Josh Lange

Work History

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  Previs/Postvis Supervisor

  MPC

  September 2023 - September 2023

  Seattle, WA
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  Visualization Supervisor

  MPC

  October 2019 - July 2023

  Greater Los Angeles Area

• Co-Founder and Executive Producer

  Talking Pictures Podcast

  January 2015 - April 2020

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Supporting role for content, website copy writing and editing, booking guests, and co-hosting.
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  Previsualization Panelist

  Loyola Marymount University

  November 2019 - November 2019

  Playa Vista, California, United States

  Previsualization panel member for an event hosted by the LMU Animation Club.
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  Senior Previz & Postviz Artist

  Technicolor Group

  May 2019 - October 2019

  Culver City, California, United States

  Previz, postviz, and pitchviz for the film visualization department. Assisted with recruiting, pipeline design, and building the revamped department's infrastructure.
  
  Projects:
  Undisclosed feature pitch (client-facing)
  Undisclosed feature film
  Noelle (Disney Plus)
  
  Key responsibilities:
  ·Character and creature animation
  ·Digital cinematography
  ·Acting Supervisor and Lead Artist responsibilities (training, client creative meetings and pitches, shot assignments, VFX supervisor meetings)
  ·On-site previs support for virtual production motion capture shoot at Rouge Mocap in Playa Vista
  ·After Effects compositing
  ·Modeling & texturing
  ·Lighting & rendering
  ·Client review sessions via Cinesync
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  Lead Character Animator

  Mob Scene

  April 2019 - April 2019

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  3D animation for an on-model, pantomime-style cartoon performance under a three-day deadline. Animation earned approval from the Pokémon company.
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  Previs Lead, Layout Supervisor, Finals Animator

  Pixomondo

  December 2018 - March 2019

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Project:
  "The Orville," Season Two
  
  Key Responsibilities
  ·Developed visual aesthetic and cinematography style guide for network episodic series
  ·Lead Previs Artist and periodic off-site Supervisor of 8+ senior & junior artists, and interns
  ·Previsualized shots from scripts, production/director/showrunner notes, and storyboards
  ·Storyboarded shots for the previs team to translate into 3D
  ·Took shots from previs, to layout, to final animation in a final VFX pipeline
  ·Oversaw previs asset design and creation
  ·Developed, documented, and taught a project-specific layout workflow to convert previs shots into properly formatted layout files for final VFX
  ·As Layout Supervisor: interfaced with final VFX department heads and artists to ensure optimal integration between previs and layout files
  ·Gave animation direction during dailies
  ·Training and mentoring
  ·Software: Maya, After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere, Shotgun
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  Postvis Artist

  The Third Floor

  July 2017 - February 2018

  Los Angeles, CA

  

  
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  Previz Artist, Techvis Artist

  Day for Nite

  May 2017 - June 2017

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Completed techvis and previz responsibilities one week early for Godzilla: King of the Monsters. On-site at Legendary Studios.
  
  Key Responsibilities:
  •Helped design and develop new company tools for making techviz diagrams and videos
  •Prepared and exported Maya files for handoff to VFX vendors
  •Previsualized shots in Autodesk Maya and Adobe After Effects in time for principal photography
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  Previz Supervisor

  Proof Inc

  August 2016 - April 2017

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Led teams of up to eight for advertising campaigns and other commercials. Also developed VR projects.
  
  Key responsibilities:
  •In-house Oculus Rift VR demo (2017)
  •Target Christmas Ad Campaign (2016)
  •Honda "The Power of Dreams" Ad Campaign (2015)
  •Gods of Egypt (acting supervisor - 2016)
  
  Key Responsibilities;
  •Supervised eight Previz Artists to create four thirty-second commercials and one five-minute mini-musical in six weeks (Target)
  •Interfaced with director, agency members, and VFX vendor producers and coordinators to brainstorm ideas, explain technical implementations, and make deliveries (Target)
  •Supervised three Previz Artists to create five commercials in two weeks (Honda)
  •Created previz for shots using an arc motion control rig to create "bullet time" effects. Created previz edits using Adobe Premiere (Honda)
  •Interfaced with remote VFX Supervisor (on set in Australia) to take notes and send deliveries. Collaborated with Tippett Lead Animator during client file export process (Gods)
  •Collaborated with tools and pipeline TD, project coordinator, and fellow supervisors to help establish company-wide best practices and Shotgun shot tracking workflows
  •Trained new previz artists, created documentation on proprietary tools, assisted with editing company demo reel, and created graphics for company website
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  Previz Lead

  Proof Inc

  April 2015 - July 2016

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Worked one-on-one with director on creature horror action sequences on The Predator while on-site at Fox Studios. Oversaw twelve-person previz team for Fate of the Furious on-site at Universal Studios and back at home office.
  
  Key Responsibilities:
  •Interfaced with writer-director, director of photography, story artists, producers, VFX supervisor, and VFX producer (Predator)
  •Brainstormed story ideas with director and story team (Predator)
  •Helped oversee a five-person previs team onsite at Fox Studios, and supervised for two weeks while supervisor was on leave
  •Translated scripts and storyboards into previsualized shots and edits using Autodesk Maya and Adobe Premiere
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  Previs Supervisor/Senior Postvis Artist

  Proof Inc

  June 2014 - March 2015

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Developed skills in After Effects compositing and Syntheyes motion tracking.
  -Star Trek Beyond (2016) Previs
  -Gods of Egypt (2016) Previs
  -Clash of Clans "Legend of the Last Lava Pup" Commercial Previs (2015)
  -Furious 7 (2015) Previs/Techvis
  -TurboTax "Boston Tea Party" Super Bowl Commercial Previs
  -Pepsi "Halftime Touches Down" Super Bowl Commercial Previs
  -Night at the Museum 3 (2014) Previs/Postvis/Techvis

  

  
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  Previs Artist/Techvis Artist

  The Third Floor

  September 2010 - May 2013

  Keyframe and motion capture animation. Cinematography, lighting, basic compositing and modeling, techvis.
  
  -The Maze Runner (2014)
  -Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
  -X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
  -Godzilla (2014)
  -Divergent (2014)
  -300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
  -White House Down (2013)
  -Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
  -China Central Television Spring Festival Video (2013)
  -Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem theme Park ride (2012)
  -The Avengers (2012)
  
  Plus 8 other projects, most of which are yet-unreleased.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Previs Mentor

  Escape Studios

  June 2011 - August 2011

  Selected to be one of two previsualization mentors at The Third Floor, in conjunction with Escape Studios. Provided online feedback to students and mentored one Third Floor intern, who was enrolled in a course at Escape Studios.

• Senior Animator

  Rockstar Games - San Diego

  October 2005 - September 2010

  As Senior Animator on Red Dead Redemption (2006-2007, 2009-2010):
  -Keyframe animation
  -Motion capture refining
  -Cutscenes
  
  As Lead Cutscene Animator on Midnight Club: Los Angeles (2007-2008):
  -Oversaw cutscene production
  -Assisted with motion capture shoot direction and capturing
  -Motion capture refining
  -Contributed to camera shot creation and refining
  -Helped test and run facial animations
  -Helped create/test driving animations
  -VGA nomination for Best Racing Game

• 3D Animator

  Rockstar Games - San Diego

  May 2005 - October 2008

  As an Animator on Rockstar Presents: Table Tennis (2005-2006):
  -Used Maya to edit mocap for locomotion and swing animations
  -Camera and Mocap polish on some Cutscenes
  -RP:TT earned a VGA nomination for Best Sports Game
  
  -As Cutscene Animation Support on Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and the Damned (2008):
  -Mocap refining on Cutscenes

• 3D Animator/Script Editor

  Studio Gigante

  2002 - 2005

  As an Animator on Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus:
  -Used Maya for motion capture refining
  -Keyframe animation
  -Used Lightwave for cutscene facial animation
  
  As an Animator/Script Editor on Wrestlemania 21:
  -Motion capture refining, Keyframe animation
  -Used proprietary software to script edit events (facial anim, particles, etc.)
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  Visualization Supervisor

  MPC Film & Episodic

  May 2019 - July 2023

  Los Angeles, California, United States