Jerry Weil

Work History

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  Maya Generalist

  Crafty Apes

  November 2021 - March 2023

  Worked on a slew of tv shows and films, including two seasons of Piccard, the last two Guardians projects, and the upcoming Jerry Seinfeld film "Unfrosted."

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Maya Generalist

  Zoic Studios

  August 2015 - February 2018

  Variety of tasks for commercials and tv shows

• Maya Generalist

  PaintScaping

  September 2014 - May 2015

  3D Mapping of various buildings and locations throughout the US.
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  Lead Maya Artist

  Comen VFX

  November 2012 - August 2014

  Santa Monica, CA

  Various 3D aspects of film and tv projects, including tracking, modelling, lighting, and effects.
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  Maya Generalist

  Mirada Studios

  June 2013 - September 2013

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Animation, Lighting and FX for commercial spots
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  Maya Generalist

  WoodShop Studios Inc

  April 2013 - May 2013

  Culver City, CA

  Animation and Lighting for a Cheetos commercial

• Maya Generalist

  Xrez

  March 2013 - April 2013

  Santa Monica, CA

  All aspects of an architectural project
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  Maya Generalist

  Mirada Studios

  February 2013 - March 2013

  Marina del Rey, CA

  
  Modelling, Animation and Lighting for a series of Tide commercials
  
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  Maya Effects Artist

  Logan

  January 2013 - February 2013

  Marina del Rey, CA

  Work on a Superbowl spot
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  Maya FX Artist

  Logan

  October 2012 - November 2012

  Marina del Rey, CA

  Fire and Smoke FX for a Nike game
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  Maya Generalist

  Comen VFX

  October 2012 - October 2012

  Santa Monica, CA

  Work on upcoming Chronicles of Riddick Sequel
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  Maya Generalist

  Mirada Studios

  August 2012 - October 2012

  Los Angeles, CA

  
  FX/lighting for 2 Target spots - one for Pink, one for Taylor Swift
  
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  Senior Lighting Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  March 2012 - July 2012

  Lighting for Hotel Transylvania
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  Maya Generalist

  Comen VFX

  February 2012 - March 2012

  
  All aspects of 3D Production for commercials, television, and film
  
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  Maya Generalist

  WoodShop Studios Inc

  January 2012 - January 2012

  Culver City

  
  Animation and Lighting for Sonic spots
  
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  Maya FX Artist

  Zoic Studios

  September 2011 - November 2011

  Culver City

  Maya effects for various commercials and tv shows
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  Maya Generalist

  Mirada Studios

  July 2011 - August 2011

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  
  Effects, animation, and lighting for various commercial and installation projects.
  
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  Senior Maya Generalist

  Reel FX

  August 2008 - May 2011
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  Lighting Lead

  Technicolor Interactive

  April 2008 - July 2008

  Cinematics for upcoming video game Blitz 2
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  Lighting TD

  Radium

  February 2008 - February 2008

  Lighting for Sunny D commercial
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  Lighting TD

  CIS Hollywood

  August 2007 - January 2008

  Lighting CG elements for 2 different feature films
  Massive animation of crowds

• Vice President

  GuerriLA Theatre

  June 2002 - 2008

• Digital Artist

  FloqFX

  January 2007 - July 2007

  Creating a time lapse sequence for the upcoming 3D IMAX film from National Geographic entitled "Seamonsters."
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  Effects Animator

  Zoic Studios

  December 2006 - December 2006

  Particle Effects for an Acura Commercial
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  Maya Generalist

  Griffith Observatory

  May 2005 - October 2006

  Creation of the Universe. Computer imagery for the planetarium show at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. Work includes a fly through the universe from the outer reaches back to earth. I was responsible for the filamentary universe, Milky Way, Mars, an asteroid, and miscellaneous other effects.
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  Senior Technical Director

  CIS Hollywood

  June 2004 - April 2005

  Lighting and rendering on several shows, primarily Ultraviolet, which required the creation of a photorealistic CG city. Did some fluid dynamics work with Realflow, some volumetric rendering (including volumetric shader work)
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  Senior TD

  CIS Hollywood

  June 2004 - April 2005

  Lighting and rendering on several shows, primarily Ultraviolet, which required the creation of a photorealistic CG city. Did some fluid dynamics work with Realflow, some volumetric shaders
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  VFX / TD

  Stan Winston Studio

  March 2004 - May 2004

  Color and Lighting for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Setup and lighting of CG backgrounds which were then passed to matte painters for greater detail, ultimately projected back onto 3D geometry for a photorealistic look.
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  VFX / TD

  Warner Bros. Animation

  April 2003 - February 2004

  Effects animation for Looney Tunes: Back in Action.. Wrote MEL code for several effects, including tesla coil sparks and 3D pointillist characters. Created a variety of effects, mostly for the six minute outer space sequence. Effects animation for Scooby Doo 2, primarily particle effects for Black Knight sequence.
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  CG Supervisor, Senior Animator

  Metrolight Studios

  June 1990 - March 2003

  Animation and supervision of various high end productions for feature films, commercials, music videos and theme park attractions. Shader writing and development of a variety of software tools for image processing and animation. Specialized in effects animation.

• Production Research

  Whitney Demos Productions

  January 1988 - 1988