Chad Kali

Chad Kali

Supervisor Art Director / 22 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Assistant Art Director

Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021)

Assistant Art Director

The Enemy Within (2019)

Assistant Art Director (Unknown Episodes)

Billions (2016)

Assistant Art Director

Quantico (2015)

Assistant Art Director

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015)

Assistant Art Director

The Mysteries of Laura (2014)

Assistant Art Director

Believe (2014)

Assistant Art Director

The Americans (2013)

Assistant Art Director / Property Designer

Saturday Night Live (2012)

Assistant Art Director

Person of Interest (2011)

Assistant Art Director

Royal Pains (2009)
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CHAD KALI REEL
Coca-Cola Dolby Pre-Show
Chad Kali Art Direction: Product Tabletop Work
Art Director
FOX Alvin and The Chipmunks
Art Director
DDB Hunter Douglas
Art Director
NBC Universal
When I was nine, I read Edith Hamilton’s book Mythology. I was obsessed with Ray Harryhausen’s work. Cinematography then entered my life when I inherited a Bell & Howell super 8mm and began making my own stop-motion films in primary school. I have spent my life trying to materialize the imagination and folklore of our minds.
I started working as a PA on features. I trained as a SPFX tech and Set Decorator before becoming an multidisciplinary Art Director. As an Art Director I combine my mechanical insight to my working knowledge of the VFX pipelines.
Work History

  • visual effects art director

    NBCUniversal

    February 2018 - March 2019

  • Art Director

    ABC Studios

    September 2017 - January 2018

  • Freelance Art Director

    Apple Inc.

    August 2016 - September 2016
    Greater New York City Area

  • VFX Art Director

    Imaginary Forces

    March 2016 - April 2016

  • Creative Director

    CAZA LUZ

    January 2016 - March 2016
    Los Angeles

  • Art Director / VFX Art Director

    Imaginary Forces

    May 2012 - January 2016
    New York City

  • Art Director / Production Designer

    Freelance

    April 2004 - September 2015
    NYC

    Freelance Art Direction, Production Design, Set Design (SD) and Previsualization.

  • Freelance Creative Director

    Grand Large Inc.

    December 2014 - February 2015
    Greater New York City Area

  • Freelance Creative Director

    Needle & The Thread

    December 2012 - December 2014
    Greater New York City Area



  • Freelance Art Director / UI Designer

    CBS Television Studios

    February 2013 - April 2014

    UI Design, Motion Graphics, VFX, GFX, Animation.

  • Freelance Art Director

    FX and Fox Cable Networks

    September 2014 - October 2014

    The Americans Season 3. Designing scenic assets for Prop Department and Set Decorators. Writing copy for scenery and props used on set or at locations.

  • Freelance Creative Director

    NFL

    October 2010 - December 2010
    New York City

  • Art Director / Production Designer

    NBC

    April 2009 - October 2012
    New York City

  • Freelance Creative Director

    Howcast Media

    2009 - 2010
    New York City

  • Set Decorator / Property Technician

    Freelance / IATSE Local 52

    January 2001 - January 2009
    New York City
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Education

  • UCB Core Curriculum Sketch Writing

    Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB)

    November 2016 - June 2018

  • 101 & 201 in Improv

    Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB)

    2016 - 2017

  • Motion Graphics

    Pratt Institute

    2008 - 2009

  • Anthropology

    California State University - East Bay

    ? - ?

  • Cultural Anthropology

    Cal State Hayward

    ? - ?