Eric Aubry

Work History

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  Concept Artist

  Folks VFX

  May 2022 - November 2033

  Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  Lead Digital Matte Painter

  MPC

  December 2020 - May 2022

  Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  Matte Painter

  Double Negative

  January 2018 - May 2020

  Montreal, Canada Area
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  Lead Matte Painter

  Framestore

  December 2016 - January 2018

  Montreal, Canada Area
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  Matte Painter

  Framestore

  August 2016 - December 2016

  Montreal, Canada Area
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  Matte Painter

  MPC

  April 2015 - August 2016

  Montreal, Canada Area

  

  

  

  
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  Matte Painter

  Cinesite

  January 2015 - April 2015

  Montreal, Canada Area

  
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  Matte Painter

  MPC

  December 2013 - December 2014

• Digital Matte Painter

  Freelance

  January 2013 - December 2013
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  Digital Matte Painter

  Digital Dimension

  January 2012 - January 2013

  Created matte painting backgrounds (3D and 2.5 D) for a lot of tracking shots on Guardian of Middle-Earth cinematic.
  Worked on set extension, creative retouching and 2.5 D matte painting for the project Maïna.
  Created concept art for an undisclosed project from NetherRealm Studios.
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  Lead Lighting Artist

  Digital Dimension

  October 2010 - January 2012

  Worked on game cinematics and Joe Carnahan's The Grey.
  Worked closely with other members of the production team to develop the realized look of The Grey's cg wolves.
  Supervised a team of five lighters and changed the lighting department's workflow improving the department's production speed.
  Collaborated closely with the technical department to change the old multi-pass system for a beauty with channels system.
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  Lighting Artist

  Digital Dimension

  October 2009 - October 2010

  Worked mostly on game cinematics for different Warner Brother's franchises.
  Assisted the lighting department into having faster production methods and helped the technical department to push the quality of the renderer engine.
  Actively supported Digital Dimension's team to replace Fusion for the Foundry's Nuke as the main compositing tool.

  

  
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  Freelance 3D Generalist

  Rodeo FX

  March 2009 - April 2009

  Worked on a Terminator Salvation shot featuring a full CG environment of a post-apocalyptic Golden Gate Bridge.
  Fulfilled many tasks like camera animation, look development, Lighting, rendering and pre-comp.
  Helped Rodeo's team delivering the full CG tracking shot. (approximately 300 frames)

  

  
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  Freelance 3D Generalist

  fly studio

  May 2008 - February 2009

  Worked for Fly Studio on Jaco Van Dormael's Mr. Nobody. It was a fun challenge for such a small team.
  Did many tasks including modeling, surfacing, lighting, matte painting and pre-comp.
  Helped Fly's team delivering many sci-fi spaceships shots for the project.
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  3D Generalist

  Buzz Image Group

  August 2005 - May 2008

  Started in the visual effects industry at Buzz on feature films and TV ads.
  Buzz’s cg department focused mainly on having good generalists and so I got assigned to the shading, lighting and compositing section.
  I developed a lot of skills while being supervised by some of Montreal’s greatest artists.