Ryan Quinlan

Ryan Quinlan

Supervisor Digital Compositor / Senior Technical Director / 17 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Compositing Supervisor

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Digital Compositor

Earth To Echo (2014)

Compositor

Side Effects (2013)

2D Lead and Technical Director

NFL Sunday Ticket 2020 (2020)

Compositing Supervisor

Apple iPhone 11

Digital Compositor

The Avengers (2012)

Digital Compositor

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

Virtual Production

Avatar (2009)

Compositor

Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

Compositor

The Immigrant (2014)

Compositor

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)

Compositor

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

Compositor

Behind the Candelabra (2013)

Compositor

A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

Compositor

42 (2013)

Digital Compositor

The Dictator (2012)

Compositor

Fun Size (2012)

Compositor

Killing Them Softly (2012)

Compositor

Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012)

Compositor

Call of Duty: Black Ops II (2012)

Real Time Operator

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

Stereoscopic Compositor

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

Rotoscope And Paint Artist

Thor (2011)

Rotoscope And Paint Artist;stereo Compositor

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Stereoscopic Compositor

Fright Night (2011)

Compositor

Take Me Home (2013)

Visual Effects

Jonah Hex (2010)

Digital Compositor

Knight and Day (2010)
I bring a unique background that allows me the bridge the gap between artists and engineers through finding the best solution given the situation. The end goal always being to produce the best work with the least amount of effort. The solution should never become more work than the problem it is meant to solve.

Well over a decade of experience as both an artist and Technical Director, team member, as well as, leader. Implementing and managing projects and solutions from start-to-finish, crossing the entire range of content creation and exhibition.
Past projects have included the highest budget feature films to indies, commercials, music videos, installations, and interactive experiences.
Work History

  • Lead Compositor

    Method Studios

    February 2024 - Present
    Santa Monica, California, United States · On-site

  • Senior Compositor

    Method Studios

    December 2023 - January 2024
    Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · Remote

  • Senior Compositor

    Method Studios

    July 2023 - August 2023
    Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · On-site

  • Senior Compositor

    Method Studios

    May 2023 - May 2023
    Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · On-site

  • Pipeline Consultant / Senior Compositor

    Brainstorm Digital

    February 2023 - May 2023
    Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · Remote

  • Health and well-being

    Career Break

    November 2022 - February 2023
    Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  • VFX supervisor

    Brainstorm Digital

    January 2022 - March 2022
    Remote

  • Head of 2D

    Gradient Effects

    September 2021 - January 2022
    Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  • Lead Compositor

    Scholar

    July 2021 - September 2021
    Culver City, California, United States

  • Lead Compositor

    Logan

    October 2020 - June 2021

    NDA jobs through an external client.

  • 2D Lead and Technical Director

    AT&T

    June 2020 - September 2020
    El Segundo, California, United States

    Creative Services at AT&T

  • Visual Effects Supervisor

    AmazeVR

    May 2020 - June 2020
    Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  • Freelance Lead/Senior Compositor & Pipeline TD

    RJQFX, LLC

    June 2008 - May 2020
    Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

    Freelance Compositing supervision or on the box work. Pipeline planning, development, and tool creation.

  • Compositing Supervisor

    Logan

    July 2019 - February 2020
    Marina Del Rey

  • Adjunct Faculty

    DePaul University College of Computing and Digital Media

    November 2017 - March 2019
    Greater Chicago Area

    I have wanted to teach in Academia for a while and have finally found a good fit.
    Teaching Digital Compositing I, introduction to Compositing and Nuke, to a mix of undergraduate and graduate students.

  • Freelance Technical Director / Senior Compositor

    Calabash Animation

    November 2018 - December 2018
    Greater Chicago Area

  • Freelance VFX Supervisor

    Carbon

    August 2018 - October 2018
    Greater Chicago Area

  • Freelance Technical Director / Senior Compositor

    Calabash Animation

    August 2018 - August 2018
    Greater Chicago Area

  • Freelance Senior Compositor

    Framestore

    August 2018 - August 2018
    Greater Chicago Area

  • Freelance Technical Director / Compositing Lead

    Filmworkers

    June 2017 - August 2017
    Greater Chicago Area

  • Compositing Supervisor / Pipeline TD

    The Mill

    July 2015 - June 2017
    Chicago

  • Creative Specialist

    The Foundry

    January 2014 - July 2015
    Chicago, Illinois

    Shared my love of compositing and knowledge all over the world by demoing, teaching, and giving feedback with the various Foundry offerings. I came in being an expert in Nuke and left knowing even more than I thought possible about Nuke and all other offerings of The Foundry.

    What was most valuable was meeting people in VFX from all over the world, seeing how they worked, helping solve problems, and learning more about the software development side of the business.

  • Senior Compositor / Pipeline TD

    Mirada Studios

    January 2013 - January 2014
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Katy Perry "Roar" - Music Video
    HP Touch - Ad Campaign
    Under Armor: Cold Gear Infrared
    Capital Cities "Safe and Sound" - Music Video - One of four compositors.
    NBATickets.com: The Waiting Game - Commercial - Opening and closing wide shots.
    Awarded advertising campaign pitch

  • Freelance Compositor / Pipeline TD

    RJQ|FX

    September 2008 - January 2014
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    The Pretty One - Feature
    The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia - Feature
    Take Me Home - Feature
    Irregular Fruit - Short
    I Love You This Much - Short

  • Compositor / Pipeline TD

    Mass Market

    September 2013 - September 2013
    Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Compositor

    Scholar

    August 2013 - August 2013
    Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Compositor

    Shade VFX

    April 2012 - January 2013
    Santa Monica, CA

    42
    Echo
    A Good Day to Die Hard
    Side Effects
    Behind the Candelabra
    Fun Size
    The Dictator

  • Compositor

    Method Studios

    January 2011 - September 2012
    Santa Monica, CA

    Composite both stereo and flat shows.

    Create tools/gizmos for artists to assist with tasks within Nuke. Create python functions to automate repetitive pipeline tasks.

    Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
    Merit (codename) - Stereo
    Jack the Giant Killer - Stereo
    The Avengers (Main on End Titles) - Stereo
    Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Stereo
    Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - Stereo
    Captain America: The First Avenger
    Fright Night- Stereo

  • Compositor / Pipeline TD

    Wildfire VFX

    January 2012 - August 2012

    Lowlife
    The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
    Killing Them Softly

  • Compositor

    Shared Brain VFX

    May 2012 - May 2012
    Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Compositor

    Devastudios, Inc.

    October 2011 - December 2011
    Santa Monica, CA

    Paramount 100th Anniversary Logo Animation - Stereo

  • Digital Artist

    Digital Domain

    September 2010 - January 2011

    Stereo Roto/Paint using Nuke
    Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon - Stereo
    Thor

  • Stereo Compositor

    ICO VFX

    June 2010 - September 2010

  • Digital Artist

    Motion Theory

    June 2010 - June 2010

    Katy Perry's "California Gurls" Music Video

  • Nuke Compositor/Chief Safety Liaison

    Soho VFX

    March 2010 - May 2010

    Took shots from beginning to end (comp, roto, paint, ect.) for two feature films using NukeX.

    Knight and Day (2010)
    Jonah Hex (2010)

  • Motion Capture Technician/Compositor/IT

    Giant Studios

    January 2009 - January 2010

    I ran the proprietary motion capture system during shoots as well clean up the capture data afterwards. I also did any compositing and/or motion graphics work that was needed.

    James Cameron's Avatar
    Steven Spielburg's The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

  • Giant Studios

    January 2009 - September 2009

  • Instructor

    Apple Retail

    June 2005 - December 2008

    Give workshops and teach classes on how to use Apple computers and various software that runs on them.

  • Production Assistant

    Digital Kitchen

    2007 - 2008
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Education

  • BFA in Visual Effects & Motion Graphics

    Illinois Institute of Art

    2006 - 2008

  • BFA in Film/Video

    Columbia College Chicago

    2004 - 2006