Richard O'Meara

Work History

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  Animation Director

  ICON Creative Studio

  May 2023 - Present
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  Motion Editor

  Wētā FX

  July 2016 - December 2022

  Working with motion capture performances on feature films using Giant's Nuance software.
  Projects:
  War For the Planet of the Apes

  

  

  
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  Senior Animator

  NetherRealm Studios

  July 2009 - July 2016

  Chicago, IL

  As Warner Brother's bought the Mortal Kombat license, I was offered a position to work on the Mortal Kombat team under Warner Brothers Interactive.
  I am a senior animator. My responsibilities are to be talent in combat motion shoots, calibrate and shoot motion data on a Vicon motioncapture system, clean the data, and animate on top of motion data or hand key moves depending on the animation requested.
  I also coordinate with our Kore Tech team to test and develop new tools and technology that increases animator productivity and the quality of animation fidelity in game.
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  Instructor

  DePaul

  September 2007 - January 2010

  I teach both basic computer animation in Maya and Advance Motioncapture editing in Motionbuilder.
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  Animator (junior to lead)

  Midway Games

  July 2004 - November 2009

  Chicago, Illinois, United States

  
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  Lead Animator

  Midway Games

  July 2003 - November 2008

  I'm am the lead animator and a central point of contact for Midway's animation efforts across our satellite studios. I plan and direct motioncapture shoots. I meet with other team leads to plan what, when, and how animations are to be delivered to the game engine. I direct between two and five animators at any given time. I am responsible for the quality of the animations. I also clean motion data and animate.
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  Lead Animator

  Midway Amusement Games

  June 2003 - November 2008

  I lead the animation team for Blitz: The League 2. I managed 5 in house animators as well as the cinematic and in-game outsource animations.
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  Instructor

  Columbia College Chicago

  September 2004 - May 2007

  I taught basic and advanced computer animation using Maya and taught a sememster of motioncapture clean up using Motion Analysis's EVArt software.
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  Animator

  Midway Games

  June 2004 - July 2004

  Chicago, Illinois, United States

  
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  Intern

  Midway Amusement Games

  June 2003 - July 2003

  Processing motioncapture data