demian gordon

demian gordon

Pioneer in the field of Performance Capture

Supervisor Motion Capture / Layout Artist

Culver City, CA, United States

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Motion Capture

King Julien Stand Up (2015)

Animator

Swamp Talk with Shrek & Donkey (2015)

On Set Motion Capture

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Layout Artist

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

Motion Capture Tracker

Resident Evil 6 (2012)

Senior Layout Artist

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

Motion Capture Tracker

Ninja Gaiden 3 (2012)

Motion Capture Supervisor

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Motion Capture Tracker

inFamous 2 (2011)

Animation Layout

Green Lantern (2011)

Motion Capture Tracker

God of War III (2010)

MoCap Tracking

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Special Projects

Watchmen (2009)

Motion Capture Supervisor

Hancock (2008)

Facial Motion Capture Supervisor

I Am Legend (2007)

Imagemotion Supervisor

Beowulf (2007)

Stage Supervisor

Monster House (2006)

Imagemotion Stage Supervisor

Monster House (2006)

ImageMotionSupervisior

The Polar Express (2004)

Motion Capture Supervisor

Enter the Matrix (2003)

Motion Capture Supervisor

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

MoCap Supervisor

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

Head Of Motion Capture Department / Motion Capture Supervisor (Unknown

Heavy Gear (2001)

Motion Capture Supervisor

Action Man (2000)

Motion Capture Tracking Supervisor

The Nuttiest Nutcracker (1999)

Set Dresser

Robin of Locksley (1996)

Set Dresser

Deadly Sins (1995)

Work History

  • Motion capture engineer

    DreamWorks Animation

    March 2014 - Present

  • Motion Capture Supervisor

    Black Powder Media

    April 2009 - Present

    Outsourcing and Consulting for the entertainment industry

  • President

    Motion Capture Society

    2007 - Present

    The Motion Capture Society (MCS) is an international, professional, honorary nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences, and applications of the motion capture industry.

    This society supports people and companies with an expressed interest in the motion capture profession and is committed to enhancing the global state of the motion capture industry. We celebrate everyone from enthusiastic beginners to the industry leaders in every aspect of our community: artists, designers, animators, programmers, directors, producers, hardware an

  • artist I

    Industrial Light & Magic

    January 2014 - March 2014

    Match move / layout dept on teenage mutant ninja turtles

  • Motion Capture Setup Manager

    20th Century Fox

    May 2013 - July 2013

    Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

  • Layout Technical Director

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    February 2012 - January 2013

    Rough Layout, Final Layout, Stereo Layout. Motion Capture Layout lead.

  • Motion Capture Technical Director

    Digital Domain

    December 2011 - January 2012

    Working on Jack the Giant Killer

  • Senior Digital Artist

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    January 2011 - April 2011

    part of Green Lantern Layout team. Duties included rough layout & final layout in Maya & precomp in Nuke

  • Motion Editor - Shrek 'Spooky Stories'

    DreamWorks Animation

    December 2010 - December 2010

    Provided motion editing for the Shrek Halloween special 'Spooky Stories'

  • Second Unit Motion Capture Supervisor

    20th Century Fox - Caesar:Rise of the Apes

    June 2010 - August 2010

    Acted as the on-set 2nd unit Motion Capture Supervisor for the 'action unit' stunt portions of Caesar:Rise of the Apes. Duties included designing the camera layout methodology, overseeing the day to day activities of the on set 2nd unit mocap crew and shooting efforts, providing calibration and shot specific camera layouts for every setup on the outdoor set. The capture volume we achieved set a new world record for size and complexity while still being able to be adapted in a timely fashion for every unique film camera setup.

  • Motion Capture Consultant

    DreamWorks Animation

    2009 - August 2010

    Created camera aiming methodology for the Motion Capture Studio.

    Provided Motion Capture previz and pipeline work for Shrek 4, Guardians, The Croods, Kung Fu Panda 2 and Puss In Boots

  • Motion Capture Supervisor

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    October 2001 - April 2009


    Supervised Motion Capture on Beowulf, The Polar Express, Monster House, I Am Legend, Hancock.

    Provided Motion Capture Pipeline and Production work on The Watchmen.

    Provided Motion Capture Pipeline, On set capture, motion tracking, Layout and Stereo Layout on Tim Burtons Alice in Wonderland and Motion Capture data and Motion Editing for 2012:Farewell Atlantis

  • Motion Capture Supervisor

    spectrum studios

    2000 - October 2001

    Motion Capture Supervisor on Matrix Reloaded, Matrix Revolutions and Enter The Matrix.
    Oversaw all onset Motion Capture and data tracking.

  • Motion Capture Department Head

    Mainframe Entertainment (became Rainmaker Animatio

    1999 - 2000

    Supervised Motion Capture on Heavy Gear and Action Man.
    Oversaw the tracking and shooting of 48 episodes.
    Planned and oversaw the construction of the Motion Capture Studio

  • Senior Technical Specialist II

    Electronic Arts

    1996 - 1998

    Supervised tracking, capture and solving on FIFA, NBA Live, NHL, RoadRash and College Hoops

  • Motion Capture Supervisor

    Pacific Title

    1997 - 1997

    Supervised the data cleanup and solving efforts in Motionbuilder for 'The Nuttiest Nutcracker'

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Education

  • Simon Fraser University

    1995 - 1996

  • Simon Fraser University

    1995 - 1996