Jon Aghassian

Work History

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  Matchmove Artist

  FuseFX

  May 2021 - March 2023

  Los Angeles

  Camera Track, Matchmove, Layout
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  Compositor

  VisualCreatures

  March 2023 - March 2023

  Los Angeles, California, United States · On-site

  General Compositing. Split screens, paint outs, retime.
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  PostVis Artist

  The Third Floor

  February 2021 - April 2021

  Animation, compositing, layout, camera.
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  PostVis Artist

  The Third Floor

  September 2020 - January 2021

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  Layout, Camera Track, Animation Comositing
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  Tracking Artist Matchmove Lead

  Crafty Apes

  October 2019 - May 2020

  El Segundo

  Camera Tracker Mathcmove on episodic TV. Mentored/Trained junior artists

  

  
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  CG Artist / Lead Matchmove Artist

  Crafty Apes

  September 2019 - May 2020

  El Segundo, CA

  Lead Camera and Matchmove Artist

  

  
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  Digital Artist - Matchmove, Compositing, Generalist

  Digital Domain

  August 2013 - November 2019

  Playa Vista

  Lead Matchmove/Camera Track Artist on Features, Commercials, and VR projects. Compositing, projection setups, plate preps, crowd element generation, retimes, etc... using Nuke.
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  Post Vis Artist Comp Track

  Proof Inc

  September 2019 - September 2019

  Los Angeles

  Animation, camera tracking, compositing.
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  Post Vis Artist Comp Track

  The Third Floor

  June 2019 - July 2019

  Burbank

  Worked on-site at Production office. Animation, tracking, compositing.
  Maya AfterEffects PFTrack Syntheyes

  

  
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  Camera Tracking

  CoSA VFX

  February 2019 - May 2019

  North Hollywood

  Camera and object tracking in fast paced episodic work
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  Camera Tracker

  Zoic Studios

  January 2019 - January 2019

  Culver City

  Camera Tracking
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  Tracking Supervisor WorkFlow Setup

  The Aaron Sims Company

  November 2018 - December 2018

  Burbank

  Setup up Tracking department and general compositing workflow. Supervised tracking artists
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  Tracking Dev, Compositing

  The Aaron Sims Company

  October 2018 - December 2018

  Burbank, California

  For Compositing, Tracking, Lighting
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  Tracking and Compositing

  Digital Domain

  January 2014 - November 2018

  Los Angeles, CA

  Tracking and Compositing on various projects

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Tracking Artist

  Mirada Studios

  April 2014 - April 2014

  Marina Del Rey

  Did some camera Tracking on a Wendy's commercial. Also ended up doing camera tracking and matchmoving on a Stallone project....
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  Senior Lighting and Compositing TD

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  March 2013 - August 2013

  Culver City

  Live action Lighting and Compositing for Smurfs 2.
  Lighting and Compositing on Cloudy 2 animated feature.

• Lighting and Compositing Artist

  Counter Punch Studios

  February 2013 - February 2013

  Santa Monica, CA

  Developing look and key lighting sequence.
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  Integration Artist

  Digital Domain

  July 2012 - February 2013

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Tracked camera and object motion. Transfer object tracks to character rigs for full integration into scenes. Rotomation of characters.
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  Senior Lighting and Compositing TD

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2012 - July 2012

  Culver City

  Hotel Transylvania was a fun project, looks great, and a great team.
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  Senior Lighting Composting Artist

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2011 - September 2011

  Off for a few months from Imageworks. We'll be back in January
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  Integration Artist

  Digital Domain

  December 2010 - January 2011

  Venica, Ca

  Matchmove on Thor
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  Matchmove Artist

  Motion Theory

  November 2010 - November 2010

  Matchmove on various commercials
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  Mathmove Artist

  Shade VFX

  September 2010 - November 2010

  Matchmove on a Dreamworks project
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  Integration Artist

  Digital Domain

  February 2010 - September 2010

  Venice, CA

  Matchmove camera/objects in Stereo on Tron Legacy
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  Matchmove Artist

  Shade VFX

  2010 - 2010

  
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  Senior Lighting and Compositing TD

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  December 2008 - December 2009

  Light/Comp on G-Force and Cats and Dogs II
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  Lighting and Compositing Artist

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  January 1999 - October 2008

  Had opportunities to learn the CG animation process by working in several departments. Gained experience in
  setting up work flows and taking on supervisory responsibilities.
  Bolt - Lighting/Compositing – 2k mono and stereo renders, cleanup compositing/rendering issues
  - Matte Painting Layout Artist – department point person, setup pipeline, wrote scripts, dig-scouted sets, setup shot camera, modeled, painted rough layouts, setup shaders.
  Meet the Robinson - Lighting/Compositing, Stereo Compositing.
  Chicken Little - Character Finalling – cleanup inter-penetrations, animated character contacts, rigged.
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  Lighting TD

  Warner Bros. Animation

  2008 - 2008
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  Layout Artist

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  2007 - 2008
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  Layout Artist

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  2007 - 2008
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  Lighting/Compositing Artist

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  2004 - 2007
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  Character Finalling Artist

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  May 2004 - September 2005

  Cleaned up character animation problems and interpenetrations
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  Lighting Artist

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  October 2004 - April 2005

  Xmen 2 - Lighting/Compositing
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  Digital Artist/Matchmove

  Dream Quest Images

  1999 - 2004

• Matchmove Supervisor

  The Secret Lab

  1999 - 2004
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  Digital Artist

  Digital Domain

  January 1994 - February 1999

  Gained extensive experience both on 2d and 3d sides of a heavy production environment utilizing various software packages. Created CG effects using particle animation. Lit and rendered CG characters/objects to match live action plates. Composited shots. Acted as a lighting supervisor on several shows.
  Titanic - Lighting, Crowd Placement
  Fifth Element - Compositor
  Dante's Peak - Compositor, Effects
  Chain Reaction - Effects, Tracking
  TV Commercials - Lighting Supervisor/Lighter