Gary Shelley

Gary Shelley

Mid-level Digital Compositor / 9 yrs

Toronto, Canada

Hire Me

Roto Paint Supervisor

The First Omen (2024)

Compositor

Halo (2022)

Roto/Paint Show Lead

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

Roto/Paint Show Lead

Free Guy (2021)

Roto/Paint Show Lead

Black Widow (2021)

Roto/Paint Show Lead

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

Roto/Paint Show Artist

WONDER WOMAN 1984 (2020)

Roto / Paint Show Lead

The New Mutants (2020)

Roto/Paint Show Artist

Sonic The Hedgehog (2020)

Roto/Paint Show Artist

Bloodshot (2020)

Roto/Paint Show Lead

Midway (2019)

Roto / Paint Show Lead

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

Roto/Paint Show Lead

For All Mankind (2019)

Roto/paint Show Lead

Joker (2019)

Roto/Paint Show Lead

Captain Marvel (2019)

Roto/Paint Show Lead

The Umbrella Academy (2019)

Roto/Paint Show Lead

The Kitchen (2019) (2019)

Roto/Paint Show Lead

Ford v Ferrari (2019)

Roto/Paint Show Lead

Ad Astra (2019)

Roto/Paint Show Lead

Deadpool 2 (2018)

Digital Compositor

Ready Player One (2018)

Visual Effects Artist

Black Panther (2018)

Digital Compositor

Assassin's Creed (2018)

Digital Compositor

Geostorm (2017)

Digital Compositor

The Mummy (2017)

Digital Compositor

Collide (2017)

Roto/Paint Show Lead

Aquaman (2016)

Roto / Paint Show Lead

The OA (2016)

Digital Compositor

Doctor Strange (2016)

Digital Compositor

Star Trek Beyond (2016)

Digital Compositor

The BFG (2016)

Digital Compositor

Point Break (2015)

Digital Compositor

Everest (2015)

Digital Compositor

Ant-Man (2015)

Digital Compositor

Jurassic World (2015)

Digital Compositor

San Andreas (2015)

Work History
  • Key artist

    Mr. X

    December 2021 - Present
  • Senior/Lead Roto/Paint Artist

    ScanlineVFX

    May 2019 - October 2019
    Montreal, Canada Area

    Joker
    Black Widow
    Spiderman: Far From Home

  • Show Lead

    ScanlineVFX

    May 2019 - September 2019
    Montréal, Canada

    - Responsible for the most advanced tasks on multiple projects on a daily basis.
    - Created realistic action plans to help junior artists complete task goals
    within deadlines.
    - Communicated with global offices in Los Angeles, Vancouver, and London for
    daily task details.
    - Thrived in an iterative workflow that allowed tasks to be approved by clients on
    a more regular and rapid basis.

  • Show Lead

    Method Studios

    October 2017 - May 2019
    Vancouver, Canada Montreal

    - Led multiple teams of artists to finish and complete movies such as: Deadpool 2,
    Star Wars: Rogue One, and Christmas Chronicles under budget.
    - Devised innovative ways to bring client callouts to reality within industry and
    studio standards.
    - Co-Founded the culture and pulse organization to help increase studio moral
    and efficiency across multiple facilities.
    - Received client feedback and created versions of work that satisfied their vision.
    - Provided detailed instructions and artistic direction to both internal and external
    artist teams to bring tasks to creative final.
    - Overlooked sequence and matching tasks to ensure the highest level of detail and
    quality was met prior to delivery to clients.

  • Roto/Paint Lead Artist

    Method Studios

    December 2018 - May 2019
    Montreal, Canada Area

    Top Gun 2
    Wonder Woman
    Bloodshot
    Sonic: The Hedgehog
    The OA

  • Paint Artist/Compositor

    Stereo D

    March 2015 - October 2017
    Toronto, Canada Area, Burbank California
  • stereo compositor

    Stereo D

    April 2015 - September 2017
    Los Angeles, CA: Toronto, ON

    - Adapted to working on multiple tasks and learning the needs of clients within two
    months, which led to my transfer to the Toronto studio.
    - Assisted in establishing the Toronto studio and making it an industry leader in
    quality and standards.
    - Promoted to a senior position in two seperate departments within two years of
    starting in the film industry.
    - Established a workflow to consolidate client assets which led to a speed up
    in production.

  • Specialist

    Diamond Formalwear

    February 2007 - January 2014
    Mokena, Illinois

    I was the only employee that worked with the owner year round and was responsible for all the day to day activities associated with running/maintaining a retail space. On top of the office work, I also wrote orders and brought new business into the store through calls and referral based business. When I was given creative liberty I was able to organize the stock in a more efficient manner as well as created the web site for the company and various signs that were used for advertising purposes.

  • Marine

    United States Marine Corps

    2006 - 2008
    Sand Diego, CA

    I was in charge of various teams in my short time with the Marines. I received an honorable medical discharge when I got hurt in a training accident before my deployment. Through my education I learned to value team work, independence, initiate, honor, commitment, courage, and the willingness to get a job done no matter the obstacles.

  • Manager

    Moorehead Communications dba TCC, Verizon Premium Wireless R

    2004 - 2006
    Orland Park, Illinois and Minooka, Illinois

    I was responsible for the day to day maintenance of two large, volume producing stores for the company. I had to write schedules, request stock, inventory, balance deposit details, and keep my quota high in order to be successful.

  • Manager

    Moorehead Communications dba TCC, Verizon Premium Wireless R

    2004 - 2006
    Orland Park, Illinois and Minooka, Illinois

    I was responsible for the day to day maintenance of two large, volume producing stores for the company. I had to write schedules, request stock, inventory, balance deposit details, and keep my quota high in order to be successful.

Education
  • Bachelor of Arts

    Columbia College Chicago

    April 2010 - April 2013