John Grimaldi Jr.

Traditional Animator / Matte Painter / Digital Compositor

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  Professor

  Pratt Institute

  Aug 2019 - Present

  6 yrs 3 mos

  New York, New York

  Professor G - Intro to Animation & Motion Graphic | C# Object Oriented Programming.

• Animation Director / Owner

  Production Playground, LLC

  Jan 2013 - Present

  12 yrs 10 mos

  Middletown, New York

  Responsibilities include: Traditional Animation, 3D Animation, VFX

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  Lead VFX Compositor / On-set VFX Supervisor

  dbox

  Jul 2020 - Nov 2020

  4 mos

  New York, New York

  On-Set Visual Effects Supervisor / Compositor.

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  Digital Compositor / Matte Painter

  Alkemy X

  Dec 2019 - May 2020

  5 mos

  New York, New York

  Worked on various Episodics and Feature Films

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  Matte Painter

  Nice Shoes

  Apr 2020 - Apr 2020

  1 mo

  Remote

  Matte Painter on Feature Film

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  Compositor / Matte Painter

  Cadence Effects

  Aug 2019 - Oct 2019

  2 mos

  New Lebanon, New York

  The Righteous Gemstones

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  Compositor

  Zoic Studios

  Aug 2019 - Aug 2019

  1 mo

  New York, New York

  Wu-tang an american saga

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  Nuke Compositor and Matte Painter

  FuseFX

  Aug 2015 - May 2019

  3 yrs 9 mos

  New York, New York

  Nuke Compositor - VFX for TV Series

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  Digital Compositor

  The Molecule

  May 2015 - Jun 2015

  1 mo

  New York, New York

  Nuke Compositor on Feature Film

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  Digital Compositor

  Zoic Studios

  Apr 2015 - May 2015

  1 mo

  New York, New York

  Nuke Compositor during PILOT SEASON!!!!!!!!

• Digital Compositor / IT

  Crazy Horse East

  Mar 2014 - Mar 2015

  1 yr

  New Paltz, New York

  Composite VFX for the following shows:
  Boardwalk Empire
  Game of Thrones
  Black Sails
  The Giver and more

  

• Owner

  8 Hats High

  Feb 2004 - Feb 2012

  8 yrs

• Associates in Computer Animation Multimedia

  Art Institute of Pittsburgh

  1997 - 1999