Jeff W. Smith

Jeff W. Smith

32 years of CG visual FX work in feature film and television

Lead Sr. Tracking/Matchmove/Layout / 23 yrs

Simi Valley, CA, United States

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Lead Matchmover / Layout

Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)

Lead Visualization Artist

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

Lead Previsualization Artist

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

Matchmove / Layout Artist

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Matchmove Artist

Andor (2022)

Lead Matchmover / Layout

Pinocchio (2022)

Matchmove / Layout Artist

Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)

Lead Matchmover / Layout

Slumberland (2022)

Matchmove Artist

The Mandalorian (2019)

Sr. Tracking / Matchmove / Layout

The Walking Dead (2010)

Sr.Tracking/layout

Black Adam (2022)

Sr. Tracking/Matchmove/Layout

Red Notice (2021)

Sr. Tracking/Layout lead

The Tomorrow War (2021)

Sr. Tracking/Matchmove

Underwater! (2020)

Sr. Tracking/Layout

Last Christmas (2019)

Sr. Tracking/Layout

A Simple Favor (2018)

Sr. MatchMove/Layout

Legends of Tomorrow (2016)

Sr. MatchMove/Layout

The Flash (2014)

Sr, Matchmove/Layout

Supergirl (2015)

Sr. MatchMove/Rough Layout Lead

Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

Sr. MatchMove/Rough Layout Artist

Spy (2015)

Sr. MatchMove/Rough Layout Lead

The Boxtrolls (2014)

Sr. MatchMove/Rough Layout

Ghostbusters (2016)

Matchmove Supervisor

Perception (2012)

Sr. MatchMove/Rough Layout Lead

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

Matchmove Artist

Hawaii Five-O (2010)

MatchMove/Integration lead

The Hunger Games (2012)

Sr. MatchMove/Rough Layout Lead

Terra Nova (2011)

Sr. MatchMove/Integration

Men in Black 3 (2012)

Sr. MatchMove/Integration

Argo (2012)

Sr. MatchMove/Integration

World War Z (2013)

Sr. MatchMove/Integration

Battleship (2012)

Technical Animator

Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)

Sr. MatchMove/Integration

Land of the Lost (2009)

Sr. MatchMove/Integration

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)

Cloth/Fur Sims

The Golden Compass (2007)

Cloth/Fur Sims

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

MatchMove/Integration lead

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

Sr. MatchMove/Integration

Night at the Museum (2006)

Matchmove/Integration lead

Superman Returns (2006)

Sr. MatchMove/Integration

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

Sr. MatchMove/Integration

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Sr. MatchMove/Integration

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Sr. MatchMove/Integration

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

MatchMove/Integration lead

I, Robot (2004)

Matchmove/Integration artist

Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

MatchMove/Integration lead

Stuart Little 2 (2002)

MatchMove/Integration lead

Cast Away (2000)

Sr. MatchMove/Integration

What Lies Beneath

Sr. MatchMove/Integration

Hollow Man (2000)

Compositor/MatchMove

Stuart Little (1999)

Compositor

The Astronaut's Wife (1999)

Compositor

Godzilla (1998)

Compositor

Desperate Measures (1998)

Digital F/X Artist

Turbulence (1997)

Compositor

Multiplicity (1996)

CG Visual FX Artist

Air Force One (1997)

Compositor

Species (1995)

Compositor

Drop Zone (1994)

Digital Effects Artist

Son of the Pink Panther (1993)

Work History

  • Sr. Tracking/Matchmove/Layout

    Whiskytree

    March 2023 - Present

  • Sr. Tracking/Matchmove/Layout

    Whiskytree

    January 2022 - January 2023
    San Rafael, California, US

  • Sr. MatchMove/Integration

    Proof Inc

    August 2021 - November 2021
    Los Angeles, California, US

  • Sr. Tracking/Layout

    Halon Entertainment

    April 2021 - July 2021

    Camera/Object tracking and layout for 2 feature films.

  • Sr. Tracking/Layout

    Proof Inc

    March 2020 - March 2021
    Burbank, CA

    Tracking and Layout for feature film

  • Furious FX

    January 2020 - February 2020

    Tracking and Layout

  • Sr. Tracking/Layout artist

    Ntropic

    January 2020 - February 2020
    Los Angeles, CA

  • Sr. Tracking/MatchMove/Rough Layout

    FuseFX

    August 2018 - October 2018
    Sherman Oaks, CA

  • Sr. Matchmove Artist

    Encore VFX

    July 2017 - April 2018
    Burbank, CA

  • Matchmove/Integration Layout artist

    Freelance

    October 2011 - March 2017

    Accident reconstruction, Feature Films and commercials.

  • Set data Survey Acquisition/Stereo Matchmove/Stereo Layout TD

    Laika

    January 2013 - March 2016

    Collecting survey data acquisitions from set and reconstructing its cameras and environments digitally using reference photos, photogrammetry, total station survey as well as setting up department pipelines, camera and object tracking and integrating stereo matchmove layout scenes for "The BoxTrolls", "Kubo and the 2 Strings" and other feature films.

  • MatchMove/Layout Artist

    Method Studios

    January 2012 - March 2012

    Worked on commercials to be aired during Super Bowl and Feature Films ARGO and MIB3.

  • Matchmove/Layout Supervisor

    Pixomondo

    May 2011 - December 2011

  • Postviz FX artist

    Halon Entertainment

    February 2011 - May 2011

    Postviz Tracking/Layout on feature film "BATTLESHIP"

  • Stereoscopic Layout/Matchmove Artist

    Industrial Light & Magic

    October 2010 - February 2011

    3D Stereo Layout and Stereo Matchmove for feature film "TRANSFORMERS 3".

  • Stereoscopic layout artist/comp

    CafeFX

    2009 - February 2010

    Created 3D stereo integration/layouts scenes along with stereo precomps for Tim Burtons feature film "ALICE IN WONDERLAND".

  • Match Moving/Tracking artist

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    2007 - 2009

    Camera and soft tracking on several feature films.

  • Match Moving/Tracking artist

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    2006 - 2007

    Camera and soft tracking on "SPIDERMAN 3".

  • Match Moving/Tracking LEAD

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    2004 - 2006

    Camera tracking and soft tracking on several feature films.

    Tracking lead on "SUPERMAN RETURNS" and "FAST AND FURIOUS:TOKYO DRIFT"

    Cloth and Fur/Tech Anim on "GOLDEN COMPASS"

  • Match Moving/Tracking LEAD

    Digital Domain

    2002 - 2004

    Camera tracking and soft tracking on several feature films.

    Tracking Lead on "I,ROBOT"

  • Match Moving/Tracking LEAD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    1998 - 2002

    Camera tracking and soft tracking on several feature films.

    Tracking Lead on "STUART LITTLE 2" and "CASTAWAY"

    Digital Compositor on "GODZILLA" and "THE ASTRONAUTS WIFE"

  • Digital Compositor

    Boss Films

    1994 - 1998

    Tracked, lighter, compositor, animator on several feature films and commercials.

  • Digital Compositor

    ReZn8

    1993 - 1994

    1994 Lillihammer Olympics

  • digital animator

    Sidley-Wright and associates

    1992 - 1994

    Worked on "RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER" and several high profile commercials.

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Education

  • U.C.L.A

    1990 - 1992

  • University of California, Los Angeles

    1990 - 1992