Olivier Sarda

Work History

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  VFX Supervisor / 2D/3D Generalist / Creative Director / Graphic Design

  Freelance

  April 2024 - Present

  Santa Monica, California, United States · Remote

  Currently on hiatus, I will be available for work starting in early May / June. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or would like to discuss a project I could help collaborate on.
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  VFX Supervisor / Generalist / Creative Director

  Freelance

  March 2023 - Present

  Currently on hiatus, I will be available for work starting in late May / early June. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or would like to discuss a project I could help collaborate on.
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  2D / 3D Generalist

  Netflix

  June 2023 - February 2024

  Santa Monica, California, United States · Remote

  833 12th Street #A
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  Visual Effects Supervisor

  Netflix

  January 2023 - March 2023

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · Remote

  QC'ed & supervised post-production deliverables for international VFX studios (ILM, The Yard, BOTvfx, Lola etc...), contributed dozens of last minute fix-it shots to production
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  Previz & Compositing Supervisor - INHOUSE for AppleTV+ original film

  Skydance

  September 2022 - January 2023

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · Remote

  An Apple Original Film set to stream -- Unreal previz for film's action sequences, contributed particle/sim FX with EmberGen, supervised & managed small team of in-house/remote compositors for a large blue screen sequence.
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  Additional Visual Effects Supervisor

  Netflix

  January 2022 - July 2022

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · Remote

  QC'ed & supervised post-production deliverables for 8 international VFX studios (ILM, Scanline VFX, Territory Studio, The Yard, Lola etc...), contributed dozens of last minute fix-it shots to production while supervising and managing show
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  Generalist / VFX

  Marvel Entertainment

  June 2021 - December 2021

  Los Angeles, California, United States

  Sole In-House artist/vendor for a big upcoming film
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  In house VFX 3D/2D generalist

  Amblin Partners

  December 2020 - May 2021

  Santa Monica

  Unreal previz setup for a space docking station sequence, contributed to multiple complex shots with 2D/3D assets, particle FX in Nuke with projection mapping and photogrammetry for some sequences
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  Compositing Supervisor / VFX artist - 2D & 3D

  Netflix

  May 2019 - April 2020

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Working on a new Russo Brothers feature starring Chris Hemsworth.
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  Freelance VFX & Imaging Expert (2D & 3D)

  National Geographic

  October 2018 - April 2019

  Century City, California

  Part of the small in-house team for FOX NAT/GEO that worked directly for Carl Sagan's wife, Ann Druyan, on the show Cosmos: Possible Worlds with astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson. A real privilege and a fun project to contribute to and bring this inspiring classic with modernized VFX under the helm of legendary VFX Supervisor Jeffrey Okun.
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  In-House Previz Artist / Senior Compositor

  Universal Pictures

  July 2018 - October 2018

  Culver City, California

  Previz and in-house VFX studio team member on upcoming Robert Downey Jr.'s film, The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle with legendary Visual FX Supervisor, Ken Ralston.
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  VR / AR freelance artist / R&D / Senior compositor

  Digital Domain

  May 2016 - August 2018

  Playa Vista, California

  Contributed to the special team at DD that brought Thanos to life in Avengers: Infinity War. According to compositing supervisor and Oscar nominated VFX Supervisor, Michael Melchiorre and Kelly Port respectively, I supposedly was the freelancer who got the most shots done on the show.
  
  Consulted and composited a massive NBA VR project with an output of more than 1.5 million frames of stereoscopic green screen footage of basketball legends overlaid photorealistic CGI arenas.
  
  Supported development of NBA VR app with original content exclusively for Google Daydream which features on-demand episodes of a show called House of Legends, where former NBA players discuss
  their career highs.
  
  Developed and composited 8K photorealistic CGI plates for a T-Mobile VR promotional hub on Rift & Vive
  
  Responsible for QC testing and stereo lineup issues on Daydream and Oculus platforms
  
  Responsible for lookdev & concept of a massive AR R&D project in Unity using Vuforia and ARkit SDKs (NDA)
  
  Contributed to Google’s Daydream platform - project under NDA; unable to provide additional details at this time.
  

• Creative Director / Producer

  BrightMinds/LittleKicks

  January 2012 - 2016

  San Antonio, Texas

  Mobile apps to instruct children about healthy living to fight off obesity. Some proceeds go to charity to educate about the ongoing problem of childhood obesity.
  
  Recently released 3D mobile game, 'Hoppy Roads' built in the Unity Game Engine for iOS, Android, OS X, Windows and Apple tvOS. Responsible for all aspects of the 3D game including UI/UX, design, animation, modeling, texturing, lighting, sound, music etc...
  
  Developed the innovative 3D AR game, "GooBall" with GooRoo the Kangaroo.
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  Design Consultant

  Google

  October 2015 - December 2015

  Santa Monica/Venice Office

  Consulted directly with product managers and software engineers of Google Photos to enhance their photos and movie clips from a photographer’s point of view. Project under current NDA and cannot reveal much more unless told otherwise.
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  Creative Director / Producer

  BrainGoo Studios (www.braingoostudios.com)

  May 2012 - April 2015

  2917 1/2 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405

  Business Development
  Fundraiser / Founder
  Senior Producer
  
  Small studio with offices in Venice and Burbank responsible for creating (AR) Augmented Reality content as well as mobile digital interactive entertainment / games on emerging platforms: (AR) Qualcomm's Vuforia & Metaio (purchased by Apple) and (VR) Virtual Reality (Oculus Rift (Facebook), Google Cardboard & Samsung's Gear VR - also an Oculus product)
  
  Full time creative director title while also responsible for business development, strategic planning, marketing as well as R&D & technical innovation
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  Lead Designer / Producer

  Waatoodoo, Inc.

  January 2010 - September 2012

  Santa Monica, CA

  Social Networking Start-Up Company with an emphasis on campus life and activities. New social media concept to create the world’s first Social Activity Network that combines a social networking platform with an activity search engine customized to each user’s individual interests as well as hobbies.
  
  Full time Creative Director / lead designer responsibilities to establish and define the look & feel of the mobile social media app as well as its mirrored company website and its CMS / Database system.
  
  Wrapped up development on an LMU app for students, the world's first Campus Activity/Social Network.
  
  Allows users to Discover, Schedule and Do real world events in a user defined geolocation either on a social (coffee, movies, parties, museums etc..) or physical level (sports).
  
  Raised over $250K in seed funding

• Executive Producer

  Simetrix Imaging, Inc.

  January 2007 - February 2012

  Santa Monica

  Simetrix Imaging - "Where Image Meets Reality"
  State-of-the-art 3D scanner software in mobile phones capable of creating photo-realistic 3D Avatars of consumers for eCommerce and an enhanced online shopping experience with an initial focus on the eyeglass, security and cosmetics industry.
  
  Collaborated with L’Oréal's US based CEO and his executive team on building a turn key solution that would enable a digital makeover revolution for their cosmetics product line.
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  Freelance Senior Compositor

  Method Studios

  2010 - 2012

  Santa Monica, CA

  Contributed on several feature films as well as high end commercials including two Nike Super Bowl spots
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  Method Studios

  2010 - 2012

  Santa Monica, CA
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  Freelance Senior Compositor

  Sway

  2010 - 2011

  Culver City

  Compositing supervisor at Sway on a BMW/Mini commercial and then on an Avon spot starring Reese Witherspoon as well as Toyota, and Coors. Also contributed work on Dexter Season 5.
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  Sway

  2010 - 2011

  Culver City
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  Digital Domain

  March 2003 - June 2009

  Venice, CA
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  Senior Compositor

  Wētā FX

  September 2005 - December 2005

  Wellington, New Zealand

  Short stint working on Peter Jackson's King Kong. Was able to use the facility software pipeline on the go (Shake) and not rely on software used and already well known at Digital Domain (Nuke).
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  Wētā FX

  September 2005 - December 2005

  Wellington, New Zealand

  
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  Senior Compositor

  Cinesite

  2000 - 2002

  Soho, London, UK

  Staff position to work on English productions only like James Bond and Harry Potter series... Also contributed to the mini-series "Band of Brothers"....
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  Compositing Supervisor / Senior Compositor

  Cinesite

  November 1999 - September 2001

  Soho, London, UK

  Tomb Raider, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and James Bond - Die Another Day

  

  

• Senior Compositor

  Pacific Title Digital / Life FX

  1994 - 2000

  Hollywood, CA

  Staff member of a 4-5 player team of robust and polyvalent compositors who singlehandedly took on 150-200 shot shows generally associated with bigger productions studios and larger vfx crews.
  
  Contributed VFX work on a multitude of Hollywood Blockbusters (IMDB.com)
  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0764954/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
  
  Contributed to the world’s first photorealistic synthespian (avatar) driven by motion/facial capture technology with 2x Academy Award winner for technical achievement, Dr. Mark Sagar

• Pacific Title Digital / Life FX

  1994 - 2000

  Hollywood, CA

  
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  Dream Quest Images

  July 1993 - March 1994

  Simi Valley, CA
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  Compositor / Digital Artist

  Cinesite

  September 1992 - June 1993

  Burbank, CA

  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs digital Restoration - 1st of its kind in history