Mark Lipsmeyer

Mark Lipsmeyer

Senior CFX Artist Sony Pictures Imageworks

Senior CFX Artist

Montreal, Canada Area

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CFX lead

Back to the Outback (2021)

Cfx Lead

Scooby (2020)

Digital Artist

Firefly (2019)

Digital Artist

A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

Digital Artist

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Creature TD

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Creature TD

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

Creature TD

The Mummy (2017)

Creature TD

Doctor Strange (2016)

Visual Effects Artist

Warcraft: The Beginning (2016)

Visual Effects Artist (Senior Creature FX

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)

Senior Creature TD

The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

Camera Tracking TD

Tomorrowland (2015)

Camera / Matchmove Artist

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Cloth & Hair Simulation TD

Far Cry 4 (2014)

Cloth & Hair Simulation TD

Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)

Layout Artist

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor (2014)

Cloth & Hair Simulation TD

Halo: The Master Chief Collection (2014)

Creature TD

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

Camera Tracking & Matchmove TD

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Creature TD

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

Camera Tracker

Godzilla (2014)

Camera Tracker

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Camera / Matchmove Artist

Need for Speed (2014)

Camera Tracker, Matchmove, Layout TD

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013)

Cloth-Hair TD

Batman: Arkham Origins (2013)

Cloth-Hair TD

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

Layout Technical Director

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

Tracking Artist

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)

Senior Digital Artist

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Senior Digital Artist

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

Layout & Integration TD

Mars Needs Moms (2011)

Mocap TD

A Christmas Carol (2009)

camera tracker / matchmover

Deja Vu (2009)

Tracker / Matchmover

Superhero Movie (2008)

Tracker / Matchmover

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)

3D Tracker

National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

camera tracker / matchmove td

Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)

Imagemotion Tracking

Beowulf (2007)

Tracker / Matchmover

Chuck (2007)

Tracker

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

camera tracker / matchmover

Apocalypto (2006)

Technical Animator / Mocap Artist

Monster House (2006)

technical animator/mocap artist

Monster House (2006)

Roto Artist

The Way (2006)

Tracker / Matchmover

Battlestar Galactica (2005)

ImageMotion Tracking

The Polar Express (2004)

digital artist

CSI: NY (2004)

Roto Artist

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Camera Tracker

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Tracker

Point of Origin (2002)

Tracker / Matchmover

Rollerball (2002)

camera tracker

Swordfish (2001)

Tracker / Matchmover

CSI (2000)

Digital Artist

Angel (1999)

Compositor

Wildlife

Digital Artist

NYPD 2069

cfx: xgen, maya, ncloth, arnold, houdini

camera tracking: tracker / matchmover: voodoo, syntheyes, boujou, 3d equalizer, track, tracky, maya, houdini, movimento, zeno

mocap artist: vicon iq, diva, blade, nexus

lighting: maya

animation: maya, motionbuilder
Work History

  • Member

    Visual Effects Society

    May 2017 - Present
    Montreal, Canada Area

  • Senior CFX Artist

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    May 2023 - May 2024
    Montreal, Canada

  • CFX Lead

    Image Engine

    October 2022 - April 2023
    Vancouver, CA

  • TechAnim | CFX Lead

    MPC - Montreal

    May 2022 - October 2022
    Montréal, Canada

  • CFX, Creature Dev Lead

    Reel FX

    November 2018 - April 2022
    Montréal, Canada

  • Senior CFX Artist

    Method Studios

    September 2018 - October 2018
    Vancouver, Canada Area

  • Creature FX TD

    Zoic Studios

    January 2018 - May 2018
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  • Senior Creature TD

    Industrial Light & Magic

    January 2016 - January 2018
    Vancouver, Canada Area

  • Senior Hair-Cloth TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    February 2015 - January 2016
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  • Layout | Matchmove TD

    Lucasfilm

    October 2014 - February 2015
    Singapore

    Feature:
    Warcraft

  • Cloth & Hair Simulation TD

    Blur Studio

    June 2014 - September 2014
    Culver City, CA

    Cinematic Trailers:
    Halo: The Master Chief Collection
    Assassin's Creed Unity
    Far Cry 4

  • Creature TD

    Industrial Light & Magic

    May 2014 - June 2014
    San Francisco Bay Area

    Feature:
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

  • Layout Artist

    Industrial Light & Magic

    April 2014 - May 2014
    San Francisco Bay Area

    Features:
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    Transformers 4
    Tomorrowland

  • Tracking Artist

    Stereo D

    December 2013 - April 2014
    Burbank

  • Cloth-Hair TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    January 2013 - August 2013

    Senior Cloth-Hair TD

    Feature:
    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

  • Cloth-Hair TD

    Blur Studio

    April 2013 - May 2013

    Cloth TD

    Cinematic Trailer:
    Batman: Arkham Origins

  • Camera Tracking / Layout

    Zoic Studios

    August 2012 - December 2012

    Layout TD

    Television Series:
    Once Upon a Time

  • Cloth-Hair TD

    Blur Studio

    July 2012 - August 2012

    Cloth TD

    Cinematic Trailer:
    The Elder Scrolls Online - The Alliances

  • Senior Digital Artist

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    February 2012 - July 2012

    Plate Layout, Rough Layout, Final Layout
    Cloth-Hair TD

    Features:
    The Amazing Spider-Man (layout)
    Oz: The Great and Powerful (layout)
    Hotel Transylvania (hair/cloth)

  • CG Artist

    Psyop

    September 2010 - February 2012

    Camera Tracker / Layout

    Commercial Work:
    Citroen - Dominoes
    Tipsy - Sonoma International Film Festival 2011
    Fed Ex - Enchanted Forest
    ING Direct - Bear, Donkey, & Vole
    Reebok ZigTech - John Wall, Peyton Manning, & Lewis Hamilton
    MetLife - Everyone & Piano
    Lexus - Indecision
    BMW - Olympics - Team USA
    Chevy Sonic - Joy
    Honda - Baby
    Allstate - Flag, Lawn Game, & Satellite
    Corona - Snow
    Coke - Happiness Factory
    Lowe's - Exploded

  • Mocap TD

    ImageMovers

    May 2008 - August 2010

    Stage Shoot
    Motion Capture Performance Integration/ Technical Animator
    Scene Layout
    Stereo Compositing
    Mel & Python Scripting

    Features:
    A Christmas Carol
    Mars Needs Moms

  • Mocap TD

    Humbug Entertainment

    December 2007 - May 2008

  • maya generalist

    Zoic Studios

    October 2007 - December 2007

    Television Series:
    CSI Miami
    CSI Vegas
    Criminal Minds
    Chuck
    Cold Case
    Pushing Daisies
    Gossip Girl
    Jericho
    Sarah Connor Chronicles

  • tracker / matchmover

    Asylum Visual Effects

    August 2007 - October 2007

    camera tracker / matchmove artist & data integrator
    Feature:
    National Treasure 2

  • camera tracker / matchmove td

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    April 2007 - September 2007

    camera tracker / matchmove td & data integrator

    Feature:
    Alvin and the Chipmunks

  • compositor

    Zoic Studios

    March 2007 - April 2007

    Television Series:
    Drive

    Television Pilots:
    The Sarah Connor Chronicles
    Chuck
    Wildlife

  • camera tracker / matchmover

    Asylum Visual Effects

    September 2006 - March 2007

    camera tracker & data integrator

    Features:
    Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At Worlds End
    Apocalypto
    Deja Vu

    Commercial Work:
    Tylenol - Go Tabs
    Playstation 3 - Whiteroom
    Lexus - Galaxy
    Dodge - Planet
    Pontiac - Drop
    Netflix - Roll Call
    Boeing - Why We Are Here
    Rozerem - Catch The Bus
    Propel - Stress Monster / Uphill
    Marlboro - Smoke Journey
    Corona - Finishing Touch
    Capital One - Astronauts
    Cub Cadet - Pinball
    Bmw - Tops

  • technical animator/mocap artist

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    November 2003 - September 2006

    Motion Capture Artist - Technical Animator
    Stage Shoots - Work with mocap data on and after stage shoot

    Beowulf
    Monster House
    Polar Express

  • digital artist

    Zoic Studios

    October 2002 - September 2005

    maya generalist
    tracker/matchmover
    [light] compositing
    [light] lighting

    Features:
    Spiderman 2

    Television Series:
    Battlestar Galatica
    Firefly
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    Angel
    NYPD 2069
    CSI
    The Way

    Commercial Work:
    Suzuki - GSXR 1000
    Northrop Grumman
    Mastercard - Career Path
    San Diego Wild Animal Park
    KIA - Books

  • camera tracker

    Digital Domain

    April 2003 - September 2003

    camera tracker

    The Day After Tomorrow

  • camera tracker

    Radium - LA

    May 2002 - October 2002

    camera tracker

    Firefly

  • camera tracker

    Ring of Fire

    March 2002 - May 2002

    camera tracker / matchmover

    Commercial Work:
    Fruit Gushers (2)

  • camera tracker

    VisionArt / digital.art.media

    March 2001 - September 2001

    This is where I learned how to camera track for features.

    Television (HBO Series):
    Point of Origin

    Features:
    Swordfish
    Rollerball

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Education

  • BFA in Narrative Illustration

    Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)

    1994 - 1998

  • BS in core

    La Jolla Country Day School

    1990 - 1994

  • Maya Education, Mel Scripting

    Gnomon School of Visual Effects

    ? - ?