Richard Servello

Richard Servello

Supervisor Digital Compositor / Supervisor Compositing Supervisor / 20 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Compositor

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Digital Compositor

Westworld (2016)

Compositor

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)

Digital Compositor

A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)

Compositor

Life of Pi (2012)

Compositor

The Runaways (2017)

Compositor

Point Break (2015)

Compositor

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

Compositor

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)

Visual FX Compositor

Surrogates (2009)

Work History

  • Digital Compositor

    Refuge VFX

    June 2023 - August 2023
    Remote

  • Compositor

    Sony Pictures Animation

    April 2023 - May 2023

    Comp for Across the Spiderverse

  • Compositor

    Alkemy X

    April 2021 - March 2023

    Worked on various epsiodic shows like Raising Kanan, Marvelous Mrs Maisel, The Gilded Age and The Righteous Gemstones. Was building an AI dept before the strikes caused massive layoffs.

  • Compositor

    Pixomondo

    February 2020 - April 2020
    Los Angeles

    Compositing on Westworld season 3

  • Compositor

    Shade VFX

    September 2019 - December 2019
    Los Angeles

    Compositing in Netflix feature

  • Compositor

    CoSA VFX

    May 2019 - August 2019
    Los Angeles

    Compositing on several TV shows and a feature

  • Deva VFX

    ? - May 2019

  • in-house compositor

    Hulu

    February 2020 - April 2019
    Los Angeles

    In-house comp

  • Compositor

    The Molecule

    October 2018 - November 2018
    Hollywood, CA

  • Compositor

    Digital Domain

    August 2018 - October 2018
    Marina, CA

  • Owner

    East of LA VFX

    April 2017 - August 2018
    Burbank CA

    We provide world class visual effects from some of the best artists in the industry.

  • Visual Effects Supervisor

    East of LA VFX

    April 2017 - August 2018

    Manage day to day operations. Supervise artists to ensure high quality output. Manage client relations and expectations. Scheduling and billing.

  • Editor/Compositor/Animator

    East of LA Post

    February 2002 - August 2018

    Available

  • compositor

    MPC

    March 2016 - June 2016
    Burbank, California

    in house vfx comp for upcoming pirates of the Caribbean movie.

  • Compositor

    MindOverEye a division of TEN: The Enthusiast Network

    September 2015 - January 2016
    El Segundo, CA

    • Volvo Concept Piece
    Green screen compositing and CG comp for a long form promo piece

    • Chevron Clean
    Green screen compositing

    • Alfa Romeo Interactive Piece
    CG Car integration for photo real paint replacement for entire spot.

    • Volvo Concept Piece
    Green screen compositing and CG comp for a long form promo piece
    • Infiniti Q60 Brand Spot Sky replacement. Reflection replacement

  • Compositor

    Soapbox Films

    June 2015 - September 2015
    Burbank, CA

    Muppets – Episode 1 and 2 Rod cleanup, green screen comp, complex plate cleanup, on set VFX supervision

  • Compositor

    Entertainment Partners

    March 2015 - June 2015
    Burbank, CA


    • Point Break
    Sky replacements, set extension, green screen comp, and rig removal

  • Compositor - San Andreas and Pan

    ScanlineVFX

    February 2015 - March 2015
    Greater Los Angeles Area


    Green screen comp and integration with CG backgrounds.

  • Lead Compositor

    Drawn by the Light

    December 2014 - February 2015
    Studio City CA


    Comp for commercials

  • Comp TD

    The Box Creative

    September 2014 - December 2014
    West Hollywood Ca


    Cg, plate work, tool building, pipeline development and system wide toolsets.

  • Compositor

    Framestore

    July 2014 - August 2014
    Culver City Ca


    360 VR comp work.

  • Compositor

    Prologue Films

    June 2014 - July 2014
    Santa Monica Ca


    Comp work on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

  • Lead Compositor

    Dallas Post

    October 2013 - May 2014
    Beverly Hills CA


    Final comp of all green and blue screen shots, tool and pipeline development.

  • Lead Compositor

    Radioactive Giant

    June 2013 - August 2013
    Santa Monica


    All vfx and beauty work for film. Also worked on editorial.

  • Lead Compositor

    Dallas Post

    March 2013 - April 2013
    Beverly Hills


    In charge of all chrome key shots for set extension for Dallas Season 2

  • Compositor

    The Molecule

    February 2013 - March 2013
    Los angeles


    Plate work and beauty work

  • Compositor

    Look Effects

    January 2013 - February 2013
    Culver City ca


    Set extension, jumbotron comped into stage performances

  • Compositor

    Deva Studios

    October 2012 - December 2012
    Santa Monica ca


    3d comp work and pipeline development.

  • Digital Compositor

    Crazy Horse Effects

    August 2012 - October 2012
    Venice Ca


    Green screen, plate work, set extension, final comp

  • Compositor

    FuseFX

    March 2012 - April 2012
    Burbank, ca


    Comp for televsion programs.

  • Compositor Technical Director

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    September 2011 - March 2012
    Greater Los Angeles Area


    Continuing the art of making pretty pictures move on screen!

  • Nuke Compositor

    The Mill

    August 2011 - September 2011
    Culver City, CA


    making pretty pictures :)

  • Compositing Technical Director

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    February 2011 - May 2011


    Visual effects compositing final for picture. Blue screen, CG, etc.

  • compositor

    2G Digital Post

    2010 - 2011


    Lead Compositor

  • Lead Compositor

    Nitrous Visual Effects

    2010 - 2010

  • compositor

    Framework

    2009 - 2010

  • compositor

    Framework LA

    2009 - 2010

  • Compositor

    Speedshape

    2009 - 2010

  • Compositor

    Speedshape

    2009 - 2010

  • Visual FX Compositor

    Synthespians

    December 2008 - February 2009


    Visual FX on Surrogates

  • Freelance Compositor

    Speedshape

    2009 - 2009

  • Editor

    sabertooth.tv

    2008 - 2009

  • Editor

    HTV LLC

    2008 - 2009

  • Digital Compositor

    Irwin Entertainment

    December 2008 - December 2008


    Removal thru changing and obscuring of audience members for Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew

  • Visual Effects Compositor

    Framework Studios

    September 2008 - November 2008


    Final Composite builds, color work, 3D element Creation and compositing.

  • Digital Compositor

    Reality Check Studios

    March 2008 - September 2008


    Digital compositing for flim

  • Compositor, Animator and Editor

    Tampa Digital Studios

    May 2007 - March 2008

  • Compositor/Animator

    Pyper Paul + Kenney

    January 2006 - March 2006


    Was in charge of advanced compositing, animation and cleanup work

  • Student

    Full Sail University

    1999 - 2001
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Education

  • Associate of Science in Computer Animation

    Full Sail University

    1999 - 2001

  • Associate of Arts (A.A.) in Animation

    Full Sail University

    1999 - 2001