John Huikku

Work History

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  CG supervisor

  Cinesite

  January 2018 - Present

  Montreal

  Addams Family 1 & 2
  Space Jam
  Riverdance

  

• Creative Director

  Tarina Creative

  January 2017 - Present

  Orlando, Florida Area

  Creative production for animation and VR
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  Tau Films

  ? - October 2017
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  CG supervisor

  Tau Films

  October 2016 - September 2017

  Orlando, FL

  CG supervisor, VFX art director, generalist
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  CG Supervisor

  Egg VFX

  January 2016 - November 2016

  Dublin, Ireland

  CG Supervisor for a TV series pilot with a CG character
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  CG supervisor

  Brown bag films

  October 2013 - January 2016
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  Lecturer

  Animation Skillnet

  February 2014 - 2016

  Dublin, Ireland

  Teaching courses in CG lighting, look development, XGen grooming &instancing; and other related CG animation skills.
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  Look Development/Lighting Artist

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  2004 - October 2013

  Burbank, CA

  Frozen (Look Development)
  Wreck-It Ralph (Look Development, Xgen Procedural Environments Lead)
  Tangled Ever After - Short (Look Development)
  Lion King (3D conversion)
  Tangled (Look Dev & Lighting)
  A Christmas Carol (Lighting & Compositing)
  Beauty & the Beast (3D conversion)
  Super Rhino - Short (Look Dev & Lighting)
  BOLT (Look Dev & Lighting)
  Meet the Robinsons (Lighting & Compositing)
  Chicken Little (Lighting & Compositing)

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Digital Artist/Matte Painter

  World of Tomorrow

  2003 - June 2004

  Van Nuys, CA

  
  Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (matte painting, 3d set extension & compositing)
  

  
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  Visual Effects Artist

  Wētā FX

  2003 - November 2003

  Wellington, New Zealand

  
  Texture Artist, Matte Painter & Environments TD on Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
  Environment, texture and matte painting artist on the Black Gates destruction set
  Photographed miniature sets for texture artists
  

  

• Visual Effects Artist/Matte Painter

  Boy Wonder Visual Effects

  2002 - March 2003

  Culver City, CA

  
  • Out of Time (lead compositor)
  • Bulletproof Monk (lead compositor)
  

  

  

• Matte Painter and Compositor

  Disney's The Secret Lab

  2000 - 2002

  Burbank, CA

  
  • Reign of Fire (digital compositor: The Secret Lab)
  • Snow Dogs (3d matte painter: The Secret Lab)
  • Bubble Boy (digital compositor: The Secret Lab)
  • Golden Dreams (3d matte painter: The Secret Lab/Imagineering)
  • The Kid (digital compositor: The Secret Lab)
  • Cinemagique (compositor & matte painter: The Secret Lab/Imagineering)
  

  
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  Visual Effects Artist

  Dream Quest Images (Walt Disney Co.)

  1996 - April 2000

  Simi Valley, CA

  
  • Mission to Mars (digital compositor)
  • Bicentennial Man (3d matte painter)
  • Inspector Gadget (digital compositor)
  • Instinct (3d matte painter & effects artist)
  • Armageddon (compositor, matte painter, texture painter and effects artist)
  • Flubber (digital compositor)
  • George of the Jungle (digital compositor and effects artist)
  

  

  

  

  

  

• Visual Effects Artist

  Simex Digital Studios

  1995 - November 1996

  Agoura Hills, CA

  
  Mars Odyssey ride film (Texture & Surfacing Lead)
  

• Motion Graphics Designer / Video Editor

  Invisible Dog

  1993 - March 1995

  Greater New York City Area

  
  Various national advertising campaigns, McDonalds, IBM, Ford, Hardees, etc (Motion Graphics Department Supervisor)
  
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  Test Engineer

  Avid Technology

  1992 - 1993

  Tewksbury, MA

  
  Test Engineer for Avid Media Composer products.
  

• Graphics/UI Designer

  University of Massachusetts Lowell

  1987 - 1992

  Lowell, MA

  
  INTERACTIVE MEDIA GROUP
  User interface design, graphic design, presentation graphics, video engineer
  
  This was a university research lab with several corporate partners including Avid Technology, DEC, Hewlett Packard, Nynex and IBM.