Frederick Vega

Work History

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  FX Technical Director

  Double Negative

  October 2017 - February 2018

  London, United Kingdom

  RBD, Smoke, and Particle simulations for Pacific Rim Uprising
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  FX TD

  Double Negative

  November 2015 - June 2016

  
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  Tippett Studio

  January 2016 - June 2015
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  FX TD

  Double Negative

  March 2014 - June 2014

  London, United Kingdom

  Worked on Houdini based rigid body dynamics, particle effects, and fluid simulations.

  
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  FX Animator

  Tippett Studio

  May 2011 - April 2013

  San Francisco Bay Area

  * Designed, developed and maintained python based automation scripts to help streamline shot creation processes and render submissions for high end visual effects
  * Enhanced and supported department specific production pipeline tools used for asset publishing and distribution across other departments
  * Delivered production quality effects simulations through collaborations with fx team members and supervisors under tight deadlines and a high pressure production environment
  * Effects simulations include rigid body dynamics, particle effects, fluid simulations, fur dynamics, and cloth simulations
  * Notable projects include:
  - After Earth
  - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 & 2
  - Ted
  - Immortals

  

  

  

  
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  Pipeline TA (Support and Development)

  Tippett Studio

  September 2007 - May 2011

  San Francisco Bay Area

  * Provided direct technical assistance and script-level support to artists (technical and non-technical to varying degrees) and production staff using both commercial and proprietary software
  * Debug rendering issues through code and asset inspection and troubleshoot short and long-term solutions within tight production deadlines
  * Worked with CG Supervisor, Production Dept., and Technical Leads to develop additional production and show specific pipeline/workflow for various departments
  * Beta-tested new tools and pipeline improvements, enhanced end-user tools, and troubleshoot and bug fix legacy tools written primarily in Python and Perl
  * Wrote various scripts used to collect render performance data from SQL databases and present results through graphs and other user readable formats
  * Mentored and trained junior pipeline support staff and render technical assistants
  * Notable projects include:
  - Cloverfield
  - Disney Marketing Trailer for 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua'
  - Drag Me To Hell
  - X-Men Origins: Wolverine
  - The Twilight Saga: New Moon (with additional lighting work)
  - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (with additional lighting work)
  - Season of the Witch (lighting work)
  - The Smurfs
  - Immortals (with additional fx animation work)
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  Render Technical Assistant

  Tippett Studio

  July 2006 - September 2007

  San Francisco Bay Area

  * Provided around-the-clock technical assistance for upwards of 150 artists, including the initiation and monitoring of rendering and processing tasks.
  * Provided script-level support for rendering tasks submitted to batch queuing system, as well as troubleshoot and fix rendering issues
  * Managed resource allocations and load balanced computer-farm based on production needs across multiple projects
  * Extended and enhanced queuing system software including dynamic load balancing, reporting and statistical analysis.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  SQA Test Automation Intern

  Extreme Networks

  October 2005 - June 2006

  San Francisco Bay Area

  * Executed and maintained software regression testing activities on various networking equipment.
  * Tracked and reported resulting test failures, and ensured the assigned test engineers resolved all failures.
  * Assembled test beds used to run regression tests.
  * Assisted with SQA Test Automation Team on various tasks to help testing run more efficiently.

• Student Assistant

  University of California, Davis

  July 2004 - September 2004

  Sacramento, California Area

  * Assisted in research on fast partitioning of fragment shaders for multipass rendering.
  * Designed, coded and debugged C++ statistical analyzer and modified front end parser using C++ and Lex/YACC tools.