Kun Chang

Work History

• Free-Lance Director (Fiction, Documentary, Video Games)

  Kun Chang Productions Inc.

  March 2012 - Present

  See my work at www.kunchang.net

• Art Director, QatQi

  QatQi

  August 2010 - Present

  Designed all the graphics for the Independent Game QatQi.
  - Game of the year (runner up), Daily Telegraph (UK)
  - Game of the year (nominated), Jay is Games

• Art Director, Osmos

  Hemisphere Games

  2008 - Present

  • Art Director on the Independent Game Osmos
  
  • iPad game of the year,
  • Winner of an Apple Design Award
  • Winner of numerous other awards.
  • Nominated as Visual Artist of the Year at the Canadian Game Development Talent Awards

• Free-Lance Director for Commercials, fiction, Documentaries,

  Spy Films, Agentzoo, Pascal Blais

  December 2006 - Present

  • Free Lance director and Art Director
  • Clients include: Cirque de Soleil, Ubisoft, Lego, Mega Brands, Sid Lee, Normann, Ghost VFX and FX Cartel
  • Commercials director, represented by Pascal Blais in South America and Quebec, and Spy Films in the US, Russia and the rest of Canada
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  Cinematics (Cut Scenes) Director on Watch Dogs

  Ubisoft

  January 2012 - October 2013

  Montreal

  Directed all the cut scenes/ cinematics for the the game Watch Dogs.
  
  US Gamer: "Watch_Dogs does a terrific job in making you feel emotionally involved with its cast. This is something that very rarely happens with me: I tend to see cut scenes more as justification for what I’ve done or what I’m about to do. But in this game, they’re so much more than that."
  
  https://www.usgamer.net/articles/watchdogs-ps4-review
  
  Responsible for casting, blocking, directing the actors, supervising the editing/music, post production and lighting.
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  Realization Director

  Ubisoft

  July 2011 - September 2011

  Montreal

  • Realization Director on the game Far Cry 3 (short term contract)
  • Part of the core team
  • Directed the Exotic Gameplay team and created a mission with the lead level designer.
  • Worked with the Game design team on improving and polishing the build.
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  Writer/Director

  National Geographic

  May 2010 - May 2011

  Montreal, Naples, New York

  • Writer/Director on Pickpocket King - a documentary about Pickpocketing for National Geographic US and National Geographic International.
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  Realization Director

  Ubisoft

  February 2010 - May 2010

  Ubisoft Montreal

  • Realization Director on the game Far Cry 3.
  • Directed actors using Performance Capturing for 3D,
  • Directed the Voice talent for the project
  • Working on the realization and "wow" moments of the game.
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  Director, Avatar (The Game)

  Ubisoft

  2009 - October 2009

  Ubisoft, Montreal

  • Short term contract to analyze and improve the look and feel of the game
  • Directed the in-game cinematics
  • Used Motion Builder to place cameras for motion captured sequences.
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  Director, Cinematics

  Ubisoft

  May 2005 - January 2006

  Ubisoft, Montreal

  • Director for the Cinematics for the game Prince of Persia, The Two Thrones. (Nominated for two VES awards and winner of one)
  • Supervised a team of over 100 creatives
  • Director for the Opening Cinematic for AND1 Streetball
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  Art Director, Cinematics

  Ubisoft

  March 2004 - August 2004

  • Art directed the cinematics for Splinter Cell - Chaos Theory (Contract)
  • Supervised a large team of concept artists, graphic designers, modellers, texturers, lighters, spfx artists, and comp'ers

• Director

  CBC, The Nature of Things

  2003 - 2003

  GEOLOGIC JOURNEY promo,
  
  15min, HDTV promo for a five part series about Canada's Geology.
  The Nature of Things with David Suzuki and The National Film Board Int. Co-prod.
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  Director, Writer and Researcher

  National Film Board of Canada

  2001 - 2003

  SHORT INFINITY/7KM2 D'INFINI
  
  63min documentary, Super 16mm film (English and French versions)
  National Film Board of Canada, CBC, SRC, Canal D, RDI,
  A film about110 cows and 126 people, 37 dogs etc. living on a 2x3km island in the Atlantic
  Cinema Release Montreal and Quebec City
  Nominated: 5 Gemini awards: Best direction in a Documentary Program, Best Photography, Best Picture Editing, Best Original Music,
  The Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
  Nominated for 2 Gemeaux 2005: Best Direction, Best Cinematography
  Honorary Mention, Best Direction : Hot Docs 2004 (Toronto)

• Director/Designer, Title Sequence

  Max Films/Europa Corp.

  2002 - 2002

  • Designed and directed the title sequence for the film La Turbulence Des Fluides by Manon Briand

• Concept Artist

  The Lathe of Heaven

  2001 - 2001

  - concept art for the "Augmenter"

• Art Director (Free-lance)

  LEGO Group

  2001 - 2001

  Billund

  Free-lance Art Direction for the CD rom for Lego Spybotics

• Director, Writer and Researcher

  Max Films Inc

  1999 - 2001

  TOUCH-THE FORGOTTEN SENSE/ LE PREMIER SENS
  
  Super 16mm Film transferred to video, 2001, 52 min (English and French versions)
  National Geographic Channel Worldwide, CBC – The Nature of Things with David Suzuki,
  SRC – Radio Canada (Zone Libre), RDI, Canal D
  Nominated for a 2002 Gemaux, Best Documentary, 2 Gemini awards – Best Science program, Best Cinematography, Best documentary at Canada’s Golden Sheaf Awards, The MIF-Science Trophy.
  Winner, Best Francophone documentary, all categories at the Tèlèscience Film Festival 2001,
  Sold in over 120 countries and National Geographic Worldwide

• Concept Artist,

  Shaftesbury/SK films (Toronto)

  2000 - 2000

  Free-lance concept artist on the IMAX film: Journey to the Center of the Brain
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  Art Director (free-lance)

  Ghost VFX

  2000 - 2000

  Art Direction and Design for Lego Bionicle (original launch CD and commercials)

  
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  Art Director (Free-lance)

  LEGO

  1999 - 1999

  Art Director and Graphic Designer on LEGO Star Wars, Droid Developer Kit
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  Director, Writer and Researcher

  BBC

  1997 - 1998

  Director of Independent short film: Seavitamins, 16mm film, for BBC2's 10x10 series

• Concept Artist

  WORKING TITLE FILMS LIMITED

  1997 - 1997

  Concept Artist for The Fabulous Thunderbirds - when the Director attached was Peter Hewitt.
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  Concept Artist, Star Wars (Phantom Menace)

  Lucasfilm

  1996 - 1997

  • concept artist on STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE
  • Created concepts for among other the Queen's ship, lightsabers, guns, the Pod-race etc.

• Production Designer

  Zentropa/Dansk Tegnefilms Kompagni

  1995 - 1996

  Production designer on the animated feature film: Hans Christian Andersen's Shadow

• Junior Illustrator, The Fifth Element

  Gaumont Films

  1995 - 1995

  • Junior Illustrator on Luc Besson's The Fifth Element
  • Did concept for several of the sets, the spaceships, and the graphic elements for the film.

• Concept Artist

  T-Rex, IMAX, Tyrant Films Toronto

  1995 - 1995

  I worked on the first version of this IMAX production when the director was Hugh Hudson

• Illustrator and Graphic Designer

  Underground Illustration

  1991 - 1993

  Illustrator with own studio in Copenhagen, Denmark.