Efram Potelle

Work History

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  CG Supervisor / CG Lead / Compositor

  Mathematic Studio

  March 2023 - December 2023

  Culver City

  Worked on ads for IBM, UNDO. Music videos for Beyoncé, Lil Nas X, Drake.
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  Visual Effects Supervisor

  Amazon Studios

  July 2022 - March 2023

  Worked on VFX for NDA project. Developed templated workflows for VFX vendors to increase throughput. Coordinated with CVML data scientists to develop AI tools to assist artists.
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  CG Supervisor

  FuseFX

  December 2021 - July 2022

  Los Angeles, California, United States

  

  
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  3D Lead / Compositor

  Netflix

  February 2021 - December 2021

  3D Lead on in-house feature post-vis team. Responsible for all aspects of 3D production including asset creation, matchmoving, rigging, character animation, hair and water sims, set extensions, lighting and rendering.

  
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  3D Artist

  Cinesite

  March 2021 - May 2021

  
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  CG supervisor

  Brud

  July 2019 - July 2020

  Los Angeles, California, United States

  Developed pipeline and workflow improvements in head replacement vfx. Supervised music video shoots and managed a team of 3D artists and compositors working in Maya, Nuke & Unreal.
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  VFX Supervisor - Sesame Street movie

  Warner Bros. Pictures

  May 2019 - July 2019

  Supervised pre-production for shoot in NYC to bring Sesame Street characters to the Big Apple.
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  3d lighter, compositor

  Brud Inc

  March 2019 - June 2019

  Los Angeles, CA, USA

  Lighting and compositing for head replacement vfx. Developed pipeline and workflow improvements.
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  Character Artist

  Mousetrappe

  March 2019 - April 2019

  Burbank, CA

  Modeled and textured characters for use in Disney theme-park installations.
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  Lead 3D Artist, Compositor, & Supervisor

  Stargate Studios

  April 2017 - February 2019

  Pasadena, CA

  Responsible for all aspects of 3D asset creation, production, and compositing of assets from digital characters to fully CG sets. Served as lead 3D artist and supervised teams on a number of projects. Developed the character pipeline for Brian Henson's The Happytime Murders. Also worked as part of the compositing team on a variety of shows.

• Lead 3D/2D Artist & Supervisor, Creature Design & Build

  Timeframe Entertainment

  March 2010 - February 2018

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Designed and built custom creatures and characters for multiple vfx-heavy film projects including the upcoming short film "Endangered".
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  Lead Visual Effects Artist & Supervisor

  Dilated Pixels

  2007 - March 2017

  Hollywood, CA

  Creature and character modeling & texturing. Worked as a lead generalist supervisor on a wide variety of projects. Nominated for a VES award for work on "Infestation".

  

  

  

  
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  Visual Effects Artist & Supervisor

  Greenhaus GFX

  March 2015 - February 2017

  

• Lead 3D/2D Artist, Supervisor, Creature Design & Build

  Newborn Pictures

  February 2001 - March 2007

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Developed and built creatures, characters, and hard surface assets for an assortment of short films.
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  Compositor

  2G Digital Post

  May 2002 - October 2006

  Santa Monica, CA