Alyssa Zarate

Work History

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  Art Director

  beloFX

  August 2022 - Present

  

• Production Designer

  Contractor and Freelance

  June 2017 - Present

  Netflix Original Contents
  Amazon Prime
  HBO
  Starz Entertainment
  National Geographic
  
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  Environment & Matte Painting Supervisor

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  September 2020 - July 2022

  Vancouver, BC

  
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  Lead Matte Painter

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  August 2017 - July 2022

  Vancouver, Canada

  Working on Live Action and Animation Features
  
  The Mitchells vs The Machines
  Spider-Man: Far From Home
  Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
  Love, Death & Robots: Lucky 13
  Spider-Man: Homecoming

  
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  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2015 - July 2022

  
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  Senior Matte Painter

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2015 - May 2017

  Vancouver, Canada

  Working on Live Action and Animation Features
  
  Smurfs: The Lost Village
  Ghostbusters
  Alice Through The Looking Glass
  
  Matte Painting / Concept design using Photoshop, Houdini, Maya, Nuke, Katana and Cinema 4D

  
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  Matte Painter

  Digital Post

  March 2017 - April 2017
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  Matte Painter

  Saatchi & Saatchi

  January 2017 - February 2017
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  Senior Matte Painter

  Image Engine

  October 2014 - February 2015

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Matte Painting for:
  Point Break
  Jurassic World
  Game of Thrones (Season 5)

  
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  Senior Matte Painter

  Zoic Studios

  May 2014 - October 2014

  Vancouver, Canada

  Matte Painting and Concept for:
  The 100
  Once Upon A Time
  Off The Island
  Night At The Museum: Secret of the Tomb

  
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  Matte Painter

  MPC

  May 2013 - March 2014

  Vancouver, Canada

  Matte Painting & Environment for:
  300: Rise of an Empire
  Maleficent
  The Amazing Spider-Man 2
  Jersey Boys

  

  

  

  
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  Matte Painter / Concept Artist

  Independent Contractor

  November 2005 - December 2013

  New Zealand / Australia

  
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  Matte Painter

  Rising Sun Pictures

  January 2013 - May 2013

  Adelaide, Australia

  
  I, Frankenstein [2014]
  Hopscotch Features / Lakeshore Entertainment
  dir. Stuart Beattie
  
  The Wolverine [2013]
  Marvel Enterprises / 20th Century Fox
  dir. James Mangold
  
  The Great Gatsby [2013]
  Warner Bros Pictures
  dir. Baz Luhrmann
  
  The Incredible Burt Wonderstone [2013]
  New Line Cinema
  dir. Don Scardino
  

  

  

  

  
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  Matte Painter / Environment Artist

  National Geographic

  September 2012 - December 2012

  Outsourced artist on National Geographic Channel's DVD series.

• Digital Matte Painter

  Pacific Renaissance Spartacus / Starz Entertainment LLC

  October 2011 - December 2012

  Auckland, New Zealand

  
  Spartacus: War of the Damned [2013]
  Spartacus: Vengeance [2012]
  

  

• Environment Matte Painter

  Block 2 Pictures

  March 2012 - November 2012

  Hong Kong, China

  
  The Grandmasters - release date December 2012
  Distribution company: The Weinstein Company
  
  Tasks as an outsourced artist:
  Background matte painting for compositing.
  Texture Painting.
  Digital Environment.
  Set Extension.
  

• Matte Painter / Environment Artist

  Menthor Skillz

  January 2012 - April 2012

  D-Dopa: Le Film (French Short Film)
  Look Development
  Environment & Matte Painting
  Set Extension

• Matte Painter

  Global Star Productions

  December 2011 - April 2012

  Hong Kong, China

  
  The Monkey King [Da Nao Tian Gong] - release date July 2012
  
  Worked as an outsourced artist.
  Creating background environment/matte paintings and set extension for compositors.
  

• Matte Painter | Nuke Compositor

  Albedo VFX

  January 2011 - July 2011

  auckland, new zealand

  
  Commercial Music Videos
  Starboy.tv Mini Series
  The Almighty Johnsons (Season 2)
  What Really Happened: Votes for Women (Short feature)
  
  Look Development, Matte Painting, Compositing, Rotoscoping.
  

• Artist

  Fujipacific Music Inc.

  2009 - 2011

• Artist

  EMI Music International

  2006 - 2011

• Special Effects Make Up Artist

  CreatioNZ

  2005 - 2011

• Red Dragon Pictures

  February 2008 - June 2009