Ken Faiman
Senior Technical Animator / 24 yrs
Los Angeles, CA
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Work History
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Character FX Lead/Developer/Animator
DreamWorks Animation
June 2005 - May 2015Home (2015)
Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
Kung Fu Panda: Secret of the Scrolls (2014)
Turbo (2013)
Me & My Shadow (TBD)
Puss in Boots (2011)
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Bee Movie (2007)
Over the Hedge (2006)
· Senior cloth developer for hero characters (e.g. Stoick, Puss) using Maya-based solvers.
· Instituted department's first hair simulation using untested proprietary solver on Bee Movie.
· Feather grooming of Crow in Houdini and overlap simulation of Mama Goose in Puss in Boots.
· Pioneered a cloth-based skin solver that res
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Mocap Technical Director
Rhythm & Hues Studios
December 2004 - June 2005Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)
· Human/creature motion-editing in Nuance for Massive crowd sims using Weta-based workflow.
· Built centaur and gryphon rigs for motion retargeting and scripted GUI tools in Tcl/Tk.
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Facial Capture/Virtual Backgrounds/FX Technical Director
ESC Entertainment
June 2002 - June 2004Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Catwoman (2004)
Ladykillers (2004)
· Academy Award & VES award-winning CG recreation of live-facial performances (aka UCap).
· Workflow involved facial rigging, sculpting, match-moving, texture projection and compositing.
· Responsible for training of new artists.
· Virtual background reconstruction through HDR nodal photography, photogrammetry, camera reconstruction, photo stitching, compositing, cityscape layout, lighting and Mental Ray passes.
· Animated splash and simulated dynamic rain collisions f
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Education
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Gnomon School of Visual Effects
2000 - 2001 -
UCLA
1996 - 2000