rodrigo armendariz

Work History

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  Senior Compositor

  Framestore

  September 2021 - Present

  Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  Senior Compositor

  MELS Studios

  February 2016 - September 2021

  Montreal

  Working on a number of Feature Film and TV Projects.
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  Senior Compositor

  Atomic Fiction

  July 2015 - January 2016

  Montreal, Canada Area

  Vfx Compostitor for "Deadpool" and "Rings"
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  Senior Compositor

  MPC

  March 2015 - July 2015

  montreal
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  Senior Compositor

  Atomic Fiction

  January 2015 - March 2015

  Montreal, Canada Area

  Vfx Compositor for "The Walk"
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  Senior Compositor

  NBCUniversal

  September 2013 - October 2014

  Studio City, California

  VFX Compositor
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  Compositor

  The Molecule

  July 2013 - July 2013

  New York

  Composited vfx on one Feature film "Butler" and a television show called "Royal Pains".
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  Compositor

  Newbreed Visual Effects

  April 2013 - June 2013

  Montreal, Canada Area

  Worked on 2 upcoming feature films, "Horns" and "Site 146".
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  Compositor

  Pixomondo

  October 2012 - March 2013

  Burbank, CA

  Composited vfx on season 1 for Da Vinci's Demons.
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  Compositor

  Pixel Magic

  September 2012 - October 2012

  Lafayette, Louisiana Area

  Composited vfx for feature film, "Motel".
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  Compositor

  Pixomondo

  June 2012 - September 2012

  Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

  "Beautiful Creatures"
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  Compositor

  Pixomondo

  April 2012 - May 2012

  Burbank, California

  Composited Visual Fx for Game of Thrones, Hawaii Five-O and Devious Maids.
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  Compositor

  Method Studios

  February 2012 - March 2012

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Composited for G.I. Joe 2
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  Compositor

  The Mill

  January 2012 - January 2012

  Los angeles, CA

  Worked on 5 commercials for Superbowl 2012.
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  Stereo compositor

  Technicolor

  March 2011 - December 2011

  Burbank, CA

  Stereo compositing, vfx integration, CG elements integration, Floating point depth map integration, 3D tracking, keying, 2D tracking, plate matching, color grading. We worked on a very tight schedule and completed the conversion of 2 animated feature films, one was CG the other was traditional animation.

• Lead Stereo Compositor

  Paradise FX

  November 2008 - March 2011

  Los angeles, CA

  VisualFX integration, clean up fix of 4k and 2k stereo plates. 2D to 3D conversion.
  High-Resolution 360 Post (stitching). Stereo Motion graphics for company’s branding.
  Provided services as a Digital Lab artist for feature film (on location).
  Aided in the development of two 360 camera rigs and an SI stereo parallel rig.
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  Compositor

  Stargate Studios

  July 2008 - November 2008

  South Pasadena, CA

  I worked on several TV shows including Heroes, My Own Worst Enemy and Walt Disney’s feature film, Highschool Musical 3. Worked extensively with Boujou for 3D tracking of shots, vfx integration, green screen, blue screen, keying, tracking, paint, multiple rig removal and wire removal, paint, beauty passes, etc. All in a really fast paced environment.
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  Compositor

  Entity FX

  May 2008 - July 2008

  Santa Monica, CA

  Worked as a compositor for a feature film in fast pace production environment. Worked on VFX compositing, keying, paint, rig removal, and also worked on a very high volume of beauty shots applying digital makeup and face cleanup for several celebrity stars.

• Compositor

  Slappy Studios

  April 2008 - April 2008

  Composited for a feature film
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  Stereo Compositor

  Sassoon Film Design

  October 2005 - April 2008

  Santa Monica, CA

  My first real job in the industry, I got to learn a lot from my peers. Started as a rotoscope artist and with tons of hard work, moved to compositing, I worked on several special venue 2D-3D conversion projects mostly for the IMAX theaters, (before the revolution of the digital stereo projection systems). My first digitally projected 3D film was a special venue show for the band U2, “U23D Concert” where we did a lot of rig removal in stereo (since the show was shot in stereo) and we added stereoscopic graphic elements to the concert.

• Graphic Designer

  Waat Media

  June 2005 - September 2005

  Los angeles, CA

• Video editor (Tape to Tape betacam)

  KINT UNIVISION

  February 2003 - June 2005

  El Paso, Texas Area

• Photographer

  Diario de El Paso

  January 2003 - June 2003

  El Paso, Texas Area