Miguel Macaya Ten

Work History

• Certified Nuke Trainer

  Certified Nuke Trainer

  October 2014 - Present

  I am now officially certified as a Nuke trainer by The Foundry and FXPHD and I’ve recently taught in the University of Arts of Luzern, Switzerland. I can teach NUKE in both English and Spanish.
  Currently I’m developing a training course (from basic to advanced level) which combines my technical knowledge of Nuke and my experience in the VFX industry. This will be available early 2015
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  Digital Compositor

  Industrial Light & Magic

  January 2015 - June 2015

  Ant-Man - 2015
  Peyton Reed (dir)
  Marvel
  Compositing of live action with CG environments and CG characters
  
  Avengers, Age of Ultron - 2015
  Joss Whedon (dir)
  Marvel
  Compositing of live action with CG environments, CG characters, FX simulations and integration of 2d elements such as dust, smoke and explosions

  

  

• Guest Speaker / Nuke trainer - 16h course

  HGK Luzern

  October 2014 - October 2014

  The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Art

  Nuke in the VFX industry... a class given over two days. Part of the compositing program taught to final year students of Animation at The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland.
  
  In the class I gave details of my experience to date in the VFX industry, working on high-end feature films. I used shots from these films, which I composited, as examples to recreate difficult VFX problems and explained how to solve them using various technics inside Nuke.
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  Digital Compositor

  Framestore

  February 2014 - July 2014

  London, United Kingdom

  Guardians of the Galaxy - 2014
  James Gunn (dir)
  Marvel
  Compositing of live action with CG environments, CG characters, FX simulations (broken glass and fire) and integration of 2d elements such as dust, smoke and explosions
  
  Jupiter Ascending - 2015
  Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski (dir)
  Warner Bros.
  Compositing of live action with CG environments, CG characters, FX simulations and integration of 2d elements such as dust, smoke and explosions

  
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  Digital Compositor

  BlueBolt

  July 2013 - February 2014

  London

  Jupiter Ascending - 2014
  Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski (dir)
  Warner Bros.
  Prep work, rig removal and make up fixes.
  
  The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - 2014
  Guy Ritchie (dir)
  Warner Bros.
  Matchmoving using 3D Equalizer and previz work.
  
  The Game - 2014
  Niall MacCormick, Daniel O’Hara (dir)
  BBC
  Concept art and layout work.
  
  The Smoke - 2014
  Mike Barker, Sam Donovan, Julian Holmes (dir)
  Kudos
  Compositing of live action with photography and matte paintings.
  
  The Monuments Men - 2013
  George Clooney (dir)
  Sony Pictures/ Smoke House
  Compositing of live action with miniatures and matte paintings.
  
  Dr. Who - 50th anniversary - (The day of the Doctor) - 2013
  Nick Hurran (dir)
  BBC
  Stereo compositing of live action with matte paintings.
  
  This Is Us: One Direction - 2013
  Morgan Spurlock (dir)
  Sony Pictures
  Stereo compositing of live action with Motion Graphics

  

  
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  Digital compositor

  MPC

  February 2013 - July 2013

  London

  300: Rise of an Empire - 2014
  Noam Murro (dir)
  Warner Bros.
  Compositing of live action with matte paintings, CG elements (ship, rain, weapons, blood) and particles inside Nuke.
  
  World War Z - 2013
  Mark Forster (dir)
  Paramount Pictures
  Compositing of live action with 2d elements such as dust and smoke, matte paintings and CG crowd (zombies)

  

  
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  Digital compositor

  Windmill Lane

  January 2011 - September 2011

  Dublin, Ireland

  Lockout - 2012
  James Mather, Stephen St. Leger (dir)
  EuropaCorp
  Leading one of the sequences with aproximately 50 shots and compositing of live action with matte paintings, CG/2d elements and full CG shots.
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  Digital Compositor & 3D Motion Graphics Designer

  Freelance

  January 2007 - January 2011

  Dublin, Ireland.

  Advertising, Corporate Graphics and TV broadcasts.
  Clients include:
  
  Volkswagen, Guinness, P&O Ferries, O2, Today FM, DHL, Heineken, Playstation, Opel, Aer Lingus, Associated News, Eircom/Meteor, Sunday Times, Menupages, Luas, Cemex, Centra, Dunnes Stores, Meteor Awards, Portobello Institute.
  
  Showreel: https://vimeo.com/57384264
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  EuropaCorp

  ? - Present