Annie Caps-Wightman

Work History

• Animator and Compositor

  Bukhara Film and Digital Media

  August 2019 - Present
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  Adjunct Professor

  Indian River State College

  August 2013 - Present

  Fort Pierce, Florida Area

  • Into to Motion Graphics
  • Photoshop I and II
  • Intro to Digital Media
  • Illustrator Fundamentals
  • Visual Story Development
  • Visualization Basics
  • Developed course content and projects for students learning image processing in Photoshop, Illustrator, Nuke, and Dreamweaver.

• Digital Compositor

  Tippett Studio,

  December 2022 - August 2023
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  Compositor

  FuseFX

  July 2021 - November 2022
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  Compositor

  FuseFX

  July 2021 - September 2021
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  Digital Compositor

  Cantina Creative

  April 2021 - June 2021

  Red Notice
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  Compositor

  The Molecule VFX

  February 2020 - March 2020

  • "The Sinner" - Episode 306 (2020)
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  Compositor

  Zero VFX

  December 2019 - December 2019

  Boston, Massachusetts

  • "The Sleep Over" (2020)
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  Digital Compositor

  Framestore

  May 2019 - August 2019

  Montreal, Canada Area

  • "The Aeronauts" (2019)
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  Compositor

  Framestore

  May 2018 - August 2018

  Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • "Mary Poppins Returns" (2018)
  • "Welcome to Marwen" (2018)
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  Compositor

  FuseFX

  July 2017 - August 2017

  Greater New York City Area

  • “Mr. Robot” season 3 (2017)
  • “The Tick” season 1 (2017)
  • “Luke Cage” season 2 (2018)
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  VFX Production Manager | Digital Effects & Compositing

  Numb Robot Studios

  April 2017 - June 2017

  The S.P.A.A.C.E. Program: Season 1
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  Senior Compositor

  MPC

  December 2016 - January 2017

  Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • “Wonder Woman" (2017)
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  Senior Compositor

  MPC

  July 2016 - August 2016

  Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” (2016)

  
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  Compositor

  FuseFX

  June 2016 - July 2016

  New York, New York

  • “American Made” (2017)
  • “The Getdown” (2016)
  • “Mr. Robot” (2016)

• Lead Compositor

  Native Effects

  August 2014 - December 2015

  • “Approaching the Unknown” (2016)
  • “Hail, Caesar!” (2016)
  • “Mozart in the Jungle” (season 2, 2016)
  • “Amityville: The Reawakening” (2016)
  • “Unfriended” (international, 2015)
  • “Beasts of No Nation” (2015)
  • “Ad Inexplorata” (2015)
  • “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2” (2015)
  • “Get Hard” (2015)
  • “Unfinished Business” (2015)
  • “The Interview” (2014)
  • “The Equalizer” (2014)
  • Mentored a small group of students on paint, roto, and comp tasks using Nuke, Mocha, and Photoshop.
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  Senior Compositor

  MPC

  June 2015 - July 2015

  • “The Martian” (2015)
  • “Fantastic Four” (2015)
  • “Monster Calls” (2015)
  • Key shot artist on Fantastic Four
  • Lead 30+ artist on the delivery of the DI mattes for Fantastic Four
  
  

  
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  Compositor

  MPC

  June 2014 - August 2014

  • “Cinderella” (2015)

  
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  Visiting Professor

  Florida State University

  January 2014 - May 2014

  West Palm Beach, FL

  FIL4434: Advanced Filmmaking
  • Developed course curriculum and lectures.
  • Supervised lighting and rendering on 17 student short films, both live action and computer animated.
  • Mentored 23 students in advanced lighting and rendering concepts using Mental Ray, Maya, and Nuke.
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  Compositor

  Zero VFX

  January 2014 - February 2014

  • “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2” (2015)
  • “Get Hard” (2015)
  • “Unfinished Business” (2015)
  • “The Interview” (2014)

  

  
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  Lighter/Compositor

  Reel FX

  January 2013 - August 2013

  • Lighter/Compositor on Free Birds.
  • Finaled over 60 shots using PRman, Maya and Nuke.
  • Provided daily WIPs for Lighting and VFX Supervisor review.
  • Maintained correspondence with production management and supervisors in regards to shot turn around.

  
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  Compositor

  Digital Domain

  January 2012 - September 2012

  Projects:
  • Rock of Ages (2012) – Performed set replacement and matte painting integration.
  • Amazin’ (2011) – nominated for a VES award in Outstanding Visual effects in a Special Venues Project. General tasks included green screen extraction, matte painting integration, dust busting, roto and paint.
  • Thor (2011) – Performed green screen extractions, integration of CG and FX, and maintained continuity with hero shot.
  Additional Tasks:
  • Assisted TDs in testing the pipeline and making sure tools functioned properly.
  • Created breakdowns for the studio reel for ROA, Heads Up Display (HUD), Thor, and Amazin.
  • Performed compositing demos during facility tours.

  
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  Training Specialist

  Digital Domain

  November 2010 - January 2012

  VFX Coordinator:
  • Coordinated several Special Venues projects including Ball Unleashed (BALL) and HUD.
  • Assisted production staff in running efficient dailies sessions for Rock of Ages, BALL, and HUD.
  • Recorded artists notes and tracked status of shots in Shotgun
  
  Stereo Coordinator:
  • Assisted the sterographer and stereo cg supervisor in running dailies on Transformers 3, Smurfs, and the in house stereo demo reel.
  • Created dailies playlist using Shotgun and Framecyler and prepped the screening room for dailies.
  • Recorded artists’ notes and tracked their progress in shotgun.
  
  Training Coordinator:
  • Alleviated artist’s issues with Storyboard Pro by mediating with the Technology Manager and Storyboard Pro creator to better integrate the software for story pitches.
  • Led 40 artists in evaluation training during a mass ramp up for the Florida studio.
  • Created student curriculum for the Digital Domain Institute.

  

  

• Graphic Artist

  WFTV

  May 2010 - November 2010

  • Created on air graphics (lower thirds, snipes, branding, commercials, etc) promoting local businesses on ABC, FOX, and NBC using After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Final Cut Pro
  • Created promotional web ads using Flash and Photoshop promoting various businesses.

• Game Artist

  Plainvue Software Inc.

  December 2008 - February 2010

  •Used Illustrator and Photoshop to create character avatars, branding Plainvue games.
  •Created unique characters, title screens, environments and interface designs for several mobile games.
  •Geo Maze (Lead), Factor Defense, Fortune’s Prime (Lead), Fraction’s Kitchen, Chain Shooter.
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  Training Coordinator

  Digital Domain

  October 2009 - January 2010

  •Developed compositing training program for the new Vancouver Studio minimizing studio launch time.
  •Restructured training program in Venice to include role specific training allowing artist cross training.
  •Created online documentation of training manuals for the internal website streamlining new hire assimilation.
  •Trained new hires in the Digital Domain pipeline minimizing start up time for new artists.
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  Full Sail University

  July 2009 - October 2009

  •Facilitated students with understanding the fundamentals of 3d using Maya.
  •Discussed storyboarding, character modeling, prop modeling, texturing, character rigging, animation, Image Based Lighting, rendering with mental ray, and editing.
  •Maya, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro.
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  Animation Instructor

  University of Central Florida

  September 2007 - May 2009

  •Developed industry relevant course curriculum and lectures for all classes.
  •Managed 45+ students in animation courses creating individual and group projects.
  •Explored modeling fundamentals, texture mapping, lighting, principles of animation, cinematography, and advanced rendering in Mental Ray using Maya and 3ds Max.
  •Covered story and character development using the Master Character and Plot archetypes.
  •Maya, 3ds Max, After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop.

• Guard-Lee Inc.

  2007 - 2009

  Assisted production of lifesize replicas of aerospace technology. Job duties included asset inventory, building templates, bodywork, paint lay up, fiber glass lay up and mold making.

• Animation Intern

  MG Studios

  August 2005 - January 2006

  I worked on the third season of the Gina D's Kid Club Show providing general assistance to lead artists in modeling, texturing, animating, rendering, and compositing.