HaZ Dulull

Work History

• Writer / Director

  Benderspink

  October 2013 - Present

  Writer / Director : Developing 'Project Kronos' Feature Film with Benderspink as the production company and Armory Films as the Financiers. With I-AM Entertainment as the Producers.
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  Member

  Visual Effects Society

  April 2012 - Present

  Active Member of the Visual Effects Society.
  
  I was Nominated for 2 VES Awards for my VFX Supervision work on broadcast mini series.

• VFX Supervisor / VFX Producer

  HaZ VFX Ltd

  January 2010 - Present

  Independent Visual effects Supervision and Production.
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  Director

  Parkgate Entertainment

  June 2015 - March 2016
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  VFX / Film Production Consultant (Freelance)

  ftrack

  January 2014 - May 2015

  - Ftrack Evangelist
  
  - Developing Ftrack workflow to be used in Film production ( feature films / shorts / content that are VFX heavy).
  
  - Demonstrating the above with a live Ftrack project created with my short film project: Drones ( IRIS).
  
  - Working closely with CEO Fredrick and Head of Sales / Marketing: Ben Minnal to forge strategic relationships with other studios and partners such as Adobe.
  
  - Working with the Engineering team to develop new features in Ftrack for film and vfx production use.
  
  - Attending trade shows, webinars as speaker to demon
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  Professor - Ftrack 101 Visual Effects Producing

  FXPHD

  July 2014 - August 2014

  - Creating the ftrack 101 visual effects producing course for www.fxphd.com
  - lecturing / recording / creating content
  - 10 part course based on my experience of being a VFX Supervisor / VFX Producer
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  CGI Production Consultant

  Squint / Opera

  April 2014 - July 2014

  - CGI production Consultant on the production pipeline for the pre-production phase of the animated TV series - OKIDO for Doodle Productions a division of Squint Opera.
  
  - Setting up a ftrack driven production / Project management pipeline working with the Producers, management and Leads.
  
  - Training all members of the team and working with HOD's on setting up ftrack to fit the project and studio needs.
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  VFX Supervisor (on-set)

  Milford Animation Studios

  March 2014 - March 2014

  - On Set visual effects Supervision on TP-Express Commercial ( Client: TWBA Manchester - Agency)
  
  - Worked closely with DOP, Director and DIT to capture VFX data for the shoot to support the CGI Animated Characters integration with the live action footage later in post.
  
  - Developed VFX Data capture workflow with DIT using Arri Alexa.
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  Speaker at the New Creative Event 2014

  Adobe

  March 2014 - March 2014

  - Creating presentation content
  - Liaising with the Marketing team at Adobe (UK).
  - Delivering the presentation talk to a large crowd of industry creatives and public.
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  Consulting VFX Supervisor (Freelance)

  Kazoo Creative

  November 2013 - February 2014

  - Visual Effects Consulting on various pitches and development projects.
  - Overseeing the visual effects / 3D Stereo pipeline of a Large Format project.
  - Supervising and leading the Pre-visualisation of the shoot and post production planning.
  - Preparing and sending out Tenders for external studios to bid on for VFX services on the project.
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  Panel Speaker at Sundance Film Festival 2014

  Adobe

  January 2014 - January 2014

  On a panel of Directors / Film Makers talking about emerging technology and how we make high end films on a tight budget.
  
  https://www.ustream.tv/recorded/42815891
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  Creator / Lecturer for the VFX Producers 101 course

  Escape Studios

  November 2013 - December 2013

  Created and delivered a 8 days (evening) course designed to help people understand the role of VFX production. Covering areas such as bidding, costing, script breakdown to running the project as a VFX Producer.
  
  Using Ftrack to create a VFX database and used my Short film DRONES as the real world production for the students to use during the course.

• Director - Short Promo film for Universal's - 47 Ronin: The

  dsf.

  November 2013 - December 2013

  - Director on Short Animated film - '47 Ronin: The Samurai Spirit' for Universal Studios.
  - Lead the creative team ( Adobe creative cloud pipeline)
  - Hands on VFX approach with Art Direction and Animation Direction.

• Guest Speaker about The future of Visual Effects.

  BVE North 2013

  November 2013 - November 2013

  - Guest speaker to the audience of Ask The Expert at BVE North 2013.
  - Presentation about the future of visual effects.

• Writer / Director - Music Promo : Marco V - Waiting for the

  Be Yourself Music

  October 2013 - November 2013

  - Director on Music Promo for Marco V - Waiting (for the end).
  - Music Promo Released on VEVO, MTV and other music channels
  - Wrote the treatment and idea and pitched it to the Artist via the record label.
  - Produced the shoot and VFX / Post.
  - Hands on approach to VFX / Post.

• Guest Speaker

  Raindance Film Festival

  October 2013 - October 2013

  Delivering a presentation to the audience of Raindance Film Festival 2013 about Visual Effects and Film Making.
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  Speaker - High Concept Film Making inside Adobe Creative Clo

  Adobe

  September 2013 - September 2013

  - Speaking at 3 sessions in IBC 2013 in Amsterdam about Film making and visual effects
  - Developing presentation material
  - working closely with Adobe Marketing team and Social media team
  - Creating relationship between IOFX and Adobe to showcase both technology in the presentation.

• VFX Supervisor

  Passion RAW

  September 2013 - September 2013

  Project: Adidas : MINT Commercial for JD Sports / Sid-Lee Agency.
  
  - On Set Visual Effects Supervisor
  - Working closely with Director: UNKNOWN and Post Producer: Lottie form Passion Raw.
  - Oversaw all digital output from set to studio, setup the compositing workflow.

• Visual Effects Supervisor (on-set)

  Passion RAW

  September 2013 - September 2013

  Project: Katy Perry Music Video: Unconditionally
  
  - VFX Supervisor working closely with Director - Brent Bonacorso, DOP and liasing with the VFX house in LA: BEMO.
  
  - Looked after the VFX Unit of the shoot, working with High Speed photography.

• Writer / Director : Commercial Promo Film.

  SynerScope B.V.

  August 2013 - September 2013

  - I was approached by CEO of Synerscope: Jan-Kees Buenun to write and direct a short promo film after enjoying my short film - Project Kronos.
  
  - Writer, Director and Producer on Viral Brand Film for Synerscope BV / Nvidia.
  
  - Developed treatment / Idea with the CEO of Synerscope before writing the script.
  
  - Produced the Shoot and VFX / Post
  
  - Hands on approach to the VFX / Post.
  
  - Worked with Marketing Team during the release of the film which was screened at IBC 2013.
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  VFX Supervisor (On set VFX unit)

  Passion Pictures

  June 2013 - June 2013

  - On set VFX Supervisor for a stop motion / live action 'RAC' Commercial.
  
  -Provided on-set post-vis comps (Nuke) and worked closely with director, DOP, DIT and animators on shoot solutions for VFX and post. These post-vis comps would then be signed off in terms of framing, timings and shot design on set with director and clients.
  
  - Set up on set VFX Editorial in Hiero for playback to Director and Agency clients.
  
  - Hand over to the VFX team back at Passion pictures will each shot with a rough comp and timings setup with all the elements.

• Freelance Visual Effects Producer / Supervisor

  Glowfrog Studios

  February 2013 - June 2013

  - Top Ten Natural Disasters | client: Pioneer for National Geographic / Discovery
  
  - Sequence Design and Direction working closely with client.
  - Leading a small VFX Team of CG Artists and Compositors
  - Resourcing outsource
  - Designed Pipeline for the show between VFX and Editorial
  - Client facing
  --Budget and Schedule

• VFX Supervisor / VFX Producer

  Enhance Entertainment LLC

  February 2013 - March 2013

  - Visual Effects Producer / Supervisor for Feature film (development trailer) - "Corbins List" Directed by Ben Jagger. For Enhance Entertainment LLC.
  
  - Managed project, budget, assets and remote artists team (CGI, Comp an Roto) though Ftrack.
  
  - On Set VFX Supervision
  
  - Visual Effects Direction and Design.

• Panel Speaker at BFI Future Film Festival 2013

  Creative Skillset

  February 2013 - February 2013

  Panel Speaker presenting and discussing about VFX Career paths at the 'BFI Future Film Festival 2013'
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  Visual Effects Supervisor / Visual Effects Producer (freelan

  Filmmore

  September 2012 - January 2013

  - Visual Effects Supervisor / Producer (post fixes / enhancements) on History Channel's: 'The
  Bible Series' (client supervisor: James Jordan)
  
  - Visual Effects Supervisor on the Feature Film - 'Het Bombardement'
  
  - Visual Effects Supervisor / Producer on the Feature Film - 'Valentino'
  
  - Visual Effects Supervisor / Producer on the Feature Film - 'Verliefd op Ibiza'
  
  - Associate Visual Effects Supervisor on the Feature Film - 'Ushi Must Marry'
  
  
  - Associate Visual Effects Supervisor on Dutch Feature Film: "Chez Nous"
  
  - VFX Business development,
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  VFX Consultant ( Feature Film)

  ENVY Post Production

  September 2012 - October 2012

  -VFX Consultant for Envy Post Production
  - Providing script breakdown
  - previs supervision
  - Feature Film VFX business development.
  - Worked with MD ( Dave Cadle) and Producer (Sian) and Head of VFX (Marcus Dryden)

• Post Production Supervisor

  The Design Studio For Film

  August 2012 - August 2012

  Project - A quick turnaround and tight schedule for a Cinema Trailer for Feature Film - Hummingbirds. starring Jason Strathem and written by writer of Eastern Promises.
  
  Client - IM Global and Reliance Entertainment
  
  - Work with creative director and producer at TDSFF to create treatment / concept / script for the trailer and help win the job with the pitch document.
  
  - Selecting post facilities to bid on the project based on my specification and requirements
  
  - Overseeing all Post Production and visual effects on location Post Production facility awarde

• Guest Speaker at VFX Advantage 2012

  Directors Guild of Great Britain & Directors Guild

  July 2012 - July 2012

  - Guest Speaker covering 2 presentation sessions about the stages of VFX in feature film.
  
  - Panel Member along with Foundry, Centroid and Sohonet answering questions from the audience.
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  Sequence Supervisor

  Benuts

  June 2012 - July 2012

  Working on the HBO / BBC Series - Parades End.
  
  Sequence Supervising and Lead Compositing a big series moment sequence. Leading / Supervising a team of artists. Collaborating with the Series VFX Supervisor.
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  Visual Effects Supervisor

  Prime Focus World

  April 2011 - June 2012

  Visual Effects Supervisor in the Broadcast VFX Dept working on several high end broadcast series (UK and US) as well as VFX supervising smaller scale / independent feature film VFX.
  
  Overall supervisor on projects across the department, recruitment, Pipeline, Creative Lead and client facing throughout. Bidding and script / treatment vfx breakdown.
  
  Supervised pitch/tests from concept to final pitch along with bidding and script breakdown.
  
  Completed Projects:
  
  NOVA: Life Beyond Earth | US TV Series (Associate VFX Supervisor)
  
  Storage 24 | Feature Film

• Guest Speaker at FMX 2012

  HaZ-VFX

  May 2012 - May 2012

  Screening of my Short Film - Fubar Redux followed with a Visual effects breakdown presentation on how it was all put together entirely inside The Foundry's Nuke.

• VFX Producer - (Preproduction / Budgeting Stage)

  Belief Films

  April 2011 - September 2011

  - VFX Supervisor / Production Supervisor on the pre-production development of 'Dark Peak' for Belief Films and budgeting the VFX and Post of the film for distributors - Stealth Media / Lionsgate.

• Associate VFX Producer

  Belief Films

  May 2011 - July 2011

  Associate VFX Supervisor, Production Supervisor on the independent Feature Film: Paddy Lincoln Gang directed by Ben Jagger.
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  Visual Effects Supervisor

  Jellyfish Pictures

  April 2010 - April 2011

  Jellyfish Pictures - Studio VFX Supervisor, BBC Planet Dinosaur
  
  Planet Dino VFX Supervisory tasks included:
  
  - Implementing the workflow and Project file structure
  
  - Helped the Producer and Creative Director to recruit, manage and setup the compositing and lighting teams
  
  - Worked on shot breakdowns / bids with other department leads to work out vfx tasks and provide schedule days for co-ordinators
  
  - Responsible for ensuring smooth technical workflow between CG/VFX and post house for online and grade
  
  - Technical final Quality Control on a number o
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  Visual Effects Supervisor / Producer

  Jellyfish Pictures

  April 2010 - April 2011

  Jellyfish Pictures (commercials / short form)
  
  - Working on Pitches, bidding and VFX breakdown from client scripts and storyboards.
  
  - Technology and tools decision making as well as ensuring the whole studio is integrated within the pipeline developed, and develop it further where needed. Attend daily production meetings with producers and client.
  
  Other Jellyfish pictures projects completed as VFX Supervisor:
  
  - Odessa / Spektrum TV Idents (featuring VFX sequences with live action and CG). Client: Red Bee
  
  - Frankenstein Promo for BBC3 (featuring VFX
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  Panel Speaker at BAFTA - "vfx advantage" event.

  Jellyfish Pictures

  March 2011 - March 2011

  Speaking about low budget visual effects for Film and TV alongside Jellyfish Pictures and Lipsync VFX at BAFTA.

• Visual Effects Supervisor / Visual Effects Producer

  Solus Entertainment

  December 2010 - December 2010

  Visual Effects Supervisor (on set supervision, co- director, vfx direction and design and compositing all the shots in the video) and VFX Producer (working with promo producer and client on post budget and dealing with post production facility for editorial, conforming and grading).
  
  Music Promo for 'Emin' signed to Warner Music (Russia).
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  Speaker at IBC 2010 about Post-Vis

  The Foundry

  September 2010 - September 2010

  Speaker and Presenter at IBC 2010 in Amsterdam.
  Presentation about 'previs to post-vis workflow' for my short film using The Foundry's Nuke X.
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  VFX / Compositing Supervisor on "America-the story of us" TV

  Jellyfish Pictures

  October 2009 - April 2010

  VFX Supervisor (sharing the vfx sup workload with another sup), working with producer, creative director on vfx bids, pitches, vfx breakdowns etc. Compositng Supervisor (nuke pipeline) on a big US series, setting up project comp pipeline, working with production team on look development and managing/leading team of compositors, technical and creative direction as well as compositing sequences.
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  Compositing Supervisor

  Partizan

  January 2010 - January 2010

  Compositing Supervisor during the weekends and evenings at Partizan (london) on a music promo for Mobiues directed by Martin Poyner and Nathan Parker. Involved supervising and co-ordinating with compositor remotely, reviewing shots before they go to directors as well as compositing final tweaks in Nuke in client session before delivery.
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  lead nuke compositor

  Partizan

  October 2009 - October 2009

  Lead Nuke compositor on Music Promo, responsible for setting up comp pipeline, internal vfx supervisor leading a team of compositors, working with producer on schedules, working close with director on creative look and and compositing sequences in nuke.

• Nuke Compositor

  Mobius MC

  September 2009 - October 2009

  Helping out on some shots for 5 days Nuke compositing on Feature Film: Prince of Persia.
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  nuke compositor

  The Mill

  September 2009 - September 2009

  Nuke compositing on music promos and commercials
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  Head of Nuke VFX

  Glassworks

  April 2009 - September 2009

  Setting up and running the new Nuke Compositing department.
  Compositing on High end commercials using Nuke.
  
  On Set Supervision – worked closely with director and D.P on commercials in a fast paced on set environment including shooting green screen for compositing
  
  • Supervised shoot for motion tracking / taking camera information (distance, fov, lens etc)
  
  • Shot and assembled hi-resolution stitched background image maps
  
  • Supervised ‘clean plate’ shoot for set extension
  
  • On set post-viz compositing

• VFX Supervisor / VFX Producer

  Pleased Sheep Productions

  March 2009 - June 2009

  Visual Effects Supervisor (including compositing of all shots and managing CG team). and Visual Effects Producer (bidding and working out the most cost effective ways to get the vfx done on a low budget) for the independant feature film : Bar Stewards
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  Nuke Compositor

  Passion Pictures

  March 2009 - April 2009

  Nuke Compositor on the second of the series of Meekats Compare the Market Commercials Directed by Darren Walsh of Passion Pictures.

• Compositing Supervisor

  Ace Digital House

  January 2009 - March 2009

  I am currently responsible for setting up the compositing pipeline with Nuke, assigning shots to compositors, working closely with VFX Supervisor, reviewing shots both internal dailies as well as client dailies. I am also still very much hands on and tackle the more complex shots for the french feature film "Ne Te Retournes Pas" starring Monica Belluci

• Lead Nuke Compositor

  Ace Digital House

  October 2008 - January 2009

  Currently compositing in Nuke and leading a team of talented compositors and artists on the french feature film: "Ne te retourne pas" starring Monica Belluci and Sophie Marceau.

• VFX Supervisor / Lead Compositor

  Conductor Films

  September 2008 - January 2009

  VFX Supervisor on independent Short film - The Conductor.
  Worked closely with director, DOP and production team on set in Manchester UK. Shooting on 35mm with extensive bluescreen / green screen VFX shots. Also responsible for all Nuke Compositing of sequences and leading a team of CG artists across the world via remote working.
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  Compositor

  Partizan

  September 2008 - September 2008

  Shake Compositor on Snow Patrol - "Bring back the city" Music Video
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  Lead Compositor/VFX Supervisor

  little red robot

  2006 - September 2008

  Shake and Nuke Compositor for Commercials and Promos. Also act as co-director on some of the projects.
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  Shake Compositor

  Swiss International

  July 2008 - August 2008

  Shake compositor on a Coca Cola commercial directed by style war.

• Shake Compositor

  Weilands

  June 2008 - July 2008

  Compositor on the latest Toshiba TV Commercial. Lots of wet for dry and dull weather to sunny weather compositing.
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  Digital Compositor

  Lipsync Post

  March 2008 - June 2008

  Shake Compositor on Hellboy 2
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  Shake Compositor

  Partizan

  March 2008 - March 2008

  Shake Compositor on a Cadburys Creme egg TV Commercial
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  Shake Compositor

  Fluid Pictures

  February 2008 - February 2008

  Shake Compositor on Terry Prachettes - The Color of Magic (follow up to Hog father).
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  Compositor

  Nviz

  January 2008 - February 2008

  Post Viz Compositor on feature film - Dark Knight.

• Shake / Nuke Compositor

  Spov TV

  September 2007 - January 2008

  Shake and Nuke compositor on commercials, promos and a large scale TV series for Discovery.
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  Shake compositor

  Prime Focus World

  August 2007 - August 2007

  Shake compositor for a couple of days freelance work on feature animated film - Tales of the river bank.
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  shake compositor/roto and prep artist

  MPC

  May 2007 - August 2007

  Roto and Prep compositing on feature films - 10,000 BC and some shots on Chronicles of Narnia - prince caspian.

  

  

  

• Shake Compositor/Roto Artist

  Machine FX

  April 2007 - May 2007

  Shake compositor/Roto Artist on Feature Film - Golden Age and other undisclosed projects.

• Shake Compositor

  The Hub Plus (Advertising Agency)

  March 2007 - March 2007

  Shake compositor on DELL TV commercial Easter Version.
  I was involved in retiming of new assets to be composited into the shot, roto and tracking and grading.

• Shake Compositor

  Clarkes Associates / BBC

  January 2007 - March 2007

  Digital Compositor (Shake) on a high profile BBC docu - film.
  Involves doing Roto, tracking, green screen, compositing shots to fully graded.
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  FMV and Promo Artist

  Kuju Entertainment

  October 2006 - January 2007

  FMV artist working on visual effects and compositing on the cinematic cutscenes for Battalion Wars for Nintendo Wii as well as a variety of promo sequences for marketing.

• Shake Compositor

  VFXED / Clarkes Associates

  2007 - 2007

  Assisted Flame compositor at VFXED to create mattes and digital clean up on frames such as removing dirt from windows yet retaining their reflections etc.
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  Experienced Visual Effects and Marketing Artist

  Codemasters

  2005 - October 2006

  Marketing artist working on the Colin Mcrae Rally FMV trailer for E3 2006, Intro motion graphics sequence for Cricket 07 on Xbox360 and PS2 and other marketing visuals.

• Creative Director

  Olmec Studios Ltd

  September 2003 - November 2005

  Worked on Feature film, short films, commercials and corporate visuals.
  
  Managing studio, implementing pipeline and client facing. Post Production using Discreet Combustion. 3D using 3dsmax and Maya.

• Associate producer and Promo Artist

  Virtucraft Studios

  September 2002 - September 2003

  Associate producer to the main producer on game concepts for Xbox, PS2 and Gamecube.
  
  Promo Artist for E3 DVD and concept animation using Max and Maya.

• Multimedia Designer

  Immersive Education

  2000 - 2001

• Games Artist and Video Editor

  Deibus Studios

  June 1997 - December 2000