Dwayne Elahie

Work History

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  Co-Founder

  Depix

  September 2019 - Present

  Montreal, Canada Area

  Depix is a TandemLaunch backed image compositing startup. The Depix software allows fast and photorealistic object insertion into images using physically based rendering and artificial intelligence.
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  Senior Technical Director

  EA

  January 2015 - Present
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  Cinesite

  October 2021 - October 2022

  
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  Senior Character Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  August 2012 - September 2019

  Los Angeles, California

  - Recent undisclosed project: Designing and implementing a new facility wide facial tool subset. Rigging of primary characters.
  
  - Last Project Project: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 in the capacity of Facility wide Tools Developper (Maya API C++, Python, Mel,) Facial Character Rigging, and Body Character Rigging for primary and secondary characters.

  
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  Technical Director (Official Title) / Animator

  Hybride

  May 2008 - July 2012

  -Technical Director (Permanant Staff)
  -Character Rigger
  -Animator
  -Tool Builder
  -Technical Scoping of Projects
  -Setting Up Pipeline
  
  Film Credits
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  IMDB
  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3431525/
  
  The Hunger Games (lead rigging: Hybride)
  Avatar
  Predators
  Assassin's Creed: Lineage
  The Final Destination 4
  Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D
  
  
  The Black Mamba (short) (lead rigging: Hybride)
  
  Avatar (2009)
  aka Avatar: An IMAX 3D Experience (USA: IMAX version)
  aka James Cameron's Avatar (International: English title:
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  Position - Technical Director
  
  Assassin's Creed: Lineage
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin's_creed_lineage
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct2kbLBuSOg&feature=player_embedded
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDnP6xwteG4&feature=channel
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  Position - Technical Director
  
  The Final Destination (2009)
  aka The Final Destination in 3-D (USA: DVD title)
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  Position - Technical Director
  
  
  Shorts (2009)
  aka Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock (USA: long title)
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  Position - Technical Director

  

• Animator

  Fear Not Films

  July 2007 - July 2008

  -Animator on short animation film , Take Too Long by Kwesi Davis, winner of The International Moondance Film Festival for "Best Short Screenplay" 2007. Award - MOONDANCE SEAHORSE. (https://www.moondancefilmfestival.com/45-Winners.html)
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  Technical Animator / Animation Mentor Student

  Artificial Mind and Movement

  January 2008 - May 2008

  Video Game Credits
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  Moby Games
  https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,335283/
  
  Iron Man (2008), SEGA of America, Inc.
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  Position - Lead Technical Animator
  
  
  WET (2009), Bethesda Softworks LLC
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  Position - Technical Animator
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  Lead Technical Animator - Ironman Project Wii-PS2-PSP

  Artificial Mind and Movement

  May 2007 - January 2008

  Lead Technical Animator for Ironman, the video game of the movie, on PS2, Wii, and PSP.
  
  - Rigged all the characters
  - scripted various animation tools for the animation team on both Ironman project and other projects in the company
  - Created character animations, including the entire the entire animation set for a boss.
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  Technical Animator

  Artificial Mind and Movement

  2007 - 2008
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  Technical Animator

  A2M

  2007 - 2008

• Technical Director - Internship

  Campus Ubisoft

  February 2007 - May 2007

  Double Internship:
  -Technical Director of Half Life 2 Mod
  -Technical Director of national commercial for the "Enfant Retour" campaign.

• Volunteer

  SIGGRAPH 2007

  2007 - 2007

• Volunteer

  SIGGRAPH 2007

  2007 - 2007