Martial Arts Instructor / Administrative Assistant
WERDUM COMBAT TEAM
August 2018 - December 2019
Venice, California
Technical Animator
Activision
June 2017 - September 2018
Los Angeles, California, United States
MOVA Facial Model Technical Artist - Vancouver
Digital Domain
May 2015 - May 2016
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver MOVA team facial motion capture
Projects: Beauty and the Beast (2017), Deadpool (2015), Teresa Teng Concert
• Using Mova Contour Performance Facial Capture technology and Maya Pipeline to create highly detailed performance capture data for facial animation
• 3D tracking, Data QC and Maya Modeling as needed
• Documented, assisted and trained other artists during production on the use of Mova
• Assisted in troubleshooting creative and/or technical issues as they arose, as well as contributing to hands-on shot production.
MOVA Facial Model Technical Artist - Los Angeles
Digital Domain
January 2015 - May 2015
Los Angeles, California
Worked on MOVA facial performance capture for the Teresa Tang 3D concert
On Set Head Cam Operator for Facial Performance Capture
• Provided support as an on-set technician within the facial capture team; assisted in various location shoots in Los Angeles and abroad.
• Helped develop a mobile solution for onset facial capture to minimize our impact on the crew in terms of time and space
Mocap Editor/Animator
Giant Studios
August 2011 - August 2012
Manhattan Beach, California
Involved with development of facial pipeline including onset capture and quality control.
Used Nuance and Identify to Edit Motion for Halo 4.
Facial Motion Capture Artist/Technician
Wētā FX
July 2006 - September 2010
-Feature: Rise of the Apes
director: Rupert Wyatt
vfx set supervisor: Gord Dunick
motion capture supervisor: Dejan Momcilovic
-Feature: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
director: Steven Spielberg
vfx set supervisor: Scott E. Anderson
motion capture supervisor: Dejan Momcilovic
-Feature: Avatar
director: James Cameron
vfx set supervisor: Stephen Rosenbaum
motion capture supervisor: Dejan Momcilovic
Provided support both as an on-set technician and as a post-production artist within the motion capture team. Assisted in various location shoots which took our team both to Los Angeles and Vancouver. During the Avatar shoot was the long term stationed technician ensuring that our necessary elements where captured and that the data Quality was maintained.
Motion Editor
Animal Logic
May 2006 - July 2006
-Feature: Happy Feet
director: George Miller
animation director: Daniel Jeannette
motion capture supervisor: François Laroche
Provided additional support as a motion editor after capture was completed, using Giant's Nuance software.
Digital Artist
Wētā FX
November 2005 - November 2005
-Feature: King Kong
director: Peter Jackson
vfx supervisor: Scott E. Anderson
lead grading compositor: Matt Greig
Provided additional support to the grading team with digital makeup fixes during final weeks before delivery.
Facial Data Tracker and Cleanup
Wētā FX
June 2005 - October 2005
Compositor
Photon VFX NZ
December 2004 - April 2005
-Television: Hercules
director: Roger Young
vfx supervisor: Ben Ambrose
vfx supervisor: Daniel Brown
vfx producer: Johannes Konigstorfer
2D lead: Katie Hecker
Special Makeup Effects Artist
K.N.B. EFX Group Inc.
September 2004 - December 2004
-Feature: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
director: Andrew Adamson
vfx supervisor: Dean Wright
prosthetic MU set supervisor: Howard Berger
key prosthetic MU: Tami Lane
On-set Special Makeup, Prosthetics and Creature Effects
Compositor
USC School of Cinema and Television
June 2004 - August 2004
-Short: The Elephant's Egg
director/ vfx supervisor: Sam Yousefian