Kenneth Kurras

Kenneth Kurras

CG Supervisor/Generalist available for work

Lead CG Generalist / 24 yrs

Portland, OR

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Digital Artist

The Orville (2022)

Senior CG Generalist

Becoming (2020)

CG Supervisor

The Birch (2019)

CG Artist

Book of Mormon Videos (2019)

Lighter

Missing Link (2019)

cg generalist

The Orville (2017)

Lighting Technical Director

Cell (2016)

Compositor

Zoolander 2 (2016)

Lighting TD

Life of Pi (2012)

Lighting TD

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)

Lighting TD

Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)

Lighting TD

Hop (2011)

Lighting Technical Director

Yogi Bear (2010)

Lighting TD

Little Fockers (2010)

Lighting Technical Director

The Wolfman (2010)

Lighting TD

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

Land of the Lost (2009)

Aliens in the Attic (2009)

Lighting Technical Director

The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Lighting TD

The Incredible Hulk (2008)

CG Genrealist Lighting VFX

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)

The Golden Compass (2007)

VFX Artist / Art Dept TD

Happy Feet (2006)

Lighting VFX Techincal Director

Garfield (2004)

Lighting VFX Techincal Director

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

lighting artist

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)

Visual Effects

Torque (2004)

Senior 3D Artist

Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

Lighting VFX Techincal Director

Elf (2003)

Effects Animator

The Rundown (2003)

Technical Director Effects Animation

Eight Legged Freaks (2002)

Digital Artist

102 Dalmatians (2000)

Digital Artist

Mission to Mars (2000)

Digital Artist

Stuart Little (1999)

Digital Artist

Patch Adams (1998)

Digital Artist

Godzilla (1998)

Digital Artist

The Replacement Killers (1998)

Lead Film Recordist

Michael (1996)

Film Recording Technician

The Cable Guy (1996)

Film Recording Technician

The Craft (1996)
Since his graduation from the Savannah College of Art and Design, Ken Kurras has worked in the field of Visual Effects over 24 years. He has worked in many roles from International Lighting Lead to Art Department TD. He was part of the team at Industrial Light and Magic that created the maelstrom sequence for Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End (Nominated for Best Visual Effects). During his years at Rhythm and Hues, Ken worked on The Golden Compass and Life of Pi, which both went on to win the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Ken is proud to have worked closely with the Art Directors and George Miller on Happy Feet (Best Animated Film 2006) doing effects development as well as going on set and on location to film assets for the films. Ken recently completed working on Laika's Missing Link. He is available for both remote work from his home in Portland and on site work depending on locations.
Work History

  • CG supervisor

    Bent Image Lab

    June 2019 - September 2019
    Portland, OR

    Animation, Environments, blood effects for The Birch.

  • cg generalist

    Pixomondo

    July 2018 - October 2018
    Los Angeles

    Lighting, Lookdev, Texturing, Modeling

  • Laika

    September 2017 - June 2018

  • Senior Lighter

    Laika

    September 2017 - June 2018
    Hillsboro, OR

    sequence lighter for Missing Link.

  • CG Artist

    Pixomondo

    October 2016 - March 2017
    Los Angeles, California

  • Lead CG generalist

    Logan

    December 2015 - September 2016
    Marina Del Rey, California

  • Compositor

    Prologue Films

    October 2015 - December 2015
    Venice, California

    Compositor: Zoolander 2

  • Lighting Artist

    Logan

    September 2015 - October 2015

    Short term commercial project: Honda

  • CG Lighter and compositor

    Prologue Films

    July 2015 - August 2015
    Venice, CA

    Short term project on video game cinematic for Destiny.

  • Lighting / generalist

    HouseSpecial

    April 2015 - May 2015
    Portland, OR

    Short term commercial project for Shaw Cable

  • Lighting / Generalist TD

    Lit Post

    June 2014 - April 2015
    Burbank, CA

  • Freelance Lighter CG commercials

    Laika

    May 2014 - June 2014
    Portland, Oregon Area

    Another commercial project with a great crew at Laika House!

  • Freelance Lighter CG commercials

    Laika

    January 2014 - January 2014
    Portland, Oregon Area

    Short term commercial project

  • International Lighting Lead

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    August 2012 - February 2013
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Lead for a team remotely located in Kuala Lumpur for the production of The Seventh Son. Duties included look development, troubleshooting, scene setup, and giving feed back at shot dailies.

  • Lighting TD

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    March 2010 - August 2012

    Lighting Technical Director on Little Fockers, They Came From Upstairs, The Wolfman, Yogi Bear 3D, Hop, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Alvin and the Chipmunks 3, the Life of Pi and Wells Fargo Commercial Project.

  • Lighting TD

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    May 2007 - December 2009

    Lighting TD on the Golden Compass, Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Incredible Hulk, and The Land of the Lost

  • Lighting and VFX TD

    Industrial Light & Magic

    January 2007 - April 2007

    Lighting and VFX for Pirates of the Carribean 3

  • Technical Director Art Dept/Skys

    Animal Logic

    November 2005 - October 2006

    Responsible for sky assets. Live action/on set still photography and video reference.

  • VFX TD

    Animal Logic

    August 2004 - November 2005

    Visual effects Technical Director

  • Title Designer

    FitzFilm Inc

    May 2004 - July 2004

    Freelance title designer for documentaries for Cole Porter projects.

  • Lighting VFX Techincal Director

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    March 2003 - May 2004

    Lighting Artist on Scooby Doo 2 and Garfield. VFX Artist for The Rundown, Around the World in 80 Days and Elf

  • Senior 3D Artist

    Hyraulx Inc

    February 2003 - March 2003

    Particle effects animation for Torque and Looney Tunes

  • Technical Director Effect animation

    Photon

    July 2002 - October 2002

    Effect animation and look dev for Ghostship

  • Technical Director Effects Animation

    Centropolis VFX

    February 2001 - March 2002

    Effects animation for Eight Legged Freaks

  • Digital Artist

    Centropolis Effects

    2001 - 2002

    Smoke, dust, debris and fire particle effects for Eight Legged Freaks

  • Digital Artist

    DreamQuest/Disney Feature Animation TSL

    September 1999 - October 2000

    Effects Animation on Mission to Mars, Tracking and Animation on 102 Dalmatians

  • Digital Artist

    Rainmaker Los Angeles

    June 1999 - August 1999

    3D matchmove and Compositing Supervision on IMAX: The Magic Box
    Particle animation on Vasilisa

  • Digital Artist

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    June 1997 - February 1999

    Matchmover for Starship troopers, The Replacement Killers, Patch Adams and Stuart Little
    Effect Animation for Godzilla
    Paint effects for The Craft
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Education

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Illustration and Video Production (d

    Savannah College of Art and Design

    1990 - 1994