Jelena Erceg

Work History

• Owner

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  1996 - Present
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  Senior Character Rigger

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  1999 - April 2013

  Los Angeles

  Building full scale digital rigs for humans and mechanical characters, building setups for muscles and skin simulations in 3d. Building 3d mechanically operating constructions. The software used varied from custom designed software to off the shelf software, like maya.
  Rhythm & Hues
  April 1999 – April 2013 (14 years 1 month)Los Angeles, CA
  Feature Film Credits:
  Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters - Rigging Supervisor
  Big Miracle - Rigging Supervisor, handling all tech anim (skin, muscles, cloth simulations)
  Hop - Rigging Chicks for flying egg sequence, data transfer between animation and massive
  The Golden Compass - Tech animation (skin, fur and skin dynamics)
  Alvin & the Chipmunks - Tech anim for clothing and skin
  Marmaduke - riggging several minor characters
  Land of the Lost - Rigging T-rex, Sleestag and mrig for Sleeztag
  Charlotte’s Web - Rigging Supervisor
  The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  Daredevil - Rigging Supervisor
  Hollow Man - Character Rigging
  Dr. Seuss' "The Cat in the Hat" - Rigging Supervisor
  The Chronicles of Narnia - Character Rigging
  Stuart Little 2 - Rigging Snowbell
  Man in Black II - Facial Rigging for Pug sequence singing in the car
  Cats and Dogs - Character Rigging
  Doctor Doolittle II - Rigging facial setup for Bear and Raccoon
  End of Days - Main Rigger and modeler on the show
  Commercial credits:
  Rhythm and Hues Commercial Department
  Colgate
  Nasonex
  Bush's Beans
  Hartford
  Target
  Skippy Peanut Butter
  ViFX
  TD
  ViFX
  April 1996 – 1999 (3 years)Marina Del Rey, Ca
  Feature Film Credits:
  End of Day - Head of modeling and Rigging for the show
  The Volcano - Effects animation

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Technical Director

  VIFX/Blue Sky

  May 1996 - September 1999

  Marina Del Rey, Ca

  April 1996 – 1999 (3 years)Marina Del Rey, Ca
  Feature Film Credits:
  End of Day - Head of modeling and Rigging for the show
  The Volcano - Effects animation
  The Escape from LA - Modeling
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  lecturer in Architectural School, computer design

  Yale University

  1991 - 1996

  Lecturer
  Yale University School of Architecture
  September 1991 – December 1995 (4 years 4 months)New Haven, CT
  Teaching computer modeling, design and animation for Architecture and Art School for undergraduate and graduate students.
  Teaching basic Autocad for Architects classes.