Ara Khanikian

Supervisor VFX Artist / 26 yrs

Montréal, Canada

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Visual Effects Additional Supervisor

Damsel (2024)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Shang-Chi (2021)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Jungle Cruise (2021)

Additional Visual Effects Supervisor

Chaos Walking (2021)

Visual Effects Consultant (Segment "Feaw")

Toys Storage. The Animation Obsession (2021)

Visual Effects Advisor

Toys Storage. The Animation Hysteria (2021)

Visual Effects Supervisor

We Can Be Heroes (2020)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Jingle Jangle (2020)

Additional Visual Effects Supervisor

Tales from the Loop (2020)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Boys (2019)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Aeronauts (2019)

Visual Effects Supervisor

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)

Lead Compositor

Bolden! (2019)

Compositing Supervisor

Overlord (2018)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Downsizing (2017)

Visual Effects Supervisor

It (2017)

Compositing Supervisor

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Kong: Skull Island (2017)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Star Trek Beyond (2016)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Central Intelligence (2016)

Flame Artist / Inferno Artist

Stay (2016)

Digital Compositor

On/Off (2015)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Last Witch Hunter (2015)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Tomorrowland (2015)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Better Call Saul (2015)

Unbroken (2014)

Compositor

22 Jump Street (2014)

Birdman (2014)

Visual Effects

Mr. Nobody (2013)

Compositing Supervisor

Jerusalem (2013)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Now You See Me (2013)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

Digital Compositor

Amelia (2013)

Digital Compositor

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

Compositing Supervisor

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

Digital Effects Artist

Red Tails (2012)

Lead Compositor

Monsieur Lazhar (2012)

Compositing Supervisor

Underworld: Awakening (2012)

Compositing Supervisor

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

Lead Digital Compositor

Le bonheur des autres (2011)

Visual Effects Supervisor / Visual Effects

Game of Thrones (2011)

Compositor

Source Code (2011)

Digital Compositor

Incendies (2011)

Compositor

Immortals (2011)

Compositor

10 1/2 (2010)

Digital Compositor

The Last Airbender (2010)

Compositor

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)

Digital Compositor

Jonah Hex (2010)

Digital Compositor

Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)

Digital Compositor

Whiteout (2009)

Digital Compositor

The Final Destination (2009)

Digital Compositor

Terminator Salvation (2009)

Digital Compositor

Dragonball: Evolution (2009)

Digital Compositor

The Three Musketeers (2009)

Digital Compositor

Le grand départ (2008)

Digital Compositor

The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)

Digital Compositor

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

Compositing Artist / Digital Compositor

Audition (2008)

Flame Artist

Mirror Mirror (2008)

Digital Compositor

Surviving My Mother (2007)

Digital Compositor

L'âge des ténèbres (2007)

Inferno Artist

Congorama (2007)

Digital Effects

300 (2007)

Inferno Artist

The Fountain (2006)

Digital Compositor

The Covenant (2006)

Inferno Artist

Friends With Money (2006)

Lead Compositor

Time Bomb (2006)

Inferno Artist

Brokeback Mountain (2006)

Inferno Artist

Little Manhattan (2006)

Compositor

Thumbsucker (2005)

Inferno / Flame Artist

The Aviator (2004)

Inferno Artist

Camping sauvage (2004)

Inferno Flame Artist

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Digital Compositor (Unknown Episodes)

Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension (2002)

Work History

VFX Supervisor - Head of 2D

Rodeo FX

August 2012 - Present
Board Member - Montreal Section

Visual Effects Society

February 2012 - February 2015

Montreal, Canada Area

Board member on the Montreal section of the VES
Digital compositor

Rodeo FX

August 2008 - August 2012
Digital Compositor

Hybride

September 2006 - August 2008
Digital Compositor

Buzz

February 2002 - September 2006
Digital Compositor

CinéGroupe

September 2001 - February 2002
Renders, Textures artist

4-ELEMENTS STUDIOS

June 2001 - September 2001
Courseware and E-Learning Assistant

Discreet

October 2000 - February 2001

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Education

ICARI

1999 - 2000
McGill University

1999 - 2000
Dawson College

1996 - 1999
Pierre-Laporte

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