Damon Shelton

Damon Shelton

Supervisor Technical Director - Mocap / 26 yrs

Culver City

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Visual Effects

State of Desolation (2023)

Motion Capture Technical Director

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016)

Visual Effects Artist

The Smiling Man (2015)

Motion Capture Technical Director

The Last of Us: Left Behind (2014)

Visual Effects Artist

Noka Keeper of Worlds (2014)

Senior Motion Capture Pipeline Engineer

Ender's Game (2013)

Motion Capture Technical Director

Lost Planet 3 (2013)

The Last of Us (2013)

Motion Capture Technical Director

Tomb Raider (2013)

Facial Performance Capture

Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

Motion Capture Technical Director

Medal of Honor: Warfighter (2012)

Motion Capture Technical Director

The Watch (2012)

Character Technical Director

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (2011)

Motion Capture Technical Director

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Production Technology Department TD

Mars Needs Moms (2011)

Motion Capture Technical Director

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Character Setup TD

Open Season 2 (2008)

Character Technical Director

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (2008)

Additional Environment Modeler

The Ant Bully (2006)

Work History

  • Technical Director - Mocap

    EA DICE

    May 2016 - Present

  • Mocap Pipeline Technical Director

    Naughty Dog

    September 2012 - April 2016
    Santa Monica

    Development of internal Motion Capture solving and re-targeting pipeline.

  • Senior Mocap Pipeline Engineer/Lead Solver

    Digital Domain

    November 2010 - September 2012

    lead solver and pipeline development for solving, retargeting and integration with LAB work/production work

  • Naughty Dog

    January 2010 - December 2010

  • ImageMovers

    January 2009 - February 2010

    Creation of Scripts/tools to aid in solving Motion Capture data.

  • Principal Technical Director

    Factor 5

    October 2008 - December 2008

  • Senior Technical Director

    Factor 5

    May 2008 - October 2008

  • LucasArts

    June 2006 - April 2008

  • DNA Productions

    January 2003 - June 2006

  • Big Sky Interactive

    March 2000 - January 2002
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Education

  • Art institute of Houston

    1996 - 1998