Ahmed Shehata

Work History

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  VFX Pipeline Supervisor

  Apple Inc.

  January 2016 - Present

  Sunnyvale, California
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  CG Supervisor - Lead Technical Director

  SPIN VFX

  September 2011 - December 2015

  Toronto, Canada

  • Serving as Lead Technical Director and CG Supervisor on studio shows.
  • Managing CG characters and environment assets throughout production.
  • Design and Develop automated scripts and plugins to streamline 3d assets and data caching
  exports between department.
  • Developing tools for studio pipeline and asset management systems using Maya, Mari, Shotgun,
  Nuke, RV and Katana.
  • Provide support for dailies and shot delivery for animation and lighting departments.
  • Developing tools for media files and plate processing and managing delivery formats and workflow for compositing and editorial.
  
  Projects involved in with Spin:
  
  • The Expanse: Season 1 (2015 - TV Series)
  • Heroes: Reborn (2015 - TV Mini-Series)
  • The Fifth Wave (2015 - Feature Film)
  • Spotlight (2015 - Feature Film)
  • Point Break (2015 - Feature Film)
  • Da Vinci's Demons: Season 3 (2015 - TV Series)
  • The 33 (2015 - Feature Film)
  • Dominion: Season 1, 2 (2014:2015 - TV Series)
  • Marco Polo: Season 1 (2014 - TV Series)
  • Reign: Season 1,2 (2014:2015 - TV Series)
  • Beauty and The Beast: Season 2, 3 (2014:2015 - TV Series)
  • The Leftovers: Season 1 (2014 - TV Series)
  • Pompeii (2014 - Feature Film)
  • All is Lost (2014 - Feature Film)
  • John Wich (2014 - Feature Film)
  • 22 Jump Street (2014 - Feature Film)
  • Dolphin Tale 2 (2014 - Feature Film)
  • The Interview (2014 - Feature Film)
  • Houdini (2014 - TV Mini Series)
  • The Signal (2014 - Feature Film)
  • Against the Sun (2014 - Feature Film)
  • After Earth (2013 - Feature Film)
  • Game of Thrones: Season 3 (2013 - TV Series)
  • Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2 (2013 - Feature Film)
  • The Borgias: Season 2, 3 (2012:2013 - TV Series)
  • Nikita: Season 2, 3, 4 (2012:2014 - TV Series)
  • Joseph and Amie: (2013 - Independent Film)
  • Resident Evil: Retribution (2012 - Feature Film)
  • Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter (2012 - Feature Film)
  • Underworld: Awakening (2012 - Feature Film)
  • Titanic (2012 - TV Series)

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• CG Supervisor - Technical Director - Founder

  SYNQ STUDIOS

  October 2006 - September 2011

  • Supervised projects from design phase and artistic development to film production and on-set supervision to animation, rendering and compositing.
  • Managed 3d animated characters and environment assets including body rigs and facial setups, dynamic simulations and shading workflows for tv commercials, game studios and feature films.
  • Developed maya scripts and custom shading/animation/effects tools and plug-ins for animation and visual effects pipelines.
  
  Projects Involved in with SYNQ:
  • Unilever: Product TVC Campaign (2015 - 3D Animation)
  • Kuwait Banknote Redesign Campaign (2014 - 3D Animation)
  • Dubai Tower: Graphics & Visuals (2009 - 3D Animation)
  • GFF Intro Sequence (Gulf Film Festival) (2009:2011 - Production/Animation)
  • Kuwait Abyat Campaign (2009:2011 - Production/Animation)
  • Dell, DirectTV, Downey, AT&T, Kit-Kat, SunnyD, Tide (2006:2011 - TVC)
  • Battle Los Angeles (2011 - Feature Film)
  • Heaven's Water (2011 - Short Film)
  • Piranha 3D (2010 - Feature Film)
  • Mexico: Bicentennial Museum (2010 - 3D Animation)
  • The Librarian (2008 - Feature Film)
  • Alienware: Breed, Advertising Campaign (2007 - 3D Animation)
  • FinalRig/Kinematics, Automated Rigging Tool (2002:present - Maya API Development)

• Computer Animation Instructor

  The Art Institutes - Miami International University of Art a

  October 2005 - June 2011

  Miami, Florida

  • Lectured on Compositing for Feature Films using Nuke, Fusion and AE.
  • Lectured on Advanced Rendering Techniques in MentalRay and VRay.
  • Lectured on MEL scripting & API Programming for Maya.
  • Supervised Graduate Thesis and Education Technical Aspects.
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  Character Technical Director

  CafeFX

  April 2007 - August 2007

  • Developed custom creature rigs and animation pipeline tools for feature film; The Mist .

  
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  Maya API Developer

  Pixologic

  January 2007 - August 2007

  Los Angeles, California

  • Developed GoZ tool for ZBrush used to import and export models and textures between ZBrush and Maya, Max and XSI.

• Character Technical Director

  KAOS Studios/THQ

  April 2006 - October 2006

  Manhattan, New York

  • Developed and Created game character and prop rigs for Frontlines game title (Fuel of War).
  • Developed UnrealIO; custom animation and skeleton exporting tools between Unreal and Maya.
  • Developed AnimIO; custom animation workflow file translator to store animations and batch export to Unreal engine.

• Maya API Developer

  Reallusion

  January 2006 - August 2006

  San Jose, California

  • Developed custom import/export plug-ins used to transfer models, textures, skeletons, animations and skinning deformations between iClone and Maya.
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  Creature Rigging Technical Director

  Luma Pictures

  April 2005 - October 2005

  Santa Monica, California

  • Developed creature and digi-double body and facial rigs Underworld: Evolution feature Film.
  • Designed and created modeling pipeline, scripts and tools for ZBrush and Maya.
  • Developed custom muscle systems, skin deformers plug-ins and transformation tools and supporting scripts.

  
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  Character Technical Director

  Nickelodeon Animation Studio

  June 2005 - August 2005

  Hollywood, California

  • Developed custom character rigging tools and automated animation pipeline for Tak and the Power of Jojo 3D animated TV series.
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  Creature Rigging Technical Director

  Hydraulx

  May 2005 - June 2005

  Santa Monica, California

  • Developed snake rigs and dynamic setups for the feature film; Venum.
  • Designed and created animation tools and GUI controls for rigs.

• Computer Animation Instructor

  NYU Center for Advanced Digital Applications (CADA)

  January 2005 - April 2005

  Manhattan, New York

  • Taught introductory and advanced courses in Shading Networks, Lighting Techniques and Texturing Styles using Maya and Mental Ray.
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  Character Rigging Technical Director

  Blue Sky Studios

  March 2004 - April 2005

  White Plains, New York

  • Worked on character rigs for studio projects and provided support for the animation department.
  • Developed and created advanced character setup scripts and plug-ins for the studio feature animated films; Robots and Ice Age 2.

  
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  Character Technical Director

  Curious Pictures

  December 2004 - March 2005

  Manhattan, New York

  • Developed custom plug-ins to connect motion capture data between Vicon: IQ and Maya for Mattel: Barbie Diaries.
  • Created custom character rigs, facial setups and animation GUI scripts to support animators workflow parallel to motion capture production pipeline.

• Computer Animation Instructor

  The Art Institutes - Miami International University of Art a

  July 2002 - March 2004

  Miami, Florida

  • Taught in Computer Animation and Visual Effects Departments.
  • Lectured on Graphics Programming (MEL Scripting), Special Effects, Cloth Simulation and Technical Direction for bachelors and graduate level students.

• Character Rigging and API Developer

  Digital Anvil: Microsoft

  December 2002 - March 2003

  Houston, Texas

  • Developed automated game character rigs for Brute Force II using FinalRig script.

• Computer Animation Instructor

  Miami Dade Community College

  January 2002 - June 2002

  Miami, Florida

  • Taught introductory and advanced courses on Maya and Adobe products.

• Computer Animation Instructor

  International Fine Arts College

  May 2001 - June 2002

  Miami, Florida

  • Planned and prepared class structure and tutorials in the Computer Animation Department.
  • Lectured on Graphics Programming (MEL Scripting), Special Effects, Digital Compositing,
  Storyboarding and Animation Production/Project Management.