Jon Aghassian

Jon Aghassian

Compositor and Tracker available.

Senior Compositing and Tracking Artist / 21 yrs

United States

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Tracking

The Marvels (2023)

Tracking

Let It Kill You (2023)

Visualization Artist

Ms. Marvel (2022)

Visualization Artist

Shang-Chi (2021)

Visualization Artist

Jungle Cruise (2021)

Matchmove Artist

Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021)

Matchmove Artist

Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)

VFX Artist

The Forever Purge (2021)

Matchmove Artist

Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021)

Roto Artist

Love, Death & Robots (2019)

Lead Matchmover

The Kid (2019)

Lighting & Compositing Artist

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

3D Integration Artist

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Visual Effects

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Character Integration Artist

Titanic (2012)

Lighter

The LeBrons (2011)

3d Integration Artist

Thor (2011)

Matchmover

I Am Number Four (2011)

Senior Lighting/compositing

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)

Senior Lighting/compositing

G-Force (2009)

Lighting Artist

Judy M.D.: Super Surgeon (2008)

Matte Painting Layout Artist

Bolt (2008)

Lighting Artist

Meet the Robinsons (2007)

Character Finaling Artist

Chicken Little (2005)

Lighter

X-Men 2 (2003)

Character Finalling Artist

Kangaroo Jack (2003)

Tracking Supervisor

Reign of Fire (2002)

Tracking Supervisor

102 Dalmatians (2000)

3D Tracker

Gone In Sixty Seconds (2000)

3D Tracker

Mission to Mars (2000)

Match Mover

Bicentennial Man (1999)

Technical Consultant

Dante's Peak (1997)

Digital Artist

Chain Reaction (1996)

Digital Artist

Apollo 13 (1995)

Data Wrangler

True Lies (1994)

Lighting Artist

Lady D

Lighting Artist

Lefty

Lighting Artist

Georgy

Lighting Artist

Sean

Worked for many years as a Compositing and Camera Tracking/Matchmove artist.
Work History

  • Matchmove Artist

    FuseFX

    May 2021 - March 2023
    Los Angeles

    Camera Track, Matchmove, Layout

  • Compositor

    VisualCreatures

    March 2023 - March 2023
    Los Angeles, California, United States · On-site

    General Compositing. Split screens, paint outs, retime.

  • PostVis Artist

    The Third Floor

    February 2021 - April 2021

    Animation, compositing, layout, camera.

  • PostVis Artist

    The Third Floor

    September 2020 - January 2021
    Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

    Layout, Camera Track, Animation Comositing

  • Tracking Artist Matchmove Lead

    Crafty Apes

    October 2019 - May 2020
    El Segundo

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

  • CG Artist / Lead Matchmove Artist

    Crafty Apes

    September 2019 - May 2020
    El Segundo, CA

    Lead Camera and Matchmove Artist

  • 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.

  • Post Vis Artist Comp Track

    Proof Inc

    September 2019 - September 2019
    Los Angeles

    Animation, camera tracking, compositing.

  • 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

  • Camera Tracking

    CoSA VFX

    February 2019 - May 2019
    North Hollywood

    Camera and object tracking in fast paced episodic work

  • Camera Tracker

    Zoic Studios

    January 2019 - January 2019
    Culver City

    Camera Tracking

  • Tracking Supervisor WorkFlow Setup

    The Aaron Sims Company

    November 2018 - December 2018
    Burbank

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

  • Tracking Dev, Compositing

    The Aaron Sims Company

    October 2018 - December 2018
    Burbank, California

    For Compositing, Tracking, Lighting

  • Tracking and Compositing

    Digital Domain

    January 2014 - November 2018
    Los Angeles, CA

    Tracking and Compositing on various projects

  • 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....

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Senior Lighting Composting Artist

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    January 2011 - September 2011

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

  • Integration Artist

    Digital Domain

    December 2010 - January 2011
    Venica, Ca

    Matchmove on Thor

  • Matchmove Artist

    Motion Theory

    November 2010 - November 2010

    Matchmove on various commercials

  • Mathmove Artist

    Shade VFX

    September 2010 - November 2010

    Matchmove on a Dreamworks project

  • Integration Artist

    Digital Domain

    February 2010 - September 2010
    Venice, CA

    Matchmove camera/objects in Stereo on Tron Legacy

  • Matchmove Artist

    Shade VFX

    2010 - 2010

  • Senior Lighting and Compositing TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    December 2008 - December 2009

    Light/Comp on G-Force and Cats and Dogs II

  • 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.

  • Lighting TD

    Warner Bros. Animation

    2008 - 2008

  • Layout Artist

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    2007 - 2008

  • Layout Artist

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    2007 - 2008

  • Lighting/Compositing Artist

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    2004 - 2007

  • Character Finalling Artist

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    May 2004 - September 2005

    Cleaned up character animation problems and interpenetrations

  • Lighting Artist

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    October 2004 - April 2005

    Xmen 2 - Lighting/Compositing

  • Digital Artist/Matchmove

    Dream Quest Images

    1999 - 2004

  • Matchmove Supervisor

    The Secret Lab

    1999 - 2004

  • 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

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Education

  • Computer Programming

    College of the Canyons

    2004 - 2005

  • BA in Business Administration

    California State University-Northridge

    1990 - 1992