Jean-Paul LeDoux

Work History

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  Pipeline Production Lead

  Cinesite

  February 2017 - Present

• Pipeline TD

  Cinesite, Vancouver

  February 2017 - Present
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  Compositing Supervisor

  Nitrogen Studios

  July 2013 - February 2017

  
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  Compositor

  Zoic Studios

  April 2013 - May 2013

  On a short term contract helping out with TV series, "Once Upon A Time".
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  Compositing Supervisor

  Nitrogen Studios

  January 2009 - March 2013

  Creative and technical compositing lead for projects at Nitrogen. It's my responsibility to make sure my artists can deliver what the director wants within the time production gives us. I design looks, script tools and model workflows that give the artist the best chance for success. I deliver final composited shots to production and ensure a final technical check.
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  Compositor

  Bardel Entertainment

  October 2008 - December 2008

  Spending a couple of months helping finish off an animated series called Zeke's Pad.
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  Compositor

  Goldtooth Creative

  August 2008 - October 2008

  Working on some sweet-looking game trailers and live-action cinematics.
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  Compositor [Gaming Division]

  Rainmaker Entertainment

  May 2008 - August 2008

  Compositing in Shake on Cinematics and Trailers for Next-Gen Console games.
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  Compositing Supervisor

  Bardel Entertainment

  August 2006 - December 2007

  Managed a crew of 10 Compositors and 5 Support personnel on a 40-episode animated series called Chaotic. My responsibilities included defining the compositing pipeline, communicating and refining the pipeline with other departments, show breakdowns, mentoring junior compositors, developing and optimizing compositing FX, contributing to the development of the tracker software, and generally ensuring the shows were getting out on time.
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  VFX Artist/Senior Compositor

  Nerd Corps Entertainment

  April 2005 - August 2006

  Compositing and FX for Dragon Booster production. Built FX Rigs and mounting scripts, trained staff and prepared documentation for Stormhawks production.
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  VFX/CG Artist

  Northwest Imaging & FX

  July 1999 - March 2005

  As a smaller VFX shop, all of us were required to be able to do everything for FX shots. So I modeled, textured, animated, lit, tracked and rendered any shot I worked on. Most of the work was for sci-fi dramas (Stargate, Outerlimits, Andromeda, Dead like Me, The 4400).
  
  We used Soft 3D, Maya and XSI mainly, with final compositing done by Inferno Artists. I also initiated or contributed to internal projects including the company web page.

• Commercial Tutorial Author

  3DTutorial.com

  September 2003 - September 2004

  Produced an 8-hour Video Tutorial product called "Getting Started in XSI". Aimed at a 3D artist(Maya inparticular) looking to make the switch to XSI.