Marco Recuay

Marco Recuay

Lead Digital Compositor / 20 yrs

Vancouver, Canada

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Head Of Compositing

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Head Of Compositing

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)

Head Of Compositing

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

Lead Compositor

Mulan (2020)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Red (2020)

Compositing Supervisor

Love, Death & Robots (2019)

Lead Compositor / Lead Lighting & Compositing Artist

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Visual Effects Supervisor

No Good Deed (2018)

Lead Compositor

Meg (2018)

Digital Effects Supervisor

Next (2018)

Digital Artist

Prison Break: Resurrection (2017)

Lead compositor

Ghostbusters (2016)

Senior Compositor

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

Lead compositor

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Compositing Supervisor

Dead People (2015)

Lead compositor

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)

Compositing Supervisor

Gotham (2014)

Senior Compositor

Maleficent (2014)

Visual Effects

Jabbawockeez: Regenerate (2014)

Lighting & Compositing Artist

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

Digital Artist

The Lone Ranger (2013)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Bling Ring (2013)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Bless Me, Ultima (2012)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Premium Rush (2012)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Arena (2011)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Larry Crowne (2011)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Priest (2011)

2-D Artist

Country Strong (2011)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Burlesque (2010)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Devil (2010)

Digital Compositor

Piranha 3D (2010)

Digital Visual Effects Supervisor

The Pacific (2010)

Digital Effects Supervisor

Crazy on the Outside (2010)

Compositor

The Guardian (2010)

Compositor

Old Dogs (2009)

Digital Effects Supervisor

Amusement (2009)

Digital Effects Supervisor

Nim's Island (2008)

Digital Effects Supervisor

The Mist (2007)

Digital Effects Supervisor

Fred Claus (2007)

Digital Effects Supervisor

Rush Hour 3 (2007)

Digital Effects Supervisor

Lucky You (2007)

Digital Effects Supervisor

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Digital Effects Supervisor

Zodiac (2007)

Digital Effects Supervisor

Wild Hogs (2007)

3D Supervisor

Ghost Rider (2007)

Digital Effects Supervisor

Eragon (2006)

Compositor

The Nativity Story (2006)

Compositor

Let's Go to Prison (2006)

Compositor

Beerfest (2006)

Lead Compositor

Red Eye (2005)

Digital Artist

Prison Break (2005)

Compositing Supervisor

Four Brothers (2005)

Lead Compositor

Sky High (2005)

Compositor

Must Love Dogs (2005)

Digital Artist

Fantastic Four (2005) (2005)

Visual Effects

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005)

Digital Compositor

The Tao of Pong (2005)

Lead Compositor

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Work History

  • Lead compositor

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    November 2015 - Present
    Vancouver, Canada

  • Senior Compositor

    Industrial Light & Magic

    July 2015 - November 2015
    Vancouver, Canada

  • Lead compositor

    Method Studios

    July 2014 - June 2015
    Vancouver, Canada

  • Comp Supervisor

    CoSA VFX

    March 2014 - May 2014

    Supervised "Gotham" pilot, as well as season finales for "Person of Interest" and "Believe". Developed and deployed basic pipeline tools to streamline artist workflow between Mac OS and Nuke across two remote facilities.

  • Senior Compositor

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    October 2013 - March 2014

    "The Amazing Spider-Man 2"

  • Senior Compositor

    MPC

    December 2012 - October 2013

    "The Lone Ranger" and "Maleficent"

  • VFX Supervisor, Founding Partner

    Scoundrel Inc.

    November 2009 - November 2012

    Shows: Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter 3D, Resident Evil: Retribution 3D, Premium Rush, Rogue, Tower Heist, Country Strong, Priest 3D, Larry Crowne, Red, Devil, Piranha 3D, Nike "Pro Combat", Quiznos "Baby", Bless Me Ultima, Toyota "Camry" & "Yaris"

    Facility supervision, compositing, camera tracking, projections, general CG, paint & roto, on-set supervision, practical element photography, pipeline/rendering/network infrastructure, bidding, scheduling, recruiting, cost-actuals.

  • DFX Supervisor, Comp Supervisor, Lead Compositor

    Digital Dream VFX

    November 2004 - October 2009

    Shows: The Pacific, Old Dogs, Nim's Island, The Mist, Fred Claus, Rush Hour 3, Next, Spider-Man 3, Zodiac, Wild Hogs, Ghost Rider, Eragon, The Guardian, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, Prison Break, Red Eye, Fantastic Four

    Led teams of up to 15 artists, on-set & comp supervision, compositing, tracking, generalist, paint/roto, element photography, matte painting, pipeline/rendering/network infrastructure, bidding.

  • Shake Trainer

    Apple Inc.

    March 2004 - April 2005
    Santa Monica, CA

  • Certified Shake Trainer

    Apple Inc.

    August 2004 - August 2004
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Education

  • Certified Shake Professional

    University of California - Los Angeles

    September 2003 - December 2003

  • Bachelor of Arts, Film

    Cornell

    June 1999 - May 2003

  • Academy of Art University

    June 2001 - August 2001