Benjamin Reicher

Work History

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  Founder | Animation Director

  Valor Cat Studios

  July 2018 - Present

  Los Angeles, California, United States
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  Technical Director

  Non-Fungible Labs

  July 2022 - May 2023
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  Unreal Technical Artist

  Frame Machine

  March 2021 - June 2022

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  Hogwarts Legacy (2022) - PS5, Xbox Series X, PC
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  Unreal Technical Artist

  Zoic Studios

  February 2021 - March 2021

  Culver City, California, United States

  Superman & Lois
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  Technical Director - Unreal/Maya

  Halon Entertainment

  October 2020 - January 2021

  Fortnite Cinematics
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  Technical Director

  Shadows Interactive

  August 2020 - October 2020
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  Unreal Supervisor

  Shadows Interactive

  June 2020 - August 2020

  United States

• CG Supervisor

  Encyclopedia Pictura

  May 2020 - July 2020
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  Unreal Generalist

  The Third Floor

  April 2020 - May 2020
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  Previs Artist

  Proof Inc

  April 2020 - April 2020

  United States
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  Lead Unreal Artist

  Pixomondo

  May 2019 - March 2020

  Los Angeles, California

  Star Wars Mandalorian (Animator) • Unreal Previz Pipeline Dev (Lead Unreal Artist) • Star Trek Picard (Previs Artist)
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  Shot Creator

  The Third Floor

  October 2019 - November 2019

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Contracted through Pixomondo
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  Previz Shot Creator

  Psyop

  April 2019 - May 2019

  Venice, California
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  Previz Shot Creator

  Halon Entertainment

  January 2019 - March 2019

  Santa Monica, California

  Free Guy
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  Previz Shot Creator

  Proof Inc

  October 2018 - November 2018
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  Previz Shot Creator

  Psyop

  October 2018 - November 2018

  Venice, California

  (Through Proof, inc.)
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  CG Generalist

  Vanishing Angle

  October 2018 - October 2018

  Atwater, California
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  CG Generalist

  Moving Colour

  September 2018 - September 2018

  Greater Los Angeles Area
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  Previz Shot Creator

  MPC

  August 2017 - August 2018

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  •Venom (2018)
  •The Nutcracker (2018)
  •Goosebumps 2 (2018)
  •Detective Pikachu (2019)
  •Call of the Wild (2020)
  •Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)

• CG Supervisor

  Encyclopedia Pictura

  October 2016 - July 2017

  DIY (Cartoon Network)

• Lead Animator

  Bioflight VR

  September 2016 - October 2016

  Culver City
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  Previz Animator

  The Third Floor

  July 2016 - August 2016

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle (2017)

  

  

  
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  Technical Assistant

  CalArts

  January 2016 - May 2016

  CG Character Animation II, CG Character Rigging, and CG Foundation I
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  CG Generalist

  MTV

  June 2015 - August 2015

  Greater Los Angeles Area

• CG Animation

  Disney Research - Imagineering

  May 2014 - August 2014

  Greater Pittsburgh Area

  If I told you what I am doing they would silence me.
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  Character Rigging, Animation, and Lighting

  Maker Studios

  July 2013 - August 2013

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Project for Polaris' Geek Week Video: Multiplayer.
  I was responsible for all the Unreal Tournament sections of the video.
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  Freelance CG Generalist

  Peca Labs

  December 2012 - January 2013

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  CG Generalist animation of Masa Valve demonstration.
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  High School Work/Study

  Disney Research Pittsburgh

  2010 - September 2012

  Greater Pittsburgh Area

  *CG Generalist
  
  *Lighting, rendering, and video editing for 'Stable Spaces for Real-time Clothing' paper
  
  *Character voice work for Disney Research games
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  High School Work/Study

  Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute

  May 2008 - August 2012

  For all 4 years of high school, I spent a half day every wednesday at the CMU Robotics Institute. My mentor was Moshe Mahler, who is an expert in 3D modeling. Most notably, I did lighting and modeling for a short film called "AnimalZ", which was featured at SIGGRAPH in 2011.
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  Freelance CG Generalist

  ABB

  January 2012 - July 2012

  Greater Pittsburgh Area

  362kv and 72kv product renderings for brochures and animated product demos.
  
  Role: Modeling, Shading, Lighting, and Rendering
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  Graphics Intern

  Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute

  September 2010 - February 2011

  Modeling, lighting, and rendering for a realtime simulation research project. (Under direction of Dr. Adrien Treuille)