Aaron Smith

Aaron Smith

VFX Supervisor / 29 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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CG Artist

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018)

Data Manager / Technical Director

PINY Institute of New York (2016)

Technical Director

Handy Manny (2006)

Technical Director

The Backyardigans (2004)

Data Manager

Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends (2004)

Digital Artist

As Good as It Gets (1997)

VFX Supervisor

Raised by Wolves (2020)

VFX Supervisor

Triangle

VFX Supervisor

Rim Of The World (2019)

Digital Artist

The Dirt (2019)

Associate VFX Supervisor

Con Man (2015)

CG Supervisor

Home (2015)

CG Supervisor

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)

Compositor

Space Station 76 (2014)

Lead Lighter

Rise of the Guardians (2012)

CG Supervisor

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (2011)

CG Supervisor

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

CG Supervisor

Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2010)

CG Supervisor

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

CG Supervisor

Monsters vs Aliens (2009)

CG Supervisor

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

CG Supervisor

Bee Movie (2007)

Lead Lighter / Compositor

Flushed Away (2006)

Lead Lighter / Compositor

The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005)

Lead Lighter / Lead Compositor

Shark Tale (2004)

Compositor

Bad Boys II (2003)

Compositor

I Spy (2002)

Lead Lighter / Compositor

Stuart Little 2 (2002)

Lighter / Compositor

Hollow Man (2000)

Compositor

Cast Away (2000)

Lighter / Compositor

Stuart Little (1999)

Digital Compositor

Godzilla (1998)

Digital Artist

The Postman (1997)

Digital Compositor

Space Jam (1996)
Work History

  • VFX Supervisor

    Mind + Machine Visual Effects

    July 2016 - Present

  • VFX Supervisor

    Mind & Machine VFX

    June 2016 - Present
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    www.mindmachinevfx.com

  • CG Supervisor

    DreamWorks Animation

    April 2003 - February 2015

  • Technical Director

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    1997 - 2003

  • Animo Director Applications

    Space Jam Animation

    December 1995 - October 1996

  • Background Assistant

    Ren & Stimpy

    1994 - 1995

  • Display Artist

    Tower Records

    1987 - 1993
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Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles

    March 2015 - ?