Frederick Gaudreau

Work History

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  Instructor

  iAnimate

  May 2014 - January 2021

  basic lighting and compositing class for cg artist who wants to get the fundamentals knowledge to properly render their scene or looking for an introduction to rendering in Maya and final compositing in Nuke.
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  Sr. Lighting TD

  Hybride

  July 2016 - December 2016

  Piedmont, Canada

  - Kong: Skull Island
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  VFX Supervisor

  Warner Bros. Animation

  February 2012 - March 2014

  Burbank, Ca, United States

  - Beware The Batman
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  Comp/Lighting Supervisor

  Nickelodeon Animation Studio

  January 2010 - February 2012

  - Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomenes (2011)
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  Senior Lighting/Compositing Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  October 2005 - January 2010

  - Cats and Dogs 2
  - G-Force
  - Valkyrie ( lighting TD's )
  - Body of lies " https://www.fxguide.com/article503.html "
  - Speed Racer
  - I Am Legend
  Nominated "VES 2008" Time Square Hunt
  - Spiderman 3
  - Monster House,
  Nominated "Academy Award" "Golden Globe"
  -Stereoscopic; Monster House (realD) , Open Season (Imax 3D)
  Lighting/ Compositing and renders . Setup environment projection.

  
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  Lighting, Compositing TD

  Super 78 Studios

  August 2004 - October 2005

  -CG supervisor Supersonic (Dicovery Channel, Full HD)
  -3D Stereoscopic Ride, DarKastle, Nominated VES 2006
  -TV series pilot production, Mud Bug ......
  Lighting/ Modeling/ Texture/ Compositing and renders

• Lead / Supervisor Pre-production

  Dreamation Studios

  December 2003 - August 2004

  ·TV series pilot production, Spaced Out
  ·TV series pilot production, Down Under
  ·TV series pilot production, Meet the Muglugs
  ·DVD creation, CINEME 2003
  ·RnD for advanced modeling techniques
  Lead Modeling / Texture
  Pipeline TD pre-prod

• Motion-Control TD

  Camera E Motion

  July 2001 - September 2003

  ·Extreme Ops
  ·Jericho Mansions
  - Motion Control Pre-Visualisation and Move Validation with a MILO rig,
  ·TV Advertisement, Gemme Jewelry
  ·TV Advertisement, MIKES restaurant
  -Music Video ( Chantal, Stefie Shock )
  Texture / Modeling / Lighting / Rendering / Motion Control Pre-Viz

• Modeling/Texturing Artist

  Digital Fiction

  March 2003 - August 2003

  ·Black & Bruised for game cube and PS2
  ·Matte painting for the background, Character modeling and rigging
  Modeling / Matte painting

• Lead Texture

  Klik Animation

  April 2000 - January 2001

  ·TV series pilot production, GARDENER, Manga style
  -Modeling, textures design, character setup and animation with muscular deformation.
  ·3D animated TV series, Klootz
  ·Lead Texture Artist, Lighting Artist.
  ·TV series pilot, Sammy And The Dinosaur.
  ·RnD for shading techniques,
  Texture / Character Setup / Lighting
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  Modeling/Texturing Artist

  Side City Studios

  December 1999 - March 2000

  ·TV series pilot, LAO 3033
  · Character Texture Artist, Decor and Character Modeler, Lighting and Animation
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  Modeling/Texturing/Lighting Artist

  Microids Canada

  July 1999 - December 1999

  Animation / Modeling / Rendering / Lighting
  · High Resolution Game Cinematics, Empire of the Ants
  · IK Setup and Mesh Weighting, Texture Design, Decor and Character Modeling,
  · Lighting and Rendering.

• Computer Graphics Department Director

  Humeng International

  August 1997 - August 1998

  Computer Graphics Department Director
  ·Design and programming of navigation tools
  ·3D Presentation for UAP/NAPA