Julia Smola

Work History

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  VFX Producer

  ScanlineVFX

  August 2015 - Present
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  VFX Producer/ Head of Postproduction

  Staud Studios

  September 2014 - July 2015

  Stuttgart (Leonberg)
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  VFX Producer

  Pixomondo

  April 2014 - August 2014

  • Maintain master cost spreadsheet summarizing original shot costs, change orders, turnover dates, etc.
  • Work with HR to hire any required resources and ensure staffing requirements are maintained through the duration of the project
  • Serve as primary contact for project between client and Pixomondo as it relates to new work, changes, billing, issues
  • Ensure all deliverables for project are determined and that all shots are delivered
  • Ensure all PO's are received
  • Work with accounting to ensure all invoices are sent according to contractual or the pr

  
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  VFX Inhouse Producer

  Pixomondo

  August 2012 - April 2014
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  VFX Coordinator/ Project Manager

  Uncharted Territory

  March 2011 - April 2012

  VFX Coordinator/Project Manager (Hugo, Here comes the Boom)
  • Coordinated and managed stereoscopic workflow.
  • Support the VFX Producer and Supervisor
  • Work with the team and client in all phases of project management
  • Tracking all shots in the pipeline, maintaining accurate and up to date database
  • Ensuring artists have the information and materials required to complete their work efficiently.
  • Schedule and track artist work: managed internal shot goals, status and delivery dates using shotgun.
  • Created and distribute technical review notes to s

  

  
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  Compositor

  Uncharted Territory

  May 2010 - August 2010

  - 2D/ 3D integration with live action plates
  - keying and tracking

• Painter

  Art Department Studio Babelsberg

  February 2010 - May 2010

  Collaboration on designing surfaces for the feature films "Apparition" and "Anonymous" by Roland Emmerich.

• Digital Artist

  Exozet Effects GmbH

  October 2008 - January 2010

  2D/3D Artist Internship:
  • Compositing
  • 3D Animation and Modeling
  • Lighting/Rendering

• 3D Digital Artist, Internship

  A&O Multimedia

  2007 - April 2007

  3D modeling of background scnenes
  3D hair simulation
  UV Texturing and Shading