Carlos Raya

Work History

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  Acting Lead VFX Compositor

  Jellyfish Pictures

  April 2023 - Present

  Remote

  - Leading a small team of Compositors of an Episode of Nautilus (Disney/AMC)
  - Leading a team of Compositors on Killer Heat (Amazon). Helping the VFX Supervisor and Production assigning Comp Tasks to artists, briefing new team members, reviewing new pulls and running dailies for artists across 2 locations (Europe and India) when needed.
  - Working on The Rig Season 2 (Amazon) on master shots developing the Comp Look for large CG sequences.
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  Remote VFX Compositor (Staff)

  Jellyfish Pictures

  September 2022 - April 2023

  The Witcher: Blood Origin (Netflix)
  The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson)
  I hate Suzie (Season 2): Sky
  The last voyage of the Demeter
  True Love
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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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  Remote VFX Compositor (Freelance)

  Jellyfish Pictures

  January 2022 - August 2022

  Working from my studio in Sevilla on several projects:
  - Stranger Things 4: Episodes 4, 5 and 7 (Netflix)
  - Gangs of London 2 (Sky)
  - Matilda (Netflix)
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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.