Phil Dakin

Phil Dakin

Lead Layout Artist / 24 yrs

Montréal, Canada

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Visual Effects Artist

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

Visual Effects Artist

John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

VFX Team

Slumberland (2022)

Layout Artist

The Tender Bar (2022)

Layout & Tracking

The Mandalorian (2019)

3D / VFX Artist

Murder Mystery (2019)

Layout / Tracking Artist

RocketMan (2019)

Senior Tracking / Layout Artist

Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

Senior Layout Artist

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

Senior Layout Artist

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Layout Artist

Lost in Space (2018)

Layout Artist

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)

Tracking And Layout Artist

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2017)

Senior Tracking / Layout Artist

The Shape of Water (2017)

Senior Layout Artist

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

Lead Layout Technical Director

Suicide Squad (2016)

Lighting TD

Outlander (2016)

Senior Layout Artist

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

Lead Layout Technical Director

Fantastic Four (2015)

Lead Layout Artist

San Andreas (2015)

CG Lead

Little Boy (2015)

Digital Artist

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Layout Artist

Hercules (2014)

Tracking / Layout

Frost (2013)

Stereo Matchmove Artist

The Great Gatsby (2013)

Camera Department Lead

Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (2012)

Camera Lead

Dolphin Tale (2011)

Tracking / Layout Lead

Priest (2011)

Tracking / Layout Lead

Battle Los Angeles (2011)

Tracking Lead

Camelot (2011)

Tracking / Setup Lead

Knucklehead (2010)

Tracking Lead

Piranha 3D (2010)

Tracking / Setup Lead

Survival of the Dead (2010)

Lighting / Texture Artist

Citizen Duane (2010)

3-D Artist

Saw 3D: The Final Chapter (2010)

Lighting

Legion (2010)

Tracking Lead

Dragonball: Evolution (2009)

Tracking Lead

Diary of the Dead (2008)

Artist

Max Payne (2008)

Lighting Artist

Catacombs (2007)

3D Artist

Weirdsville (2007)

Lighting And Texturing

The Marsh (2007)

Surfacer

Everyone's Hero (2006)

Surfacing

The Happy Elf (2005)

Lighting / Texture Artist

Land of the Dead (2005)

Set Texture Artist

Alien Planet (2005)

Lighting Department

Alone in the Dark (2005)

3-D Animator

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)

Digital Artist

Air Crash Investigation (2003)

Digital Artist

Air Emergency (2003)

Animator

Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003)

3D Artist

The Santa Clause 2 (2002)

3-D Animator

Undercover Brother (2002)

3D Animator

Panic Room (2002)

Work History
  • Senior Camera Matchmove & Layout Artist

    Rodeo FX

    November 2020 - Present
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Senior Tracking Artist

    Hybride

    April 2020 - July 2020
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Lead Layout/Tracking Artist

    Cinesite

    May 2017 - January 2020
    Montreal, Canada Area

    Avengers: Infinity Wars
    Antman & The Wasp
    Lost In Space
    Rocketman
    Murder Mystery
    Locke & Key
    Mary Poppins Returns

  • Senior Tracking/Layout Artist

    Mr. X

    January 2016 - April 2017
    Toronto, Canada Area

    Resident Evil

  • Lead Layout Technical Director

    MPC

    April 2015 - January 2016
    Montreal, Canada Area

    Suicide Squad
    Fantastic Four
    King Arthur

  • Lead Layout Artist

    Cinesite

    August 2014 - April 2015
    London, England, United Kingdom

    San Andreas
    Maggie
    The Last Witch Hunter

  • Lead Layout Artist

    Cinesite

    May 2014 - August 2014
    London, United Kingdom

    Hercules
    Man From U.N.C.L.E.
    San Andreas

  • Layout Technical Director

    MPC

    August 2013 - April 2014
    London, United Kingdom

    Guardians of the Galaxy

  • Stereo Matchmove Artist

    Prime Focus World

    December 2012 - February 2013
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    "The Great Gatsby" -Stereo Feature Film

  • VFX Camera Department Lead

    Arc Productions

    April 2012 - September 2012
    Toronto, Canada Area

    "Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn" (Sleeper)
    - Onset Data Acquisition
    - Camera Department Lead: Manage team, manage all plates through department as well as matchmoving.
    - Assisted with character finalling.
    -VES Award nomination for Virtual Cinematography in a Commercial or Broadcast Program.

  • CG Lead

    Arc Productions

    August 2011 - March 2012
    Toronto, Canada Area

    "Little Boy" - Feature Film - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1810683/
    Matchmoving/Layout Lead: November 14, 2011 - April 2012
    Onset Data Acquisition: Tijuana, Mexico September - November, 2011

  • Camera Department Supervisor

    Arc Productions

    February 2011 - September 2011
    Toronto, Canada Area

    "Dolphin Tale" Stereo Feature Film
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1564349/

  • Senior Maya Generalist

    Starz Animation

    September 2010 - March 2011

    "Camelot" -Starz TV Series: Tracking/layout lead and lighting.

  • Senior Digital Artist

    Switch VFX

    May 2010 - September 2010

    Saw VII (3D) - Tracking, Textures, Blood splatter (RealFlow) and Dynamics

  • Tracking Supervisor/Senior Lighting Artist

    SPIN VFX

    September 2007 - April 2010

    Feature Films:
    Legion - Tracking/Layout Supervisor & Senior Lighting Artist
    Max Payne - Tracking/Layout Supervisor & Senior Lighting Artist
    Day of the Triffids - Tracking Lead
    Survival of the Dead - Tracking Lead
    Diary of the Dead - Tracking Lead

  • Tracking Supervisor/Senior Lighting Artist

    SPIN VFX

    September 2006 - August 2007

    Feature Film: Outlander
    Also Senior Previs Artist

  • Lead 3D Artist

    SPIN VFX

    May 2005 - August 2006

    Maya Generalist, Specializing in Lighting and Tracking:
    Land of the Dead (Feature)
    Weirdsville (Feature)
    Citizen Duane (Feature)
    Catacombs (Feature)
    The Marsh (Feature)

  • Senior Surfacing Artist

    IDT (formally DKP)

    January 2005 - May 2005

    Everone's Hero (Feature)
    The Happy Elf (TV)

  • Lead 3D Texture Artist

    Meteor Studios

    October 2004 - December 2004

    Environmental Texture Artist for Alien Planet (Discovery Channel)

  • Lighting/Texture Artist

    Technicolor

    2003 - 2004

    Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (Feature)
    Alone in the Dark (Feature)

  • Senior 3D Artist

    GVFX

    September 2002 - April 2003

    Aircraft modelling, texturing, lighting and animation.
    The Santa Claus 2 (Feature)
    Mayday: Air Disasters (Discovery Channel)

  • 3D Animator

    Calibre Digital Pictures

    April 2002 - August 2002

    Confession of a Germ (Discovery Channel)

  • 3D Artist

    Toybox

    February 2001 - May 2002

    Panic Room (Feature)
    Undercover Brother (Feature)
    Various commercials

  • Creative Director

    Kaosworks

    September 2000 - January 2001
    Toronto, Canada Area

    Design 3D interfaces for online games

  • 3D Animator

    Hoffman & Associates

    November 1998 - August 2000
    Toronto, Canada Area

    Package Layout
    Animation for Various Commercials

  • Medical Illustrator

    The Hospital for Sick Children

    April 1993 - September 1998
    Toronto, Canada Area

    -Computer Graphic Design for journals, presentations and publications.
    -Digitization of Diagnostic films.
    -Computer Illustration
    -Contributing author: Congenital Heart Disease: Textbook of Angiocardiography Dr. R. M. Freedom et al

  • Medical Illustrator

    The Jewish General Hospital

    June 1990 - August 1993
    Montreal, Canada Area

    Medical Illustration and Graphics.

  • Medical Illustrator/Photographer

    The Montreal Children's Hospital

    January 1986 - April 1990
    Montreal, Canada Area

    -Copy stand photography
    -Patient photography
    -Medical graphics

Education
  • Alias Level 2 Certification

    Digital Media Studios

    1997 - 1999
  • Fine Arts

    Dawson College

    1986 - 1988