Tor Andreassen

Work History

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  Senior Compositor

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  November 2023 - March 2024

  Vancouver, Canada
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  Compositing Supervisor

  Barnstorm VFX

  May 2022 - November 2023

  Vancouver, Canada
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  Compositing Department Lead / Technical Director

  Storm Studios

  August 2021 - March 2022

  Oslo, Norway
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  Lead Compositor/ Technical Director

  Stardust Effects

  December 2020 - June 2021

  Oslo, Norway
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  Senior Compositor

  TRIXTER

  April 2020 - September 2020

  München, DE
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  Senior Compositor

  Pixomondo

  December 2019 - March 2020

  Vancouver, Canada
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  Compositing Sequence Lead

  MPC

  September 2019 - November 2019

  Vancouver, Canada
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  Digital Compositor

  Industrial Light & Magic

  June 2019 - August 2019

  Vancouver, Canada
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  Digital Compositor

  Image Engine

  February 2019 - June 2019

  Vancouver, CA
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  Digital Compositor

  Ghost VFX

  November 2018 - December 2018

  Copenhagen, DK

  
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  Digital Compositor

  Wētā FX

  August 2017 - October 2018

  Wellington, New Zealand

  

  

  
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  Digital Compositor

  Rising Sun Pictures

  January 2016 - August 2017

  Adelaide, Australia

  Comper at RSP

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  VFX Compositing Lecturer

  Campus i12

  October 2016 - October 2016

  Eksjö, Sweden

  Guest lecturer, introducing students to gizmos, python and other advanced technical compositing tasks and workflows.
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  Digital Compositor

  MPC

  October 2015 - December 2015

  London, UK

  CG compositing with blue screen integration, stereo comp. live action and full cg comp
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  Digital Compositor

  Double Negative

  August 2015 - October 2015

  Soho, London

  Compositing on high profile live action projects.
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  2D Lead / Technical Director

  BOBBYHOUSTON.

  May 2015 - August 2015

  Gothenburg, Sweden

  Managing a small team of artists. Compositing shots and developing/maintaining 2D Tools.
  
  - On-Set VFX Supervision, pipeline development, and IT-related troubleshooting.
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  Digital Compositor / Technical Director

  BOBBYHOUSTON.

  January 2015 - May 2015

  Gothenburg, Sweden

  Compositing for commercials and feature films.
  Developing and maintaining Nuke pipeline tools, comp tools and gizmos.
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  Digital Compositor / Technical Director

  RapidImages

  July 2014 - January 2015

  Gothenburg, Sweden

  Compositing for commercials, TV and feature films.
  
  Developing and maintaining Nuke tools, gizmos, and pipeline tools.
  Setting up comp‐templates and troubleshooting Nuke scripts.
  Shotgun setup for inhouse shows, and clean-plate generation.
  
  Extensive use of Nuke, and python for scripting/dev.
  
  • Flocken (2015)
  • Viva Hate (2014)
  • Volvo Car Commercials
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  Digital Compositor

  Entity FX

  September 2013 - May 2014

  Santa Monica, CA, USA

  - Worked with artists and supervisors to deliver shots with fast turnarounds for mutiple tv-shows using Nuke and Mocha.
  
  - Compositing, tracking, color matching, projections, cleanplate generation, wire/rig removal, paint, roto, and plate prep.
  
  • The Following: season 2 (2014)
  • The Vampire Diaries: season 5 (2013-2014)
  • The Originals: season 1 (2013-2014)
  • Stalker: pilot (2014)
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  Freelance Nuke Compositor

  The Molecule

  January 2014 - January 2014

  Los Angeles, CA, USA

  - Assisted in delivering shots for commercial and TV shows.
  Compositing, tracking, logo removals, beauty cleanup, roto, and paint.
  
  • The Americans: season 2 (2014)
  • Winter Olympics 2014 Commercial

• Visual Effects and Animation Intern

  Westernized Productions

  February 2013 - May 2013

  San Francisco, CA, USA

  - Worked on various commercials using Nuke and Mocha.
  - Compositing, tracking, roto, color matching, re-timing, and marker removal
  
  • Google Chromebook Pixel Launch
  • Aruba: Multi Use
  • Aruba: Work
  • Aruba: Play
  • Kaiser: Future of Healthcare 2013
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  Digital Compositor

  Atomic Fiction

  December 2012 - February 2013

  Oakland, CA, USA

  - Worked on the feature film ‘Star Trek: Into Darkness’.
  
  
- CG Integration, adding lens flares, tracking, matte extraction, patch/paint/roto and 3D projection cleanup.
  
  • Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)

  

• On-Set Comp Supervisor / Comp Lead / Compositor, and Roto-pa

  Freelance

  November 2009 - November 2012

  San Francisco, CA, USA

  - Worked on independent productions for Sundance, Cannes, Tribeca and Comic-Con.
  Managed compositing teams, on-set supervision, and worked as a compositor and roto-paint artist.
  
  - Compositing, keying, projections, CG Integration, tracking, Nuke tools development, roto, paint.
  
  • Fruitvale Station (feature film) (2013)
  • Bluebird (feature film) (2013)
  • Saving Lincoln (feature film) (2013)
  • Advantageous (feature film) (2015)
  • Valiant (feature film) (2014)
  • Futurestates: Advantageous (tv-show) (2012)
  • Dino Hunt (short film) (2013)
  • Glass Butterfly (music video)
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  Web and Graphic Designer / Multimedia Designer

  Equator Aircraft Norway DA

  January 2010 - June 2010

  Grimstad, Norway

  Visualization/video/simulation for Flying UiA and Equator Aircraft, Web portal and print material.
  
  Media: Website design, video/editing, and print material.
  Technical: Website programming, computer and software/hardware setup.
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  Computer Science Assistant

  University of Agder

  August 2009 - December 2009

  Computer Science position at the University of Agder.
  
  Introducing students to these tasks:
  
  • Basic use of a computer, including the Microsoft Office Suite
  • The programming-language Visual Basic
  • Computer networking
  • Operating systems, Windows
  
  Description: project management, assisting the students with both the practical and theoretical tasks they were introduced to in this general computing course.

• System Manager

  The Bergen Students Sports Organization

  January 2006 - June 2007

  Bergen, Norway

  System Manager and Bord Member at BSI, The largest student sports organisation in Bergen, Norway.
  
  Description: Database management, network security, user management, web-authoring (joombla!), setup and maintenance of the computer park, technical support and contact with subcontractors.