Brian Sales

Emmy Award winning compositing supervisor and senior compositor with 15+ years of broad experience on feature film, television and commercial projects. Primary tools Nuke, Mocha, Photoshop, 3D Equalizer, Syntheyes and After Effects.

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  Member

  Visual Effects Society

  May 2013 - Present

  12 yrs 6 mos
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  Compositing Supervisor

  Magnopus

  May 2024 - Present

  1 yr 7 mos

  Los Angeles, California
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  Compositing Supervisor

  Crafty Apes

  Oct 2019 - Nov 2023

  4 yrs 1 mo

  El Segundo, California

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Sr. Compositor

  Pixomondo

  Jul 2019 - Oct 2019

  3 mos

  Los Angeles, California

  The Mandalorian
  Star Trek: Picard

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  Senior Compositor

  Netflix

  Aug 2018 - Jun 2019

  10 mos

  Stranger Things Season 3

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  Compositor

  Zero VFX

  Jun 2018 - Jul 2018

  1 mo

  
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  compsitor

  FuseFX

  Apr 2018 - May 2018

  1 mo

  Los Angeles, California

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  digital compositor

  Eight VFX

  Mar 2018 - Apr 2018

  1 mo

  Santa Monica, California
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  Sr Compositor

  Big Block

  Feb 2018 - Mar 2018

  1 mo
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  Sr. Compositor

  Cantina Creative

  Oct 2017 - Feb 2018

  4 mos
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  digital compositor

  Entity FX

  Aug 2017 - Oct 2017

  2 mos
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  nuke compositor

  Psyop

  Jul 2017 - Aug 2017

  1 mo
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  nuke compositor

  Big Block

  Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

  1 mo
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  In-House VFX Artist

  20th Century Fox

  May 2017 - Jun 2017

  1 mo

  Los Angeles, California
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  Compositor

  Cantina Creative

  Oct 2016 - May 2017

  7 mos

  VFX work on "Fast 8: The Fate of the Furious" and "SpiderMan: Homecoming"
  

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  Compositor

  Zoic Studios

  Sep 2016 - Oct 2016

  1 mo
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  Compositor

  Digital Domain

  Aug 2016 - Sep 2016

  1 mo
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  Nuke Compositor

  Blur Studio

  Feb 2016 - Jun 2016

  4 mos

  Compositing on a high profile game commercial and a feature film.

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  Motion Graphics Compositor

  Kelvin Optical

  Nov 2015 - Dec 2015

  1 mo

  Comp of motion graphics elements into final shots for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"

  
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  Compositing Supervisor / Technical Director

  Crazy Horse Effects

  Jul 2008 - Nov 2015

  7 yrs 4 mos

  Comp Supervisor / Compositor and T.D. on several feature films and cable TV series. Working with a very experienced team of artists, producers and matte painters to primarily create "invisible effects" for projects.

  

  

  

  

  
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  AfterFX Compositor

  Entity FX

  Apr 2008 - Jul 2008

  3 mos

  Compositor on "The X-Files: I Want to Believe." Completed 35 shots on the release cut of the feature film and was asked to continue on to work on additional shots for the director's cut that will be released on DVD. I completed eight additional shots for the extended version. I worked closely with the 3D artists and the supervisor (Mat Beck) on a variety of shots mostly involving adjusting weather (adding snow, removing snow) and clean up work (painting out footprints, monitor replacement, etc.)

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  Freelance FX Compositor

  Allucinari

  Oct 2007 - Apr 2008

  6 mos

  Producing numerous effects for an ongoing martial-arts themed children's show. Effects include dramatic transforms into and out of costume, characters passing into and out of solid materials, and stylized energy glows.

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  After Effects Compositor

  Entity FX

  Mar 2008 - Mar 2008

  1 mo

  Compositing and Roto work on feature film "Superhero Movie."

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  VFX Compositor

  The Syndicate

  Oct 2007 - Nov 2007

  1 mo

  Intense two week job as a freelance compositor on a Martin Scorsese directed short. Composited shots and created stitched photographic backgrounds for a Hitchcock themed seven minute murder mystery.
  Composited a moving shot back from the stage through the audience of Carnegie Hall. This combined an orchestra shot on green screen, a 3D environment and may 3D cards for audience members. Also, replaced and matched backgrounds on two additional shots.

• Emerson College

  1987 - 1991