Dan Kunz

Work History

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  Capture Supervisor

  Double Negative

  May 2016 - Present

  Motion Capture and VFX Data Capture
  Blade Runner 2049
  Annihilation
  The Mummy
  Fast and Furious 8
  Star Trek Beyond
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  Motion Editor / Animator

  Wētā FX

  September 2015 - April 2016

  Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

• Motion Capture TD and Animation Artist

  DreamWorks Studios SKG

  March 2015 - June 2015

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  The BFG - On-set collaboration with Weta Digital

  

  

  

  

  
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  Animator

  Industrial Light & Magic

  January 2015 - March 2015

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  Avengers: Age of Ultron

  
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  Motion Editor / Animator and Virtual Camera Integration

  Wētā FX

  June 2013 - November 2014

  Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

  The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
  Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
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  Capture Lab and Virtual Production TD

  Framestore

  October 2011 - June 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  Responsibilities include all aspects of motion capture from data acquisition to motion editing, virtual camera and simulcam, real-time motionbuilder operation, 3D scanning, witness cameras, reference photography, and on-set VFX data wrangling
  
  Gravity
  Jupiter Ascending
  Edge of Tomorrow
  47 Ronin
  Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
  Skyfall
  The Dictator
  
  Previs mocap for The Third Floor:
  Maleficent

  

  

  

  
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  Motion Editor / Animator

  Wētā FX

  July 2011 - September 2011

  Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

  
  The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn
  
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  Motion Capture TD - Capture Technician & Face Capture Lead

  Double Negative

  March 2010 - July 2011

  London, United Kingdom

  John Carter
  Paul

  

  

  
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  Animator, Motion Layout, and Motion Capture TD

  ImageMovers

  October 2007 - March 2010

  San Francisco Bay Area

  Mars Needs Moms
  A Christmas Carol
  Character Animator
  Oct 2008 - March 2010
  Performance Integration Lead (Motion Editing & Layout)
  April 2008 - November 2008
  Capture Technician
  Oct 2007 - April 2008

  

  

• Lead Animator and Motion Capture TD

  America's Army / SAIC

  May 2005 - September 2007

  San Francisco Bay Area
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  Motion Studies Instructor

  Ex'pression College for Digital Arts

  October 2005 - November 2006

  San Francisco Bay Area

• Intern

  Pixar Animation Studios / Pixar University

  December 2004 - May 2005

  San Francisco Bay Area