cristin pescosolido

cristin pescosolido

on/off set VFX Supe with strong film and episodic chops.

Supervisor VFX Supervisor / 14 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Visual Effects Supervisor

Kindred (2022)

VFX Supervisor

Three Women (2023)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Good Omens (2019)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Mare of Easttown (2021)

VFX Supervisor

OLD (2021)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Fathers and Sons (2005)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Curse of Bridge Hollow (2022)

DFX Supervisor

300 (2007)

Visual Effects Supervisor

moon (2023)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)

VFX supervisor

Catwoman (2004)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Sinner (2017)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Final Destination 3 (2006)

VFX supervisor

Elektra (2005)

Compositing Supervisor

The Gilded Age (2022)

CG Sequence Supervisor

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Layout/Matchmove Supervisor

Space Jam (1996)

Sequence Supervisor

Sphere (1998)

CG Sequence Supervisor

The Avengers (2012)

Match Move Supervisor

The Truman Show (1998)

Motion Tracking Supervisor

Jerry Maguire (1996)

Stereo Supervisor

Ultimate Energy (2014)

Motion Tracking Supervisor

Air Force One (1997)

Motion Tracking Supervisor

Hard Rain (1998)

layout supervisor

Event Horizon (1997)

Digital Compositor

Rango (2011)

Lead Digital Compositor

61* (2001)

Digital Compositor

Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

Digital Compositor

Pleasantville (1998)

Digital Compositor

Monkeybone (2001)

Digital Compositor

Batman & Robin (1997)

Digital Compositor

The Faculty (1998)

Compositor

2012 (2009)

Lead Compositor

Leverage (2008)

Digital Artist

French Kiss (1995)

Digital Compositor

Doctor Dolittle (1998)

Digital Compositor

Broken Arrow (1996)

Digital Compositor

Maid in Manhattan (2002)

Digital Artist

Noah (2014)

Digital Compositor

K-PAX (2001)

Digital Compositor

The Patriot (2000)

Digital Compositor

The 13th Warrior (1999)

Digital Compositor

Titanic (2012)

Digital Compositor

Matilda (2017)

Digital Aritst

Waterworld (1995)

Skills
Skills Clear
Cristin has been in the visual effects industry for 25 years and has experience with light field cinematography, extremely high-resolution imagery and capture, and development of new formats and capture systems. She has credits on over 80 films, tv, and venue shows as a VFX supervisor, match-move supervisor, stereo supervisor, CG supervisor, and compositor. Some of her notable credits include Mare of Easttown, Three Women, 300, Space Jam, Star Wars: Rogue One, and Matrix Reloaded.


Cristin was classically trained in animation and cinematography at Harvard and CalArts where she studied under Derek Lamb, Janet Perlman, Suzan Pitt, and Jules Engel. She is active in the visual effects community and judges for the VES and Siggraph as well as reading papers for DigiPro.
Work History
  • VFX Supervisor

    unnamed studio

    June 2024 - June 2024
  • VFX Supervisor

    Powerhouse VFX

    March 2021 - August 2023

    VFX supervision on "Mare of Easttown" and "Old"

  • VFX Supervisor

    Madison Square Garden

    March 2019 - June 2020
    San Francisco, CA

    on-set supervision, bidding, breakdowns, pipeline architecture, in studio supervision, camera rig design, software evaluation.

  • VFX Supervisor

    Lytro

    November 2016 - March 2018

    on-set supervision, in-house client to R&D team, light field development and testing, camera design and testing, bidding, vendor interaction, pipeline design.

  • Stereo Supervisor/Lead Compositor

    Industrial Light & Magic

    March 2014 - November 2016
    San Francisco

    Compositing, Color-correction, Troubleshooting, Look Development, Vendor Interaction, Stereo Supervision

  • Senior Compositor

    Industrial Light & Magic

    June 2010 - April 2014
    San Francisco

    Look Development, Compositing, occasional Sequence Lead, Nuke Tools Development.

  • Senior Compositor

    Industrial Light & Magic

    December 2009 - March 2010
    San Francisco

    Senior Compositor on several films. Working in nuke to integrate 2d and 3d elements with background plates.

  • Senior Compositor

    Industrial Light & Magic

    January 2009 - July 2009
    San Francisco

    Senior Compositor on Transformers 2. Worked in Nuke to deliver 4k IMAX shots in Forest Fight and Devestator sequences.

  • Compositor

    Electric Entertainment

    May 2008 - August 2008
    Hollywood

    Compositing, client interaction, pipeline design, software testing

  • Compositor / Comp Supe

    Digital Domain

    January 2008 - April 2008

    Compositing several dozen shots on Speed Racer.
    Also supervising 30+ outsourced shots and pushing them through the final process

  • VFX Supervisor / DFX Supervisor

    Meteor Studios

    January 2004 - May 2007
    Montreal, QC, Canada

    VFX supervisor for 3 film features (Catwoman, Elektra, Final Destination 3) and one MOW (The Librarian)
    digital effects supervisor for 300

  • sequence supervisor

    ESC Entertainment

    January 2003 - November 2003
  • compositor

    Centropolis Effects

    July 1998 - December 2002
  • Matchmove Department Head / Composite Supervisor

    Cinesite

    December 1994 - July 1998
Education
  • A.B. cum laude, Visual and Environmental Studies

    Harvard University

    ? - ?
  • MFA Coursework, Experimental Animation

    CalArts

    ? - ?