Mak Knighton

Work History

• 

  Generalist TD

  Double Negative

  April 2016 - Present

  Layout, Animation, & Lighting.
• 

  Freelance Maya Generalist

  Atomic Arts

  November 2015 - December 2015

  Previs and Layout & Water TD . Water scene, boat wakes, birds and dolphins. The big goal was to make renders efficient as the scene was 4K across 4800 frames.
• 

  Maya Generalist

  Electric Theatre Collective

  September 2015 - October 2015

  Camera, Layout, Distortion Workflow. Multiple adverts.
• 

  CGI Generalist

  Agile Films

  August 2015 - September 2015

  Rigging, Modeling, TD Work
• 

  Maya Generalist

  Drive - Automotive Design Consultancy

  January 2015 - January 2015

  Lighting, Texturing an Rendering high-end super cars. Matching paint samples supplied by client with HDRI light domes an location backplates.
• 

  Senior Maya Generalist

  Atomic Arts

  October 2014 - November 2014

  Environment, Camera, Layout, Look Developement, Lighting, Rendering, Rigging, Technical Animation

• Maya Generalist

  Darlow Smithson Productions

  August 2014 - October 2014

  Nazi Megastructures Series II - History Channel & PBS - Previs - Camera Animation, Technical Animation, Layout, Lighting Rendering, Comp (Nuke & After Effects)
• 

  Maya Generalist

  Method Studios

  March 2012 - April 2014

  Matchmoving, layout, lighting, rendering, outsource review. The whole shebang.
  
  Jupiter Ascending (2014)
  Monuments Men (2013)
  Hunger Games:"Catching Fire" (2013)
  Snowpiercer (2013)
  Seven Psychopaths (2012)
  Kiss of the Damned (2012)
  Last Stand (2012)
  Air Force One is Down (2012)
  Mud (2012)
  Cloud Atlas (2012)

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
• 

  Sequence Lead

  Prime Focus World

  April 2011 - February 2012

  Camera animation, lighting, rendering, particles, fluids and all that fun stuff!!

• CGI Generalist

  Darlow Smithson Productions

  2012 - 2012

• CGI Generalist

  Darlow Smithson Productions

  2012 - 2012

• Maya Generalist

  Drive Design

  November 2010 - May 2011

  Modeling, Lighting and Rendering high-end automotive designs. Rolls Royce VRay Tracking Comping
• 

  maya generalist

  Intro

  2010 - 2011
• 

  Senior Maya Generalist

  Prime Focus World

  September 2010 - October 2010

  Acting as CG lead on a documentary for Pioneer Productions Chilean Miners Documentary for Channel Four. Set up CG cameras with clients and managed other CG artists and an incredibly tight deadline. Twenty-two shots in three weeks!
• 

  Maya Generalist

  Prime Focus World

  August 2010 - September 2010

  Maya Generalist. Worked on "Curiousity" the big new series from Discovery.

• Maya Generalist

  Lypsync Post

  May 2010 - May 2010

  Modeling, HDRI Lighting, Mental Ray Rendering
• 

  Maya Generalist

  Golden Square Post Production

  April 2010 - April 2010

  Maya Generalist

• Maya Generalist

  The Bank

  April 2010 - April 2010

  Maya Generalist
• 

  Maya Generalist

  Absolute Post

  January 2010 - April 2010

  Maya Generalist

• Maya Generalist

  M.I.E.

  November 2010 - 2010

  Working on a fabulous music video for George Michael. Modeling, lighting, animation. The usual suspects.
• 

  Maya Generalist

  Prime Focus World

  2010 - 2010

  Camera Layout and Maya Generalist
• 

  Maya Generalist

  MIE

  2010 - 2010

  Maya generalist on a big music video for faithliess and george michael . Modeling, lighting, rendering, and some particle simulations.
• 

  Maya Generalist

  Golden Square Post Production

  December 2009 - December 2009

  Modeling, Rigging, Animation, Lighting, Rendering. I handled all the 3D duties for an exciting Christmas commercial involving a red ribbon that tied and untied itself around a newspaper.

• VFX Designer

  Fulcrum Television

  October 2009 - October 2009

  I handled all the graphics for a documentary about Jack the Ripper in America. Maya, Nuke, Shake, Photoshop
• 

  Maya Generalist

  Absolute Post

  September 2009 - October 2009

  Lighting, Rendering, Matchmoving, Modeling, Texturing, and Animation for four eBay commercials. Used Maya,PF Track, Boujou, Mental Ray, Photoshop and a host of others.
• 

  Maya Generalist

  Red Vision

  March 2009 - July 2009

  Worked as a maya generalist in the pre-vis department on a three part series about Stephen Hawking's theories. Duties included modeling, texturing, camera work, tracking, camera projection, and a little bit of everything.
• 

  Maya Generalist

  Absolute Post

  2009 - 2009

  Motion Capture
• 

  Maya Generalsit

  Red Vision

  2008 - 2009

  Layout and Matchmoving
• 

  3d Freelancer

  Squarezero Ltd

  2008 - 2008

  Maya Generalist
• 

  Maya Generalist

  Framestore

  2008 - 2008

  Matchmoving and Object Tracking

• Maya Generalist

  This Little Fish

  2007 - 2007

  Modeling. Mostly cars.

• Maya Generalist

  This Little Fish

  2007 - 2007

  Maya Generalist

• Maya Generalist

  Belladonna Clinical Images

  2006 - 2007

  Medcial animation. Modeling, animation, lighting, rendering, particles.
• 

  Maya Modeler

  Escape Studios

  2004 - 2004

  3D Modeler

• Associate Producer

  Extreme Archaeology

  2002 - 2002

  Production work.

• Unit Manager

  Picture House Telelvision "Time Team"

  2001 - 2001

  Production work.

• Production Manager

  3 Ring Circus

  1996 - 2000

  Managed Film Shoot in Chicago

• Producer

  H-Gun Labs

  1996 - 1999

  Managed CGI Artists and Interfaced with clients.