Laurie Going

Work History

• Author

  "VFX For Indie Filmmakers" (Routledge Publishing)

  October 2022 - Present

  Skills: Technical Writing · educational writing · VFX · Independent Film

• Director/Producer

  Deacon Finn Films

  April 2015 - Present

  Austin, Texas, United States

  Short films have won awards including Best Comedy Short Adirondack Film Festival 2018, Best Texas Film Hill Country Film Festival 2017, ​First Place, Best Homegrown Film Lake Charles Film and Music Festival, 2017, Best Actress Louisiana Film Prize 2016, Best Director Meters International Film Festival, 2018 Skills: Film Direction · Screenwriting · Video Post-Production · Film Production

• Visual Effects Supervisor

  In Tow Inc.

  September 2022 - February 2023

  Austin, Texas, United States · Remote

  Skills: Supervisory Skills · VFX Supervision · On-Set VFX Supervision · Visual Effects · Film Production
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  Digital Compositor

  Crafty Apes

  July 2021 - November 2022
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  2D Animator

  Texas Public Policy Foundation

  May 2021 - September 2021

  Austin, Texas, United States · Remote

  Skills: Visual Storytelling · Graphics · Animation · After Effects · Adobe Illustrator
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  Video Editor

  Creative Circle

  March 2016 - January 2021

  Austin, Texas, United States · Hybrid

  Skills: Adobe Premiere Pro · Final Cut Pro · Audio Editing · Color Correction · File Management · Video Editing · Video Post-Production
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  Adjunct Professor (Digital Filmmaking and Screenwriting)

  The Art Institutes

  July 2018 - April 2019

  Austin, Texas Area

  Skills: Teaching · Screenwriting · Film Production

• Book Designer

  Etruscan Press Inc

  October 2013 - October 2018

  Cover and interior design for books, additional graphic print design Skills: Graphic Design · Typography · Publishing · Adobe Photoshop · Adobe Illustrator · In Design
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  Video Editor

  Apple Inc.

  July 2017 - September 2018

  Austin, Texas Area

  Contract video editor (through Creative Circle) for the Retail Learning and Development division of Apple, Inc. Skills: Adobe Creative Suite · Final Cut Pro · Video Editing · Animation

• First and Second Round Judge

  NYC Midnight

  2015 - June 2018

  Judging short scripts in the Screenwriting Challenge and short Screenwriting Challenges. Skills: Screenwriting
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  Senior VFX Compositor

  Mighty Coconut

  June 2015 - March 2017

  Austin, TX

  Skills: Visual Effects · Animation · Nuke

• Visual Effects Supervisor

  Sundial Pictures

  December 2015 - August 2016

  Skills: Team Management · Visual Effects · Compositing · Video Post-Production

• Script Reader

  Cincinnati Film Festival

  February 2015 - August 2015

  Reading feature length scripts for screenwriting competition. Skills: Screenwriting
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  Compositor

  Factory VFX

  October 2011 - March 2014

  Greater New Orleans Area

  Compositing on a project basis Skills: Visual Effects · Nuke

• 2D Painter/Enviromental Artist

  Little Killerz

  November 2013 - January 2014

  Austin, TX

  Skills: Matte Painting · Adobe Photoshop

• Co-owner/Creative Director

  East 20 Productions

  August 2012 - May 2013

  Shreveport, LA

  Produced commercial, music video, and entertainment projects. Skills: Art Direction · Film Direction · Screenwriting · Video Editing · Independent Film · Film Production
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  Compositor

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2012 - August 2012

  Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

  Compositor on The Amazing Spiderman Skills: Visual Effects · Nuke
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  Lead Compositor

  Worldwide FX

  June 2010 - June 2011

  Compositing for feature film using Fusion and Nuke. Worked on Drive Angry in 3d (stereographic compositing) and The Mechanic and Conan (2d). Skills: Visual Effects · Nuke

  
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  Freelance Stereoscopic Compositor

  Prime Focus World

  January 2010 - June 2010

  Skills: Visual Effects
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  Compositor (freelance)

  Sandbox F/X

  September 2008 - August 2009

  Skills: Visual Effects
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  Senior Compositor (freelance)

  Mediapro Studios

  January 2008 - July 2008

  Skills: Visual Effects · Nuke

• Freelance Visual Effects Artist

  Zep Tepi Studios

  January 2008 - March 2008

  Freelance Compositor for the movie “Beach Kings” establishing look and creating warp and color effects on a series of
  shots for the HD feature film. Digital Fusion. Skills: Visual Effects

• Background Painter / Compositor

  Afterworld, LLC

  May 2007 - November 2007

  Skills: Visual Effects

• Writer/Actor

  Atwater Playhouse

  2006 - 2007

  Los Angeles, CA

• Compositing Supervisor/Compositor

  Custom Film Effects

  2001 - 2007

  Skills: Team Coordination · Scheduling · Color Correction · Visual Effects · Compositing · Video Post-Production · Feature Films