Patrick Zentis

Patrick Zentis

Senior Matte Painter / Senior Digital Compositor / 24 yrs

Berlin, Germany

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Digital Matte Painting Supervisor

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (2024)

Digital Matte Painting Supervisor

Beacon 23 (2023)

Matte Painting Supervisor

monster high 2 (2023)

Lead Matte Painter

The Flash (2023)

Matte Painting Supervisor

Big George Foreman (2023)

Digital Matte Painter

John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

Matte Painting Supervisor

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

Matte Painter

Yu Yu Hakusho (2023)

Digital Matte Painter

Andor (2022)

Environment Artist

Moonhaven (2022)

Matte Painting Supervisor

Desert Warrior (2022)

Matte Painting Artist

Kitz (2021)

Digital Matte Painter

Y: The Last Man (2021)

Mattepainting Artist

Blood Red Sky (2021)

CG Environment Supervisor

The Eight Hundred (2020)

Visual Effects Lead Artist

WONDER WOMAN 1984 (2020)

Senior Matte Painter

Most Dangerous Game (2020)

Matte Painter

Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (2020)

Digital Matte Painter

The Aftermath (2019)

Environment Generalist

The Boys (2019)

Digital Environment Artist

My Dinner with Hervé (2018)

Matte Painter

Mile 22 (2018)

Environment Generalist

Condor (2018)

Matte Painter

Fahrenheit 451 (2018)

Matte Painter

Thank You For Your Service (2017)

Visual Effects Art Director

American Gods (2017)

Matte Painter / Environment Generalist

The Handmaid's Tale (2017)

Digital Environment Artist

The Magnificent Seven (2016)

Matte Painting Supervisor

John Wick (2014)

Matte Painter

The Magicians (2011)

Matte Painting Supervisor

Nikita (2010)

Digital Artist

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

2D Compositor

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)

Digital Matte Painter

Assassin's Creed (2018)

Matte Painter

A Dog's Purpose (2017)

VFX Artist

Black Sails (2014)

Matte Painting Supervisor

Game of Thrones (2011)

Matte Painting Supervisor

Houdini (2014)

Marco Polo (2014)

Matte Painter / Environment TD

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

Senior Matte Painter / Compositor

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Sequence Supervisor / Senior Matte Paint

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Matte Painter

The Expanse (2015)

Senior Matte Painter / Compositor

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

Quantum of Solace (2008)

Matte Painter

Cloud Atlas (2012)

Digital Compositor

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Cloverfield (2008)

Matte Painting Supervisor

The 33 (2015)

Compositor / Matte Artist

Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

Compositor / Matte Artist

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)

Sequence Supervisor

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

Matte Painter

The Last Airbender (2010)

22 Jump Street (2014)

Matte Painter

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Concept Artist / Visual Effects Art Director

The 5th Wave (2016)

Assistant Matte Artist

Men in Black II (2002)

Cast Away (2000)

Matte Painter

Kate & Leopold (2001)

Digital Compositor

About Schmidt (2003)

Matte Artist

The Haunted Mansion (2003)

Titanic (2012)

Matte Painting Supervisor

Borgia (2011)

Compositor

Speed Racer (2008)

Matte Painter

Superman Returns (2006)

Digital Matte Painter

In Bruges (2008)

After Earth (2013)

Sequence Supervisor / Senior Matte Paint

King Arthur (2004)

Solaris (2002)

Digital Matte Artist

Sunshine (2007) (2007)

Matte Painting Supervisor

The Signal (2013)

Matte Painter

Inkheart (2009)

Senior Matte Painter / Compositor

Atonement (2008)

Senior Matte Painter / Compositor

The Magic Flute (2006)

Seabiscuit (2003)

Digital Artist

The Siege (1998)

The Interview (2014)

Reign (2013)

Dominion (2014)

Identity (2011)

Stuart Little (1999)

I Am Sam (2002)

Matte Artist

15 Minutes (2001)

Digital Compositor

House of D (2005)

Sahara (2017)

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

Battlefield Earth (2000)

The Astronaut's Wife (1999)

Pope Joan (2009)

Digital Matte Painter

Die Rebellin (2009)

Dracula 2000 (2000)

Courage Under Fire (1996)

Digital Artist

Jack Frost

Work History

  • Compositing Supervisor / Generalist

    Digital Backlot

    October 1999 - December 2003
    Los Angeles, California

    Provided technical, creative and strategic assistance through the formation of Robert Stromberg's visual effects boutique. Before Robert moved on to become a production designer and director, Digital Backlot specialized in visual effects design, matte painting and visual effects supervision for feature film.

    Master and Commander, Seabiscuit, Identity, Solaris, Men in Black 2, About Schmidt, Kate and Leopold, I am Sam, Fifteen Minutes, Cast Away, Battlefield Earth ...

  • 3D generalist / Senior Matte Painter

    MPC

    June 2008 - October 2008
    London, United Kingdom

    Commercials and Quantum of Solace

  • VFX Art Director

    Pixomondo

    October 2010 - December 2010
    Potsdam, Brandenburg

  • Environment Generalist

    London Has Fallen Films, Ltd. (production)

    March 2015 - December 2015
    London, United Kingdom

    VFX art direction and digital environment creation for the production visual effect supervisor's team on London has Fallen.

  • 3D Environment Artist

    Mousetrappe

    January 2016 - April 2016
    Burbank

    3D environment design and execution for theme park related media.
    Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular (Disney's Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World)

  • Environment Artist

    Cinesite

    May 2016 - September 2016
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    DMP consulting for the foundation of Black Sails and American Gods.

  • Environment / VFX Supervision

    Visual Accord Effects

    January 2008 - Present
    United States

    Visual Accord Effects provides visual effects solutions for film, television, commercial and theme park clients.

    Digital environment services include 3D environment design/build, 2D/3D matte painting, compositing, on-set supervision, pre-production consultation, visual effects art direction and location survey.

    Clients: MPC Advertising (London & Amsterdam), ILM (San Francisco), Digital Domain (Venice), Method (Santa Monica), Mavericks (Toronto), Spin VFX (Toronto), Axis VFX (Bristol), Automatik (London), Pixomondo (Berlin & Baton Rouge), Scanline (Munich), Sehsucht (Hamburg), Arri (Munich)...

  • DMP consultant

    Pixomondo

    June 2011 - September 2011
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

  • Environment Lead

    Pixomondo

    October 2011 - December 2011
    Berlin, Germany

  • Nuke Compositor

    Digital Domain

    February 2008 - April 2008
    Los Angeles, California

    Speed Racer

  • Lead Environment Artist

    ScanlineVFX

    January 2021 - September 2022
    Munich, Bavaria, Germany

  • Matte Painting Supervisor

    SPIN VFX

    December 2022 - Present
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • DMP / Environment Generalist

    Mavericks VFX

    November 2019 - July 2020
    Toronto (and remote from Berlin)

    Designed and painted 3D DMP, delivered as Nuke environments.

  • CG Environment Generalist Supervisor

    Double Negative

    November 2018 - July 2019
    London, England, United Kingdom

    Supervised a Houdini procedural city build.

  • DMP / Environment Generalist

    Mavericks VFX

    November 2016 - September 2017
    Toronto (and remote from Berlin)

    Concept painted, built assets, completed 3D DMP and delivered environment comps.

    VES nomination.

  • Matte Painter

    Cinesite

    April 2016 - June 2016

  • Senior Matte Painter / Environment TD

    Rising Sun Pictures

    May 2010 - September 2010
    Adelaide, Australia

  • Digimatte Artist / Generalist

    Industrial Light & Magic

    November 2009 - March 2010

  • Matte Painting Supervisor / Environment Supervisor

    SPIN VFX

    December 2012 - March 2015
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Senior Matte Painter / Compositor

    Double Negative

    August 2006 - December 2007
    London, United Kingdom

    The Magic Flute, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Atonement, Inkheart, The Bourne Ultimatum, Cloverfield

  • Senior Matte Painter / Compositor

    MPC

    April 2006 - August 2006
    London, United Kingdom

  • Senior Matte Painter

    Framestore

    August 2005 - April 2006
    London, United Kingdom

  • Sequence Supervisor / Senior Matte Painter / Compositor

    Cinesite

    December 2003 - August 2005
    London, United Kingdom

    King Arthur, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  • Compositing Supervisor / Matte Painter

    Digital Backlot

    March 2000 - December 2003
    Los Angeles, California

    Provided technical, creative and strategic assistance through the formation of Robert Stromberg's visual effects company, which specializes in visual effects design, matte painting and visual effects supervision for feature film. Handled projects from pre-production through production and post-production.

    Master and Commander, Seabiscuit, Identity, Solaris, Men in Black 2, Kate&Leopold;, I am Sam, Cast Away, Battlefield Earth ...

  • Senior Matte Painter / Nuke Compositor

    Digital Domain

    November 2002 - October 2003

  • Compositor

    Moving Target

    October 1999 - March 2000

  • Flame Artist / Visual Effects Supervisor

    Open Films

    December 1994 - September 1999

    Flame and on-set supervision for a-list commercial agencies... Ogilvy & Mather, Leo Burnett, BBDO, McCann Erickson, etc.

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Education

  • Edinboro University

    September 1986 - September 1989