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Objective

Visual Effects Compositor looking for a role at a reputable VFX studio to gain some invaluable experience and further advance in the industry.

Experience

SEPT 2024 – APRIL 2025

INGENUITY VFX

Vancouver, Canada

SR. COMPOSITOR

Shows : YOU S5, Abbott Elementary S5 and few other untitled / working title projects ( all unreleased)

JUN 2023 – PRESENT
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGN / VFX ARTIST
Working on some personal freelance clients for overseas outsource company when assistance was required.
SEPT 2023 – NOV 2023
INFINITY POST
Vancouver, Canada
VFX COMPOSITOR
Short contract to help out with their holiday season film releases
JUN 2022 – JUNE 2023
SONY IMAGEWORKS
Vancouver, Canada
VFX COMPOSITOR
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3 / SPIDERMAN – ACROSS THE SPIDERVERSE

Handled a host of very detailed and complex composting tasks for a very high-quality work environment

JUN 2021 – PRESENT
ENCORE VFX
Vancouver, Canada
VFX COMPOSITOR
Working on a host of shows like BATWOMAN, SUPERGIRL, VIRGIN RIVER, RIVERDALE, MINX amongst the most prominent ones.
FEB 2020 – SEPT 2020
IMAGE ENGINE
Vancouver, Canada
SR. BG PREP ARTIST
Shows worked on TWILIGHT ZONE, STAR WARS Mandalorian S2, Project Power
OCT 2019 – DEC 2019
MPC
Vancouver, Canada
KEY COMPOSITOR
Short term contract: CATS & Sonic The Hedgehog.
OCT 2017 – OCT 2019
SPIN VFX
Toronto, Canada
COMPOSITOR
TV Shows Worked: Star Trek, The Expanse, Imposters, Shanara Chronicles, Nightflyers, Umbrella Academy, Haunting of Hill House etc. MOVIES : ZOMBIE, The First
Purge, Brotherhood, Talk Like a Dog, Motherless Brooklyn
Working with a very competent professional team to produce timely and high-quality comp requirements for their varied and diverse TV and movie clientele
Nov 2016 – OCT 2017
TECHNICOLOR
Toronto, Canada
COMPOSITOR
TV Shows Worked on : Pure, Humans of Earth, Private Eyes, Fargo, Murdoch Mysteries, Frontier, X Company, Indian Detective, Slasher etc. MOVIES : The
Domestics, Kodachrome
July 2016 – Nov 2016
LEGEND 3D
Toronto, Canada
Stereo Compositor
Shows Worked on : Pete’s Dragon, Ben-Hur,Resident Evil 6 The Final Chapter, Passengers, Underworld (Blood Wars), Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
March 2016 – June 2016
SOHO VFX
Toronto, Canada
Jr. Compositor: Shallows, The Conjuring 2 and Ben Hur
Worked on live action keying shots and intermediate level compositing tasks with plate projections, keying and 3D assets
Aug 2014 – Jan 2016
Hydraulx VFX / Vitality VFX
Vancouver, Canada
Shows Worked on : San Andreas, Goosebumps, Midnight Special, X-Men: Apocalypse, Hardcore, Drive! She Said, Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday
June 2015 – Jan 2016 : Compositor
Working with VITALITY VFX, a subsidiary of Hydraulx, working on upcoming films. Included a lot of paint and roto, cleanups, rig and reflections removal and
a lot of digital makeup / de-aging tasks. Learning to use the full power of Flare to achieve feature quality results.
Feb 2015 – Jun 2015 : Team Lead for Roto / Paint
Lead a team of over 10 roto artist to provide timely and accurate rotos for San Andreas summer release and working closely with 3D and Compositing
teams to meet their requirements
Aug 2014 – Feb 2015 : Roto / Paint Artist
Providing detailed and efficient Feature quality rotos for big budget production and learning to harness Flame / Flare pipeline for rotoscoping
March 2013 – May 2014
ZOIC Studios
Vancouver, Canada
Roto / Paint Artist
Provide a range of Paint services such as marker and Wire removals, Rig removals, Green/Blue screen corrections to more advanced plate rebuilding
and reconstruction. Provide quick and high-quality Roto and Paint clean-up tasks as required by the Compositing Department.
May 2013 – July 2013
Gener8 Digital Media
Vancouver, Canada
Junior Compositor / Trainee
Education
Diploma in Visual Effects and Compositing, VanArts Vancouver (2010-2011)
MAYA 3D Digital Animation program at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Tech, Toronto
Studies in Commerce and Business Management
March 2012 – June 2012
Frameboxx Institute of Animation & VFX
Mumbai, India
VFX Compositing and Match-Move/Tracking
3 Month intensive program in Nuke and Digital Fusion for Compositing and overview of Boujou and Mocha for 3D and Planar Tracking
Computer Skills
Interests
Music, Movies, Photography, Lawn Tennis and DJ
References Available upon request
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