Alec Bartsch

Work History

• Environments Tech Lead

  Project BDP (Bong Joon Ho)

  August 2024 - May 2025

  Seoul, South Korea
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  Lead Technical Director

  Pixar

  August 2004 - July 2024

  Emeryville, CA

  Led the sets shading team on Cars 2, comprised of eighteen shading and paint artists and technical directors. Shaded sets and environments for:
  
  Toy Story 3
  Wall.E
  Ratatouille
  Cars

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Supervising Technical Director

  Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (WOT, Inc.)

  May 2002 - August 2004

  Supervised and trained lighters and texture painters in the creation of preproduction lighting look development tests. Developed numerous production tools for lighters, texture artists, and systems administrators in MEL, Perl, TCL, and C. Designed and implemented a library of custom Slim templates, specialized Renderman shaders, shadeop DSOs, and standalone applications to solve specific production rendering challenges. Recommended and deployed distributed Maya, Renderman, and After Effects rendering using Rush and Alfred, including administration of net
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  Lighter and Technical Director

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  March 2000 - May 2002

  Reign of Fire
  Kangaroo Jack
  Swordfish
  The Kid
  Wonderful World of Disney (Emmy-nominated main title sequence)
  Soarin' Over California (Omnimax ride film)
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  Senior Effects Animator

  Dream Quest Images

  May 1999 - February 2000

  Mission to Mars—Created effects elements using Maya dynamics, MEL scripting, custom Renderman shaders, and proprietary volumetric particle renderer. Designed and implemented novel methods for previsualizing and integrating live-action motion control plates with CG elements.

• Digital Artist

  Banned From the Ranch

  November 1998 - March 1999

  A Stir Of Echoes
  Vendetta
  Star Trek: Insurrection (trailer)
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  Independent Animator

  NBC

  June 1998 - January 1999

  Created six animated CG sweepers for NBC’s “Designer Peacock” national branding campaign. Executed all aspects of production, from art direction through compositing and final rendering for NTSC broadcast. Spots debuted on the Super Bowl broadcast and aired for more than a year.
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  Graphic Designer, Editor

  various clients

  1994 - 1998

  Numerous book cover and interior designs, music packaging, corporate identity packages, digital prepress and retouching, photography.
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  Bassist and Recording Engineer

  various clients

  1992 - 1998