Jayme Wilkinson

Work History

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  VFX/CG Supervisor

  Lightstorm Entertainment

  August 2018 - Present

  Manhattan Beach, California

  • Work on the Avatar sequels to oversee and guide virtual production methods and practices.
  • Partner with vendors to ensure they are informed of any production or turnaround issues. Verify vendor are on
  track with the needs of the production.
  • Communicate with all teams within the production to identify, solve and guide production tasks to ensure teams
  deliver on time.
  • Support and oversee stage and motion performance, execution of visual goals, and troubleshoot internal pipeline
  issues with internal and vendor teams.
  • Work with Producers on overall schedule planning, staffing profiles and bidding.
  • Guide and support vendor partners on complex procedural approaches for asset development, characters,
  environments, visual effects, setups and lighting.
  • Oversee all dailies and VFX cross-site reviews with partner vendors.
  • Partner with Director, Art, and DP (camera, lighting) to achieve a feature quality cinematic look in long form
  series format.
  
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  Senior Technical Director

  Blue Sky Studios

  2011 - April 2018

  Design, develop and implement tools to improve the efficiency and to resolve production issues for all departments within the studio.
  
  Communicate with outside vendors to create and develop tools that help guide and improve the efficiency of the studio’s production pipelines.

  

  
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  Stereoscopic Supervisor

  Blue Sky Studios

  2006 - 2011

  Greenwich, CT

  Developed the stereoscopic production pipeline, department and processes used at Blue Sky Studios.
  Awarded several US patents for tools and techniques developed and used in Blue Sky’s stereoscopic process from story to digital intermediate.
  Integrated Nuke, Maya and several other 3rd party tools into the studio’s stereoscopic production pipeline.
  Worked with directly with directors, producers, to color time and finish all projects containing stereoscopic imagery for the studio. This includes theatrical features, trailers, and animated short films.

  

  

  
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  CG Supervisor

  Electronic Arts

  2005 - 2006

  Orlando, Florida, United States

  Managed several teams of artists and developers to produce a game that for the first time in its history has won industry awards, and has outsold any game in its category within the first 3 months after being released.
  Designed and managed production pipeline for the Superman, NASCAR, Madden NFL, and NASCAR projects for Electronic Art's video game.
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  CG Supervisor

  Electronic Arts

  2004 - 2005
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  CG Supervisor

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  2001 - 2005

  Orlando, Florida, United States

  Member of Senior Artistic Staff team developing, designing and implementing the feature animation production pipelines.
  Responsible for designing and implementing solutions to various production problems. If shots or procedures develop issues during production I would find solutions and resolve the issue in a timely and efficient manner.
  
  Partnered with all departments to facilitate both 2D and 3D workflows in the process of making the company’s feature animation productions.
  
  Worked with Software Development teams in the California facility to define needed toolsets and features to existing tools for use in production.

• CG Supervisor

  Walt Disney Animation StudiosMember of Senior Artistic Staff

  2000 - 2005

  Member of Senior Artistic Staff team developing, designing and implementing the feature animation production pipelines.
  Responsible for designing and implementing solutions to various production problems. If shots or procedures develop issues during production I would find solutions and resolve the issue in a timely and efficient manner.
  
  Partnered with all departments to facilitate both 2D and 3D workflows in the process of making the company’s feature animation productions.
  
  Worked with Software Development teams in the California facility to define needed toolsets and features to existing tools for use in production.

• CG Supervisor

  Walt Disney Animation StudiosMember of Senior Artistic Staff

  2000 - 2005

  Member of Senior Artistic Staff team developing, designing and implementing the feature animation production pipelines.
  Responsible for designing and implementing solutions to various production problems. If shots or procedures develop issues during production I would find solutions and resolve the issue in a timely and efficient manner.
  
  Partnered with all departments to facilitate both 2D and 3D workflows in the process of making the company’s feature animation productions.
  
  Worked with Software Development teams in the California facility to define needed toolsets and features to existing tools for use in production.

• Technical Manager, Americas

  Alias|wavefront

  1993 - 2001

  Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Industrial Designer

  Telxon Corporation

  1984 - 1993

  Akron, Ohio

  Member of several product design teams responsible for artistic styling and designing the company’s product lines.
  
  Designed, and tested several US patented product designs and systems during the Industrial and Mechanical design processes for the company.