Rafal Kaniewski

Work History

• Compositor

  Freelance

  July 2014 - Present

  MPC Film: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - 4 months
  
  Nexus Productions (Advertising/pop promo): 3 months
  
  PrimefocusWorld London (Film): Kingsman: The Secret Service
  
  Golden Square Post (Advertising):
  DHL(TV)
  
  MPC (Advertising):
  Hugo Boss Perfume, Fujitsu, Argos.
  
  Fgreat! (Advertizing)
  
  FieldTrip (Mcdonalds)
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  2D Lead

  Nexus Productions

  September 2015 - September 2016

  Advertising: (photo-real, set extensions, cg characters - fur, 2d animation, screen replacements, with pipeline build - publishing, review; colour; aov toolset)
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  Compositor

  Lucasfilm

  December 2013 - June 2014

  Vancouver:
  Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  Transformers: Age Of Extinction

  

  

• VFX Artist: 2D / RND

  Freelance Studios

  July 2013 - November 2013

  Commercials, TV, Pop Promos
  inc. UNIT TV / FieldTrip (Smoke&Mirrors) / Not To Scale / London Grammar - Nightcall
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  Compositor - sequence lead

  Cinesite

  April 2013 - June 2013

  Black Sky

  

  
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  Compositor

  Prime Focus World

  December 2012 - March 2013

  Vancouver
  Great Gatsby - Fireworks Party Sequence: Matte painting & firework look development. Sequence templates, Cats-eye bokeh tool, fireworks tool (built tool using effects data passes so fireworks could be done in 2d), grain sim tool.

  
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  Compositor & CTD

  Double Negative

  September 2006 - December 2012

  COMPOSITOR:
  • Shows: Rush; Undisclosed Theme Park Ride; Skyfall; The Dark Knight Rises; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 & 2; Scott Pilgrim vs the World; Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time; Angels & Demons; The Boat That Rocked; Fast & Furious; 2012; Quantum of Solace; Hellboy II: The Golden Army; 10,000 BC; In Bruges; Cloverfield; Love in the Time of Cholera; Atonement; The Bourne Ultimatum; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
  • Look development & template creation.
  
  CTD:
  • Responsible for managing Ctd's / programmers.
  • Designing Dneg's Ctd toolset (containing seventy+ items), during the period which DNeg transferred from Shake to Nuke.
  • Managed and co-wrote the pipeline tools for importing & applying AOV/Geo/Cameras/templates in Nuke for: Total Recall, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Dark Knight Rises; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 & 2, Captain America, The Pirates!
  • Designed and wrote an ios / Filemaker onset database for John Carter.
  • Co-designed or designed many tools. inc. site grain node, a 3d keyer, 'Chris Nolan' bokeh node, 2.5d projection nodes, AOV/template/camera/geo import workflow, Maya to Nuke bridge.
  • Designed the grain sims for most shows for the last 3 years.
  • Lead the tech check approval of all stereo delivery of DNeg's first big stereo show.
  • Supporting artists of all levels by running training workshops, writing docs/tutorials, and providing individual support for leads and supervisors.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Lead Compositor

  Wish Films JJ&S

  May 2006 - December 2006

  ITV broadcast. 800 shots
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  Compositor

  Rainmaker Entertainment

  March 2006 - September 2006

  COMPOSITOR: Da Vinci Code, Garfield 2

  

  

• Freelance Programmer

  Freelance

  1996 - January 2006

  Filemaker / PHP / MySQL / Asterisk PBX / Python / Lua / PyQt / XML / RegExp

• Lighting Cameraman

  (Freelance)

  1996 - 2006

  Lighting Cameraman specialising in chroma key.
  * 3D architectural video: Glass Canvas.
  * Corporate Video: Granada Rentals; Eire Gov; Prudential; Safeway.
  * Pop Promos & Shorts: Stride, Jackpot Records (MTV)
  Massive Films; Raw Films & others
  * Multi Camera Studio Lighting: BBC 'Children in Need' 25min Live Insert

• Compositor

  Capital FX

  2004 - 2005

  Inc. operating Celco printer and a flatbed

• Online Editor / Colorist

  (Freelance)

  2002 - 2004

  Smoke & Final Cut Pro:
  Pop promos / Corporate Videos / Feature film DVD extras / EPK's / shorts

• Digital Education Project Manager

  SpaceStudios

  1999 - 2002

  Professional Arts Charity set up by Bridget Riley in East London

• Teacher

  Secondary Schools

  1997 - 1999

  * Secondary Schools & Exclusion centres in london
  * YCTV charity (BBC / SKY / weekly cable) Specialized working with urban exclusion units.
  * managing over 200 short films.
  * Accredited Apple Solutions Expert Trainer & BFI Associate Tutor; OCR & curriculum development
  * Lectured & published on the topic of media education for: NFTS / Kingston Uni. (MA) & others
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  MPC

  ? - Present