Jim Su

Work History

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  August 2017 - Present

  Rigging Supervisor

  ScanlineVFX

  
• 
  May 2016 - July 2017

  Creature Supervisor

  Zoic Studios

  
• 
  April 2015 - May 2016

  Sr. Rigger

  Double Negative
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  August 2012 - April 2015

  Rigging Supervisor

  ScanlineVFX

  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

  
• 
  November 2006 - July 2012

  Rigging Supervisor

  Mr. X Inc.

  
  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
  

  
• 
  November 2006 - December 2006

  Facial Blendshape Artist

  Image Metrics

  
  Building Facial Blendshapes for a Hillary Duff Feature Film - Freelance work
  
• 
  July 2006 - November 2006

  Character Modeler / Rigger

  C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures

  
  Television project.
  RND Facial rigging/Blendshape.
  
• 
  December 2005 - April 2006

  Character Rigger, Character Generalist

  C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures

  
  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.
  

  
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  August 2003 - October 2005

  Character Modeler / Character Rigger / Character Finaller

  C.O.R.E. Feature Animation

  
  Character Modeler and Rigger on Disney Feature Film: The Wild.
  
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  1999 - 2003

  Senior Character Modeler

  Mainframe Entertainment

  
  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.