Jim Su

Work History

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  Director of Digital Humans

  Eyeline Studios

  January 2023 - Present

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  Developing new workflows and technology for creating digital humans.
  Spearhead volumetric capture post production workflow
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  Head of Creatures

  ScanlineVFX

  January 2021 - December 2022

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  Developing new workflows and technology surrounding cgi creatures and digital humans.
  Spearhead volumetric capture post production workflow
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  Creature Supervisor

  ScanlineVFX

  June 2018 - January 2021

  Game of Thrones
  Dragon rigging and muscle development
  Godzilla vs Kong
  Supervise and work on Kong and Godzilla body rigs and hands on Facial rigging
  Supervise facial blendshapes
  Implement Faceware Motion Capture pipeline at Scanline
  Implement Procedural Jiggle workflow and supervise Muscle simulation
  Supervise Hair workflow
  Research and Development for Anatomical Eye
  CFX and Shot Final review
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  Rigging Supervisor

  ScanlineVFX

  August 2017 - June 2018

  Vancouver, Canada

  
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  Creature Supervisor

  Zoic Studios

  May 2016 - July 2017

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  
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  Sr. Rigger

  Double Negative

  April 2015 - May 2016
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  CGI Face Consultant - The Voice (NBC)

  Freelance

  April 2016 - May 2016

  CGI Face consultant for Hologram USA on a Whitney Houston project for the NBC tv show 'The Voice'.
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  Rigging Supervisor

  ScanlineVFX

  August 2012 - April 2015

  Vancouver

  In charge of making sure hundreds of assets are promptly rigged and export ready in the Maya to Max pipeline.
  -Rigged a horse with full muscle system.
  - Wrote an FK/IK mocap retargeter for the horse.
  - Wrote modular components for biped rig including: Foot Viewport controls, Metacarpal controls, FK/IK Fingers, Eye and Eyelid rig, Jaw rig, Matchmove controls, Joint labeler.
  - Wrote animation support tools including: FK/IK Matcher, FX null animation connector, motion trails.
  
  300: Rise of an Empire - Rigging Supervisor
  Pompeii
  Wolf of Wallstreet
  Captain Am

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Rigging Supervisor

  Mr. X

  November 2006 - July 2012

  
  Rigging and support for animation, lighting, and FX department. Troubleshoot animation export issues. Develop and maintain Houdini stereo cameras. Character finaling shot work. Manage a team of riggers. Oversee asset management. Bid on rigging tasks.
  
  - Resident Evil Extinction.
  - The Seeker: The Dark is Rising
  - Lust, Caution
  - The Rocker
  - Death Race
  - Max Payne
  - Repo Mambo
  - Whiteout
  - Scott Pilgrim
  - Hot Tub Time Machine
  - Resident Evil Afterlife
  - Tron Legacy
  - Three Musketeers
  - The Thing
  - Resident Evil : Retribution
  - Mama
  - Silent Hill Revelations
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Artist Match Box

  Mattel

  2005 - 2008

  Package illustrations for Battle Kings
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  Facial Blendshape Artist

  Image Metrics

  November 2006 - December 2006

  
  Building Facial Blendshapes for a Hillary Duff Feature Film - Freelance work
  
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  Character Modeler / Rigger

  C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures

  July 2006 - November 2006

  
  Television project.
  RND Facial rigging/Blendshape.
  
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  Character Rigger, Character Generalist

  C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures

  December 2005 - April 2006

  
  Firehouse Dog - Rigging, Facial Set-Up, Modeling and Texture support, even Animation and Tracking. Worked with TD to help design pipeline for Firehouse Dog.
  Silent Hill - Rigging and support, Animation and Tracking.
  

  

• Character Modeler / Character Rigger / Character Finaller

  C.O.R.E. Feature Animation

  August 2003 - October 2005

  
  Character Modeler and Rigger on Disney Feature Film: The Wild.
  
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  Senior Character Modeler

  Mainframe Entertainment

  1999 - 2003

  Model, Rig, Texture and Facial Setup for characters on productions such as Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Popeye: Quest for Pappy, 2003 MTV Movie Awards, ReBoot Season 4, Action Man Season 1&2, Casper Haunted Christmas, Transformers Beast Machines.
  Also involved in R&D for Dot's Bots, Scary Godmother, Gatecrashers, ReBoot, Surf & Turf.
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  Senior Character Modeler

  Mainframe Entertainment

  1999 - 2003

  
  Model, Rig, Texture and Facial Setup for characters on productions such as Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Popeye: Quest for Pappy, 2003 MTV Movie Awards, ReBoot Season 4, Action Man Season 1&2, Casper Haunted Christmas, Transformers Beast Machines.
  Also involved in R&D for Dot's Bots, Scary Godmother, Gatecrashers, ReBoot, Surf & Turf.