Ido Banai

Work History

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  CEO/Founder

  VectorField Co-Operative

  December 2020 - Present

  Los Angeles, California, United States · Remote

  Helping evolve work for hire for digital artists.

• Chief Executive Officer

  Plenoptic Cognition

  February 2018 - Present

  Pai, Mae Hong Son, Thailand

  Pioneering technology in the field of Digital Optogenetics

• Consultant

  GHSU3D

  2010 - 2018

  Worldwide Consulting services

  I have been providing VR/AR, stereo conversion, digital production management, VFX/Stereo pipeline design and business sustainability consulting services to a host of Film studios and VFX studios over the past 8 years.
  

• Pipeline Designer/ Senior Compositor

  Exlibris Productions

  June 2015 - October 2015

  Pipeline Designer/TD, Senior Compositor.
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  Stereo Compositor

  Animal Logic

  2013 - 2013
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  Stereographer/Stereoscopic Technical Director/Digital Producer

  3DCG: The Stereo Consulting Group

  January 2011 - July 2011

  Worldwide

  Acting Stereographer along side Jonathan Banta and Dave Stump on a yet to be released feature film.
  Insuring both quality and artistic direction of the stereo conversion of the film from multiple conversion companies around the world.
  Was Also responsible for working with all VFX studios on the film and the production its self to generate and deliver all VFX Stereoscopic elements for the conversion companies to assist in creating the final converted image.
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  Professor

  FXPHD

  January 2011 - April 2011

  Teaching a course about Stereo conversion goodness!
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  ViewD Lead Compositor

  Prime Focus World

  September 2009 - January 2011

  Was a tracking&layout; artist for AVATAR
  
  Then moved onto the R&D/Testing team for 6 month,
  Working on undisclosed client tests.
  then went on to Lead/sup/train and setup a new Conversion department in India for another 6 month.
  did conversion work for Clash of the titans, Cats&dogs;, Shrek, My Soul To take and Narnia while there.
  as well as many more client tests and projects that are still ongoing.

  

  

  
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  Flame Artist

  Lola Visual Effects

  2008 - 2010

  Worked on as a Flame artist various Feature films including Xmen-Wolverine, Fired up

  
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  Compositor

  Engine Room

  2009 - 2009
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  Compositor

  Zoic Studios

  2008 - 2009

  Worked as a compositor on Episodic, Feature and TVC projects. including Fringe, V and CSI. Mainly on AE, some TVC work on Flame and a fair bit of Tracking/performance transfer work in Syntheyes
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  Freelance Vfx artist

  Hi-Ground Media

  2008 - 2008

  Worked on TVC Episodic and Music Videos, on both Flame and AE
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  Flame Artist

  Hydraulx

  2008 - 2008

  Flame Artist on Wanted, the incredible hulk and several Music Videos.

  

  

• Freelance VFX artist

  M2G Media

  2006 - 2008

  Did a mixed bag of Online editorial work and VFX work including motion graphics, Color timing and CGFX