Carlos Mendoza Jr

Work History

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  Senior Compositor

  Visionary FX

  June 2023 - October 2024

  Compositing for tv shows using Nuke.
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  Nuke Compositor

  Splice

  October 2021 - July 2024

  Compositing for TV shows. My role in the pipeline is CG Element comp, Beauty Clean Up, Tracking, Monitor Comps, Split Comp, Paintout Reflections, Roto/Paint, etc.
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  Head of VFX

  Cakewalk Post

  August 2023 - November 2023

  Burbank, California, United States · Hybrid

  Work directly with clients, bid for vfx shots, managed artists on shot per shot bases, compositor
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  Senior Nuke Compositor

  Method Studios

  April 2023 - June 2023

  Santa Monica, California, United States · On-site

  Work on NDA project using Nuke.
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  Digital Compositor

  Duncan Studio

  February 2023 - June 2023

  Pasadena, California, United States · Remote

  My role in the pipeline is helping bid for roto, cleanplate, and track shots. Set up edit plates in After Effects with rough animation. Finish putting shots together for final compositing in Nuke.
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  Visual Effects Artist

  Sony Pictures Entertainment

  March 2022 - May 2023

  Culver City, California, United States · Remote

  Compositing for episodic shows. My role in the pipeline is Clean Plating, Tracking, Monitor Comps, Beauty Passes, Reflection/logos Clean Up, split comps, VFX element comps, etc. Work on projects Cobra Kai series, Blacklist series, and new upcoming shows.
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  Nuke Compositor

  CoSA VFX

  October 2021 - January 2023

  Los Angeles, California, United States · Remote

  Compositing for TV shows. My role in the pipeline is Digital Compositing, Keying, Tracking, Beauty Shots, Split Comps, Clean Plating, and CG Lighting using Nuke and Mocha.

  
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  Compositor/Postvis

  The Third Floor

  November 2020 - October 2021

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  My role in the Previs/Postvis pipeline is to Camera Match, 2D/3D Tracking, 3D Animation, Lighting, Keying Blue/Green Screens, Paint, Adding VFX Assets, and Compositing with proprietary tools in After Effects, Maya, PFTracker, and Mocha Pro. Worked on Marvel's Loki. (IMDB.com for more info.)
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  Editor / Compositor

  HELO

  October 2020 - November 2020

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
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  AE compositor

  Dilated Pixels

  March 2020 - May 2020

  Los Angeles, California, United States

  Compositing for a feature film.
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  Compositor

  Ntropic

  January 2020 - February 2020

  Santa Monica, California, United States

  Compositing using Nuke and After Effects in for feature commercials.
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  Compositor

  Dilated Pixels

  December 2019 - December 2019

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Compositing, Beauty Fixes, Tracking, Clean Plates, and Rotoscoping
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  Compositor

  FuseFX

  November 2019 - November 2019

  Van Nuys, California

  Compositing for TV shows (American Horror Stories, 911). My role in the Pipeline is Digital Compositing, Keying, Tracking, Rotoscoping, Element Comping, Beauty Shots, and Clean Plating, using Nuke and Mocha.
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  Stereoscopic Layout Artist

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  April 2019 - October 2019

  Burbank, California

  Working with Layout, Lighting, and Matte Set Extension Departments for laying out Cameras in Maya for stereo and adjusting 3D character models and environment. Cleaning up artifacts, color fixing, roto, matte coloring, and compositing in Nuke for final look for Frozen 2.
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  Compositor

  Dilated Pixels

  February 2019 - March 2019

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Tracking, clean plates, rotoscoping, and compositing
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  Compositor

  Alpha Studios

  February 2019 - February 2019

  Burbank, CA
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  Compositor

  The Third Floor

  October 2018 - November 2018

  Culver City, CA

• Compositor

  Product Factory

  May 2018 - August 2018

  Burbank, CA
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  Roto/Paint Artist

  Electric Theatre Collective

  August 2018 - August 2018

  Santa Monica, CA

  Roto/Paint for feature Apple Commercials using Nuke and Mocha Pro.
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  roto/paint artist

  ALPHA STUDIOS, LLC

  March 2018 - April 2018

  Burbank, CA

  Working on tv shows and commercials
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  Roto Artist

  Electric Theatre Collective

  March 2018 - April 2018

  Santa Monica, California
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  Compositor

  The Third Floor

  October 2017 - February 2018

  Los Angeles, CA

  postvis projects. Up and coming movies.

  

  

  

  
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  Compositor

  Wicked Liquid FX

  September 2017 - September 2017

  Irvine, California
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  Dilated Pixels

  August 2017 - September 2017
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  Compositor

  Legend 3D | VR | VFX

  May 2017 - August 2017

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Duties: Creating Clean Plates/Matte Painting/Compositing/Rotoscope
  Worked on Spiderman Homecoming and ALPHA (IMDB.com for more info.)
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  Lead compositor

  Stereo D

  May 2010 - May 2017

  Toronto, Canada

  Duties: Managing a group of artists/Responsible for weekly quota/QC Shots/
  Compositing/Clean Plates/Digital Painting/Matte Painting/Rotoscope
  Have worked on - War for Plant of the Apes, Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2, Rogue One:
  A Star Wars Story, Doctor Strange, The BFG, Captain America: Civil War, Star Wars:
  The Force Awakens, Avengers 2, Need for Speed, TMNT, Guardians of the Galaxy,
  Godzilla, X-Men: Days of Futures Past, Pacific Rim, Jurassic World, (IMDB.com for
  more info.
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  Senior Compositor

  Stereo D

  January 2017 - May 2017

  Toronto, Canada Area

  Creating Clean Plates/Matte Painting/Compositing/Rotoscope
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  Lead Stereo Compositor

  Stereo D

  December 2014 - January 2017

  Toronto, Canada Area

  My role in the conversion pipeline is Leading a Team of Artist, Screen/QC shots, Responsible for weekly quota, and Teaching Teammates new skills and techniques to become stronger artist. Creating Animated Clean Plates, Matte Paintings, and Stereo Paint with proprietary tools in Nuke, After Effects, Mocha, and Silhouette.

• Visual Engineer

  In Three Inc.

  October 2008 - May 2010

  Thousand Oaks, CA

  Duties: Rotoscope/Depth Grade/Keyframer/Recompilation
  Have worked in two blockbuster movies; Alice in Wonderland and G-Force. (IMDB.com
  for more info.)

• Computer Visual Technician

  Advance Digital Media

  October 2007 - October 2008

  Chatsworth, CA

  Duties: DVD Menu Design, DVD Disc Design, Video Editor
  Worked with clients to design DVD menus and disc art. Worked on editing movie
  projects per clients request. ADM won an award in 2008 for Best Authoring and DVD
  Menu Design.

• Computer Visual Technician/Print Design

  Advance Digtial Media

  September 2007 - October 2008

  Chatsworth, California

  Duties: Creating DVD Menu Design, DVD Disc Design, and Video Editor for clients. Worked with clients to design DVD menus, Disc art and Box Covers using After Effect, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Final Cut Pro, and Premiere . Won award in 2008 for Best Authoring and DVD Menu Design.