Steven Blakey

Work History

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  VFX Artist, Cinematics

  Blizzard Entertainment

  February 2024 - May 2024
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  VFX Gun for Hire

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  August 2023 - January 2024

  Remote
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  VFX Artist

  Digital Domain

  January 2022 - July 2022

  Playa Vista, CA
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  Creative / Brief Writer

  Consumer Acquisition

  July 2020 - January 2021
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  Visual Effects Artist

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  April 2020 - June 2020

  Los Angeles, California, United States
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  Visual Effects Artist

  Digital Domain

  October 2019 - March 2020

  Playa Vista, CA
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  Supervising Visual Effects Artist

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  September 2019 - October 2019

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Worked on large scale water effects for a theme park attraction.
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  Senior Visual Effects Artist

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  March 2018 - November 2018

  Culver City, California

  Worked on "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" and "Hotel Transylvania 3."
  
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  Senior Visual Effects Artist

  Digital Domain

  April 2017 - February 2018

  Playa Vista, CA

  Senior Effects Artists, developed embers digital asset/OTL, and created pyro, web, ocean, and wake trail effects for "Spider-man: Homecoming." Created stormy ocean effects in Houdini by updating and using existing digital assets/OTLs for the "Outlander" episodic tv show, and currently working on effects for another episodic show.
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  Senior Visual Effects Artist

  Tau Films

  November 2016 - March 2017

  Los Angeles, CA

  Senior Artist for "Robot 2" (in-house project name)
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  Senior Visual Effects Artist

  MPC

  September 2016 - November 2016

  Culver City, CA

  Created Fluid sims for bed of Dr. Pepper around a jetski.
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  Senior Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  April 2016 - August 2016

  Culver City, CA

  Visual Effects for "Ghostbusters" and "Storks"
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  Senior Visual Effects Artist

  FuseFX

  June 2015 - March 2016

  Glendale, CA

  Variety of effects for episodic television, including "Marvel's Agents of Shield," "Scorpion," "Preacher," and "American Horror Story."
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  Senior Visual Effects Artist

  The Mill

  December 2014 - April 2015

  Culver City, CA

  Large scale destruction and pyro effects for 360 degree VR project "Help," and fluids for Jack Daniels commercial.
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  Effects Lead

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  September 2013 - October 2014

  Glendale, CA

  
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  Senior Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  December 2012 - August 2013

  Culver City, CA

  Worked on "Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs 2".
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  Fx Artist

  DreamWorks Animation

  July 2009 - December 2012

  

  

  
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  Senior Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  June 2005 - June 2009

  Culver City, CA

  Lead Effects Animator for "Surf's Up," developing foam ball effect for inside curling waves and working on whitewater splash effects development and shot work for large crashing waves.
  Senior Effects Animator for "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," "I am Legend," "Hancock," and "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe."

  
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  Technical Director

  Digital Domain

  November 2002 - May 2005

  

  

  
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  Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  September 2000 - September 2002

  Culver City, CA

  Effects Animator, ocean effects, for "Cast Away." Effects Animator and Lighting Artist/Compositor for "Harry Potter and the Sorcerers' Stone," and "Stuart Little 2," and "Chubb Chubbs."

  

  

  
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  Hookah Wrangler / Visual Effects Artist

  Dream Quest Images

  September 1999 - February 2000

  Hookah Wrangler/Visual Effects Artist on "Mission to Mars."

• Visual Effects Artist

  Shadowcaster

  2000 - 2000

  Santa Barbara, California

  Worked on "Ghosts of Mars"
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  CG Gun For Hire

  R/GA

  January 1999 - March 1999

  New York, NY

  Senior Effects and Animation Artist on Kool-Aid commercials.
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  CG Gun for Hire

  Click 3X

  1999 - 1999

  Santa Monica, CA

  Car commercial?
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  CG Gun for Hire

  Giant Killer Robots

  November 1998 - December 1998

  San Francisco, CA

  Pringles Commercials.

• Supervising Digital Effects Animator (Pre-production)

  Walt Disney Feature Animation

  June 1997 - November 1998

  Worked on "Atlantis"
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  CG Gun for Hire

  Curious Pictures

  1997 - 1997

  New York, NY

  Computer graphics generalist on "Snackables" commercials.

• CG Gun for hire

  R/Greenberg Associates

  1995 - 1997
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  CG Gun for Hire

  R/GA

  1995 - 1997

  New York, NY

• CG Gun for Hire

  Manhattan Transfer

  1996 - 1996

  New York, NY

  "Ocean Spray" commercial?
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  CG Gun for Hire

  Click 3X

  1996 - 1996

  New York, NY

  CG generalist.

• CG Gun for hire

  Editel New York

  1995 - 1996

  New York, NY

• CG Gun for hire

  Image Design

  1995 - 1995

  New York, NY

• CG Gun for Hire

  AFCG, Inc

  1993 - 1995

• Computer Graphics Artist

  Post Perfect

  1993 - 1993

  New York, NY

  Computer graphics generalist on several commercial and broadcast projects.
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  Computer Graphics Artist/ Technical Director

  Metrolight Studios

  1991 - 1993

  Los Angeles, CA

  Various Computer Graphics Generalist responsibilities on commercial, broadcast, and ride film projects. Notable projects that I can recall were the opening graphics for the Barcelona Olympics, a "Gaviscon" commercial, and the "Starquest" adventure ride.
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  Night Watchman

  TOPIX

  June 1991 - September 1991

  Hollywood, CA

  Kept the CG rollin' on the the SGI when Denis wasn't using it.

• Computer Graphics Arist

  Post Perfect

  June 1989 - June 1991

  New York, NY

  Various broadcast and film projects, including CBS's "War in the Gulf" news graphics, the "Wrestlemania VII" logo, and the "Fine Line Films" logo. All done in Wavefront.
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  Media

  National Center for Supercomputing Applications

  January 1987 - June 1989

  2 D titles and graphics, digital editing, photography.....