Finding creative solutions for technically complex problems, working
with all production departments.With background in photography and visual
effects, Dan Bollwerk supports commercial, film and VR productions with
a strong previsualization toolset. He began his work as a 3D generalist
at The Mill NYC on award winning commercials before specializing in previsualization.
From storyboards to fully cinematic edited previs sequences,
Dan collaborated with directors and illustrators to create rich sixty
second stories.
Expanding into technical previs his work on Anchorman 2, OK GO’s VMA
award winning music video, and several Motion Control shot commercials.
Providing accurate data to Art and Camera departments based on a previs
that has been greenlit by client, agency and director. Supporting multiple
departments onset with accurate tech-vis Dan is working to streamline
the production pipeline and empower storytellers with the latest tools.
Work History
Senior lab generalist
Lightstorm Entertainment
March 2019 - December 2023
Los Angeles, CA
Postvis
The Third Floor
December 2018 - December 2018
Previs Artist
Brand New School
August 2018 - August 2018
Previs Artist
JAMM
August 2018 - August 2018
Previs Artist
Electric Theatre Collective
August 2018 - August 2018
Previs Artist
WoodShop Studios Inc
July 2018 - August 2018
Postvis nuke artist
Day for Nite
April 2018 - May 2018
Senior Previs artist
Proof Inc
November 2017 - February 2018
Previs Artist
Pixomondo
October 2017 - November 2017
Santa Monica, CA
Previs Artist
Big Block
November 2017 - November 2017
Greater Los Angeles Area
Previs Artist
Pixomondo
October 2017 - November 2017
Los Angeles, California
Lead Previs Artist
1stAveMachine
August 2017 - September 2017
NYC
Previs Artist
Big Block
July 2017 - July 2017
Greater Los Angeles Area
Previs Artist
1stAveMachine
February 2017 - February 2017
Greater Los Angeles Area
Technical Director / VR - Previs Artist
The Big Picture Company
February 2016 - October 2016
Nuke / Cara VR Artist
Still Cottage Studios
September 2016 - September 2016
Greater Los Angeles Area
LinkedIn - 360 video stitching
Lead Previs Artist
Mr. X
November 2015 - November 2015
NYC
Goliath - pilot episode of David E. Kelley's TV series
Previs artist
The Mill
August 2015 - September 2015
NYC
Playstation - PS4 Call of Duty commercial
Previs artist
My Active Driveway
July 2015 - July 2015
NYC
NHL - holiday commercial
Motion Control Tech
Elementary
July 2015 - July 2015
NYC
Onset Motion Control Tech. Built and managed Gazelle MoCo Rig
Previs Artist
1stAveMachine
March 2015 - July 2015
Google - timelapse previs
Gillette - exported camera animation to motion Control with blueprints
3D Artist
Superbright
March 2015 - March 2015
NYC
Lead Previs Artist
1stAveMachine
November 2014 - March 2015
NYC
A Samsung short narrative, exported data to Kuper MoCo, Onset previs supervisor
Lead Previs Artist for a Zoetrope job
Lead Previs Artist for a Miniature MoCo job
Assistant Motion Control Operator
Mario Godlewski
October 2014 - October 2014
NYC
Lead Previs Artist
Artjail
September 2014 - September 2014
NYC
Lead Previs Artist
1stAveMachine
August 2014 - August 2014
NYC
Previsualization on a Target commercial
Previs Artist
1stAveMachine
May 2014 - June 2014
NYC
Shot layout and camera measurements matching miniature plates to full scale plates
Previs Artist
1stAveMachine
May 2014 - June 2014
NYC
Technical previsualization for the new OK GO music video
Timelapse Photographer
1stAveMachine
April 2014 - April 2014
NYC
Lead Previs Artist
1stAveMachine
April 2014 - April 2014
NYC
Previsualized a high speed, macro, motion control Starbucks commercial.
Previs Artist
The Mill
November 2013 - January 2014
NYC
3D Artist, projectionist
Superbright
October 2013 - October 2013
Greater New York City Area
Creating procedural visuals with Houdini that were projected onto a building. We projected onto 40K square ft with 425K lumens piped from 20 projectors. working with my friends at superbright.me
Previs Artist
The Mill
June 2013 - August 2013
Greater New York City Area
JCPenney - four spots shot with motion control camera rig
Tidy Cats - commercial
Vaseline - three commercial spots
Previs Artist
PandaPanther
March 2013 - March 2013
previs for the cinematics for the 2013 Skylanders game
Previs Artist
Mr. X
February 2013 - March 2013
New York
worked on several sequences for Anchorman 2
Previs Artist
Brand New School
January 2013 - February 2013
NYC
CTIA Wireless Is Limitless
Four 15 second spots were tech Prevised and data delivered to the Milo.
Lead Previs Artist
1stAveMachine
February 2012 - August 2012
Nissan - Lead previs and postvis of two 60 second spots exporting Motion Control camera data
Rogers - 60 second phone commercial
Coke - Lead the previs and R&D for Zoetrope design, delivered blueprints of zoetrope to art department, animated and output Milo camera data, Onset support for previs, Lead 3D in post and managed 2D teams for final lighting rendering and compositing
Previs Lighting generalist
The Mill
June 2011 - February 2012
Greater New York City Area
Tracker, modeler, rigger, lighter, animator and Previs artist
Student
Savannah College Art and Design
2009 - June 2011
Savannah, Georgia Area
worked in the systems office fixing boxes and networks in support of students and faculty.
Director of photography
Kendall Pictures
2009 - February 2011
was the DP for a tv pilot and several other short films and music videos.
Photographer
Freelance
January 2003 - 2010
Concert Photography
Fine art photography
assistant for Pete Miller Sports Illustrated
retoucher and assistant at Kyer Photographics portrait studio