Chris Pettigrew

Work History

• Digital Educator

  NAIT

  January 2025 - Present

  Edmonton, ALB, Canada
• 

  VFX Educator

  LaSalle College Vancouver

  July 2019 - Present

  Vancouver

  •Utilizing online resources to work efficiently and collaboratively with the students and other department educator's.
  •Organized assignments
  •Develop a teaching plan based on class experience and ability level.
  •Working with students to help them through roadblocks and individual challenges.
  •Working directly with the department head to build an education plan for the students.
  •Fallowing directed class curriculum.
  •Developing the class curriculum for the term
  •Preparing and instructing classes for new artists entering the
  Industry.
  •Working with different teachers to do consistent training
  Material.
  •Conferring with industry professionals to get up to date
  Materials.
  •Learning new programs and ways to increase efficiency in
  workflow.
  •Quickly updating knowledge on new software and techniques.
  •Learning new software and communicating with industry professionals to find out what is expected from the students to produce.
  •Evaluating student's reels and giving back quality and helpful critique.
  •Working with (at a proficient level) in Maya (Vray and Arnold), Houdini, Substance painter, premiere, after effects, Nuke, Z-Brush, Unreal Engine, Unity engine, and Redshift. to help the students create reels and get them into the industry.
  Helping dreams come true.
• 

  3D Digital media Educator

  Visual College of Art and Design

  August 2016 - Present

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  •Utilizing online resources to work efficiently and collaboratively with the students
  •Preparing and instructing classes for new artists entering the
  Industry.
  •Working with different teachers to do consistent training
  Material.
  •Conferring with industry professionals to get up to date
  Materials.
  •Learning new programs and ways to increase efficiency in
  workflow
  •quickly updating knowledge on new software and techniques
  •learning new software and communicating with industry professionals to find out what is expected from the students to produce
  •evaluating students reels and giving back quality and helpful critique
  • Working with (at a proficient level) Maya (Vray and Arnold), Houdini, Substance painter, premiere, after effects, Nuke, Z-Brush, Unreal engine, Unity engine, and Redshift to help the students create reels, and get them into the industry.

• (Remote) Digital compositor, editor, Digital production lead

  IJAH production's inc

  July 2004 - Present

  Devon ALB, canada

  working with a team of artists to develop content for corporate video and independent productions and more.
  -JMHS grad video
  -EQ show Pre-production
  -Subteralien Rescue (game Development)

• educator

  Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

  September 2024 - January 2025
• 

  comp

  Barnstorm VFX

  September 2021 - August 2023

  Vancouver, Canada

  -Yellow Jackets
  -Big Sky
  -Fresh Prince of Belair
  -Picard: session 3

• Producer/ co-creator

  IJAH productions

  August 2016 - August 2022

  We work on:
  -Music videos
  -Corporate videos
  -Small indie films
  -B-reel footage
• 

  Digital Compositor

  VFX Legion

  January 2021 - April 2021

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  -Home Land
  -Don't Breath again

• Digital Compositor

  MAN O WAR FILMS

  February 2019 - July 2019

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  ROAM
• 

  Senior lighting/rendering/compositing artist

  Bardel Entertainment

  June 2015 - August 2016

  west 3rd vancouver, BC

  •Troubleshooting CG generated issues
  •Lighting of scenes
  •Following direction is given down by the lead and CG supervisor
  •Completing multiple shots in designated time set
  
  Netflix Series
  •King Julian (Dreamworks studios, Netflix)
  •Puss in boots (Dreamworks studios, Netflix)
• 

  Digital Compositor / Night Shift POC

  Zoic Studios

  August 2013 - May 2015

  Vancouver BC

  •As the Night shift POC (Point Of Contact) my responsibility are to Supervise, assign, evaluate and maintain a high-quality level of each shot. Overseeing a team of 20 visual effects artists producing between 40 to 180 shots per Week.
  •Manage up to 10 artists. Assigning them shots based on their skill
  set and abilities to give the highest quality work within the time
  frame given.
  •Training 10 or more artists in the duties of paint and roto for TV
  and feature movies.
  •Worked in tandem with the Day shift POC's and Digital Compositing Artist to ensure consistent quality of digital footage.
  •Train and continuously monitoring each artist ability to implement different skills and methodology to there workflow, and help guide them to use what they know so they may work more efficiently.
  
  TV and Features: Fallen skies season 3&4/ Hundred, Arrow, Wayward pines/ Once upon a time: Wonderland/ Once upon a time season 3&4/ Hot tub time machine 2 / Big Eyes/ Constantine/ off the island/ Hemlock/ Flash
• 

  Digital compositor (stereo conversion)

  Gener8 Media Corp

  October 2012 - June 2013

  Vancouver

  •Stereo conversion of feature films
  •PlatePrep via rig removal skill, and 3D projections
  •Stereo Depth management
  •Review and critique of my own and other artist work.
  
  Feature
  Iron man 3 (Paramount Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Studios)/ Maleficent/ 300 rise of a empire
• 

  Digital compositor

  Zoic Studios

  September 2011 - May 2012

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  •Designing, compositions using 2D and 3D eliminates
  •Integrating CG into live action plates.
  •Colour correction.
  •Keying green screen and blue screen elements.
  •2D and 3D Tracking
  •Using camera projection to add and remove elements.
  
  TV
  -Fallen sky's (season 2) / Secret circle / Once upon a time (season 1,2,)/Grownups 2/
• 

  2D BG Prep/comp artist

  Digital Domain

  September 2010 - March 2011

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  •All work was to be done in Stereo Both Eyes
  •remove tracking markers from Blue and green screen footage
  •2D and 3D Track and Roto objects for glow extension
  •Removal of Rigs and Lights from a set
  •Test Key for Comp Artists
  •Remove rubble lines off prosthetic costume peace's,
  •Roto for CG integration and or Explosions
  •Track and Roto of actors head to be removed and added into other shot.
  •compositing live-action footage into the other shot.
  
  Feature
  Tron (Walt Disney Pictures, Sean Bailey Productions) / Thor (Paramount Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Studios) / Transformers 3 (Paramount Pictures, Hasbro, Di Bonaventura Pictures)
• 

  Digital Compositor

  Atmosphere

  July 2010 - September 2010

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  •Expected to take over Compositing of the show Psych
  •created and delivered composites of a series of 23 shots in 24 hours using keying, Matte manipulation, glows, creative roto techniques and tracking.
  •Roto live-action footage
  •intugration of stalk footage, muzzle flairs, and CG elements
  
  TV
  Stargate: Universe / Psych
• 

  Digital Compositor

  Stargate Studios

  April 2010 - July 2010

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  •Digital compositing for live action footage
  
  TV
  Heroes, Promo season
• 

  Digital BG Prep

  Image Engine

  February 2010 - April 2010

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Features: Twilight: Eclipse (Summit Entertainment, Temple Hill Entertainment, Maverick Films)
• 

  Digital Compositor

  Stargate Studios

  February 2009 - December 2009

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  TV and Features: Wilds Kingdom / Betwixed / Defying Gravity / Monk /Trauma /Heros/Twelve Men of Christmas / Boy Who Cried Wolf / The Front
• 

  Digital compositor/ Lead Render wrangler

  Bardel Entertainment

  October 2007 - January 2009

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  •Manageing render wranglers
  •pre-comp for the final out
  •meet or exceed the quota of shots in a day
  
  TV
  Viva Pinata (Fox Kids, YTV, Microsoft and Rare.)/ Zekes Pad (YTV, Barking Dog.)
• 

  Digital compositor

  Exile VFX

  August 2007 - April 2008

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  TV and Features:
  Flash Gordon, Termination point, Bird Co.
• 

  Roto/Jr Digital Compositor

  Rainmaker Entertainment

  September 2006 - June 2007

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  TV and Features: Stargate SG1, Stargate: Atlantis, Case 39, Blades of Glory, Vantage point,
  Golden Compass, 28 weeks later, Trick 'R' Treat