Marlan Harris

Marlan Harris

Supervisor Rotoscope Artist / 24 yrs

Southern California

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Visual Effects Artist

Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)

Visual Effects Artist

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

Visual Effects Artist

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

Visual Effects Artist

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

Rotoscope/paint Artist

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Rotoscope Supervisor

Gone Girl (2014)

Rotoscope Supervisor

Into the Storm (2014)

Rotoscope/paint Supervisor

Maleficent (2014)

Rotoscope/paint Supervisor

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Rotoscope/paint Supervisor

Paranoia (2013)

Rotoscope And Paint Artist

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Rotoscope Artist

Rock of Ages (2012)

Stereo Compositor

Titanic (2012)

Rotoscope Artist

Real Steel (2011)

Stereoscopic Compositor

The Smurfs (2011)

Stereo Compositor

Green Lantern (2011)

Rotoscope And Paint Artist

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Rotoscope And Paint Artist

Thor (2011)

Rotoscope Artist

TRON: Legacy (2010)

Rotoscope Artist And Painter

All Good Things (2010)

Stereo Compositor

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Rotoscope/paint Artist

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Rotoscope Artist

W. (2008)

Rotoscope/paint Artist

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

Rotoscope/paint Artist

Speed Racer (2008)

Visual Effects

Letters from Iwo Jima (2007)

Rotoscope Artist

Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

Roto/paint Artist

Æon Flux (2005)

Rotoscope Artist

A Sound of Thunder (2005)

Roto Artist

I, Robot (2004)

Rotoscope Artist

The Last Samurai (2003)

Visual Effects

Birds of Prey (2002)

Digital Artist

Minority Report (2002)

Digital Compositor

Baby Bob (2002)

Digital Artist (unknown Episodes)

Crossing Jordan (2001)

Visual Effects

The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)

Visual Effects

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996)

Visual Effects Artist

Big Bad Beetleborgs (1996)

Work History

  • Roto/Paint Coordinator

    Encore/Method/Company 3

    March 2021 - March 2121
    Burbank, CA

  • Roto/Paint Coordinator

    Encore/Method/Company 3

    March 2021 - March 2121
    Burbank, CA

  • Visual Effects Artist

    A52

    March 2020 - March 2020
    Santa Monica, California, United States

    Rotoscoping.

  • Visual Effects Artist

    Nomad Editing Company, Inc

    January 2020 - February 2020
    Santa Monica, CA

    Tight, expedient rotoscoping on a spot for a high-profile client under intense pressure and time restraints.

  • Visual Effects Artist

    The Mill

    January 2020 - January 2020
    Culver City, CA

    Rotoscoping work on a soon-to-be very renowned commercial.

  • Visual Effects Artist

    Steelhead

    December 2019 - December 2019
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Compositing & paint (extensive background clean-up & beauty work) on commercial for H&R Block.

  • Visual Effects Artist

    4 Max Post

    November 2019 - November 2019
    Toluca Lake, CA

    Emergency, last-minute rotoscoping for upcoming TV show, for fixing & replacing video screens behind interior of and people inside moving vehicle.

  • Visual Effects Artist

    Steelhead

    October 2019 - October 2019
    Marina del Rey, CA

    Work on a short spot, but activated by a world event, so necessitating a period of being on-hold waiting for the triggering event, then going in at 4am the next day to do the work in one shift for the quick turn-around. Rotoscoping, in Nuke. Full body roto for a very active sports player, first pass in rough shapes to place the animation, then tightening or starting over to do tight roto for graphics behind and around the principal player.

  • Visual Effects Artist

    Logan

    August 2019 - September 2019
    Marina del Rey, CA

    Rotoscoping work, with paint, to fix artifacts from time-warping, and removing imperfections on image. Doing a lot with manipulating channels and delivering work in separate layer within same render.

  • Visual Effects Artist

    A52

    August 2019 - August 2019
    Santa Monica, CA

    Roto, for that particular client. Experimenting with channels to put three or four passes into one render.

  • Visual Effects Artist

    General Population

    July 2019 - July 2019
    Santa Monica, CA

    Rotoscoping & keying on graphics for ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP.

  • Visual Effects Artist

    Practical Magic

    July 2019 - July 2019
    Sun Valley, CA

    Paint and rotoscoping to fix keyed matte for extraordinary project. Shot was over 11,000 frames, 60 frames a second, eight full-body figures dancing, costumes, including white formal dresses and cream-colored trousers, reflecting the background color, tape on floor, to be projected for a spectacular event overseas. For Angel Valley/Practical Magic.

  • Visual Effects Artist

    Nomad Editing Company, Inc

    April 2019 - May 2019
    Santa Monica, CA

    More roto for hands and fingers over a screen. Also some paint, for object removal. Used Nuke and Mocha (for tracking).

  • Visual Effects Artist

    Harbor Pictures

    March 2019 - April 2019
    Santa Monica, CA

    Initially brought in to do rotoscoping but also did boom mic removal, and one shot removing a shirt-mic using frame-to-frame paint over more than 200 frames. Used Nuke but also Mocha for rotoscoping, to pull fast mattes to give to Flame for beauty work.

  • Visual Effects Artist: Rotoscoping

    A52

    March 2019 - April 2019

    Rotoscoping for high-profile client.

  • Visual Effects Artist: Rotoscoping

    A52

    January 2019 - February 2019
    Santa Monica, CA

    Complex roto on various shapes in numerous planes, including pulling complex tracks for background objects and lots of occluding shapes.

  • Visual Effects Artist: Rotoscoping

    Nomad Editing Company, Inc

    December 2018 - January 2019
    Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Visual Effects Artist: Rotoscoping

    The Mill

    August 2018 - September 2018
    Los Angeles, CA

    Detailed rotoscoping work for a very choosy client. Extensive full-body roto for figures in split-screens. Helped supervise by managing work by other artists and acting as a liaison with supervisor and producers.

  • Visual Effects Artist: Rotoscoping

    Logan

    August 2018 - September 2018
    Los Angeles, CA

    Very detailed rotoscoping work, much like the last time, but starting from scratch.

  • Visual Effects Artist: Rotoscoping

    Logan

    June 2018 - July 2018
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Tightening previously-completed rotoscoping work, even down to sub-pixels, to make it as perfect as possible for compositing.

  • Visual Effects Artist: Rotoscoping

    Greenhaus GFX

    May 2018 - June 2018
    Culver City, CA

    Quick roto for a title/credits sequence on an upcoming animated feature.

  • Visual Effects Artist: Rotoscope & Paint

    FuseFX

    April 2018 - May 2018
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Rotoscoping for end-of-season TV shows and pilots.

  • Visual Effects Artist: Rotoscoping

    A52

    March 2018 - April 2018
    Santa Monica, CA

    Rotoscoping on a top-secret commercial for a very particular client.

  • Visual Effects Artist: Rotoscoping & Paint

    Digital Domain

    February 2018 - March 2018
    Playa del Rey, CA

    Incredibly precise roto & paint, on features. Post-viz (AQUAMAN tests) to quality over quantity (AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR).

  • Rotoscope/Paint artist

    FuseFX

    September 2017 - December 2017
    Van Nuys, CA

    Rotoscoping on a wide variety of television projects, often under very tight deadlines.

  • Rotoscope Artist

    A52

    August 2017 - September 2017
    Santa Monica, CA

    Rotoscoping on a commercial for a particular client.

  • Rotoscope Artist

    Dilated Pixels

    June 2017 - July 2017
    Hollywood, CA

    Support roto, for isolating character elements for use in background, for upcoming feature. Work was fast and rough, which was necessary for the low-res and minimal-detail nature of the composite. Used Nuke as well as AfterEffects, on a very basic level.

  • Visual Effects Artist: Rotoscoping

    4 Max Post

    January 2017 - June 2017
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Rotoscoping work on feature and show, ranging from quick, rough temp roto to screen-ready work. Tasks included articulate, feature-ready roto to replace background behind two moving, talking people in a clip of 2,104 frames.

  • Visual Effects Artist: Rotoscoping

    Logan

    December 2016 - January 2017
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Rotoscoping on two very high-profile, non-conventional projects totaling a great many hours of work.

  • Visual Effects Artist: Rotoscoping

    CBS Digital

    October 2016 - November 2016
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Rotoscoping on a variety of television shows, under a quick deadline for air. Also fixed another artist’s comps, following notes from the supervisor.

  • Visual Effects Artist: Rotoscoping

    Electric Theatre Collective

    September 2016 - October 2016
    Santa Monica, CA

    Rotoscoping on a high-profile commercial for a very particular client. Work turned around and completed in less than 24 hours from air. (Was called cold at 7pm on a Tuesday night, was there at 9:30 that night, and worked until 5 the next morning. Continued that 9pm-5am shift for the duration of the project.)

  • Visual Effects Artist: Rotoscoping

    Brand New School

    August 2016 - September 2016
    Hollywood, CA

    Rotoscoping of exterior and interior of cars. A short gig to help out an immediate issue.

  • Visual Effects Artist: Rotoscoping

    Nomad Editing Company, Inc

    August 2016 - September 2016
    Santa Monica, CA

    Intricate rotoscoping for very particular client.

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Education

  • English, Creative Writing

    California State University-San Bernardino

    1992 - 1995