Minh Nguyen Ba

Minh Nguyen Ba

Senior CG Generalist / 23 yrs

London, United Kingdom

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Senior Lookdev TD

The Witcher (2019)

Lighter

Robot Overlords (2015)

Senior Lighting TD

300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

Lighting Artist

Elysium (2013)

Senior Lighting TD

World War Z (2013)

Senior Lighting TD

Zero Dark Thirty (2013)

Senior Lighting TD - Film

Dark Shadows (2012)

Lighter

John Carter (2012)

Visual Effects

Virtual History: The Secret Plot to Kill Hitler (2004)

3D Digital Compositor

Les rois mages (2001)

Work History
  • Senior Lighting TD - Film

    RealTime

    April 2023 - August 2023

    Dr who 60th anniversary specials

  • Senior Surfacing TD

    Jellyfish Pictures

    March 2022 - March 2023
    London, United Kingdom
  • CG Generalist

    Dupe VFX

    April 2021 - March 2022
    London, United Kingdom
  • Senior 3D Artist

    Free-lance 3d artist

    May 2014 - April 2021
  • Senior Lookdev TD

    Nviz

    August 2013 - April 2014
    London, United Kingdom

    Working on "Our Robot Overlord" directed by Jon Wright
    Lookdev of the Sentry, one of the film main character as well as other key assets.
    Lighting of various key shots.
    Maya/V-Ray

  • Senior Lighting TD

    MPC

    February 2013 - July 2013
    London, United Kingdom

    working on :
    300 : Rise of an Empire directed by Noam Murro
    World War Z directed by Marc Forster
    Maya/Katana/PR-Man

  • Senior Lighting TD

    Image Engine

    May 2012 - December 2012
    Vancouver, British Columbia

    working on :
    RIPD directed by Robert Schwentke
    Zero-Dark-Thirty directed by Kathryn Bigelow
    Elysium directed by Neill Blomkamp
    Maya/3D-Light

  • Senior Lighting TD - Film

    MPC

    January 2012 - May 2012
    London, United Kingdom

    working on Dark Shadows directed by Tim Burton
    Maya/PR-Man

  • Lead Lighter - Commercials

    MPC

    October 2011 - December 2011

    worked on a Fredrik Bond commercial

  • Senior Lighter

    Cinesite

    August 2011 - October 2011

    working on John Carter of Mars directed by Andrew Stanton

  • Head of 3D

    Absolute Post New York

    August 2009 - June 2011

    lead/dept. sup. on various commercials, modeling/lighting/shading/compositing/shoot attendance

  • CG Lead

    Absolute Post London

    January 2007 - July 2009

    modeling/rigging/animation/lighting/lead/shoot attendance on various commercials

    CG Lead on Samsung Attraction - Winner of the 2009 Commercials Silver Telly Awards

  • Senior Generalist

    MPC

    March 2004 - December 2006

    modeling/rigging/animation/lead on various commercials

    character TD on Virtual History, documentary for Discovery Channel
    winner of the "Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast miniseries, Movie or Special category" award from the Visual Effects Society

  • Lead Modeler

    Scarlet Digital Imaging

    October 2003 - March 2004

    head of character modelling, in charge of a team of 5 modellers, working on characters and facial expressions.

  • Character Animator

    Attitude Studio

    June 2003 - September 2003

    animator on FMVs

  • Character Animator

    Duboi

    May 2002 - May 2003

    character animator on feature film "Immortals"

  • Character Modeler

    Duboi

    October 2001 - April 2002

    character/creature modeler on feature film "Immortals"

  • Generalist

    Mikros Image

    May 1998 - May 2000

    2d/3d generalist using Maya/After-Effects.
    worked on various commercials and feature films.

Education
  • Ecole Superieure de Design Industriel

    1993 - 1998