James Porter

James Porter

Onset VFX Supervisor

Supervisor Onset VFX Supervisor / Senior Data Acquisition TD / 17 yrs

Montreal, QC, Canada

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Shoot TD

Death on the Nile (2022)

Shoot TD

Infinite (2021)

Shoot TD

Fast & Furious 9 (2021)

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

Visual Effects Artist

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Visual Effects Artist

Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)

Visual Effects Artist

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Visual Effects Artist

War For The Planet Of The Apes (2017)

Visual Effects Artist

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

Visual Effects Artist

Spectral (2016)

Visual Effects Artist

Pete's Dragon (2016)

Visual Effects Artist

The BFG (2016)

Visual Effects Artist

Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

Visual Effects Artist

Deadpool (2016)

Visual Effects Artist

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

Visual Effects Artist

Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)

Visual Effects Artist

Krampus (2015)

Camera TD

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)

Camera TD

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)

Camera TD

Furious 7 (2015)

Camera Technical Director

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Camera TD

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Camera TD

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Camera TD

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

Camera

The Wolverine (2013)

Camera Technical Director

Man of Steel (2013)

Camera TD

Superman: Unbound (2013)

Camera TD

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Camera TD

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Camera TD

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

Camera TD

Prometheus (2012)

Camera

The Avengers (2012)

Matchmover

John Carter (2012)

Visual Effects

Game of Thrones (2011)

Tracking

Battle Los Angeles (2011)

Matchmove Artist

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

Matchmove artist

Clash of the Titans (2010)

Matchmove artist

Marmaduke (2010)

Matchmove Artist

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)

Matchmove artist

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (2010)

Matchmove Artist

Sherlock Holmes (2010)

Matchmove Artist

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Matchmove Artist

Prince of Persia (2008)

Animator

The Tale of Despereaux (2008)

Animator

Primeval (2008)

I'm an onset vfx artist with 13 years experience dealing with a range of work in VFX.

I currently specialise in onset data acquisition from lidar scanning to onset photography and anything in between.

Having many years experience in several high profile VFX studios also means I understand what needs to be delivered from the client to the vfx studio.

Because of this, I pride myself in providing work good, clean, well organised work to vendors.
Work History

  • Head of Digital Capture - Montréal

    Double Negative

    August 2023 - Present
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Onset TD

    Double Negative

    November 2019 - Present
    Montreal

    Onset Technical Director specialising in data acquisition, including:

    Lidar scanning
    Photography
    Data-wrangling

  • Head of Shoot - Montréal

    Double Negative

    April 2022 - August 2023
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Shoot TD

    Double Negative

    November 2019 - April 2022
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Worked on:
    Infinite
    Death on The Nile
    Fast and Furious 9
    Jupiter's Legacy (TV series)

  • Pipeline Developer

    Pukeko Pictures

    August 2018 - November 2019
    Wellington, New Zealand

    Developing artist and production tools for production of animated kids TV using Python and PySide (for UI)

    Tools had to work with the partner studio in China

  • Onset/Camera TD

    Wētā FX

    October 2011 - April 2018
    Wellington

    Worked on:
    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
    The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
    The Hobbit: There and Back Again
    Prometheus
    Avengers
    Superman
    Iron Man 3
    Wolverine
    Hunger Games: Catching Fire
    Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    Furious 7
    Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
    Pete's Dragon (inc. Onset)

  • Layout TD

    Double Negative

    October 2010 - October 2011
    London, United Kingdom

    Worked on John Carter.

  • Matchmove artist

    Cinesite

    August 2009 - October 2010

    Worked on:
    Prince of Persia,
    Clash of the Titans,
    Marmaduke,
    Battle: LA
    John Carter

  • Matchmove Artist

    Framestore

    October 2008 - July 2009

    Worked on:
    Primeval
    Where the Wild things Are
    Sherlock Holmes
    Prince of Persia
    Clash of the Titans

  • Animator

    Framestore

    August 2007 - August 2008

    Worked on
    The Tale of Despereaux
    Primeval (TV Series)
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Education

  • BA(Hons) Animation in Animation

    University of Westminster

    2004 - 2007