john sellings

Work History

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  Digital Compositor

  Framestore

  April 2022 - Present

• Digital Compositor

  Independent

  December 2021 - February 2022
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  Digital Compositor

  Outpost VFX

  July 2021 - November 2021

• VFX supervisor

  Independent

  October 2020 - April 2021

  Los Angeles, CA
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  Senior comp artists

  Dazzle Pictures

  September 2020 - September 2020

  Prague, Czech Republic
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  Digital Compositor

  Outpost VFX

  May 2020 - July 2020

  remote
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  Senior nuke compositor

  Molinare

  September 2019 - February 2020

  London, United Kingdom
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  Senior Nuke compositor

  Peerless Camera Company

  March 2019 - July 2019

  London, United Kingdom
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  Senior Compositor

  Molinare

  September 2018 - March 2019

  London, United Kingdom

• viva vancouver productions

  June 2018 - November 2018

  London, United Kingdom

• Freelance Compositor / Generalist / Post production supervisor

  Viva_vancouveR productions

  May 2011 - June 2018

  Self employed at this media/VFX company with post production work on numerous independent feature ('Serial Kaller') and short films ('Project Kronos') as well as music related projects including retail DVDs for such bands as ;The Blockheads', 'Eddie and the Hotrods' and 'Dr Feelgood'. Current work has lead into a more Post production generalist / supervisor role with work varying on numerous short and feature films.
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  nuke compositor

  Molinare

  May 2017 - March 2018
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  nuke compositor

  The Senate Visual Effects

  January 2017 - May 2017
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  Technical Editor / Head of Edit/Shoot dept

  Squint / Opera

  May 2014 - November 2016

  London, United Kingdom

  Technical editor role concentrating on implementing Hiero within the pipeline. Other aspects including working in Nuke, Adobe Premiere and management of the ingest/editing workflow. - www.squintopera.com

• 3D / 2D Generalist

  Candyspace Media

  February 2014 - May 2014

  Workflows include Maya, Arnold, After effects and Nuke.
  https://www.candyspace.com/

• Visual Effects Supervisor / Editor / Grader / Soundtrack Composer / So

  Brand-B productions

  June 2011 - August 2013

  Various work on 'Three's a Shroud' and forthcoming films 'Serial Kaller'. Shooting \Serial Kaller' RED as onset DIT/VFX supervisor and then post production supervisor (editor / VFX / Grader / Sound).

• Lead Compositor/Generalist

  Rockkiss DME

  December 2011 - April 2013

  Various roles including lead Compositor, maya generalist, editor and Sound design/engineer. Projects include 'Metamorphosis'', 'Matthew Bourne's Christmas', 'Discovery HD', 'Lego Ninjago', 'Lego Technics', 'Lego Creationary', and 'Raz and Benny'. Programmes range from Nuke, After Effects, Modo 601, Maya 2012 and Adobe production suite tools.

• VFX / Post production Supervisor

  Mike Gould productions

  October 2012 - March 2013

  Post Production work on sort film 'Jeff's Motto' - Using NukeX 7.1 for clean up and comp work. Work progressed onto Adobe production suite for various post production roles.

• VFX Supervior / Lead Generalist

  Andrew Ryland productions

  July 2012 - March 2013

  VFX work on Sci-Fi Festival short film including plate cleanup, asset creation and VFX. Principally based in Mocha, NukeX, PF Track and Modo.

• Maya Generalist / Compositor

  Reel1_m1

  December 2012 - January 2013

  Maya dynamics and final shot completion in Nuke 7 for short film 'Close to Heaven'. Filmed on Arri Alexa.

• 'Arterial' - Visual effects

  Modern Moving Image

  August 2012 - October 2012

  VFX for short film 'Arterial'. Work included title creation, shot stabilization, Truck removal from a scene including sky replacement, plate clean up and making the lead actress 'float'. Work completed in Nuke, Modo and Mocha pro. Film is currently on the festival circuit and the site is https://arterialshortfilm.com/

• Editor/VFX/Grader - 'Moment of Clarity' for Soho shorts

  High Road

  September 2012 - September 2012

  Editor, VFX supervisor and Grader on short film 'Moment of Clarity' for the Soho House competiton - https://www.sohohouse.com/news/house-shorts-finalists. Work was completed using Adobe Premiere Pro, Nuke 7 and Speedgrade.

• Lead VFX supervisor / Nuke compositor

  Peter Sant

  June 2012 - September 2012

  30 minute Arthouse film shot in Malta at 'Popeye Village'. Shot on RED so 4K workflow includes RED CineX, Tracking for Roto in Mocha pro 3 and Compositing in NukeX 6.3 v8.

• Sound recordist / Motion graphics / VFX Supervisor

  Free seeds films

  April 2012 - June 2012

  Sound recording engineer on shoot. Working in Post production producing titles and additional compositing.

• Lead Visual Effects

  Roger Cook Francis

  January 2012 - February 2012

  Visual effect work for short film 'Walkaway' using After Effects and Nuke 6.3.

• 3D / onset Sound recordist

  Haz fx

  2012 - 2012

  3D work in MODO and On set recording of sound using Adobe audition, Mac laptop and Sennheiser microphones.
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  Nuke Compositor

  Jellyfish Pictures

  June 2011 - December 2011

  Worked on Supersnake segment and Lego commercials (Cars II (stereo), City Harbour and Ninjago). Currently compositor on 'Metamorphosis' and 'Who wants to live forever' as well as occasional tea boy... ;-)

• Compositor

  hazvfx

  May 2011 - September 2011

  Working on 'Bar Stewards' - a Feature Film produced by 'Sheep productions'.

• Matchmover

  www.maximilianvonvier.com

  July 2011 - August 2011

  Short Film Sanctuary. Tracking and solving using NukeX 6.2 and PF track with work also in Cinema 4D.

• Nuke compositor / Keyer / Background artist

  Jellyfish

  April 2011 - April 2011

  Worked on a Sony produced music video. Nuke based work flow with additional use of After Effects, Photoshop and Mocha.
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  Prospective student

  Escape Studios

  2011 - 2011

  Attended open day and have stayed in contact visiting Escape's Curzon cinema presentations (Renderman and Nuke/Mari).
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  student

  FXPHD

  2010 - 2011

  Numerous courses covering Nuke, Smoke, Maya and PF Track workflows. Currently taking advanced Nuke, Maya and stereoscopic courses.