Paul Campion

Work History

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  Matte Painter

  OHUfx

  February 2022 - March 2022

  Wellington, New Zealand
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  On-Set Reference Photgrapher

  Wētā FX

  October 2020 - December 2020

  New Zealand
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  Matte Painter

  Framestore

  October 2019 - November 2019

  Auckland, New Zealand

  Matte painting on A Christmas Carol TV Mini-series.
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  Matte Painter

  Blockhead VFX

  September 2019 - September 2019

  Auckland, New Zealand

  Matte Painting work on Baker of Beruit TVC for Blockhead Australia.
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  VFX Concept Artist

  Outpost VFX

  November 2018 - November 2018

  Bournemouth

  Matte painting concept art for the TV series Catherine the Great
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  Matte Painter

  Cinesite

  May 2016 - June 2016

  
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  Matte Painter

  One Of Us

  November 2015 - December 2015

  London, United Kingdom
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  Matte Painter

  Lipsync Post

  August 2015 - October 2015

  UK

  Matte painter on the feature film The Nice Guys, Concept artist on the feature film Detour.
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  BFX Competition and MA Computer Animation Mentor

  Bournemouth University

  August 2015 - October 2015

• Competition Mentor

  BFX Festival

  July 2015 - August 2015

  Bournemouth, United Kingdom

  Mentoring teams of five students creating 2D and 3D animated 30 second commercials for Anthony Nolan and Dyslexia Action charities.
  https://www.bfxfestival.com/competition/
  https://www.bfxfestival.com/competition/bfx-mentors/
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  Texture Painter/ 3D Layout Artist

  One Of Us

  July 2014 - July 2015
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  Matte Painter

  Lipsync Post

  February 2015 - June 2015

  London, United Kingdom
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  Matte Painter

  Nviz

  April 2014 - January 2015

  

  

  

• Directorial Intern

  PACIFIC RENAISSANCE SPARTACUS LTD

  August 2012 - October 2012

  Director's Intern shadowing director Michael Hurst during pre-production, production and post on Spartacus: War of the Damned - Episode 9 "The Dead and the Dying"

• Online viral director

  Bare Films

  August 2011 - September 2011

  Director, editor, compositor - "Ghost caught on camera" online viral, part of a marketing campaign for UK mobile phone shop Phones 4 U.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBr1jcMWbVo
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  Senior Digi-Matte Painter

  Pixomondo

  July 2011 - September 2011

  Created matte paintings for Martin Scorcese's feature film Hugo.

  

• VFX Concept Artist/Matte Painter/Compositor

  The Devil's Rock Ltd

  August 2010 - March 2011

  Created concept art for visual effects shots, created and composited matte paintings.
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  Visual Effects Concept Artist

  MPC

  June 2009 - November 2009

  Visual Effects Concept Artist on:
  Clash of the Titans
  The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
  Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief
  Dorian Gray
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  Lead Texture Painter/Matte Painter/VFX Concept Artist

  Wētā FX

  January 2006 - January 2008

  Taught trainee texture painters texture painting basics using Photoshop, Maya and Studiopaint software and Weta Digital texturing pipeline.
  
  X-Men 3 - Visual Effects Concept Artist
  Disney Logo - Matte Painter
  The Dambusters - Lead Texture Painter
  Prince Caspian: The Chronicles of Narnia - Texture Painter
  30 Days of Night - Texture Painter
  Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer - Texture Painter
  Waterhorse - Lead Texture Painter
  Eragon - Texture Painter
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  Previs/Matte Painter

  MPC

  August 2005 - September 2005

  Soho, London

  Created previs of one shot of the interior of St Sulpice for The Da Vinci Code
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  Matte Painter

  The Orphanage

  September 2004 - January 2005

  Matte Painter on Sin City

  
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  Matte Painter

  Tippett Studio

  January 2004 - July 2004

  Matte Painter on Constantine

  
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  Lead Texture Painter

  Wētā FX

  October 2002 - December 2003

  Lead texture painter on Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
  Created and managed online textures reference library.

  

  

  
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  Texture Painter/Matte Painter

  Wētā FX

  June 2000 - September 2002

  Texture painter on:
  The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Modeller/Texture Painter

  Framestore

  January 2000 - June 2000

  Walking with Dinosaurs special: The Ballad of Big Al

• Freelance Commercial Illustrator

  Freelance

  1990 - 2000

  Created illustrations for the advertising and publishing industries, specializing in book cover art for authors such as Wilbur Smith, Ben Elton and for children's fiction novels.
  
  Represented by Folio Illustration Agents.

• Modeller

  Lego Media International

  November 1999 - December 1999

  Created CGI models of Lego for computer games.