Steven O'Connor

Work History

• 

  Compositing Supervisor

  Framestore

  June 2022 - Present

  Montréal, Canada

• Digital Compositor

  Freelance

  May 2013 - Present

  Digital Compositor on:
  
  - Projet-M (Web Serie)
  - The Akira Project (Trailer)
  - The Rothenberg Group (Ad)
  - Les Jaunes (Web Serie)
  - Requiem for the Dead Forest (Independent short)
• 

  2D Supervisor

  MPC - Montreal

  May 2021 - June 2022

  Montreal, Canada
• 

  Lead Digital Compositor

  Framestore

  July 2017 - April 2021

  Montréal, Canada
• 

  Compositor

  MPC

  February 2017 - June 2017
• 

  Compositor

  MPC

  September 2016 - February 2017
• 

  Digital Compositor

  MPC

  July 2015 - September 2016

  London, United Kingdom
• 

  Digital Compositor

  MPC

  March 2014 - July 2015

  Montréal, Canada

  - Victor Frankenstein
  - Fantastic Four
  - Cinderella
  - Exodus: Gods and Kings
  - Into the Woods

  

  

  
• 

  Digital Compositor

  Mokko Studio

  December 2013 - March 2014

  Digital Compositor on:
  
  - Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey
  - X-Men: Days of a Future Past

  
• 

  Quality Assurance Analyst

  Autodesk

  June 2013 - January 2014

  Responsible for the testing of the new features for Autodesk Lustre 2014 & 2015
• 

  Digital Compositor

  Digital Dimension

  September 2013 - November 2013

  Digital Compositor on:
  
  - Oh Henry! advertisement
  - Thief 4 video game cut scenes
  - Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor video game cut scenes
• 

  Digital Compositor

  Folks VFX

  September 2012 - June 2013

  Digital Compositor on:
  
  Zero Hour (abc studios)
• 

  Beta Lead for Flame Premium / Smoke on Mac products

  Autodesk

  August 2011 - September 2012

  Responsibilities include setting up the beta forum for FlamePremium/Smoke on Mac, investigating new tools and method to improve efficiency of the program and ensuring the communication between the Quality Analyst team and the Beta testers.
• 

  Autodesk Lustre Quality Analyst

  Autodesk

  June 2008 - September 2012

  Responsibilities include determining weaknesses in the software code as well as discussing with the development team and product designer to ensure their correction, analyzing the software from a customer’s point of view and verifying the general look, usability and quality of the product.
  
  Related tasks also include being the Autodesk Lustre beta manager for the 2011, 2011x1 and 2012 versions.
• 

  Interim Quality Analyst team lead

  Autodesk

  January 2010 - April 2011

  Promoted to interim team lead after less than 2 years as a Quality Analyst.
  
  Elaborated feature and regression tests as well as release plans for the Academy Award winning Autodesk Lustre grading software. Planned the day-to-day work of the team while keeping the efficiency to its maximum. Created new tools and methodology to ensure the best performance of the team. Reported advancements of the projects by driving various documents and meetings to the management team.