John Courte

John Courte

Senior CG Supervisor at Electronic Arts

Creative Director / 10 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

Hire Me

Effects Animator

Godzilla (2014)

Digital Paraphernalia Artist

Titanic (2012)

CG Effects Artist

I Am Legend (2007)

Technical Developer

Stealth (2005)

CG Effects Animator

The Italian Job (2003)

3-D Effects Animator

We Were Soldiers (2002)

Technical Developer

Vanilla Sky (2001)

3-D Effects Animator

X-Men (2000)

Lava Research & Development

Dante's Peak (1997)

Work History
  • Senior CG Supervisor

    Electronic Arts

    September 2015 - Present
  • Senior Creative Consultant

    Side Effects Software

    March 2013 - Present

    I design techniques and systems for leveraging the power of procedural art tools to remove or eliminate limits on creative flexibility while maintaining firm grounding in the realities of production.

  • Senior Houdini Artist

    Side Effects Software

    April 2009 - March 2013

    Technology Consulting, Prototyping, and Project Management for Content Creation solutions in Film, Television, and Interactive Entertainment

  • Senior TD

    Asylum Visual Effects

    2008 - 2009

    Visual Effects artist and technical director.

  • Senior TD

    Asylum VFX

    2008 - 2009
    Santa Monica, CA

    Technical Director and Visual Effects artist on feature films and commercials

  • Technical Director, senior

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    October 2005 - March 2007


    Senior Visual Effects technical director

  • Technical Director

    Digital Domain

    1998 - October 2005


    Visual Effects technical Director, occasional lead and CG Supervisor.

  • Visual Effects Artist

    Centropolis Effects LLC

    August 1997 - June 1998
    Santa Monica, CA


    FX Artist on Roland Emmerich's "Godzilla"

  • Digital Artist

    Digital Domain

    January 1995 - November 1997


    Digital Artist/Animator

Education
  • BS in Television and Film

    Eastern Michigan University

    1991 - 1994