Sam Winkler

Sam Winkler

Senior Digital Compositor / Senior Motion Designer / 17 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Senior Compositor

Call of the Wild (2020)

Senior Compositor

Lucifer (2016)

Senior Compositor

Westworld (2016)

Defiance (2013)

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)

Gangster Squad (2013)

Savages (2012)

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012)

Boardwalk Empire (2010)

Torchwood (2006)

FOD - Short

Andy Samberg - Indie Spirit Awards

Honda

Qualcomm

Toshiba

Work History
  • Senior Motion Designer / Compositor

    LAUNDRY!

    July 2020 - Present
  • Visual Designer for Film & TV // On-Site & Remote

    Bourbon Studio

    November 2007 - May 2021
    Los Angeles, CA

    STUDIO \\ 72andSunny, BLP, Caviar, Crazy Horse, Deutsch, Encore, Framestore, Gentleman Scholar, Laundry, Logan, Mirada, Nomad, Paranoid, Psyop, Roger, Sony, Therapy, Universal, Visual Creatures

    FILM \\ Alice in Wonderland, Spider-Man 2, Call of the Wild, Red, Gangster Squad, Burt Wonderstone

    EPISODIC \\ Defiance, Baskets, Bull, Boardwalk Empire, CSI, Elementary, Homeland, Justified, The Mindy Project, Torchwood

    MUSIC \\ Alice in Chains, Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Norah Jones, OK GO, Saint Motel

    AD \\ Apple, AT&T, Blizzard, Facebook, Google, Honda, Nike, Nintendo, Pandora, Pizza Hut, Samsung, Sprint, Taco Bell, Toshiba, VW

  • Motion Designer

    Apple Inc.

    June 2020 - June 2020
    Cupertino, CA
  • Senior Compositor

    CoSA VFX

    February 2020 - March 2020
  • Senior Compositor

    MPC

    November 2019 - January 2020
  • Senior Compositor / Motion Designer

    LAUNDRY!

    October 2019 - October 2019
  • Senior Compositor

    Framestore

    July 2019 - October 2019
    Greater Los Angeles Area
  • Motion Designer / Compositor

    Logan @ Apple

    May 2019 - June 2019
    Sunnyvale, CA
  • Senior Compositor / Motion Designer

    Zambezi, LLC

    April 2019 - May 2019
    Greater Los Angeles Area
  • Senior Compositor

    Scholar

    March 2019 - March 2019
  • Senior Compositor / Motion Designer

    Zambezi, LLC

    January 2019 - March 2019
  • Senior Compositor / Motion Designer

    LAUNDRY!

    December 2018 - January 2019
  • Senior Compositor

    Scholar

    November 2018 - December 2018
  • Senior Compositor

    Fellow LA

    August 2018 - October 2018
    LA
  • Senior Compositor

    Caviar

    July 2018 - August 2018
  • Senior Compositor / Motion Designer

    Deutsch

    May 2018 - June 2018
  • VFX Artist

    Framestore

    March 2018 - April 2018
    los angeles
  • Compositor / Pre-Vis Animator

    Framestore

    February 2018 - April 2018
  • VFX Artist

    Framestore

    February 2018 - March 2018
  • Senior Compositor / Motion Designer

    Deutsch

    January 2018 - February 2018
  • Deutsch Inc

    ? - January 2018
  • Senior Compositor / Motion Designer

    Visual Creatures

    December 2017 - January 2018
  • Lead Compositor

    Deutsch Inc

    April 2015 - November 2017
    Los Angeles, CA

    Visual Effects and Motion Design for brands such as Volkswagen, Nintendo, Sprint, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Pandora.

  • Senior Compositor / Motion Designer

    Roger

    October 2017 - November 2017
  • Senior Compositor

    Nomad Editing Company, Inc

    August 2017 - September 2017
  • Senior Compositor / Motion Designer

    Caviar

    June 2017 - August 2017
  • Lead Compositor

    Caviar Content

    June 2016 - July 2017

    VFX and Motion Design for Jay Z, AT&T and Sundance feature The Rider.

  • Lead Compositor and Motion Designer

    Visual Creatures / Therapy Studios

    June 2010 - June 2017
    Los Angeles, CA

    VFX and Motion Design for OK GO, Ghost Rider, Qualcomm, Foo Fighters and Call of Duty

  • Senior Compositor

    Big Lazy Panda

    August 2016 - May 2017
  • VFX Supervisor, Lead Compositor, Motion Designer

    BLP VFX

    November 2014 - April 2017
    Los Angeles, CA

    Supervised, composited and designed graphics for episodic TV shows such as Elementary, CSI: Cyber, The Mindy Project, Bull and Baskets.

  • Senior Compositor / Motion Designer

    Deutsch

    December 2015 - June 2016
  • Senior Compositor

    Visual Creatures

    November 2015 - December 2015
  • Senior Compositor

    Big Lazy Panda

    August 2015 - November 2015
  • Senior Compositor

    Stargate Studios

    April 2015 - May 2015
  • Senior Compositor

    Big Lazy Panda

    November 2014 - April 2015
  • Compositor

    Ntropic

    August 2014 - September 2014
  • Compositor

    Stardust Studios

    July 2014 - August 2014
  • Compositor

    Nightshift Paris

    May 2014 - July 2014
  • Compositor / Matchmover

    Encore VFX

    November 2013 - May 2014
  • Compositor / Motion Designer

    Visual Creatures

    September 2013 - October 2013
  • Compositor

    Sony Pictures Entertainment

    July 2013 - August 2013
  • Compositor

    NBCUniversal

    December 2012 - May 2013
  • Compositor / Motion Designer

    Roger

    August 2012 - October 2012
  • Compositor

    CRAZY HORSE EFFECTS, INC.

    November 2011 - July 2012
  • If You're Reading This You Have Too Much Free Time

    Bourbon Studio

    August 2007 - September 2007

    Seriously. Get a hobby.

Education
  • Film

    Chapman University

    ? - ?
  • Chapman University

    ? - ?
  • Chapman University

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  • Chapman University School of Law

    ? - ?