design   1989 — 1993
BS Fine Art Photography, Photography / minor film

Gnomon Inc., School of Visual Effects   2001 — 2002

Zach Cannon Zach Cannon Santa Monica, California Details
Zach Cannon's Weta Digital Experience May 2009 - September 2009
Job Writers Assistant at Red Board Productions
Industry Entertainment
Experience
Red Board Productions   2012 - Present
USC First Pitch   January 2011 - April 2012
Universal Cable Productions  May 2011 - August 2011
Weta Digital   May 2009 - September 2009
Montecito Picture Company  May 2007 - August 2007

Skills
Sports, Event Management, Microsoft Office, Social Media, Customer Service

Education
University of Southern California   2010 — 2012
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Writing for Screen and Television

Florida State University   2003 — 2008
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Creative Writing / Media Production

David Bawel David Bawel Ojai, California Details
David Bawel's Weta Digital Experience August 2011 - October 2011
Job CTO / Founding Partner
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
3rd BRAIN   February 2013 - Present
Emersion S&T   January 2011 - March 2012
Weta Digital   August 2011 - October 2011
Blue Man Group  February 2010 - June 2011
PMVX   February 2008 - March 2009
Lightstorm Entertainment  September 2005 - December 2005
Weta Digital   June 2003 - November 2004
Eon Entertainment   March 1999 - September 2001

Skills
Video, Video Production, Post Production, Film, Film Production, Visual Effects, Video Editing, Photoshop, Television, Python, Computer Graphics, After Effects, HD Video, Linux, 3D, Digital Media, HTML, PHP, JavaScript

Education
Eckerd College

Derek Cheung Derek Cheung Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Derek Cheung's Weta Digital Experience August 2014 - November 2014
Job FX TD
Industry Entertainment
Experience
Method Studios  January 2015 - July 2015
Weta Digital   August 2014 - November 2014
Method Studios  April 2014 - June 2014
Reliance MediaWorks VFX  June 2013 - November 2013
Rhythm & Hues  January 2011 - April 2013
ImageMovers Digital  June 2010 - October 2011
ImageMovers Digital  July 2009 - June 2010
Sony Pictures Imageworks  February 2009 - July 2009
LAIKA, Inc  August 2007 - December 2008

Education
Oregon State University   2003 — 2007
B.S., Computer Science, Multimedia

Richard Mahon Richard Mahon Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Richard Mahon's Weta Digital Experience 2001 - 2001
Job Matte Painting Supervisor, VFX Art Director, Matte Painter, Concept Artist
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Zoic Studios  August 2014 - Present
Marjorie's Garden   2009 - Present
Prime Focus World  October 2013 - July 2014
Rhythm and Hues Studios  2006 - February 2013
Rhythm and Hues  March 2006 - 2013
Rich Mahon Inc.   February 2012 - June 2012
Shiny Entertainment  2003 - 2006
Centropolis Effects  2000 - 2004
Square Pictures   April 2000 - July 2001
Weta Digital   2001 - 2001

Skills
Matte Painting, Conceptual Art, Maya, Digital Painting, Visual Effects, Environment Art, 3D, Texturing, Cinematics, Animation, Feature Films, Computer Graphics, Concept Design, Illustration, 3D Studio Max, 3D Modeling, Look Development, Painting, Art, Illustrator, Computer Animation

Education
Art Center College of Design   1977 — 1979
illustration

Corona Del Mar High School

Kyle Sandilands Kyle Sandilands Vancouver, Canada Area Details
Kyle Sandilands's Weta Digital Experience March 2015 - April 2015
Job Director / Cinematographer / Editor
Industry Media Production
Experience
CBT Vietnam - a Community Tourism Project by Capilano University   March 2011 - Present
Freelance  April 2007 - Present
Weta Digital   March 2015 - April 2015
Volunteers Unleashed - CBC DocZone   September 2013 - December 2014
Eyesight International   February 2014 - November 2014
Jade Fever   July 2014 - July 2014
Ice Pilots: NWT   December 2013 - June 2014
Dah-tsiye Kehke: Our Grandfather’s Footprints - APTN   February 2013 - August 2013
Ice Pilots: NWT   June 2013 - June 2013
Weta Digital   March 2013 - May 2013

Skills
Camera Operator, Editor, Grip/Lamp Op, Cinematography, Photography, Short Films, Music Videos, Film, Documentary, Small-unit filmmaking, Documentaries, PADI Advanced Open..., Camera Operating, Feature Films, Film Production, Final Cut Pro, Producing, Editing, Video, Post Production, Television, Camera, Video Production, Broadcast, Directing, Commercials, Dvd, HD Video, Screenwriting, Pre-production, Videography, Visual Effects, Camera Operation, DVD

Education
Capilano University   2005 — 2008
Advanced Diploma, Motion Picture Production

Capilano University   2005 — 2008

Ryan Leasher Ryan Leasher Redmond, Washington Details
Ryan Leasher's Weta Digital Experience March 2009 - March 2010
Job Lighting Supervisor at Microsoft Game Studios / Turn 10 Studios
Industry Computer Games
Experience
Microsoft Game Studios / Turn 10 Studios   June 2012 - Present
Blizzard Entertainment  June 2010 - June 2012
Weta Digital   March 2009 - March 2010
Walt Disney Animation Studios  October 2004 - April 2007
DreamWorks Animation  June 2003 - October 2004
The Secret Lab   September 2001 - October 2002
Square Pictures   October 2000 - June 2001

Skills
Lighting, Renderman, Visual Effects, Nuke, MEL, Look Development, Computer Graphics, Photoshop, Pipeline Development, 3D rendering, Python, Digital Compositing, Writing, Shake, Production Pipeline, Game Development, Animation, Training, Perl, Fundraising, Philanthropy, Game Design, Graphics, Vray, Project Management, Supervising, Xbox 360, Art Direction, Xbox One, Video Games, Console, Maya, 3D Studio Max, 3D

Education
Animation Mentor

Kent State University
Computer Graphics

Joe Han Joe Han Greater Seattle Area Details
Joe Han's Weta Digital Experience 2003 - 2006
Job Senior Animator at Motiga, Inc.
Industry Animation
Experience
Motiga, Inc.   May 2013 - Present
Valve corporation  August 2006 - February 2013
Weta Digital   2003 - 2006
Meteor Studios  2001 - 2003
Taarna Studios   1999 - 2001

Skills
Cinematics, Facial Animation, Maya, Character Animation, Rigging, Character Rigging, Pre-visualization, Balls, Computer Animation, Video Games, Visual Effects, Animation, Game Development, 3D, Texturing, Storyboarding

Education
Sheridan College   1996 — 1999
Classical Animation

Paul George Palop Paul George Palop Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Paul George Palop's Weta Digital Experience 2005 - 2005
Job Digital Effects Supervisor at Digital Domain
Industry Entertainment
Experience
Digital Domain  March 2001 - Present
WordPress  2012 - 2015
Weta Digital   2005 - 2005

Skills
Visual Effects, Vray, Compositing, Lighting, MEL, Shading, Nuke, Renderman, Look Development, Feature Films, Rendering, Computer Graphics, Pipelines, Photoshop, Photography, Scripting, Character Animation, VFX Supervision, Mental Ray, PFTrack, Technical Direction, 3D, Post Production, After Effects, Texturing, Pre-visualization, Digital Compositing, Maya, Zbrush, Animation, Shake, Special Effects, Houdini, Computer Animation, Rotoscoping, Matte Painting, Realflow, Stereoscopic

Education
Savannah College of Art and Design   1998 — 2001
MFA, Computer Art

Universidad Tecnológica del Centro
Bs, Information Engineering

Peg Hunter Peg Hunter San Francisco Bay Area Details
Peg Hunter's Weta Digital Experience June 2012 - November 2014
Job Lighting TD
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
Tippett Studio  January 2015 - June 2015
Weta Digital   June 2012 - November 2014
Industrial Light & Magic  1983 - May 2012

Skills
Nuke, Lighting, Visual Effects, Feature Films, Maya, Digital Compositing, Compositing, 3D, Look Development, Shake, Katana

Education
California Institute of the Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Live Action Film and Video

Alicia Bissinger Alicia Bissinger Greater New York City Area Details
Alicia Bissinger's Weta Digital Experience January 2012 - September 2014
Job Senior Paint Artist and Compositor
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Experience
The Molecule  May 2015 - June 2015
Alkemy X  March 2015 - April 2015
Weta Digital   January 2012 - September 2014
Method Studios NY   April 2011 - July 2011
illuminate Hollywood 3D  February 2011 - April 2011
Prime Focus  January 2011 - February 2011
DIVE  November 2010 - November 2010
IMAX  September 2010 - October 2010
Digital Domain  February 2005 - January 2009
Sony Pictures Imageworks  September 2005 - May 2006

Skills
Nuke, Paint, Visual Effects, Stereo Conversion, Compositing, Stereo, Shake, Silhouette FX, Mocha, Digital Compositing, Feature Films, Post Production, Film

Education
Cogswell Polytechnical College   1995 — 1998
Computer and Video Imaging

San Jose State University   1992 — 1994
CADRE - Computers in Art, Design, Research and Education

Bucks County Community College   1982 — 1988
Liberal Arts - Fine Arts Emphasis

Academy of Art University
Illustration

Mazen Al Borno Mazen Al Borno Montreal, Canada Area Details
Mazen Al Borno's Weta Digital Experience June 2014 - August 2014
Job Graduate Student at University of Toronto
Industry Animation
Experience
University of Toronto  August 2010 - Present
Weta Digital   June 2014 - August 2014
Mobile Robotics Laboratory, McGill University   June 2008 - January 2009
NLP Technologies Inc.   January 2008 - August 2008
Scientific Computing Laboratory, McGill University   May 2007 - September 2007

Skills
Algorithms, Robotics, Research, Java, Distributed Systems, Matlab

Education
University of Toronto   2010 — 2014
PhD, Computer Science

McGill University   2008 — 2010
M.Sc., Computer Science

McGill University   2004 — 2007
Bachelor of Engineering, Software Engineering

Sara Drakeley Sara Drakeley Greater Los Angeles Area Details
Sara Drakeley's Weta Digital Experience June 2011 - September 2011
Job General Technical Director at Walt Disney Animation Studios
Industry Computer Software
Experience
Walt Disney Animation Studios  October 2013 - Present
Walt Disney Animation Studios  March 2012 - September 2013
Walt Disney Animation Studios  January 2012 - February 2012
Weta Digital   June 2011 - September 2011
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory  June 2010 - September 2010
NBT Ventures   January 2010 - February 2010

Skills
Python, General Awesomeness, Software Engineering, C++, Linux, Programming, Java, Computer Graphics, C, Git, Matlab, Data Analysis, Microsoft Office, Computer Science, Photoshop, Algorithms, Maya, Perl, Research, OpenGL

Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology   2008 — 2012
Dual Degrees: Bachelor of Science, Mathematics with Computer Science, Comparative Media Studies

Robyn (Crane) Campbell Robyn (Crane) Campbell Vancouver, Canada Area Details
Robyn (Crane) Campbell's Weta Digital Experience April 2012 - December 2014
Job Sony Imageworks
Industry Entertainment
Experience
Weta Digital   April 2012 - December 2014
Sony Pictures Imageworks  November 2011 - April 2012
Method Studios  September 2011 - October 2011
Digital Domain  August 2010 - April 2011
Digital Domain  January 2001 - June 2003
The Secret Lab   April 2000 - January 2001
Digital Domain  January 2000 - April 2000
Industrial Light and Magic  October 1999 - January 2000
Walt Disney Animation Studios  September 1997 - October 1999
Spin Cycle   October 1996 - June 1997

Skills
Nuke

Education
Ithaca College   1989 — 1993
Bachelor of Science in Cinema and Photography, Film, Photography

Jason Adank Jason Adank Portland, Oregon Area Details
Jason Adank's Weta Digital Experience March 2006 - October 2006
Job Senior 3D Artist / BSME
Industry Animation
Experience
Freelance  August 2014 - Present
High Impact, Inc.   August 2010 - July 2014
Animated Designs  March 2009 - July 2010
RTT  March 2007 - February 2009
Weta Digital   March 2006 - October 2006
Ciber  September 2005 - February 2006
COMSYS  November 2004 - April 2005
Kelly Engineering Resources  March 2004 - November 2004
Hewlett-Packard  March 1997 - January 2002

Skills
Maya, Mental Ray, Shading, Lighting, Compositing, Nuke, Computer Graphics, After Effects, HDR Photography, Camera Tracking, Hard Surface Modeling, Photogrammetry, Environment Modeling, UV Layout, Changing Environments, UV mapping, Camera, UV Mapping

Education
Oregon State University   1997 — 2002
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Linn Benton Community College   1993 — 1996
Associate of Science (A.S.), Engineering

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