Yarin Manes

Work History

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  Head of CG

  AFX Creative

  June 2022 - Present
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  VFX Supervisor

  The Mill

  April 2021 - June 2022

  Los Angeles, California, United States
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  CG Lead

  The Mill

  March 2019 - April 2021

  Los Angeles, California
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  Senior CG Generalist

  Apple Inc.

  April 2017 - December 2018

  San Francisco Bay Area
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  Senior Lighter

  Method Studios

  July 2016 - March 2017

  Greater Los Angeles Area
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  3D Supervisor

  Furious FX

  September 2014 - May 2016

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  "Ghostbusters" - (Sony)
  "Spy" - (Century Fox)
  "Vacation" - (Warner Bros)
  "Togetherness S2" - (HBO)
  "Stitchers S2"- (ABC)

  

  

  
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  Lighter/Compositor

  Saatchi & Saatchi

  May 2014 - September 2014

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  3D product visualization for Toyota
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  Lighter

  Psyop

  April 2014 - May 2014

  Los Angeles

  Cricket Wireless "Something to Smile About" commercial.

• Art Director / Lighting & Compositing Supervisor

  The Graphic Film Company / Simon West Production

  December 2012 - March 2014

  ► “Night of the Living Dead: Origins” Feature Film
  Recruit and manage 2D and 3D teams, with responsibility for entire look and feel of the movie.
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  Lighter / Compositor

  Brain Zoo Studios

  September 2012 - December 2012

  ► Marvel's "Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United” Movie
  Lighting, rendering, and compositing (Maya, Mental Ray, After Effects).
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  Lighter / Generalist

  Digital Domain

  May 2012 - September 2012

  ► U.S. AIR FORCE Flight Simulation Video
  Modeling, texturing, shading, and lighting on complex flight simulation video (Maya, Vray, Nuke).
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  Lighter / Generalist

  Zoic Studios

  February 2012 - May 2012

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  ► “Falling Skies” TNT TV Show
  CG lighting and rendering on Season 2 of Steven Spielberg-produced drama, Emmy nominated for Outstanding Special Visual Effects (Maya, Vray).

• Vray Lighter / Look Developer

  Simon West Productions - The Graphic Film Company

  October 2011 - February 2012

  ►"Thunder Run" Feature Film
  Lighting for Iraq War movie starring Matthew McConaughey (Maya, Vray).

• 3D Generalist

  Whitney Digital

  July 2011 - October 2011

  ► History Channel’s “Sniper – Bulletproof”, Season 3
  ► Travel Channel’s “Off Limits – The Dirty Secrets of Boston”
  ► Travel Channel’s “Forbidden Access – Coco Palms”
  Modeling, texturing, scene setup, and lighting (Maya, Mental Ray).

• Generalist / Vray Lighter

  Alastair Graham

  July 2011 - July 2011

  ► Architecture Catalog
  Rendering and scene composition.
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  Lighter / Look Developer

  Baked FX

  June 2011 - July 2011

  ► David Guetta "Where Them Girls At" Music Video, featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj
  Look development and lighting of bubbles, and lighting/shading of Renault car (Maya, Vray).
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  Lighter / Look Developer

  yU+co

  February 2011 - March 2011

  ► Epix Channel Logo
  Shading, lighting, and rendering on eye-popping 3D animated logo.
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  Lighter / Look Developer

  Persistence of Vision

  December 2010 - February 2011

  ► "Akira" Warner Brothers Feature Film
  CG lighting and look development.
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  3D Generalist

  Moo Studios

  October 2010 - October 2010

  ► Biltmore Hotels Commercial

• Lighter / Generalist

  Melody Street llc

  May 2010 - September 2010

  ► "Melody Street" Web Show
  CG Lighting

• Supervisor

  YES DBS - Satellite Broadcast Company

  April 2006 - March 2008

  Supervisor of Broadcast & Content division.

• Junior Post-Production Online Editor

  JCS

  August 2006 - February 2007