Peter Upson

Work History

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  Senior Technical Artist

  Facebook

  April 2019 - December 2022

  California, United States
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  Previs/Story Artist

  Lucasfilm Animation

  April 2018 - February 2019

  San Francisco, CA

  
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  technical assistant

  Industrial Light & Magic

  January 2018 - July 2018
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  Technical Director

  Lucasfilm

  July 2017 - January 2018

  
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  Layout Artist

  Industrial Light & Magic

  July 2017 - August 2017
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  Camera Layout/Matchmove

  Industrial Light & Magic

  September 2016 - July 2017

  San Francisco, CA
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  Creative Lead

  Viscira

  March 2016 - September 2016

  San Francisco
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  Cinematic Artist

  Telltale Games

  April 2015 - March 2016

  San Rafael

  

  
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  Layout Artist

  DreamWorks Animation

  April 2007 - February 2015

  Redwood City

  • Previs and Final Layout, animating cameras and blocking characters, set dressing, setting stereo, editing playlists, scripting tools, meeting regularly with directors and art supervisors, and technical shot set-up.
  • Managed a cross-site team of four artists, developing new layout workflows and camera rigs, and coordinated and delegated tasks from other departments.
  • Specialized in animating complex rough cameras and finalizing cameras on hundreds of shots.
  • Developed workflows and toolsets for two camera capture systems.

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Layout Artist/Technical Animator

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2005 - April 2007

  - Previs, Final Layout, and Camera Capture, animating cameras and characters, set dressing, editing playlists, and conducting technical shot set-up.
  - Developed the Maya/Motionbuilder camera capture pipeline and scripted tools including an element importer and camera shake interface.
  
  Beowulf 3D (Stereo Camera TD)
  Spiderman 3 (Camera TD)
  Surf's Up (Rough/Final Layout/Camera)
  Monster House (Final Layout/Motion Integration/Motion Editing)

  
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  Digital Artist

  Zoic Studios

  April 2006 - April 2006

  The Way (Compositor/Rotoscoper)

• Motion Editor

  Motion Analysis Studios

  November 2004 - January 2005

  NHL 2K6 (Motion Editor)
  The Godfather (Motion Capture Stage Technician)

• Technical Animator

  MotionWorks

  April 2004 - November 2004

  The Matrix: Path of Neo (Motion Editor/Motion Integration/Animator)
  ESPN US Open commercial spots (Motion Editor)

• Founding Owner/Operator

  Visual Inventory Services

  January 2003 - September 2003

  A full service video record company, providing clients a video inventory of their homes or offices for insurance purposes and corporate clients a video record of meetings, staff training sessions, and conferences. Produced and edited video, created graphic presentations, authored and duplicated DVDs for commercial distribution.