jared wright

Work History

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  Technical Director

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  October 2018 - Present
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  Freelance CG Artist

  Freelance

  February 2017 - Present

  Pasadena, CA

  Freelance computer graphics work
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  Technical Director

  Duncan Studio

  January 2018 - September 2018

  pasadena, ca

  Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
  
  - Tool development for Maya, Nuke, RV, Shotgun, and other packages using Python / PySide to
  extend and optimize the production pipeline
  - Worked with artists and CG supervisors to improve workflows and delivery/packaging of shots for
  ingestion by other third-party vendors
  - Integrated Maya and Nuke with Deadline and Shotgun to run automated processes on shots
  - Streamlined batch Alembic caching from Maya for animation
  - Developed scripts for shader conversion between different render engines
  - Implemented Bash scripts for more efficient pipeline navigation
  - Helped maintain and extend existing tools and pipeline features
  - Debugged and fixed any software or rendering issues that would arise
  - Produced scripts upon show completion to archive and clean-up data
  - Programmed and created an augmented reality application in Unity for Android / ios
  
  
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  Software Developer / Contractor

  CBS Digital

  November 2017 - December 2017

  Brought on for a short project to develop software that transferred real-world camera lens data to Unreal Engine for real-time green screen compositing
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  Lighting TA

  DreamWorks Animation

  May 2014 - January 2017

  Glendale, CA

  

  
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  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  Texas A&M University

  August 2013 - December 2013

  Mentored students in introduction to computer animation helping them learn every step of the animation production pipeline and resolve technical issues.
  
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  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  Texas A&M University

  May 2013 - August 2013

  Mentored students in a industry course taught in conjunction with ReelFX where 3 teams created 30-second animated shorts in 10 weeks. Helped solve technical issues that would come up.
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  Texas A&M University

  January 2013 - May 2013
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  Texas A&M University

  September 2012 - December 2012
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  Texas A&M University

  May 2012 - August 2012
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  Texas A&M University

  September 2011 - May 2012