Patrick Zentis

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 ...
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  3D generalist / Senior Matte Painter

  MPC

  June 2008 - October 2008

  London, United Kingdom

  Commercials and Quantum of Solace
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  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.
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  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)
  
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  Environment Artist

  Cinesite

  May 2016 - September 2016

  Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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

  Pixomondo

  June 2011 - September 2011

  Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
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  Environment Lead

  Pixomondo

  October 2011 - December 2011

  Berlin, Germany
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  Nuke Compositor

  Digital Domain

  February 2008 - April 2008

  Los Angeles, California

  Speed Racer
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  Lead Environment Artist

  ScanlineVFX

  January 2021 - September 2022

  Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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  Matte Painting Supervisor

  SPIN VFX

  December 2022 - Present

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  DMP / Environment Generalist

  Mavericks VFX

  November 2019 - July 2020

  Toronto (and remote from Berlin)

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

  
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  CG Environment Generalist Supervisor

  Double Negative

  November 2018 - July 2019

  London, England, United Kingdom

  Supervised a Houdini procedural city build.
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  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.
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  Matte Painter

  Cinesite

  April 2016 - June 2016
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  Senior Matte Painter / Environment TD

  Rising Sun Pictures

  May 2010 - September 2010

  Adelaide, Australia

  
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  Digimatte Artist / Generalist

  Industrial Light & Magic

  November 2009 - March 2010

  
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  Matte Painting Supervisor / Environment Supervisor

  SPIN VFX

  December 2012 - March 2015

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  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

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Senior Matte Painter / Compositor

  MPC

  April 2006 - August 2006

  London, United Kingdom

  
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  Senior Matte Painter

  Framestore

  August 2005 - April 2006

  London, United Kingdom

  
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  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 ...

  

  

  

  

  
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  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.