Jesús Diez Pérez

Work History

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  Unreal Authorized Instructor partner for Epic Games

  Epic Games

  September 2022 - Present

  Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain · Remote
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  VFX Compositor and Supervisor

  Self-employed

  June 2023 - July 2023

  Barcelona, Cataluña, España · Remote

  Compositing and vfx supervision of 25 shots in the film “El Amor de Andrea”
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  VFX Supervisor Virtual Production

  Orca studios

  May 2021 - May 2023

  Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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  Unreal Engine Trainer

  ESCAC - Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Cataluny

  November 2021 - March 2022

  Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain

  Unreal basic course, showing the students how to setup a scene in Unreal, bring objects from Megascans, create particles, animate cameras with Sequencer and render the scene.
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  Unreal Engine Trainer

  Akademickie Centrum Szkoleniowe PJATK

  December 2021 - January 2022

  Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

  Unreal basic course, showing the students how to setup a scene in Unreal, bring objects from Megascans, create particles, animate cameras with Sequencer and render the scene.
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  Unreal Engine Virtual Production Workshop

  Akademickie Centrum Szkoleniowe PJATK

  May 2021 - May 2021

  Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

  Introduction to Virtual Production in Unreal Engine workshop to students from the University.
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  VFX Compositing Supervisor

  NOH VISUAL EFFECTS

  February 2020 - December 2020

  Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

  Compositing supervising.
  Full compositing of shots in Nuke.
  Pipeline development.
  Proyectos:
  - “Historias Lamentables” (dir.: Javier Fesser). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11362866/
  - “30 Monedas” (TV series, dir.: Álex de la Iglesia). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9764386/

• VFX Compositing Supervisor

  MAGNO ENTERTAINMENT

  November 2019 - January 2020

  Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

  Project: "Menendez Parte 1: El día del Señor".
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5603212/
  Compositing Supervisor.
  Lookdev.
  Full compositing of shots in Nuke.
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  Compositor

  Wētā FX

  July 2015 - June 2018

  Wellington, New Zealand

  Working as a compositor in Weta Digital, in the land of the Hobbits:
  Maze Runner 2, Pete's Dragon, Krampus, Spectral.
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  Compositor

  Industrial Light & Magic

  January 2014 - July 2015

  Singapore

  Working as a Compositor in the company that invented Star Wars:
  Jurassic World, Strange Magic (animation), Paranormal Activity 5.
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  Nuke Compositor

  Aardman Animations

  November 2013 - November 2013

  Worked as a compositor for a wonderful Swatch commercial with a very tight deadline.
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  Nuke Compositor

  MPC

  May 2013 - June 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  Compositing of live action plates over digital backgrounds. Integrate CG elements, crowds, creatures, buildings. Adding effects and elements fromr the library. Grading and roto. Programming tools.
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  Intermediate Stereo Compositor

  Animal Logic

  January 2013 - April 2013

  Sydney, Australia

  Intermediate Stereo Compositor.
  Projects: "Walking with Dinosaurs" (feature film)
  Tasks:
  - Communicate with lightning department to get the CG passes of a shot. Composite the shot in Nuke, paying special attention at CG integration of live plates, stereo issues (Ocula), grading, depth of field, fog effects, particle and crowd effects.
  - Programming tools using Python and Linux.
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  Nuke Compositor

  Method Studios

  January 2012 - January 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  Intermediate Technical Compositor.
  Projects: "Cloud Atlas", "Wrath of the Titans", "Seven Psychopaths", "Kiss of the Damned", "Air Force One is Down" (TV).
  Tasks:
  - Full compositing (Nuke) of live action shots, 2D tracking, camera tracking (PFTrack), keying, roto (Silhouette), grading, look development.
  - CG integration, 3D projections, modelling in Maya.
  - Programming tools using Python and Linux.
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  3D Stereoscopic Compositor

  Aardman Animations

  May 2010 - December 2011

  Bristol, United Kingdom

  - More than 65 shots succesfully composited and in time.
  - Stereo compositing in Nuke: comp cgi elements (characters, sea, smoke) over real footage, comp dmp elements (background, skies), keying, roto, 2D tracking, camera tracking, 3D projections, grading, stereo fixes, stereo align.
  - Programming of gizmos in Python: AardSky (generator of 3D stereo environments from a PSD file, with all items configurable), AardEdit (tool for reediting a shot based on an EDL), ConvertToOnes (transform a shot filmed in 2s and 1s into only 1s and converts them back to the original; this tool could save up to 50% time roto work time).
  - Programming of plugins in C++: simple Crop (a very fast autocrop tool based on the alpha of an image).
  - Pipeline development: creation of linux shell commands to quickly access to the latest wips and published files.
  - Sequence work (balance of all the shots within a sequence).
  - Look development (sea, skies and backgrounds colours to match the mood of the scene).
  - Tech checks to ensure the filmed shots are valid for postproduction.
  - Camera tracking in Boujou. Set aligning in Maya.
  - Software reviews, induction of newcomers, writting procedure guides.

• Visual effects coordinator and compositor

  AQTFilms

  2003 - 2010

  Madrid, Spain

  Designing the look and feel of visual effects shots.
  Investigating new solutions, approaches and best available tools for the project.
  Meetings with the client to get feedback and requests.
  Visual effects artist: compositing, matchmoving, roto.

• Engineer

  Several IT & broadcast companies

  1998 - 2010

  Madrid, Spain

  June 2003 – 2010: LIMALIMONLINE (web boutique). Coordination and development of web projects.
  September 2007 – April 2008: AKHAM (Advertising company). Technical director.
  July 2004 – September 2007: THALES INFORMATION SYSTEMS. Senior analyst.
  September 2003 – June 2004: NINTENDO. Web projects coordinator.
  June 2000 – November 2002: INDRA (IT company). Telecommunications engineer.
  April 1998 – June 2000: VÍA DIGITAL Satellite Digital Television company. Telecommunications engineer.
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  Junior artisan

  Pixelcorps

  2005 - 2009

  Online

  Matte paintings for Europa project: planets, ice crevasse.
  Camera tracking shots for Europa and Ikaros project, using different tools.
  Documenting achievements and produce video tutorials for other members.

• Freelance visual effects artist

  Videoon

  2002 - 2003

  Editing, postproduction (After Effects) and graphic design (Photoshop).