Geer is a visualization artist and creative supervisor collaborating with filmmakers to develop sequences of animation and visual effects for movies and streaming media. He specializes in pre-visualization, post-visulaization, and real-time filmmaking. Over the past 16 years, Geer has contributed work to internationally distributed feature films and streaming series for Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 20th Century Studios, Legendary Entertainment, Apple TV, Amazon Prime, and Netflix.
Work History
Visualization Artist
Day for Nite
September 2024 - September 2024
Los Angeles, California, United States
Pre-visualization using Maya and Unreal Engine 5
Visualization Supervisor
The Third Floor
April 2022 - April 2024
Los Angeles, California, United States
• Venom: The Last Dance (previs co-supervisor, 2024)
• Me Time (postvis supervisor, 2022)
Visualization Lead
The Third Floor
January 2019 - April 2024
Los Angeles, California, United States
• Twisters - July 2024
• Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania - 2023
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - 2022
• Uncharted - 2022
• The Tomorrow War - 2021
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - 2019
• Terminator: Dark Fate - 2019
• Gemini Man - 2019
Visualization Artist
The Third Floor
July 2014 - April 2024
Greater Los Angeles Area
• No One Will Save You (Postvis Artist - 2023)
• For All Mankind, Season 2 (Previs Artist - 2021)
• Black Widow (Previs/Postvis/Techvis Artist - 2021)
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Previs artist - 2019)
• Captain Marvel (Visualization artist - 2019)
• Ant-Man and the Wasp (Postvis artist - 2018)
• Solo: A Star Wars Story (Visualization artist, previs, postvis - 2018)
• Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi (Postvis - 2017)
• Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Postvis - 2017)
• Spiderman: Homecoming (Postvis - 2017)
• Doctor Strange (Previs/Postvis - 2016)
• Warcraft (Postvis - 2016)
• Independence Day: Resurgence (Postvis - 2016)
• The Great Wall (Postvis - 2016)
• Allegiant (Previs - 2016)
• Ant-Man (Previs/Postvis - 2015)
• pre-visualization (previs)
• post-visualization (postvis)
• shot & sequence creation for feature films
• storytelling
• camera animation, layout & lensing
• visual effects design
• look development
• character animation
• creature animation
• camera tracking & solving
• lighting
• compositing
• fx
Postvis Artist
Proof Inc
October 2013 - June 2014
Los Angeles, California
• Guardians of the Galaxy (Postvis - 2014 Marvel Studios, on-site, feature film)
Member of a small team working on-site at Marvel Studios to design complex visual effects for the director and vfx supervisor as the editors developed sequences for the final cut.
• Nuke compositing
• Post-visualization
Previs Artist
Halon Entertainment
September 2013 - September 2013
Santa Monica, Ca
• Previs Artist for a commercial
Layout Artist
Sony Pictures Imageworks
December 2008 - February 2013
Culver City, California, United States
Technical Director on
• "OZ: The Great and Powerful" (feature film, 2013)
• VFX Layout using Maya
• Calibrating stereo-3D plates from the live-action shoot using Nuke X and Ocula
• Compositing split-comps and repositions in stereo 3D using Nuke X
• final cg camera animation and composition
• environment layout
• final set assembly and optimization for lighting
• cg camera constraint set-up and fixes
• used both Maya and proprietary 3D tools
• also served as a stereoscopic compositor using Katana
Stereoscopic Compositor
Sony Pictures Imageworks
December 2008 - November 2010
Culver City, Ca
Associate Technical Director on:
• "Green Hornet" (Feature Film, 2011)
• Alice in Wonderland" (feature film, 2010)
• "G-Force" (feature film, 2009)
• stereoscopic compositing and rendering
• camera projection, tracking and keying
• used both Nuke and Katana
Nuke Compositor
Psyop
September 2010 - September 2010
Venice, ca
• Nuke compositing for "PowerGig" video game commercial
Animator
Prologue Films
August 2010 - August 2010
Venice, Ca
• Maya animation, modeling and 3d concept development
• After Effects animation and compositing
Stereoscopic Nuke Compositor
ICO VFX
June 2010 - August 2010
Burbank, Ca
• Nuke compositing and stereoscopic conversion of Dreamworks' Shrek 1, 2 and 3
Stop-Motion Animator
Partizan
July 2006 - October 2007
Hollywood, Ca
Freelance Stop-Motion Animator for commercials and music videos:
• Thrice "Digital Sea" (Music Video)
• Nora Jones "Thinking About You" (Music Video)
• Honda Civic "Freedom is Choice" (Commercial)
• Coca-cola "Summer Love" (Commercial)
• Coca-cola "Coke Minis" (Commercial)
Intern
G7 Animation
June 2004 - August 2004
North Hollywood, Ca
Storyboard Production Assistant for:
• Legend of the Dragon (2005 animated series)