Derrick Auyoung

Derrick Auyoung

Wellington, New Zealand

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Department Head / Technical Direction

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

Department Head / Technical Direction

Eternals (2021)

Department Head / Technical Direction

Shang-Chi (2021)

Department Head / Technical Direction

The Tomorrow War (2021)

Department Head / Technical Direction

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Department Head / Technical Direction

The Umbrella Academy (2019)

Department Head / Technical Direction

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

Department Head / Technical Direction

Mortal Engines (2018)

Department Head / Technical Direction

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Department Head / Technical Direction

Rampage (2018)

Department Head / Technical Direction

Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)

Department Head / Technical Direction

Animal World (2018)

Department Head / Technical Direction

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Department Head / Technical Direction

War For The Planet Of The Apes (2017)

Department Head / Technical Direction

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

Lead Animation Technical Director

The BFG (2016)

Lead Animation Technical Director

The Jungle Book (2016)

Department Head / Technical Direction

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

Department Head / Technical Direction

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition (2016)

Department Head / Technical Direction

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)

Senior Animation Technical Director

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Department Head / Technical Direction

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

Senior Animation Technical Director

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Animation TD

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Senior Animation Technical Director

Man of Steel (2013)

Digital Effects Crew

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Animation TD

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Senior Animation Technical Director

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

Senior Animation Technical Director

Prometheus (2012)

Senior Animation Technical Director

The Avengers (2012)

Senior Animation Technical Director

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

Senior Animation Technical Director

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Senior Animation Technical Director

X-Men: First Class (2011)

Department Head / Technical Direction

Game of Thrones (2011)

Animation TD

The Lovely Bones (2010)

Animation TD

Avatar (2009)

Animator

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

Animation TD

The Water Horse (2007)

Animation Team

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

Animation Layout Technical Director

Charlotte's Web (2006)

Animation Layout Technical Director

Night at the Museum (2006)

Animation Layout Technical Director

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

Pipeline Technical Support

The Ring Two (2005)

Pipeline Technical Support

Garfield (2004)

Work History

  • Senior Animation Technical Director

    Wētā FX

    November 2006 - November 2014
    Wellington, NZ

    - Providing tools, UI's and workflows for animators
    - Liaison between animators/previs artists and other departments including creature TDs (riggers), layout TDs, and motion-editors/motion-capture TDs
    - current productions: The Hobbit: There and Back Again, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    - past productions: The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, Iron-Man 3, Man of Steel, The Hobbit, The Avengers, Prometheus, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, The Adventures of Tintin, Rise of the Planet of the Apes (animated some production shots as well), X-Men: First Class, Avatar

  • Animation Layout Technical Director

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    January 2005 - October 2006

    - Lead TD: Night at the Museum
    - Lead TD: Charlotte's Web
    - TD: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe

  • Pipeline Technical Support

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    July 2003 - December 2004

    - The Ring Two
    - Garfield: The Movie
    - wrote perl scripts for passing information through the pipeline

  • Resident Technology Supervisor

    Office of Residential Life, UCLA

    2002 - 2003

    - managed the residence hall computer lab networks
    - supervised on-campus programming/workshops/tech events for residents

Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles

    1999 - 2003