Nick Tregenza

Work History

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  Digital Compositor

  Proof Inc

  April 2023 - May 2023

  London, United Kingdom
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  Digital Compositor

  Proof Inc

  November 2021 - November 2022

  London, United Kingdom
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  Digital Compositor

  Frame 48

  September 2021 - October 2021

  London, United Kingdom
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  Compositor

  Goodbye Kansas

  September 2021 - September 2021

  Stockholm, Sweden
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  Compositor

  Axis Animation

  August 2021 - August 2021

  London, United Kingdom
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  post-vis artist

  Halon Entertainment

  June 2021 - July 2021

  Santa Monica, California, US
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  Digital Compositor

  We Are Covert

  August 2020 - August 2020

  London, England, United Kingdom

  Compositing on a commercial and a music video, using Nuke.
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  Compositor

  Territory Studio

  February 2020 - March 2020

  London, United Kingdom

  A series of commercials for the US, and a corporate presentation for Emirates. Compositing, using Nuke.
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  Compositor

  SparkleVFX

  October 2019 - November 2019

  London, United Kingdom

  "Worzel Gummidge" - BBC TV series.
  Compositing, using Nuke.
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  Compositor

  Jellyfish Pictures

  July 2019 - August 2019

  London, United Kingdom

  "How To Train Your Dragon: Homecoming" - holiday special, plus two commercials and a documentary. Compositing, using Nuke.
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  Compositor

  Territory Studio

  April 2019 - June 2019

  London

  "Shanghai Fortress" - Netflix feature film, compositing using Nuke.
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  Freelance Compositor

  Automatik VFX

  August 2018 - September 2018

  London, United Kingdom

  Feature films and TV.
  "Fortitude - series 3"
  "Curfew - series 1"
  Compositing using Nuke.
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  Compositor

  Union Visual Effects

  January 2018 - May 2018

  London, United Kingdom

  Three feature films and a TV show (details available on request – not listed here due to NDA).
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  Compositor

  Territory Studio

  July 2017 - December 2017

  London, United Kingdom

  "Pacific Rim: Uprising" - feature film.
  
  "2036 Origin Unknown" - feature film.
  
  Compositing, using Nuke.

  
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  Digital Compositor

  The Senate Visual Effects

  December 2016 - May 2017

  Twickenham, United Kingdom

  "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" - feature film.
  Compositing, using Nuke.
  
  "Mute" - feature film for Netflix
  Prep/ clean up, using Nuke.

  

• Digital Compositor / visual effects artist

  TrigFX

  December 2006 - October 2016

  Freelance (London)

  I provide high quality visual effects and compositing for film, TV, commercials, as well as corporate and music videos, and independent productions.
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  Freelance Compositor

  Darkside Studios

  July 2016 - September 2016

  London, United Kingdom

  TV show for the Discovery Channel, using Nuke.
  Compositing and look development.
  
  TV show for the National Geographic Channel, using After Effects.
  Compositing.
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  Freelance Compositor

  Fluid Pictures

  March 2016 - June 2016

  London, United Kingdom

  "No Man Left Behind" - National Geographic Channel.
  Compositing using After Effects.
  
  Plus, a commercial and another TV series for the BBC.
  Compositing and matte painting, using Nuke.

• Digital Compositor

  Sky Blue FIlms

  February 2016 - February 2016

  London, United Kingdom

  "Nothing But Love" - James Music Video
  
  Compositing using Nuke and Mocha
  
  
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  Digital Compositor

  Darkside Studios

  November 2015 - November 2015

  London, United Kingdom

  
  Compositing - keying, tracking and roto for a corporate presentation, using After Effects and Mocha.
  
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  Post Viz Compositor

  The Third Floor

  September 2015 - October 2015

  London

  
  Compositing, for post visualisation shots, using Nuke, After Effects and Mocha.
  
  "The Jungle Book" and "King Arthur".
  

  
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  Compositor

  Darkside Studios

  January 2015 - May 2015

  London, United Kingdom

  
  "Strike Back" - Season 5, HBO / Cinemax (Sky 1 in the UK)
  Compositing using Nuke, Mocha and After Effects
  
  "Yonderland" - season 2, Sky 1 TV series, season 2.
  Cleanup and compositing using Nuke and Mocha.
  
  "Eye In The Sky" - feature film
  Roto using After Effects and Mocha
  
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  Freelance Compositor

  Electric Theatre Collective

  September 2014 - November 2014

  London, United Kingdom

  
  "Len and Company" - feature film.
  
  "Asda" commercial (roto work only)
  
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  Compositor

  Atomic Arts

  August 2014 - August 2014

  London, United Kingdom

  
  "The Gambler" - feature film.
  
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  Stereo Paint Artist / Compositor

  Stereo D

  May 2014 - July 2014

  London, United Kingdom

  
  "Hercules" - feature film
  
  Cleanup and compositing in stereo 3D.
  

  

• Compositor

  InkyMind

  February 2014 - February 2014

  London, United Kingdom

  
  "The Nostalgist." - Independent short film
  
  I worked as part of the VFX team on the short sci-fi film, "The Nostalgist".
  
  Cleanup, keying, tracking, compositing, using Nuke.
  Also experimented with title animations in After Effects.
  

• Motion graphics artist/ animatics animator

  Rampage Studio

  January 2014 - January 2014

  London, United Kingdom

  
  Motion Graphics artist
  
  Corporate presentation: creating animatics on storyboard elements.
  Animating Illustrator files and designing transitions between each storyboarded shot.
  

• Compositor/ cleanup artist

  Full English Breakfast Ltd

  December 2013 - December 2013

  London

  "Full English Breakfast" - Independent Feature Film
  
  Spot and lens blemish removal on 65 shots.
  Enhanced some war scenes with explosions, muzzles flashes, bullet wounds and stage blood colour correction.
  Composited in additional wounds in a brutal beating scene (swollen eye, missing tooth, additional blood).
  Several sky replacements in key shots.
  Removed a thick plastic prop needle in two shots and replaced it with a nasty looking thin, metal one.
  Throat slash wound enhanced: on set makeup painted over and revealed at the correct time - the actual slash was re-timed, and the wound itself enhanced to look deeper, with blood spurts added.
  Converted two daytime shots to night time.
  

• Digital Compositor

  Jellyfielder Studios Ltd

  December 2013 - December 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  "The Man from Number 24 - Who's There Film Challenge 2013"
  
  I created a morph from a man to a werewolf, shown only in a shadow.
  
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  Compositor/ cleanup artist

  Phink

  November 2013 - November 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  London Grammar - "Nightcall" - Music Video
  
  I was part of a team responsible for very involved cleanup tasks on this music vid.
  Key tasks were removing crew members, cables, set lights, a gas canister - and in one shot, a young lad was caught licking his lips, which I corrected, as he was supposed to be frozen in place.
  
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  Paint and roto/ prep artist

  One Of Us

  October 2013 - November 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  I worked as rotoPaint and prep artist on two feature films for a contracted period of three weeks.
  "Jupiter Ascending" - prep and roto.
  "Monuments Men" - roto.

• Freelance Compositor

  Quarantine Productions Ltd

  October 2013 - October 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  Compositing, tracking roto.
  
  Michael Page Recruitment - two spots: 2 extended and 2 short versions.
  
  I composited replacement monitors in several office shots, performing tracking and roto tasks.
  I also removed logos from several shots, and submitted an end title animation for the final logo shot.
  
  Half of the work was handed to another colleague to hit the deadline, as this job coincided with the start of another, meaning that I personally did the work on one spot only: extended and short versions for that one.
  

• Roto artist

  Navajo Joe Films

  September 2013 - October 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  "Sith Tradition" - Independent short film
  
  Roto only.
  
  Rotoscoped lightsabers for several shots.
  

• Visual Effects Artist

  SHOWstudio

  September 2013 - September 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  "Noir" - Fashion film.
  I was hired by director, Marie Schuller, not the studio.
  
  Keying, roto and particle work only.
  
  I keyed the opening two shots, compositing the skeletons and two actors into the shot only (I did not composite the background). I also did a set-extension for a rose bed, ending with the addition of 2,000 rose petals exploding outwards, using a particle system for the final two shots.
  

• Actor/ supporting artiste

  Various

  March 2000 - August 2013

  Various (London based).

  
  I worked as an actor and supporting artiste for film and TV, with two years acting training at the Drill Hall in Chenies Street, London.
  
  CV available on request.
  

• Compositor/ roto artist

  Uncharted Films

  July 2013 - July 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  "It So Happens" - Independent short film.
  
  I rotoed the main actor from the shot (which involved some tricky hair roto) and composited flames all around him.
  

• Compositor/ roto artist

  Lucas KaMeek Taitt

  June 2013 - June 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  "Memories" - Independent short film.
  
  Compositing and roto.
  
  I rotoed the main actress from the shot, created a clean plate, then composited her back in, fading her out of the scene, using a smoke and animated noise layer to drive the fade.This short was shot on 16mm film.
  

• Compositor/ roto artist

  Jason Ritchie

  June 2013 - June 2013

  
  "The Diana Clone" - Independent Feature film.
  
  Compositing, tracking and roto.
  
  I had to track a tricky shot to tidy and clean up a make up wound applied to a leg, as a stocking is pulled on over it, and match the CG wound to the leg, prior to, and after the application of the stocking.
  

• Compositor/ roto artist

  Perryman Films

  May 2013 - May 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  
  "Walter and the Tiger Sharks" (Documentary)
  
  Compositing and roto.
  
  I removed the underwater cameraman's flipper from the shot as it obliterated the entire frame a few times. I rotoed the shark and other diver from the shot, recreated the sea backdrop in CG, then composited the shark and diver back in, also using partial CG replacement for the shark and diver for the frames where they were completely obscured.
  

• Compositor

  London Eye Films

  March 2013 - April 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  
  Compositing.
  
  I composited a selection of the parts of certain famous celebrities into one face, a single composite. The end result was then to be used as reference by the client for modelling a life-sized clay head.
  
  I also created the main web page design, composited from a variety of photo sources provided.
  

• Compositor

  Quid In Shrapnel Productions

  July 2012 - July 2012

  London, United Kingdom

  
  "Postiche" - Independent short film.
  
  Paint, roto and compositing for a morphing shot.
  

• Colour Grader

  Free Seed Films

  June 2012 - June 2012

  London, United Kingdom

  
  "Los Jack Machine" - Independent short film.
  
  Graded entire film and produced the final DVD for the cast and crew screening.
  

• Compositor/ actor

  Sam Walker

  April 2012 - April 2012

  London, United Kingdom

  
  "Suspect 13" - Independent short film.
  
  Actor: Mr Left
  VFX: Compositing and roto work. One scene with three gunshots.
  

• VFX supervisor, compositor and film editor

  3rd Realm Productions

  June 2011 - February 2012

  Freelance

  
  "The Last" - Independent short film.
  
  On set VFX supervisor, 3D & 2D compositing, paint and roto work. I also contributed two additional VFX shots not scripted that helped make the final edit flow a little smoother. Including editing, I also created the DVD inlays and animated menus.
  

• Compositor

  Ancient Wisdom Historical Art Direction

  November 2011 - November 2011

  Freelance

  
  "Old Bill's Bus." - Presentation video.
  
  Compositing & tracking. This presentation video was an interactive touring museum for the Imperial War Museum London, and may also be used for the 100th Anniversary of WWI, in 2014. (Imperial War Museum Duxford and The History Channel have been approached.)
  

• VFX Artist

  English Heritage

  October 2011 - October 2011

  
  "The Castle at Night." - Ghostly welcoming video.
  Commissioned by a freelance historian for English Heritage Halloween event.
  
  Compositing and particle work. Ghostly Cavalier pre-show projection. Greenscreen and particle effects (Particular) created for a materialising and de-materialising ghost, welcoming the guests.
  

• VFX / Motion Graphics artist

  Protector Services Group Limited

  October 2011 - October 2011

  Freelance

  
  "Operation Milan" and "Operation Shanghai." Presentation demo video.
  
  Compositing and motion graphics: presentation demo for a tracking app for the Vertu launch in Milan and Shanghai. It was attended by actors, models and other celebrities, and my work was shown to Uma Thurman personally.
  
  https://www.talkpr.com/clients-and-work/fashion-luxury/vertu
  

• Compositor

  Quid In Shrapnel Productions

  April 2010 - April 2010

  Freelance

  
  "The Bet" - Independent short film.
  
  Compositing: gun shots, bullet hits and stage blood colour correction effects.
  

• Visual Effects Artist and editor

  Hipcheck Productions

  February 2010 - February 2010

  Freelance

  
  Proposed commercial for AT&T.
  
  MoFilm website competition - 15 days work achieved in 10 days.
  On set VFX supervisor, compositing, 3D modeller and editor.
  

• Compositor

  Macabre Pictures

  February 2010 - February 2010

  Freelance

  
  "Tied In Blood" Independent Feature length film.
  
  Compositing, paint and roto work: I improved the work on some additional shots not included in the original brief, as well as provided a “morph” shot.
  

• Compositor

  Quid In Shrapnel

  May 2009 - June 2009

  Freelance

  
  "Call of the Hunter" - independent feature film.
  
  All visual effects: compositing, keying, roto, digital set extension.
  Remote VFX supervision (unable to be on set).
  

• Visual Effects artist

  Aruna Films

  December 2007 - March 2008

  Freelance

  
  "Tiny Town" - independent feature film (submitted to Cannes Film Festival.)
  
  Visual effects and compositing, plus I created the production company's logo as well as the opening credits and end titles.
  

• Visual Effects artist and supervisor

  Ugly Mother

  December 2006 - March 2007

  Freelance

  
  Music video.
  
  On set VFX supervisor: I also provided all visual effects, 3D modelling and compositing.
  

• Customer Services, Admin, Claims, Assessor, Expert Medical Panel liais

  Administrative work

  November 1986 - May 2000

  
  Various positions held in various office jobs - with ten years in one insurance company.
  
  CV available on request.
  
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  Digital Compositor

  Proof Inc

  November 2021 - July 2022

  London, United Kingdom