Chad Finnerty

Chad Finnerty

Animation Director/Previs Supervisor at Digital Frontier FX

Senior Animation Director / 27 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Visual Effects Supervisor

Masters of the Air (2024)

Visual Effects Supervisor

White Men Can't Jump (2023)

Visual Effects Supervisor

High Desert (2023)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Spirited (2022)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Fire Country (2022)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Resident Evil (2022)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Princess (2022)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Guilty Party (2021)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles (2021)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Agent Revelation (2021)

VFX Supervisor

Alice in Borderland (2020)

On Set Visual Production Playback / Post-Visualization Supervisor

Greyhound (2020)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Stargirl (2020)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Most Dangerous Game (2020)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Locke & Key (2020)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Book of Mormon Videos (2019)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Siren (2018)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Black Dragon (2018)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Blood Drive (2017)

Visual Effects Supervisor

A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Audition (2017)

Animation Director

Spectral (2016)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Queen Sugar (2016)

VFX Supervisor

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Lazer Team (2016)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Legends of Tomorrow (2016)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Impossible (2015)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Heroes Reborn (2015)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Fear the walking Dead (2015)

Animation Director

Space Journey (2014)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Flash (2014)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Sleepy Hollow (2013)

Animator

Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

Animation Supervisor

After Earth (2013)

Animator

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

Senior Animator

Men in Black: Alien Crisis (2012)

Character Animator

Men in Black 3 (2012)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Walking Dead (2010)

Motion Capture Supervisor

TRON: Legacy (2010)

Character Animator

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)

Procedural Character Animation Lead

2012 (2009)

Animator

Red Riding Hood (2007)

Digital Crowds TD

Happy Feet (2006)

Work History

  • Animation Supervisor

    Pixomondo

    March 2012 - April 2013

    After Earth - Animation Supervisor
    Star Trek Into Darkness - Animation Supervisor

  • Senior Animator

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    January 2012 - March 2012

    Men in Black III - Senior Animator

  • VFX Supervisor

    The Graphic Film Company

    April 2011 - November 2011

    Thunder Run - VFX Supervisor

  • Animator

    Industrial Light & Magic

    February 2011 - April 2011

    Super 8 - Animator

  • Animator/Crowd Technical Director

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    August 2010 - February 2011

    Hop - Crowd Technical Director
    Red Riding Hood - Animator

  • Animation Supervisor

    ScanlineVFX

    February 2010 - July 2010

    Hereafter - Animation Supervisor

  • Animation/Mocap/Massive Lead

    Digital Domain

    February 2006 - January 2010

    Tron - Motion Capture Lead
    2012 - Animation Lead
    G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra - Animator
    The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - Procedural Character Animation Lead
    Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Animator
    Letters from Iwo Jima - Animator
    Flags of our Fathers - Animator

  • Crowd Technical Director

    Animal Logic

    2005 - 2005

    Happy Feet - Crowd Technical Director

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Education

  • The Art Institute of Pittsburgh

    1997 - 1999