Paul Chavez

Work History

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  Senior CG Generalist

  Crafty Apes

  October 2024 - Present

  Vancouver, Canada
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  Layout/Final Layout/Cam Polish

  Cinesite

  March 2021 - October 2024

  Vancouver, B.C.

  Addams Family 2
• 

  Environment Generalist

  Zoic Studios

  November 2020 - March 2021

  Superman & Lois
  Sweet tooth
  Unreal Mega Grant
• 

  Visual Effects Artist (layout; generalist)

  Available

  June 2020 - November 2020

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  Layout Technical Director

  Double Negative

  November 2018 - May 2020

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  - Shot assembly, lidar/lineup checks for tracks
  - Set dressing, animation blocking
  - Single frame lineups, proxy model creation, simple rig creation
  - Pre-production cameras (camera moves) to be used for onset virtual production
  
  - Catch-22 (Ep. 1-4) (2019)
  - The boys (Ep. 6, 7, and 8) (2019)
  - Krypton (Season 2 Episode 4 and 5) (2019)
  - Hot Zone (Ep. 5 and 6) (2019)
  - Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
  - Altered Carbon (Season2)
  - Runaways (Season 3)
  - Away (Episodes 1 & 2)
  - WestWorld (Season 3)
  - Foundation (episode 1)
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  Key Layout Artist

  MPC

  August 2018 - November 2018

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  - Shot assembly, crowd/background character work, animation blocking
  - Set dressing for cityscapes and exterior high-desert scenes
  - Projection camera setups and full CG camera moves
  - Shot Package oversight tasks and 2D card creation/work
  
  - Pokemon Detective Pikachu (2019)
  - Aquaman (2018)
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  Layout Technical Director

  Method Studios

  October 2017 - July 2018

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  - Created full environments by utilizing tracking/MatchMove data along with on-set materials and assets
  - Assembled and maintained shots for other departments
  
  - Godzilla: King of Monsters (2019)
  - The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
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  Layout Technical Director

  Double Negative

  April 2017 - October 2017

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  - created CG camera animation using cinematography principles,
  shot composition, and character blocking under tight deadlines for
  large scale work
  - Produced pre-visualization and post-visualization CG cameras
  
  - Pacific Rim (2018)
  - The Meg (2018)
  - Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
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  Layout Technical Director

  MPC

  November 2014 - April 2017

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  - Produced pre-visualization, post-visualization, camera and character
  blocking to build editorially-sound sequences which subsequent CG
  departments used as the foundation for shot construction
  
  - Alpha (2018)
  - Justice League (2017)
  - The Dark Tower (2017)
  - The Mummy (2017)
  - 50 Shades Darker (2017)
  - XXX: Return of Xander (2017)
  - Sully (2016)
  - Suicide Squad (2016)
  - The Finest Hours (2016)
  - Monster Trucks (2017)

• Animator/Visual Effects Specialist/Graphic Designer

  Freelance Animation/Graphic Design

  August 2009 - November 2014

  Albuquerque, New Mexico, US

  I am a 3D animator with a wide range of skills including modeling, texturing, rigging, animating organic and mechanical characters, and dynamics. I have the most experience with Lightwave, Maya, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Nuke, and Katana. I also have had some experience with Blender, Houdini, Cinema 4D, Sculptris, ZBrush, 3DSMax, Mocha, and various related plugins.
  
  Additionally, I have learned to use scripting languages such as Mel, Lscript, HTML/HTML5, JavaScript, Python, and C++.

• Surveying Equipment Quote Specialist/Video Production Specialist

  Holman's USA LLC

  May 2012 - August 2014

  Albuquerque, New Mexico, US

  As an intern for my first year, I worked in both the warehouse and in the retail store.
  
  In the warehouse I became proficient in disabling the wireless, Bluetooth, and microphones in both PCs and MACs as well as acid/property tagging and replacing existing operating systems with a preimaged versions on said equipment for several national Department of Energy laboratories.
  
  Due to my hardwork and diligence, I was then transitioned from an intern into a full time employee as a retail associate where I not only provided great customer service but began creating the company's promotional and product overview videos.
  
  For the rest of my tenure at Holman's I continued with the promotional videos as well as created various logos and graphics for marketing purposes and to be displayed to customers in the retail store. I then became the Quote Specialist for surveying equipment and I was part of the contract overview commitee for the GSA, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and Bernalillo County contracts.
  
  As the Quote Specialist I created comprehensive quotes for federal, state, local, educational, and commercial customers while ensuring that all policies and contract guidelines were in full compliance.

• Visual Effects Specialist/Assistant Editor

  Visionnaire Ent.

  March 2012 - June 2013

  Albuquerque, New Mexico, US

  Local Film Crew