Gentry Davidson

Work History

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  Digital Paint Artist

  Wētā FX

  April 2022 - Present

  

  

  
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  Content Creator

  Gentrifiction

  November 2016 - Present

  Portland, Oregon Area
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  Digital Paint Artist

  Netflix Animation

  January 2021 - April 2022

  Wendell & Wild
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  Video/Motion Graphics Artist

  Columbia Sportswear Company

  August 2019 - January 2021

• Post Production Artist

  Columbia Sportswear

  September 2018 - April 2020

  Beaverton, OR
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  Project Manager/Nuke Compositor

  Columbia Sportswear Company

  September 2019 - January 2020
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  Digital Image Retoucher

  Columbia Sportswear Company

  October 2018 - August 2019

  Beaverton, Oregon
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  Digital Paint Artist

  Laika

  May 2013 - May 2018

  Facial Reconstruction, Rig Removal, Digital Paint on Feature film Kubo and The Two Strings.

  

  
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  Senior Image Editor

  Nike

  June 2016 - March 2017

  Beaverton, Oregon
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  Digital Artist

  Boundary Visual Effects

  November 2014 - December 2014

  Portland, Oregon Area

  Digital Paint work for Anomalisa
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  Digital Artist

  Boundary Visual Effects

  April 2014 - April 2014
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  Digital Compositor

  The Molecule

  January 2013 - March 2013

  New York City

  Compositing, Clean plating, Matchmoving, Roto/Paint, 2D Integration, Color Correction for 3 spots including Pepsi, Mobli app, and Robert Wilson Voom Portraits.
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  Roto/Paint Artist

  Evil Eye Pictures

  October 2012 - December 2012

  San Francisco

  Created articulate roto for selective Projection plate fixes and crowd enhancement. Work closely with Compositor and Lead to obtain best result as fast as possible. Used Nuke, Silhouette, Proprietary programs developed for pipeline. Project: Oz: The Great and Powerful (2013).

  

  
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  Image Finaling Artist

  DreamWorks Animation

  August 2012 - October 2012

  Redwood City, CA

  Completion Artist for final frames, Projection fixes within Nuke, Track/patch retarded pixels. Navigate Unix Shell Scripting Environment. Create render passes/mattes from proprietary lighting package. Manage scene files within Job tree revision network. Respond to CG Supe, Lead feedback. Linux/Unix Environment. Projects: Rise of the Guardians (2012) and The Croods (2013).

  

  
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  Digital Compositor

  Form & Fiction

  July 2011 - October 2012

  3D, Compositing, Motion Graphics. Developed VFX look per Art Director feedback. Help plan VFX sequences, Pipeline workflow. Used Primarily a PC to Mac interface and formats.

• Digital Compositor

  Space Division Studio

  May 2012 - June 2012

  Matchmoved, Composited. Developed particle look with Art Director. Projection Roto techniques within Nuke. Telecommuted.
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  Stereoscopic Roto Artist

  The Base Studio

  February 2011 - June 2011

  Foster City, CA

  Constructed Articulate Mattes for Stereo Conversion. Responded to client, CG Sup, Lead's feedback. Used primarily SilhouetteFX in a WIndows Environment. Projects include Thor (2011) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).

  

• Digital Compositing Intern

  Pixelcorp

  February 2010 - June 2010

  San Francisco Bay Area

  Mac Break TV Show, Set Dressed, environment creation.