Diego Rojas

Work History

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  Executive Producer

  Ingenuity Studios

  September 2021 - Present

  Los Angeles, California, United States

  

  
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  VES Member

  Visual Effects Society

  2019 - Present

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Visual Effects Society Member and part of the VES Awards Committee

• Visual Effects Executive Producer

  VFX EP, Inc

  April 2018 - September 2021

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  - Building creative, collaborative and profitable relationships between Film and TV production companies and great visual effects studios worldwide
  - Some of the projects brought in for stakeholder discussion, breakdown, bidding: Reminiscence, The Way Back, The Lighthouse, Jumanji 2, Bond 25, Harry Haft, 47 Meters Down, Jojo Rabbit, Honey Boy, I, Tonya, Stranger Things, The Orville - amongst others
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  Director of Business Development / VFX Executive Producer, Film and TV

  Eight VFX

  October 2017 - December 2018

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Responsible for identifying and acquiring all film and TV projects for the studio - Latest
  projects include I, Tonya, Stranger Things, The Orville, The Act, Vampires Vs. the Bronx
  • Developed and maintained collaborative/creative partnerships with producers, visual
  effects producers and other below-the-line production crew members
  • Analyzed scripts, developed VFX breakdowns, and worked with clients, management,
  artistic and technical teams to create budgets and bid packages
  • Spearheaded the TPN / Security assessment certification, resulting in projects with top film and TV
  studios such as Marvel Studios, Legendary Entertainment, and Netflix
  • Responsible for sourcing, recruiting and building the visual effects teams
  • Represented the company in all local and international entertainment related events

  
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  Global Managing Director, CGSociety

  The Art Society, LLC

  April 2014 - March 2016

  Los Angeles, California / Adelaide, Australia

  Managed all operational aspects of this widely regarded website for the animation, games and visual effects industries.

• Managing Director

  Redforward.com

  June 2010 - October 2012

  Los Angeles, CA

  Entertainment Industry Website (News, Workshops, Social Network, Jobs) - VFX, Animation, Games

• Managing Director, Conference and Event Producer

  CG CON INC

  October 2008 - June 2011

  Fort Lauderdale, FL

  Educational Conferences and Recruiting Events for the VFX, Animation and Video Game Industry

• Managing Director, Recruitment and Talent Development

  CG Agency Inc.

  January 2005 - October 2008

  San Francisco, CA and Fort Lauderdale, FL

  Artistic and Professional Development Agency
  - Discovered, mentored and recruited hundreds of talented individuals for the artistic and
  technical departments at Industrial Light & Magic, Blizzard Entertainment, Pixar
  Animation Studios, Weta Digital, and other animation, games and visual effects studios.

• Director of Business Development + Co-Founder

  CG Channel Inc.

  September 2001 - September 2005

  San Francisco, CA / Montreal, QC / Fort Lauderdale

  - Co-Founded the first major online community in the animation and computer graphics industry, CG Channel / CG Talk (CGSociety).
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  Sub-Committee Member: Student Volunteer Program

  ACM SIGGRAPH

  1997 - 2004

  '02 Sub-Committee Member: Student Volunteer Program
  '01 Sub-Committee Member: Student Volunteer Program
  '99-'00 Team Leader: Student Volunteer Program
  '98 Student Volunteer: Student Volunteer Program
  - Managing close to 400 Student Volunteers at the biggest computer graphics conference.
  - pre-conference planning.
  - Onsite management.
  - Reviewed over 1300 applications in order to select the best and most qualified Team Leaders and Student Volunteers.

• Southeast Regional Data Analyst

  Mpower Communications

  1998 - 2001