brandon young

brandon young

Senior FX/CG Supervisor / 18 yrs

Las Vegas

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Work History
  • Owner/Freelance VFX artist

    BYVFX

    August 2009 - Present
    Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
  • CG Supervisor

    Assembly

    June 2023 - March 2024

    • Mentored junior artists, resulting in a more cohesive and skilled team contributing to project success.
    • Optimized scene setups for better performance, enabling faster creative process iteration.
    • Evaluated new software and technologies, recommending pipeline improvements that saved time and resources

  • CG Supervisor

    Alkemy X

    July 2021 - April 2023
  • FX Supervisor

    Ghost VFX

    October 2019 - July 2021
  • CG supervisor

    Dreamwok

    February 2019 - September 2019
    Glendale, CA
  • CG Supervisor / FX Dept Head

    FuseFX

    June 2017 - February 2019
    Sherman Oaks, California
  • Lead VFX / Lead Compositor

    Awesome Incorporated

    April 2016 - June 2017
    Greater Atlanta Area

    leading a small team of compositors for episodic television and commercials.

  • CG supervisor

    Crafty Apes

    November 2014 - April 2016
  • VFX Artist

    incendii VFX

    July 2014 - September 2014
    Greater New Orleans Area
  • Lead FX artist

    Blur Studio

    2008 - June 2014
  • Instructor

    Gnomon School of Visual Effects

    April 2013 - May 2014

    Taught Realflow course.

  • FX Technical Director

    Industry Visual Effects

    March 2012 - April 2012

    creating various FX setups and consultation work

  • FX TD

    Encore VFX

    January 2012 - February 2012

    freelance FX Artist, Naiad TD on the River

  • FX Artist

    Pixomondo

    October 2011 - January 2012
  • FX Technical Director

    ScanlineVFX

    July 2011 - October 2011
    Greater Los Angeles Area
  • CG Supervisor

    Spatial Harmonics Group

    February 2011 - July 2011
  • FX- TD

    Luma Pictures

    June 2010 - April 2011

    created FX for movies Thor, Fright Night and Xmen first class

  • FX TD / environment lead

    ScanlineVFX

    April 2009 - July 2009

    head up the environment team at Scanline. Creating photo real matte paintings and CG environments

  • FX Artist | TD

    Frantic Films

    October 2008 - April 2009

    Worked on GI Joe Rise of Cobra, Dragon Ball Z, and couple smaller projects.

  • VFX artist

    Gas Powered Games

    June 2007 - January 2008
  • FX artist

    Surreal Software

    April 2006 - June 2007
  • Ghost VFX

    ? - Present
  • FX TD

    Luma Pictures

    ? - Present
    Venice, CA
  • FX TD

    Industry VFX

    ? - Present
    Sherman Oaks, CA
  • FX TD

    incendii VFX

    ? - Present
  • FX TD

    Encore VFX

    ? - Present
  • Lead VFX

    Awesome Inc

    ? - Present
    Atlanta, GA
  • FX Supervisor

    FuseFX

    ? - Present
    Sherman Oaks, CA
  • Lead FX TD

    Blur Studio

    ? - Present
    Culver City, CA
Education
  • Bachelor's degree in Animation Art and Design

    The Art Institutes

    2004 - 2007