Chris O'Connell

I'm a multifaceted digital artist (VFX, motion graphics, animation, graphic design) and with a professional history that includes contributions to several acclaimed film and TV properties such as SpongeBob SquarePants, 9-1-1, Hawaii Five-0, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I've also worked on advertising projects for a number of internationally known products and brands. On occasion, I teach college courses and write. My more personal creative works include my unfinished indie comic book series Artemis Hood and an award-winning short film based on it.

• Adjunct Instructor of Digital Media Production

  Springfield Technical Community College

  Aug 2024 - Aug 2025

  1 yr

  Massachusetts

• Compositor

  Rappid VFX

  Oct 2024 - Oct 2024

  1 mo

  Remote

• Compositor

  Fiction City, LLC

  May 2024 - Jul 2024

  2 mos

  Remote
• 

  Compositor

  Agora Studio

  Feb 2023 - Feb 2023

  1 mo

  Remote
• 

  Compositor

  Mousetrappe

  Sep 2022 - Jan 2023

  4 mos

  Burbank, California

• Compositor

  Identity Creative

  Aug 2022 - Aug 2022

  1 mo
• 

  Compositor

  Opsis

  Oct 2021 - Jan 2022

  3 mos

  Remote

  

  

  

  

• VFX Artist

  Rappid VFX

  Jan 2021 - Jun 2021

  5 mos

  Remote

  

• Compositor

  Rappid

  Mar 2020 - Apr 2020

  1 mo

  Los Angeles, California

• VFX Artist

  Rappid

  Feb 2020 - Mar 2020

  1 mo

  Los Angeles, California
• 

  Freelance Compositor

  FuseFX

  Aug 2019 - Nov 2019

  3 mos

  Diamond Bar, California

  Nuke and Mocha Pro artist doing CG integration, digital blood, digital fire, flyswatting/dustbusting, and other compositing work on a number of television productions such as American Horror Story, 9-1-1, and Mayans M.C.

  

  

• Compositor

  Rappid VFX

  Aug 2017 - Jul 2019

  1 yr 11 mos

  Diamond Bar, California

  Dedicated 2D visual effects artist for seasons eight and nine of Hawaii Five-0 based onsite in the Hawaii Five-0/Macgyver/Magnum P.I. post-production offices at Paramount Studios in Hollywood California.

  

• vr compositor

  Radiant Images

  Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

  1 mo
• 

  nuke compositor

  Furious FX

  Feb 2017 - Apr 2017

  2 mos

  Diamond Bar, California

  
• 

  Freelance Visual Effects Artist

  Dakota Pictures

  Sep 2016 - Feb 2017

  5 mos

  Diamond Bar, California

  Mocha, Photoshop, and After Effects artist doing matte painting, compositing, and motion graphics work on productions for Fox television and multiple premium streaming services.

• 

  VFX Artist

  Dilated Pixels

  Nov 2016 - Dec 2016

  1 mo
• 

  Animator

  The Asylum

  Aug 2016 - Sep 2016

  1 mo

  Diamond Bar, California
• 

  Compositing Supervisor

  Exceptional Minds

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  2 mos

  Diamond Bar, California

  Titles artist on The Shack and Compositing Supervisor on Marvel's Doctor Strange.

  
• 

  Freelance Compositor

  FuseFX

  Jun 2016 - Jun 2016

  1 mo

  Diamond Bar, California

  Nuke and Mocha Pro artist working short term on an original production for Netflix.

• Visual Effects Supervisor

  Harvest Aid

  May 2016 - Jun 2016

  1 mo
• 

  Compositor

  Ingenuity Studios

  Mar 2016 - Apr 2016

  1 mo

  Diamond Bar, California

  Nuke, Mocha, After Effects and Photoshop artist for several television productions, including but not limited to Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Blackish, Modern Family, Powers and The Goldbergs.

• 

  Nuke Artist

  Deluxe Entertainment

  Apr 2011 - Jun 2015

  4 yrs 2 mos

  Diamond Bar, California

  2D compositor and color team artist for 'The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water' (Paramount - 2015) and stereoscopic post-production artist for many other films.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
• 

  Rotoscope Artist

  Stereo D

  Sep 2010 - Mar 2011

  6 mos

  Diamond Bar, California

  
  Post-production roto artist for the following motion pictures: Thor (Marvel - 2011), The Green Hornet (Sony - 2011), Jackass 3D (MTV - 2010), Gulliver's Travels (Fox - 2010)
  

  

  

  

• Media Manager

  Gulf Management Group

  Feb 2010 - Sep 2010

  7 mos

  Orlando, Florida

  
  Co-founder serving as broker's assistant and hands-on decision-maker for most corporate matters related to finance, record-keeping, web development, graphic design, branding and advertising.
  

• Graphic Designer

  Maui Mailer

  Jul 2007 - Jan 2008

  6 mos

  Digitally created (and often helped conceptualize) print advertisements for a bi-monthly publication that had an estimated readership of approximately 140,000 people.

• Lecturer of Multimedia

  Raffles Education Corporation

  Sep 2006 - Jul 2007

  10 mos

  Instruction of Bachelor Degree and Advanced Diploma courses for both the Interactive Media and Visual Communication curricula at Raffles Design Institute: Singapore. Monitored and enforced student attendance and punctuality. Assisted with school promotional activities as proposed by the School, both in and out of normal working hours, sometimes serving as Interactive Media Program Director by proxy. Counseled individual students and revised courses as needed.

• Lecturer of CIT (Graphics, Web and Multimedia courses)

  Elms College

  Aug 2003 - Aug 2006

  3 yrs

  Instruction of Bachelor Degree Information Technology courses, mainly focusing in the areas of computer graphics, front-end website design, multimedia development and general computer competency. Other responsibilities included: development of seven Bachelors Degree courses, principal assistance in computer science major/minor curriculum revision, periodic course revision, academic advising, service on hiring committee for adjunct technology instructors, service on committee for student counseling, supervision of student workers, and co-supervisory participation of select campus functions.

• Computer Graphics Consultant

  Pioneer Training, Inc.

  Apr 2001 - Aug 2006

  5 yrs 4 mos

  Instruct and advise on numerous topics including, but not limited to, photo-manipulation, 2d graphics concepts, basic web animation and graphics-based website design; both in seminar and one-to-one frameworks.

• Adjunct Instructor of Fine Art

  American InterContinental University

  Aug 2003 - Jul 2004

  11 mos

  Instructed eight sections of an accelerated Bachelor Degree Fine Arts History course in the distance-learning program known as AIU Online - Also assisted in the revision of said course and consulted with students remotely outside of scheduled lecture times

• Professional Tutor

  Springfield Technical Community College

  Sep 1997 - Jan 1999

  1 yr 4 mos

  Assisted students and Humanities faculty in the use and maintenance of Macintosh computers; including word processing, image editing, digital art creation, multimedia, internet browsing, and OCR scanning. Also served as teaching assistant for a number of Associates Degree courses.

• Occupational Associates in Animation

  The Digital Animation & Visual Effects School

  Sep 2008 - Dec 2009

• Master of Liberal Arts

  Elms College

  Sep 2001 - Jan 2003

• Bachelor of Fine Art

  Westfield State University

  Jan 1999 - Dec 2001

• Semester abroad

  Bond University

  Aug 1999 - Dec 1999

• Associates Degree in Liberal Arts

  Springfield Technical Community College

  Sep 1996 - May 1999