Brian Tolle

Brian Tolle

Real Time Filmmaker

Lead Real Time VFX Artist / 20 yrs

Chicago, IL

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Layout Artist

Kingdom (2019)

Matchmove Artist

League of Gods (2016)

Matchmove Artist

A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

Match Mover

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)

VFX Data Wrangler

Lincoln (2012)

Matchmover

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012)

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

Layout Artist

Priest (2011)

Matchmove Artist

Insidious (2011)

Matchmove Supervisor

Thor (2011)

Matchmove / Layout

The Crossing (2010)

Matchmover

Legion (2010)

Match Move Artist

Avatar (2009)

Matchmove Artist

Red Cliff (2009)

Matchmove Supervisor

You Don't Mess With the Zohan (2008)

Matchmove Supervisor

Iron Man (2008)

Matchmove Supervisor

Untraceable (2008)

Matchmove Artist

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2008)

Matchmove Artist

Planet Terror (2007)

Matchmove Artist

Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Matchmover

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

Matchmove Artist

Grindhouse (2007)

Matchmove Lead

The Host (2007)

Matchmove Artist

The Last Mimzy (2007)

Matchmove Supervisor

Night at the Museum (2006)

Matchmove Artist

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Matchmove Artist

Superman Returns (2006)

Matchmove Artist

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005)

Captain America: The First Avenger

Since 2005 I have been working in film VFX. Starting with camera and character matching, evolving to encompass previz and scene layout for post VFX.

In 2015 I began exploring Unreal Engine to see how real-time could be used in traditional film VFX pipelines. As the technology has matured I have been focusing on real-time compositing and environments for virtual film production in LED volumes.
Work History

  • Learning Producer

    Epic Games

    July 2018 - February 2020
    San Francisco, CA

  • Matchmove Artist

    Tippett Studio

    May 2017 - December 2017
    Berkeley, Ca

  • Layout, Matchmove Artist

    Tippett Studio

    December 2015 - June 2016
    Berkeley, California, US

  • Layout, Matchmove Artist

    Tippett Studio

    May 2015 - July 2015
    Berkeley, California, US

  • Virtual Production Supervisor

    bonum fabulis

    January 2022 - August 2023
    Chicago, Illinois, United States

  • CG Lab Tech

    Academy of Art

    September 2003 - March 2005

    Helped students with their assignments in VFX. Mainly, Shake, Matchmover Pro, AfterEffects. Some systems management.

  • Matchmove Supervisor

    The Orphanage

    March 2005 - February 2009

    Matchmove, Previz and Layout for feature film and commercial Visual Effects.
    On set data collection for camera, modeling and texture reference.

  • Matchmove / Layout Supervisor

    Polygon Entertainment

    March 2009 - June 2009

    Worked with team to match plate cameras and lay out environments.

  • Onset VFX Data Wrangler

    Creative Cartel

    August 2009 - November 2009

    On set and location data collection for visual effects. Used for camera, lighting and texture reference in post production.

  • Matchmove / Layout Artist

    Spy Post

    December 2009 - May 2010

    Sequence Layout, Lens Distortion Pipeline and camera solving for feature film and television.

  • Match Move Instructor

    Academy of Art University

    January 2007 - December 2010

    Instructed Graduate and Undergraduate classes in Match Moving.

  • Matchmove / Layout Artist

    Whiskytree

    October 2010 - June 2011

    Camera tracking, layout; shot finishing for feature film VFX.

  • Match move artist

    Evil Eye Pictures

    August 2011 - September 2011
    San Francisco Bay Area

    MM artist on Ghost Rider 2.

  • VFX Data Wrangler

    Framestore

    November 2011 - December 2011
    Richmond, Virginia Area

    On set VFX data collection for Lincoln.

  • Matchmove / Layout Artist

    Tippett Studio

    June 2012 - August 2012
    Berkeley, CA

    Matchmove and Layout for Breaking Dawn pt.2 and After Earth.

  • Matchmove artist

    Whiskytree

    August 2013 - January 2014
    San Rafel, CA

    Matchmove for Thor2, as wel as on-set data collection for a series of commercials.

  • Matchmove / Layout Artist

    Tippett Studio

    December 2013 - June 2016

  • Digital Artist

    Freelance Realtime VFX

    March 2020 - Present
    San Francisco

    Production of realtime and pre-recorded VFX .

  • Tippett Studio

    November 2013 - December 2013

  • Layout, Matchmove Artist

    Whiskytree

    September 2016 - April 2017
    San Rafael, CA

  • 3d layout artist

    The Orphanage

    May 2005 - February 2009
    San Francisco, CA

  • Freelance VFX Artist

    BrianTolleFilms

    June 2006 - December 2017
    San Francisco, CA

    Specializing in camera and scene layout, matchmove, and pre-visualization for film and television.

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Education

  • Film/Cinema/Video Studies

    Indiana University Bloomington

    1989 - 1994