Andrew Smith

Work History

• VFX / CGI Production Manager - Post Production Supervisor

  Freelance

  July 2014 - Present

  leading teams to create digital imagery from camera or code.

• Freelance

  July 2014 - Present

  leading teams to create digital imagery from camera or code.
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  ScanlineVFX

  May 2013 - June 2014

  Games of Thrones - Season 4
  
  Godzilla
  
  Captain America: The Winter Soldier

  

  

• Vacation

  Travel

  March 2013 - May 2013

  •Returned briefly to Australia
  •Attended the NAB Show (National Association of Broadcasters) in Las Vegas.
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  VFX Editor

  Digital Domain

  November 2011 - February 2013

  Feature Films:
  Enders Game > VFX Editor (Animation Dept)
  The Watch > VFX Editor

  

  

  
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  Image Engine

  August 2010 - December 2011

  Feature Films:
  Hayabusa (Japanese) > Production Manager
  Battleship > VFX Editor / Coordinator
  Twilight: Breaking Dawn Pt 1 > VFX Editor
  The Lift > VFX Production Coordinator
  The Thing > Editorial (Prod) Coordinator
  Apollo 18 > VFX Editor
  The Apparition > VFX Editor
  
  Commercials:
  EA Games > SSX
  Toyota > Scion Symphony
  Wireless Wave > Eyes of the Phone

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Backpacker

  Travel

  January 2010 - July 2010

  Traveled around North America (Alaska) and Central America (Nicaragua).

• Online Editor

  AnthemFX

  March 2009 - December 2009

  "Sanctuary" (online editor) (titles) (13 episodes, 2009)
  "Alice" (digital effects editor) (2 episodes, 2009)
  "Tucker & Dale vs Evil" (visual effects editor) (Feature Film, 2009)
  # Online Editing with Client sessions
  # Red camera data processing & HDCAM SR capture, online conform, quality control
  # Maintaining the project databases with latest information from the edit
  # Initiative towards creating a smoother workflow from editorial to CG production.

• Backpacker

  Travel

  December 2008 - February 2009

  Relocated from Australia to Canada and spent the winter season snowboarding interior British Columbia

• Postmodern Sydney

  August 2005 - December 2008

  (Postmodern Sydney was acquired by Deluxe and became Method Studios in 2010.)
  
  Feature Films:
  Australia
  Daybreakers
  Death Defying Acts
  
  Short Films:
  Checkpoint
  Diet Coke - Enjoy
  
  Television:
  Gladiators Australia, (Opener & Idents)
  Beijing Summer Olympics (Australian Opener & Idents)
  
  Commercials:
  Working on a variety of VFX based commercials for international clients including:
  Coca Cola, Snickers, Kellogg's, Macdonald's, Nestea, Heineken, BMW, Citreon, Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Toyota, eBay, Olay, Telstra BigPond, Aussie Home Loans, Coles Supermarkets, National Rugby League, etc.
  
  
  # Supported the high-end VFX suites of Inferno, Flame, Nucoda
  # Managed the offline suites of Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro and After Effects
  # Various tasks of VFX editing, compositing, rotoscoping, dailies prep, coordinating jobs from start to finish, assisting producers, data wrangling / management, VFX workflow, transcoding / encoding, tape operations (VTR’s).
  # Supervised / Mentored junior online assistants.