Carlos Raya

Work History

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  Compositor

  beloFX

  March 2025 - April 2025
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  Lead/Senior VFX Compositor

  Jellyfish Pictures

  January 2022 - February 2025

  London

  - The Last Frontier (Apple TV)
  - The Rig Season 2 (Amazon)
  - Killer Heat (Amazon)
  - Nautilus (Disney/AMC)
  - The Creator (Academy Awards Nomination for Best VFX)
  - The last voyage of the Demeter (Feature)
  - I hate Suzie (Season 2): Sky
  - The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson): Academy Award for Best Fiction short film
  - The Witcher: Blood Origin (Netflix)
  - Matilda (Netflix)
  - Gangs of London 2 (Sky)
  - Stranger Things 4: Episodes 4, 5 and 7 (Netflix)
  
  
  
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  Remote VFX Compositing Supervisor and Senior Compositor

  Dungeon Beach

  December 2017 - April 2023

  Brooklyn, New York, Estados Unidos · Remote

  VFX Compositor for a variety of projects including films and commercials
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  VFX Compositor / Digital Matte Painter

  Antipodas Film Lab

  July 2021 - January 2022

  Sevilla y alrededores · Remote

  Made several DMPs in Nuke and established the look of a bunch of key shots in Comp. Greenscreens, DMP, night skyline, 3D projections, camera track.
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  Remote VR Compositor (Fusion Studio)

  Light Sail VR

  November 2021 - December 2021

  Los Ángeles y alrededores

  Challenging ride, I had no previous Blackmagic Fusion experience. VFX Compositing for a series of 360 videos for Meta. Fusion, Greenscreens, latlong, 360 videos and elements integration.
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  Remote VFX Compositor

  VFX Legion

  August 2017 - July 2021

  Los Angeles y alrededores, Estados Unidos · Remote

  VFX Compositing for American TV Shows and the feature film "Asura". Remote work with my own studio in Sevilla:
  
  "How to get away with murder"
  "Scandal"
  "Gone"
  "Asura": Highest budget ever on a Chinese feature film.
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  Postproduction Lecturer

  Colegio Internacional de Sevilla San Francisco de Paula

  July 2019 - June 2021

  Sevilla

  - Contents, calendar and evaluate process for the upcoming academic year.
  - Subject covers an introductory step into Animation, Postproduction and VFX.
  - Academic year starts September 2019
  - This 9hr/week subject is part of the US Diploma where SF de Paula is a pioneer in Spain.
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  Remote VFX Compositor

  LeonStudio

  May 2020 - July 2020

  San Fernando

  Nuke VFX Compositor from my studio in Sevilla
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  Remote VFX Compositor

  Telson

  March 2020 - May 2020

  Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, España

  The Head, HBO Asia
  Lots of set extensions, snow/arctic cg environments, greenscreens.
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  Video Editor / the Foundry Nuke & Apple Shake artist

  Freelance

  March 2008 - May 2020

  Spain

  Editing and postproduction of lots of projects in Barcelona, Madrid and Reus throughout some of the best companies in the area like "A punto la pospo"​ "Cookie Box"​ (Barcelona) or "Blur Producciones" (Madrid) among many others.
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  Postproduction Supervisor

  Center for Body Language

  June 2019 - February 2020

  Sevilla

  Postproduction Supervisor for a feature documentary:
  - Colorist for the Trailer which defined the mood of the story.
  - VFX Compositing
  - Supervising a team of compositors and Motion Graphics Artists
  - Collaborating with the editing department on reception/delivery to highest standards.
  - VFX Coordination
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  VFX Supervisor

  Freelance

  December 2018 - July 2019

  Sevilla Area, Spain

  On - Set and Postproduction VFX Supervisor for "El inconveniente"
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  VFX Compositor

  Grupo Zeta

  September 2018 - February 2019

  Sevilla Area, Spain

  VFX Compositor for the feature film "Taxi a Gibraltar" (with Dani Rovira)
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  VFX Compositor

  RushVFX

  August 2018 - August 2018

  Zaragoza, España

  Nuke Remote VFX Compositor for Advertising
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  VFX Compositor

  Blunt Cinema

  November 2017 - December 2017

  Delft y alrededores, Países Bajos

  Remote Apple Motion VFX artist. Combining my freelance job at VFX Legion with other projects. In this case the pilot episode for the series "Edward's miraculous Bookstore": This is our first magical foray into fiction for a younger audience, about the power of imagination and the importance of books and stories.
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  VFX Compositor

  Edisen

  April 2017 - July 2017

  Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany

  Hexe Lilly 3
  Himmel und Hölle
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  VFX Compositor

  Pixomondo

  August 2016 - March 2017

  Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany

  VFX Compositing for:
  "XXX 3: Return of Xander Cage"​ (with Vin Diesel & Donnie Yen)
  "Iron Sky 2"​
  "Fast & Furious 8"​ (with Vin Diesel)
  "Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 5: Eastwatch"
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  Compositor

  Free Your Mind - FYM

  December 2015 - August 2016

  Madrid Area, Spain

  Back to the industry as a full time VFX freelance professional.
  Planning and compositing for complex shots and scenes combining footage, 3D CGI and 3D Scenes.
  VFX Compositing for feature films:
  "Tini, el gran cambio de Violetta" (Disney Studios)
  "Canned Peaches" (de Héctor Valdez)
  "Plan de Fuga" (con José Coronado)
  "El hombre de las 1.000 caras" (de Alberto Rodríguez)
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  ProApps Trainer

  Apple Inc.

  July 2010 - December 2015

  Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza y Londres

  - More than 8.000 training hours to consumers, professionals and companies on Apps including: Final Cut Pro 7 and X, Motion, iLife and iWork.
  - Selected by Apple as the official Spanish speaking trainer for new and promoted employees (including T3: Train the Trainer) in Cupertino (CA, USA), London (UK) and Barcelona (Spain).
  - Problem solving expert on Mac computers and iOS devices.
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  Guest Creative Trainer

  Apple Inc.

  February 2013 - April 2014

  London (UK); Cupertino (CA, United States)

  - Delivering our training "Creative Strategies" in London and Cupertino (CA, USA) to newly hired employees and peers who became Creatives at Apple.
  - Focused in enriching and developing participants giving them the opportunity to improve their abilities and learn new ones and also, to create new relations with customers.
  - I partner with leadership teams across the markets to ensure that every class is delivered.
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  Europe NSO Family Room Mentor

  Apple Inc.

  February 2012 - January 2013

  Europe

  Family Room NSO Mentors are the ambassadors of Apple culture who apply coordinated and standard strategies, deliver training to employees in new, remodeled or relocated stores.
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  Final Cut Pro Instructor

  MAD Center for Professional Development

  December 2010 - April 2011

  Barcelona Area, Spain

  Key tasks:
  - Development of a studies plan
  - Delivery of 2 courses in 5 months
  - 40 hours course in 3hrs lectures on site
  - Direct contact with alumni through help on their own projects after course ending
  - Students came from different areas of media communication and cinema
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  Junior Shake & Nuke VFX Compositor

  Freelance

  April 2008 - June 2010

  Barcelona y alrededores, España

  VFX Compositing for feature films, corporate videos and spots. These are only the feature films:
  "El gran Vázquez"
  "O'Apostolo"
  "Degustación de Titus Andronicus" (La Fura dels Baus)

• VJ & Digital Artist

  FX Movement

  April 2006 - April 2008

  Barcelona

  Formando parte del colectivo artístico FX Movement, grabación, montaje y Postproducción de piezas visuales que luego utilizaría en festivales, residencias en discotecas, etc como parte del espectáculo audiovisual.
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  Audio & Light Technician for Events

  NUNU

  September 2005 - March 2006

  Barcelona y alrededores, España

  Events setup: Stages, lighting and sound equipement...

• Video Editor and Camera Assistant

  Factor 3

  September 2004 - August 2005

  Sevilla

  My first approach into the audiovisual field. Editing and Postproduction for event videos, such as weddings, conferences... using Adobe Premiere 6.0 and DVCPro Panasonic Cameras.