David Chen

Work History

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  digital compositor

  Barnstorm VFX

  February 2025 - April 2025

  Joined talented team & collborated to work on a new
  Tyler Perry movie, “She the People”, along with creating
  visuals for the newest season of “Grey’s Anatomy”.
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  Senior Compositor

  Baked Studios

  October 2024 - January 2025

  New York, NY

  Created visual effects for Spike Lee’s upcoming film
  “High & Low”, also developed visuals for Wegovy’s
  Super Bowl campaign featuring Will Arnett and William
  Shatner.
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  Senior Compositor

  The Mill

  September 2024 - October 2024

  New York, NY

  Collaborated with renowned designers to develop a
  series of State Street video displays featured prominently
  on Times Square billboards
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  digital compositor

  Apple Inc.

  July 2024 - August 2024

  Partnered with Apple’s creative leadership to develop
  compelling presentation visuals for the Apple Watch
  Ultra 2 keynote launch, working directly with CG supervisors
  and art directors to bring the vision to life.
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  Creative

  Parliament

  March 2023 - March 2023
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  Freelance Senior Nuke Compositor

  Freelance

  January 2023 - March 2023
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  Freelance Senior Nuke Compositor

  Framestore

  January 2023 - January 2023
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  Freelance Senior Nuke Compositor

  Framestore

  July 2022 - December 2022
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  Freelance Senior Nuke Compositor

  Taylor James

  June 2022 - July 2022
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  Freelance Senior Nuke Compositor

  Buck

  May 2022 - June 2022
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  Freelance Senior Nuke Compositor

  Chicken Bone FX

  May 2022 - May 2022
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  Freelance Senior Nuke Compositor

  HouseSpecial

  May 2022 - May 2022
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  Freelance Senior Nuke Compositor

  Scholar

  April 2022 - May 2022
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  Freelance Senior Nuke Compositor

  Chicken Bone FX

  April 2022 - April 2022
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  Freelance Senior Nuke Compositor

  HouseSpecial

  March 2022 - April 2022

• Freelance Senior Nuke Compositor

  BREAK + ENTER

  February 2022 - March 2022
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  Freelance Senior Nuke Compositor

  Powerhouse VFX

  January 2022 - February 2022
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  Freelance Senior Nuke Compositor

  HouseSpecial

  December 2021 - December 2021
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  Freelance Senior Nuke Compositor

  Edisen (formerly Chimney)

  November 2021 - December 2021
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  Freelance LookDev

  Method Studios

  November 2021 - November 2021
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  Freelance Nuke Compositor

  Ntropic

  August 2021 - September 2021

• Freelance Nuke Compositor

  Independent

  April 2014 - August 2021

  Alkemy-X, FuseFX, Zoic Studios, Scholar, Brand New School, Method Studios, Framestore, The Brigade, Loyal Kasper, Shilo, Shuttlecraft, The Molecule
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  Freelance Nuke Compositor

  Framestore

  March 2021 - July 2021
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  Freelance Nuke Compositor

  Hornet Inc.

  August 2020 - August 2020
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  Freelance Nuke Compositor

  Alkemy X

  March 2020 - March 2020
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  Freelance Nuke Compositor

  Method Studios

  January 2020 - February 2020

  
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  Freelance Nuke Compositor

  Alkemy X

  August 2019 - December 2019
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  Freelance Nuke Compositor

  Scholar

  July 2019 - July 2019
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  Freelance Nuke Compositor

  Powerhouse VFX

  July 2019 - July 2019
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  Staff Compositor

  Psyop

  February 2013 - March 2014

  Greater New York City Area
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  Staff Generalist

  Psyop

  May 2011 - February 2013

  New York

  Modeling, Texturing, Lighting
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  Intern

  Psyop

  May 2010 - August 2010

  - modeling, texturing, lighting, compositing, look development

• Intern

  4mm Games, LLC

  July 2009 - September 2009

  - conceptual artwork, cleaning geometry for in-game assets,
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  Intern

  Curious Pictures

  June 2005 - July 2005

  - shooting board-o-matics for “The Kids Next Door”, clerical work,
  runner