Justin Leach

Work History

• CEO

  Qubic Pictures

  January 2018 - Present

  New York, NY

  

  
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  Technical Artist

  Machine Zone

  July 2017 - June 2018
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  Rigging Supervisor

  Blue Sky Studios

  August 2009 - June 2015

  Greenwich, CT

  Supervise the Rigging Department. Projects: Rio, Ice Age 4, Epic, Rio 2, Peanuts, Ice Age 5, Ferdinand, two additional films in development.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Producer

  Production I.G

  October 2012 - December 2012

  Tokyo, Japan

  
  Producer for Japan's first crowd-funded anime short film entitled "Kick-heart" directed by Masaaki Yuasa with Production I.G.
  
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  Senior Production Engineer

  Blue Sky Studios

  August 2008 - August 2009

  Greenwich, CT

  Design, plan and implement pipeline tools in Python. Projects: Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
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  Technical Story Artist

  Lucasfilm

  July 2006 - August 2008

  San Francisco Bay Area

  
  Lucasfilm Animation - Design, plan and implement tools and workflows for 3D Story/pre-viz. Projects: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 1-2
  

  
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  Model and Rigging Supervisor

  Lucasfilm

  February 2005 - July 2006

  San Francisco Bay Area

  
  Served as the Model and Rigging Supervisor on Star Wars:The Clone Wars Animated Feature film for Lucasfilm Animation.
  
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  Pipeline Consultant Special Projects | Softimage

  Avid Technology

  January 2004 - February 2005

  Santa Monica, CA

  
  Worked with high-end visual FX and feature animation customers who used XSI. Also helped protoype new rigging techniques and tools.
  

• CG Artist

  Production I.G

  April 2001 - December 2003

  Tokyo, Japan

  
  Was a CG Creator within Production I.G. Also assisted in international meetings with foreign clients such as Quentin Tarantino for Kill Bill. Projects: Innocence: Ghost in the Shell 2, Last Exile, Ghost in the Shell 2.0.
  
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  Technical Animator

  Blue Sky Studios

  March 1997 - March 2001

  White Plains, NY

  
  Was an animator on a short film called "Bunny" and a rigger on Ice Age. Also created storyboards for commercials and assisted in feature film development.
  
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  Freelance Rigger

  Nickelodeon

  1998 - 1999

  Greater New York City Area

  
  Rigged the Spyro dragon for a game commercial
  
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  Storyboard Artist

  Warner Bros. Entertainment Group of Companies

  January 1997 - March 1997

  
  Was a storyboard artist for Volker Shloendorf's "Palmetto."
  
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  Office Production Assistant

  20th Century Fox

  June 1996 - September 1996

  
  Office Production Assistant for Great Expectations (directed by Alfonso Cuaron.)
  

• Consultant

  Tom Armstrong

  February 1994 - September 1995

  
  Created a video game proposal based off of the comic property "Marvin."
  

• Intern

  Mike Peter's Inc.

  October 1992 - October 1993

  
  Intern for the creator of "Mother Goose and Grimm."