Nick Woo

Nick Woo

Senior Technical Artist / 19 yrs

Oregon

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Senior Technical Director

Missing Link (2019)

Pipeline

League of Gods (2016)

Pipeline Developer

Gods of Egypt (2015)

Pipeline Developer

Ted 2 (2015)

Pipeline Developer

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

Pipeline Developer

A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

Pipeline Developer / Lighting TD

Deliver Us from Evil (2014)

Pipeline Developer

The Remaining (2014)

Pipeline Developer

Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey (2014)

Pipeline Developer

Horns (2014)

Digital Artist

The Avengers (2012)

Digital Artist

Battleship (2012)

Red Tails (2012)

Creature Technical Director

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Character Technical Director

Rango (2011)

Pipeline

The Crossing (2010)

Creature Technical Director

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Technical Support

The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

Digital Models & Simulations

Transformers (2007)

Technical Support

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Technical Support

Evan Almighty (2007)

Technical Support

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Technical Support

Eragon (2006)

Technical Support

Lady in the Water (2006)

Technical Support

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Technical Support

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

Technical Support

Poseidon (2006)

Technical Support

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

Technical Support

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Computer graphics programmer for a major animation company with a background in animation and creature development as well as experience in the lighting, rendering, and compositing pipeline.

Specialties: Character asset pipeline, rigging, scripting and API programming.
Work History

  • Technical Artist

    META

    August 2021 - Present
    Remote

  • Senior Technical Director

    Laika

    April 2016 - July 2021
    Hillsboro, OR

  • Pipeline Support and Tool Design

    Tippett Studio

    January 2013 - April 2016

    Provide support and development of software tools and procedures to extend and enhance the core production pipeline.

    Work with multiple departments, including Modeling, Animation, Matchmove, Lighting, and FX to design and implement custom production workflows.

    Assist artists, technical directors, and department heads with troubleshooting workflow problems in various areas such as fur, clothing, particle effects, animation, and rendering.


    Autodesk Maya API and Tool Development
    Per-shot shape deformation pipeline
    Efficient geometry caching and deforma

  • Creature Technical Director

    Industrial Light & Magic

    January 2006 - July 2012

    Rigging, character FX (hair, cloth, flesh, and rigid body simulations), pipeline and animation tool designer

    Movie credits:
    Transformers
    Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
    Rango
    Transformers: Dark of the Moon
    Red Tails
    Transformers: The Ride
    Battleship
    The Avengers

  • Production Assistant

    Perpetual Entertainment

    October 2005 - January 2006
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Education

  • The Art Institute of California - San Francisco

    2003 - 2005