Gene Chee

Gene Chee

Senior Modeler / 14 yrs

Singapore

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Work History
  • Environment Technical Director

    Framestore

    January 2019 - Present
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Lead Environment Modeler

    Industrial Light & Magic

    July 2010 - November 2018

    AQUAMAN : 2018
    Environment Lead (uncredited) -
    Set management, modeling, layout and assembly

    READY PLAYER ONE : 2016 - 2018
    Environment Lead -
    Set management, modeling, layout and assembly
    Character and prop modeling.
    (The Overlook Hotel from the Shining sequence won the 2019 VES for Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature)

    KONG: SKULL ISLAND : 2016
    Digital double, creature and environment modeling.
    Set layout and assembly.

    THE GREAT WALL : 2015-2016
    Environment Lead -
    Set management, modeling, layout and assembly
    (Bianliang Palace and Inner City)

    STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS : 2015
    Character facial shape modeling, shot based animated shapes and correctives
    (Unkar Plutt)
    Set modeling, layout, assembly and sequence based environment dressing.
    (Starkiller Base Oscillator Interior – Han/Kylo Confrontation sequence and Star Destroyer Hangar)

    JURASSIC WORLD : 2015
    Shot based shape correctives

    WARCRAFT : 2014-2015
    Character and prop modeling
    Animated shot based shape correctives

    AGENT 47 : 2014
    Digital double and props modeling

    STRANGE MAGIC : 2010-2014
    Character, creature and environment modeling.
    Set layout and assembly.
    Shot and sequence based environment dressing.

  • Animator

    Moon FX Sdn Bhd

    April 2004 - June 2006

    Stop-motion character animation
    Storyboarding, character and environment design
    2D cleanups, keyframing, inbetweening, inking and colouring
    After Effects animation
    Offline and online editing and compositing
    Motion graphics
    Background Illustrations

Education
  • Escape Studios

    2009 - 2010
  • Birmingham City University

    2000 - 2003