Paul Seyb

Paul Seyb

Facial Animation / 15 yrs

New Zealand

Hire Me

Facial Motion Editor / Facial Animation

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Facial Motion Editor / Facial Animation

War For The Planet Of The Apes (2017)

Facial Motion Editor / Facial Animation

The BFG (2016)

Facial Motion Editor / Facial Animation

Furious 7 (2015)

Facial Motion Editor / Facial Animation

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Motion Editing Department

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Facial Motion Editor

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Digital Effects Crew

Man of Steel (2013)

Facial Motion Editor

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Visual Effects

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

Visual Effects

Prometheus (2012)

Paint & Roto

The Avengers (2012)

Facial Motion Editor

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

Motion Editor

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Facial Motion Edit Assistant

Avatar (2009)

Work History

  • Facial Motion Editor/ facial animation

    Wētā FX

    2009 - Present

    2014-The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Facial animation and facial motion editing
    2014- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Facial animation and facial motion editing
    2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
    (Facial solving, facial key-framing, Identify 3d tracking)
    Witness camera on set and motion capture stage
    Set up of markers on performance artist
    2013 The Light Harvester, Short film, Roto and marker removal in Nuke
    2013 IM3 (Moedit tracking)
    2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
    (Nuance body motion editing, facial solving, facial key-framin

  • Facial Animation

    Wētā FX

    November 2014 - May 2015

  • Newspaper layout for London Lite

    Evening Standard

    2007 - 2009

    • Layout of feature and news pages
    • Picture editing and research
    • Photoshop

  • Camera operator/editor for thisislondon.co.uk

    DMGT

    2007 - 2009

    • Generating programming ideas with the managing editor
    • Logging, digitising, editing with Final Cut Pro
    • Filming interviews
    • Outputting high impact packages for the internet
    • Audio mix-down and music research

  • Assistant editor (Behind the scenes on Black Sheep)

    Reel Eyes

    2006 - 2006

    • Logging and digitising with Final Cut Pro
    • Assembling editing selects
    • Outputting and conversions to MPEG, DV, HD, NTSC, and PAL formats
    • Media management and archival of finished projects

  • Assistant Editor

    Pellerin Multimedia, Inc.

    July 2005 - December 2005

    Behind the scenes’ of King Kong (DVD) and weekly production diaries posted on kongisking.net

    • Logging and digitising with Final Cut Pro
    • Assembling editing selects
    • Motion graphics design in After Effects
    • Colour grading, titling, balancing the sound levels, outputting for the net
    • Reviewing archive tape library and making selects for editor

  • Pre-press and Photoshop retouching

    Daily Mail and General Trust plc

    1998 - 2003

  • Photographic retouching

    Imagelab

    1994 - 1996
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Education

  • Avalon Film & T. V. School

    2005 - 2005

  • Victoria University of Wellington

    1991 - 1994