8 years Compositing and advanced prep experience, integrating CG and live action, on films such as Gravity, Terminator as well as commercials.
Keying, 2D/3D camera tracking,stereo and deep compositing experience, stand up comic.... transformation and warping of reality as needed, graining and degraining as necessary, paint fixes and rotoscoping, matte edge processing and integration.
Experienced Nuke tutor at film schools in London , helping students reach their creative potential
Nuke, Silhouette, Mocha Pro,
Shotgun, Adobe Suite (After Effects, Photoshop,), knowledge of 3d, good pipeline knowledge for feature films.
Avid, Premiere, FCP, Shotgun, MS Office,
Strong problem-solving skills
Work History
Stereo VFX Editor
Double Negative
September 2019 - October 2020
London, United Kingdom
This role involved managing the transition of shots in and out of the vfx facility in preparation for their use in the film. Using the offline of the film or turnover information to provide all artists with up to date information regarding the use of their shot in the film. Then reviewing that work internally, and with the clients, before providing shots back to the client DI or conform editor. Client interfacing, editing showreels and maintaining playback machines and screening work. Worked on the latest Bond franchise and animated feature
compositor
Vine FX
June 2019 - August 2019
Cambridge, United Kingdom
War of the Worlds
36 shots completed across various episodes of the drama, including set extensions and CG integration
Compositor
Windmill Lane
December 2018 - March 2019
County Dublin, Ireland
Compositor
MPC
July 2018 - December 2018
London, United Kingdom
The Lion King - full CG photo real animated film using deep and stereo compositing
Compositor
Lipsync Post
August 2017 - April 2018
London, United Kingdom
Compositing live action and CG, set extensions, creature work
Showdogs
Vita and Virginia
Harlots
Peterloo
Compositor
Hogarth Worldwide
June 2017 - August 2017
London, United Kingdom
Worked to tight deadlines with clients complex briefs on a range of commercial projects including repackaging and recreating CG and live action plates on projects for Colgate, Strepsils, Reckitt Benckiser etc at around 5 shots a day
Compositor
BlueBolt
January 2017 - May 2017
London, United Kingdom
Crowd replication, set extensions, live action and 3d integration
Entebbe
Kingsman 2
War Machine
The Last Kingdom
Compositor
Passion Pictures
November 2016 - November 2016
London, United Kingdom
Compositing CG, live action and stop motion on commercial projects
Compositor
The Senate Visual Effects
October 2016 - November 2016
London, United Kingdom
Compositing on feature film, Passengers
Green screens, futuristic panels created
Senior Nuke Artist
Saddington Baynes
September 2016 - October 2016
London, United Kingdom
Compositing particles, 3d, live action on car and drinks commercials.
Compositor
Prodigious Worldwide
August 2016 - September 2016
London, United Kingdom
Compositing 2d/3d on car commercials
Compositor
Atomic Arts
July 2016 - August 2016
London, United Kingdom
Compositing on a period drama for Amazon Prime, The Collection
Compositor
Bridge Project one
May 2016 - July 2016
Compositing 10 shots on the feature film , Darling Hush : director Gary Love
Adding fire, smoke and embers to various shots
Nuke Tutor
Ravensbourne
January 2014 - July 2016
London, United Kingdom
Ongoing evening Compositing tutor Designing lesson plans and teaching Nuke to students at various levels on different courses. Students learn professional pipelines and the demands of the visual effects film industry learning to accurately track, paint, rotoscope, key, project and composit footage
Compositor
hooper london
January 2016 - February 2016
Putting together 3d Passes of cars and particles for the remake of a Fast and the Furious scene .
Nuke Artist
Method Studios
January 2015 - January 2016
London
Hateful Eight
Marvel's 'The Avengers: Age of Ultron'
Geostorm
Terminator Genisys
Ant-man
Race
Editor/Compositor
Taylor James
September 2014 - October 2014
Editing Retail Videos according to the clients brief. In Nuke I put together 3d passes and integrated them into graphics and live action
Compositor
Atomic Arts
July 2014 - August 2014
Compositing 3d Crowd simulations into complex live action shots on Paramount Pictures film The Gambler
Vfx Artist
FIELDTRIP
June 2014 - July 2014
London, United Kingdom
Fixing Nuke scripts composites, edges, roto, track etc on an 02 advert
Compositing/Editing Tutor
Metropolitan Film School
August 2013 - July 2014
London
Tutoring across a range of post production from MA level to short courses including editing and visual effects using Nuke X, After Effects, Premiere and the complete Adobe Suite,
Developed courses and marked work.
Compositing green screen plates, sign replacements, rig removal, keying, tracking
Iron Man 3
Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit
300 Rise of an Empire
Compositor
Squint / Opera
November 2012 - January 2013
London, United Kingdom
Multi Pass Compositing, Keying
Prep Artist
Prime Focus World
June 2011 - October 2012
London, United Kingdom
I created accurate clean plates, integrating layers for stereo conversion using 3D Tracking, projection onto geometry and cards where necessary.
On Dredd 3D I used an OCULA pipeline to correct and rebuild stereo plates fixing errors in footage .
Films:
Gravity
Men In Black 3
Dredd 3D
Total Recall
Frankenweenie
Immortals
Mirror Mirror
Wrath of the Titans
R.A One
Prep/Roto Artist
BSkyB
April 2011 - June 2011
2D & Stereo 3D Clean up, rig removal, keying, paint fixes, beauty work, roto
Britains Next Top Model
Nuke Operator
Earth Studios Ltd
April 2011 - April 2011
Nuke Operator on a Pepsi Commercial
Compositor
Squint / Opera
March 2011 - April 2011
Multi pass compositing of 3D animated architectural structures and cities against live action. Reconstructed shaders from VRay passes with camera information in Nuke and composited with footage
2D Prep/Roto Artist
Duke and Earl
February 2011 - February 2011
Produced mattes for complex jewellery and products using Nuke
Student
escape studio
2010 - 2011
Compositing 2d/3d, keying, roto, multi pass compositing, projections, color matching, tracking
Editor
Various
1995 - 2008
Edited,graded drama's and feature films, offline and online using Avid MC and Symphony, Premiere and FCP
Drama's:
The Bill
Family Affairs
The Golden Hour
Feauture Films:
The Last Seven
Basement
Dead End
Cut
Patient 17
Editor The Bill
FremantleMedia UK (formerly talkbackTHAMES)
1999 - 2005
London
Moved from digitizing rushes to editing episodes of The Bill helping to deliver this show technically and creatively to tight deadlines for ITV
Company Director and editor
MyMovies.Net
1998 - 2001
London Bridge
Helped grow this film company from a start up to a million pound company diversifying the media department creating and editing film trailers and media content.