Nicholas Hurst

Work History

• VFX Supervisor

  Freelance VFX Supervisor/Consultant

  April 2022 - Present
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  VFX Supervisor

  Netflix

  May 2021 - December 2021

  Cardiff

  Leading the onset VFX team for Havoc (2022) dir. Gareth Evans

  
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  VFX Supervisor

  Dupe VFX

  November 2020 - March 2022

  Supervising the VFX team at Dupe VFX
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  VFX Supervisor

  MPC

  September 2020 - October 2020

  Shanghai
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  VFX Supervisor

  HBO

  June 2018 - November 2018

  Wales

  UK VFX Supervisor for HBO's Watchmen
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  VFX Supervisor

  Outpost VFX

  June 2017 - July 2019

  Bournemouth, United Kingdom

  Supervising the VFX team at Outpost VFX and providing onset supervision. Taking projects from script/look dev to final delivery.
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  Senior Compositor

  FABLEfx

  May 2017 - June 2017

  Stockholm, Sweden

  Working with Fable FX and Rynke to create a commercial for cancer research for kids.
  
  My role was to organise/supervise roto and paint work from india and liaise with the CG/lighting team at Fable FX. All compositing for the commercial was completed by myself.
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  Senior Compositor

  BaconX

  April 2017 - April 2017

  Oslo Area, Norway

  Working on-site at Bacon OSL for a commercial for the Finn.
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  Compositor

  Outpost VFX

  January 2017 - February 2017

• Senior Compositor

  Freelance

  September 2016 - February 2017

  Working with Directors, Producers and Storytellers on Features, Shorts and Commercials.
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  Compositor

  Alt.vfx

  January 2017 - February 2017

  Brisbane, Australia

• Senior Compositor

  Fun square productions

  September 2016 - December 2016
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  Compositor

  Framestore

  January 2015 - August 2016

  London, United Kingdom

  Guardians of the Galaxy vol.2 (2017)
  Beauty and the Beast (2017)
  Geostorm (2016)
  The Martian (2015)
  Pan (2015)
  Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

  

  

• Lead Compositor

  Rewind FX

  November 2013 - December 2014

  Leading the VFX team at Rewind FX. Taking projects from look development to final delivery.
  Features:
  Base - Vertigo Films (2014)
  The Gospel of Matthew - The Allotment (2014)
  Commercials:
  Stella Horse Whisperer - Indy8
  Haribo Tangfastics - Post Matters
  EOS 1200D - Mighty Fine Productions
  Short Film:
  Naked Truth - Boxfly
  Dog - Super Massive
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  Lead Compositor

  Acheron Films

  May 2014 - September 2014

  Personally approached by Director Gez Medinger to take on all his VFX work for the feature film Afterdeath. This included completing a bulk load of shots myself and also hiring/leading a small team of artists to complete 350 shots.
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  Compositor

  Digipost

  August 2012 - September 2013

  Working within a team of Nuke, Flame and Inferno artists at Digipost, New Zealand.
  Feature:
  Beyond the Edge (2013)
  TV series:
  Spartacus: War of The Damned (2012)
  Commercials:
  Crown Casino - The Sweet Shop Melbourne

• Compositor

  Rewind FX

  March 2012 - August 2012

  London, United Kingdom

  Digital Compositor at Rewind FX.
  
  Short Film:
  Cannis Belli - Dir.Gez Medinger & Robin Schmindt
  Chasing Dreams - Dir.Christopher Hughes
  
  Xbox Kinnect:
  Fable: The Journey - Lionhead
  
  Commercials:
  Vaseline - Chrome Productions - VFX Supervisor
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  Stereoscopic Compositor

  Cinesite

  August 2011 - March 2012

  Stereoscopic Compositor for John Carter on Mars

  

• Compositor

  Saving Lincoln

  January 2012 - January 2012

  Compositing work completed for the feature film Saving Lincoln. Duties included keying, roto, 2D tracking and grading.

• Compositor

  Rewind FX

  August 2011 - September 2011

  London, United Kingdom

  Greenscreen keying and compositing for Kinect Sports Season Two.
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  VFX Generalist

  Plowman Craven

  March 2011 - August 2011

  The position that I held at Plowman Craven involved working along side the Vfx and entertainment department. This consisted of processing 3D scan data for feature films. Duties also included, helping out on location scanning sets, props and actors.
  Features:
  - 47 Ronin
  - Prometheus
  - Dark Knight Rises
  - Wrath of the Titans
  - Jack the Giant Killer
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  Compositor/Vfx Generalist

  Atticus Finch

  June 2010 - March 2011

  Shoreditch, London UK

  Whilst working under the employment of Atticus Finch I was involved in working on a range of live projects. These included:
  Vodafone (4 Internal Films, Directed by Mike Sedgewick) - Greenscreen Keying, Colour Grading, Compositing, Modeling and Texturing.
  Caravan & Deborah Bowness promo (short 3D film, Directed by Chris Richmond) - Modeling and Texturing.
  Primal Scream, Screamadelica Visuals - Blastcode Simulation, Compositing.
  Lexus (Internal Film for Opus) - 3D R&D
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  Work Experience

  The Mill

  August 2010 - August 2010

  General duties to help with the day to day running of one of the largest VFX companies in the Uk.