Stefan Bernscherer

Stefan Bernscherer

Environment supervisor / Matte Painter / Environment TD

Supervisor Environment Supervisor / Senior Matte Painter / Concept Artist / 3 yrs

Denmark

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Head Of Environments And Generalist

The Gorge (2025)

Head Of Environments And Generalist

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (2024)

Department Supervisor

Here (2024)

Environment Supervisor

Time Bandits (2024)

Environment Supervisor / Head Of Environments And Generalist

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Head Of Environments And Generalist

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)

Lead 3Ddmp Artist

Spaceman (2024)

Digital Matte Painter

Morbius (2022)

Digital Matte Painter

Robotbror (2022)

Environment Supervisor

The Gilded Age (2022)

Digital Matte Painter

Antlers (2021)

Digital Matte Painter

Free Guy (2021)

Digital Matte Painter

Black Widow (2021)

Digital Matte Painter

Chaos Walking (2021)

Digital Matte Painter

Raised by Wolves (2020)

Digital Matte Painter

Da 5 Bloods (2020)

Digital Matte Painter / Lead

Messiah (2020)

Compositor

Monos (2019)

Digital Matte Painter

The Boys (2019)

Digital Matte Painter

Hellboy (2019)

Digital Matte Painter

Shazam! (2019)

Digital Compositor

Good Favour (2018)

Compositor / Digital Compositor

Along with The Gods (2017)

Digital Compositor

Thelma (2017)

Digital Matte Painter

American Gods (2017)

Digital Matte Painter

The Crown (2016)

Mattepainter

Vikings (2012)

Stefan Bernscherer is a freelance environment artist, matte painter and compositor with a background in 3D.

Stefan is both a specialist and a versatile generalist, covering all aspects of post production needs, with 9 years experience working as a nuke compositor, 3D generalist and Mattepainter.
Stefan has worked on several tv-shows and feature films, ranging from Hollywood blockbusters to artistic independent films.
Take a look at Stefans previous projects.

Stefan has worked in Canada as well as several European countries, working for companies like Digital Domain, Mr.X, Pixomondo, UPP, Ghost VFX, The Gentlemen Broncos.
Take a look at Stefans previous employments.

Stefan has remarkable references and is described as a hardworking, highly skilled vfx artist with a solid and very versatile background, giving him a rounded and in-depth understanding of all aspects of the post production pipeline.
Take a look at Stefans references.

As with all VFX, Stefans reel is updates regularly.
Take a look at Stefans latest reel.
https://vimeo.com/431913939
Work History
  • Head of Environment and Generalists For Canada

    Double Negative

    May 2024 - Present
    Canada · Hybrid
  • Section Chair - VES Montreal

    Visual Effects Society

    January 2023 - Present
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Environment Supervisor

    Double Negative

    September 2022 - Present
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Board Member

    Visual Effects Society

    January 2022 - Present
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Lead 3DDmp artist

    MPC

    June 2021 - Present
    Montreal, Canada
  • Photographer for Mattepaint.com

    MattePaint Pty Ltd

    June 2020 - Present
    All around the world! but mainly Denmark and the N

    Taking high resolution images, of various environments for mattepaint.com, where the quality follows the standards of matte painting in the Industry.

  • Member

    Visual Effects Society

    November 2019 - Present
  • Interim Head of EnvGen

    Double Negative

    July 2023 - May 2024
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Matte paint - Course Developer

    Toronto Film School - Yorkville University online.

    July 2020 - January 2024

    Developing a 10 week matte paint course, for the online VFX course at Toronto film school

  • Senior Digital Matte Painter

    Framestore

    April 2021 - May 2021

    Worked on several unannounced projects.

  • Lead DMP Artist

    Axis Animation

    October 2020 - January 2021
    Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • Digital Matte Painter

    Framestore

    September 2020 - October 2020
    London
  • Environment Artist

    Digital Domain

    February 2020 - May 2020
    Montreal, Canada
  • Enviorment Artist

    Digital Domain

    November 2019 - February 2020
    Montréal, Canada
  • digital matte painter

    Mr. X

    October 2018 - October 2019
    Toronto, Canada Area
  • Compositor

    UPP

    August 2018 - September 2018
    Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic
  • Laerdal Copenhagen

    April 2018 - August 2018
  • Compositor at The Gentlemen Broncos

    The Gentlemen Broncos

    October 2017 - April 2018
  • nuke compositor

    The Gentlemen Broncos

    October 2017 - April 2018
    Denmark

    Worked as a compositor on various feature films and commercials

  • Compositor, Junior equipment handler, Junior posttechnician at MAAN Re

    MAAN Rental

    March 2017 - October 2017
  • Compositor

    Pixomondo

    October 2016 - January 2017
    Stuttgart, Germany

    Compositing

  • Compositor

    Pixomondo

    October 2016 - January 2017
    Stuttgart Area, Germany
  • Compositor

    Ghost VFX

    September 2016 - September 2016
    Denmark

    Compositor for a feature film

  • Compositor

    Ghost VFX

    September 2016 - September 2016
  • 3D Generalist

    Nano media

    August 2016 - August 2016
    Denmark

    Vfx supervisor on set, and made 3d enviorments, modeling, shading rendering, and texturing

  • 3D Generalist AT Nanomedia

    Nanomedia

    August 2016 - August 2016
    Copenhagen Area, Denmark

    worked as a VFX superviser on set and as a 3D generalist where i created the 3D "world" for a commercial

  • nuke compositor

    House of texas films

    June 2016 - June 2016
    Denmark

    Worked as a compositor on a documentary

  • Compositor at House of texas films

    House of texas films

    June 2016 - June 2016


    Worked as a freelance compositor on a documentary.

  • nuke compositor

    Reset film APS

    February 2016 - April 2016
    Denmark

    Worked as a Compositor and 3D generalist on various commercials

  • 3D Generalist

    Resetfilm ApS

    March 2016 - April 2016
    Copenhagen Area, Denmark


    Worked as a 3D Generalist, I also made some compositing, mattepaint and fluid dynamics shots.

  • Compositor at The Gentlemen broncos

    The Gentlemen Broncos

    November 2015 - December 2015


    Did a freelance job as a compositor on a feature film.

  • nuke compositor

    The Gentlemen Broncos

    November 2015 - December 2015
    Denmark

    Worked as a compositor on a feature film

  • VFX,3D-artist-Compositor

    Postyr Postproduction

    June 2015 - November 2015
    Denmark

    Compositor / Generalist on a danish christmas calender

  • Teacher

    Syddansk Erhvervsskole

    January 2015 - March 2015
    Denmark

    Worked as a teacher for Multimedia Animation students.

    where i thought 3D modeling, shading, rigging, texturing, rendering, and compositing in Maya, Nuke, Photoshop, Mari, Renderman and after effects.

  • Teacher, Vfx compositing,3D - modelling, animation, rendering and text

    Syddansk Erhvervsskole

    January 2015 - March 2015
    Odense Area, Denmark


    Teaching compositing,3D - modelling, animation, rendering and texturing. For multimedia animators

  • Compositor

    Cinwiz

    December 2014 - December 2014
    Denmark

    Worked as a compositor in Aftereffects for a commercial

  • Teacher

    Vejle ungdomsskole

    August 2014 - December 2014
    Denmark

    Thought, media production, the whole pipeline from idea to finished project using the adobe creative suite

  • Freelance Compositor

    Cinwiz

    December 2014 - December 2014


    Freelance compositor at Cinwiz

  • Teacher - Media production

    Vejle ungdomsskole

    August 2014 - December 2014


    Teaching media production and vfx in primary school.

  • 3D Generalist Intern

    mediafarm

    January 2011 - July 2013
    Denmark

    I got my 3 year internship here, doing medical 3D, shading, modeling, rigging, compositing texturing and rendering

  • Intern

    Mediafarm -The Visual Communication Company

    January 2011 - July 2013
  • Student - Vfx pro course

    The Animation Workshop, VIA University College

    2013 - 2013


    The VFX course is designed to equip highly creative and driven computer graphics professionals with the knowledge and skills to create photorealistic computer graphics and integrate them seamlessly with their own filmed live action footage. This will range from set extensions through CG-characters or vehicles to body part replacements and simulations.

    Participants will work within the industry standards for software and camera equipment. All teachers will be recognized visiting industry experts.

    Each week of the training activity will consist of artistic and technical lectures, film and game analysis, numerous and intense assignments, group critiques, evaluations, one on one critiques, tutoring and production simulation.



    At the end of the course, participants will have the opportunity to develop their show reels under the supervision of their guest teacher, and they will then be ready to start to work immediately as VFX generalists for film or animation studios.

    Software used: Maya, Houdini, Vray, Mari, Photoshop, PFtrack, Nuke.

    https://www.animwork.dk/en/vfx__compositing.asp

Education
  • Intro to mattepaint

    CGMA (CG Master Academy)

    April 2016 - June 2016
  • Intro to digital mattepainting, Mattepainting

    Computer graphics masters academy

    2016 - 2016
  • Advanced matte painting

    CGWorkshop Online

    August 2015 - October 2015
  • Advanced Mattepainting, Mattepainting

    Computer graphics masters academy

    2015 - 2015
  • VFX procourse

    The Animation Workshop

    August 2013 - November 2013
  • Multimedia animator

    Syddansk Erhvervsskole

    January 2010 - July 2013
  • Multimedia Animator in Compositing, Animation, 3D Moddeling, Rendering

    Syddansk Erhvervsskole / Odense Tekniske Skole

    2010 - 2013
  • Oure

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  • mattepaint class

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  • cgma mattepaint course

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