Kurt Kaufman

Work History

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  Concept Artist

  Massive Black

  March 2023 - May 2023

  Outer Worlds

  
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  Concept Artist and Designer

  Freelance

  January 2010 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area

  Work in TV, film, advertising, games, and other concept and pitch work. Clients include: AOA/Lyft, Art Center College of Design,
  2K games, Bungie - Destiny, Cloud Imperium Games - Star Citizen, DreamWorks - Peabody & Sherman, Digital Domain, Entertainment Design Company - DPR Motiongate theme park, Fisker Inc., Gentlemen Scholar, Google - internal workspace, Impulse Gear, Lightstream - The Kings Daughter, Motion Picture Company - BMW, Dodge - Ram TRX, Netflix - Krypton, Lost In Space, Red Accent - Metalbirds, The Mill - Abbot, AT&T, Audi, Budweiser, Door Dash, Dupixent, Gentlemen Scholar, Gillette, GMC, Google - Apollo, Grey Goose, Henesey, Januvea, Lincoln, Lowes, Monster, Northrop Grumman, Ralph Lauren, Repatha, Schick, Service now, Toyota. Tippett Studios, Skills: Concept Development · Concept Design · Design · Creative Problem Solving · Concept Art

• Concept Artist

  AOA productions

  December 2022 - January 2023

  Lyft
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  Concept

  Fisker Inc

  May 2021 - May 2022
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  Concept Designer

  Tippett Studio

  February 2018 - October 2018
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  Freelance

  April 2018 - July 2018

  

  
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  Concept Artist

  Industrial Light & Magic

  August 2012 - April 2013

  San Francisco

  I worked in the art department doing concepts for various projects and pitches. Most notably a pitch for the Neil Stevenson story "Snow Crash" and a short but sweet stint on SW EPVII.
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  Concept Artist

  Industrial Light & Magic

  January 1990 - January 2013

  San Rafael Ca.

  Star Wars, Jurassic Park

  
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  Art Director

  ImageMovers

  June 2008 - November 2010

  Novato California

  As Art Director, I worked closely with the Production Designer creating images that would communicate the directors vision to the production team. This would include everything from pencils drawings, 3D models, to very representative "Keyframe" art. I primarily did sets and environments.

• Concept Artist

  Image Movers Digital

  January 2006 - January 2010

  Novado, CA

  A Cristamas Carol, Mars Needs Moms

  

• Concept Artist

  Ice Blink Studios

  June 2004 - June 2007

  At Ice Blink, I did Concept Design and Key Frame Art, for Art Direction on Polar Express, Monster House, War Of The Worlds, and Beowulf.

• IceBlink Studio

  June 2005 - September 2005

  

  

  

• Concept Art, Story Boards, Matte Painter

  Industrial Light and Magic - Lucas Films

  January 1997 - January 2002

  San Rafael, California

  During this period I worked at the Skywalker Ranch in the Star Wars art department on EPIⅈ and at ILM in the Matte Department including work on EPIⅈ, Wild Wild West, Jurassic Park 3, Gangs of New York.
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  Lucasfilm

  January 1997 - January 1998

  

  
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  Art Director

  The 3DO Company

  January 1993 - June 1995

  Redwood City, California

  Art Directed The video game "Zhadnost, the Peoples Party"
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  Tippett Studio

  ? - Present