Nick Onstad

Nick Onstad

Lead Digital Compositor / 18 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Visual Effects Artist

Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)

Additional Visual Effects

Shang-Chi (2021)

In-House Compositor

Next (2020)

Digital Compositor

Doctor Sleep (2019)

In House Compositor

Shaft (2019)

In House Compositor

Aquaman (2018)

Digital Compositor

A Star Is Born (2018)

In House Compositor

The Nun (2018)

Digital Compositor

Cloak & Dagger (2018)

Digital Compositor

Waco (2018)

Compositor

Nano (2017)

Digital Compositor

The Exorcist (2016)

Digital Compositor

#nofilter (2016)

Digital Compositor

Laid to Rest (2015)

Lead Paint Artist

Divergent (2014)

Lead Paint Artist

RoboCop (2014)

Roto / Paint Artist

Fast & Furious 6 (2013)

Digital Effects Artist

Red Tails (2012)

Digital Compositor / Stereoscopic Conversion

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Visual Effects

Jonah Hex (2010)

Digital Compositor

The Stepfather (2009)

Digital Compositor

Lie to Me (2009)

Digital Compositor / Digital Artist

Criminal Minds (2005)

Work History
  • Co-Founder , artist

    Pleasantville VFX LLC

    January 2016 - Present
    Eau Claire, Wisconsin Area
  • Nuke Compositor

    General Population

    September 2019 - September 2019
    Greater Los Angeles Area
  • Nuke Compositor

    Hollywood Visual Effects

    June 2018 - July 2019
    Warner brothers

    Warner Brothers In-house Nuke Compositor and 3D tracker

  • InHouse Compositor

    Warner Bros.

    December 2017 - February 2018
    Burbank, CA

    InHouse Compositor working on AHAB

  • Nuke Compositor/ Paint/ Roto

    Method Studios

    September 2011 - December 2017
    Santa Monica

    Paint Artist Extraordinaire

  • Compositor

    Lion VFX

    November 2012 - June 2013

    Greenscreen compositing, Pregnant belly removal

  • Nuke Compositor

    Baked FX

    October 2011 - August 2012
    Culver City

    Greenscreen comps for features and music videos

  • Paint/Roto/Compositor

    Rising Sun Pictures

    March 2011 - June 2011

    lots of roto, soldiers in camo running over wooded backgrounds for Red Tails

  • Lead Compositor

    Lion VFX

    February 2010 - March 2011

    Greenscreen comps for episodic shows.

  • Nuke Compositor

    IMAX

    September 2010 - October 2010

    Free trip to Canada to work on a 3d conversion that got cancelled mid production. Still got paid!

  • Roto/Paint Artist

    Digital Domain

    July 2010 - August 2010

    I had to fix the suits on tron when they bunched up and warped and gets mattes for the glowing white lines.

  • Nuke Compositor

    Motion Theory

    June 2010 - June 2010

    Greenscreen comps for Katy Perry music video California Gurls (I did the connon candy cloud sceenes.)

  • Nuke Compositor

    Soho VFX

    March 2010 - June 2010

    Greenscreen car diving comps (Knirght and Day) and general paint cleanup (Johna Hex)

  • Stereo Paint Artist

    Legend Films

    December 2009 - January 2010

    3d conversion of Alice in Wonderland.

  • Lead Compositor

    Lion VFX

    September 2009 - December 2009

    More episodic 2d compositing

  • Visual Effects Supervisor

    Independent

    June 2009 - November 2009

    Onset supervior for web series. Also did most of the work with my close friends!

  • Lead Compositor

    Zoic Studios

    April 2008 - February 2009

    I was the lead compositor for Prison Break Season 4 at Zoic Studios and worked on other episodic and features.

  • intern

    Zoic Studios

    January 2008 - April 2008
Education
  • The Art Institutes International Minnesota

    2005 - 2007