Scott Brisbane

Scott Brisbane

Lead Matte Painter/Lighting TD / 21 yrs

New Zealand

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Lighting TD

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

Lead Digital Artist

Green Knight (2021)

Lead Matte Painter

Eternals (2021)

Senior Matte Painter

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

Lead Matte Painter

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Lighting TD

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

Senior Matte Painter

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

Lead Matte Painter

Mortal Engines (2018)

Lead Matte Painter

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Lead Matte Painter

War For The Planet Of The Apes (2017)

Head of Matte Painting

Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

Senior Matte Painter

Spectral (2016)

Lead Matte Painter

The BFG (2016)

Senior Matte Painter

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

Senior Matte Painter

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition (2016)

Head of Matte Painting

Home (2015)

Senior Matte Painter

Krampus (2015)

Environment Artist

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)

Head of Matte Painting

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

Compositor

Shrek The Musical (2013)

Matte Painting Supervisor

The Croods (2013)

Matte Painter

The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

Matte Painter

Gulliver's Travels (2010)

Senior Matte Painter

Shrek Forever After (2010)

Matte Painter

The Wolfman (2010)

Senior Matte Painter

Avatar (2009)

Digital Matte Painter

Land of the Lost (2009)

Matte Painting Supervisor

Monsters vs Aliens (2009)

Digital Matte Painting Supervisor

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furiuos Five (2008)

Artistic Supervisor

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

Lead Matte Painter Kung Fu Panda

Bee Movie (2007)

Lead Matte Painter Kung Fu Panda

Shrek The Third (2007)

Lead Matte Painter Kung Fu Panda

Flushed Away (2006)

Lead Matte Painter Kung Fu Panda

Over The Hedge (2006)

Documentary / Digital Matte Artist

Greece: Secrets of the Past (2006)

Texture Painter

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005)

Digital Matte Artist

The Work and the Glory (2005)

Matte Painter

Catwoman (2004)

Roto Artist

The Alamo (2004)

Digital Matte Artist

The Last Samurai (2003)

Work History

  • Lead Matte Painter

    Wētā FX

    September 2018 - October 2020
    Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

    Marvels The Eternals
    Green Knight
    Avengers: Endgame

  • Onset Lighting TD

    Wētā FX

    April 2019 - November 2019
    Los Angeles, California

    Avatar 2 & 3

    Worked directly with Jim Cameron and DP, Russell Carpenter ASC, live in the camera volume with proprietary real time renderer, Gazebo.

  • Senior Matte Painter

    Wētā FX

    July 2019 - September 2019
    Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

    Terminator: Dark Fate
    Godzilla vs.Kong

  • Lighting TD

    Wētā FX

    October 2017 - September 2018
    Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

    Alita: Battle Angel

  • Environment Artist

    Wētā FX

    April 2015 - November 2017

  • Lead Matte Painter

    Wētā FX

    October 2015 - October 2017
    Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

    Mortal Engines
    Avengers: Infinity War
    War for the Planet of the Apes
    AVATAR Flight of Passage (Disney Ride)
    [2017 VES Award Outstanding Visual Effects in Special Venue Project]
    Steven Spielberg’s The BFG

  • Senior Matte Painter

    Wētā FX

    April 2015 - March 2017
    Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

    Justice League
    Krampus
    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
    Spectral
    Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

  • Head of Matte Painting

    DreamWorks Animation

    September 2012 - March 2016

    Bollywood Superstar Monkey
    Kung Fu Panda 3
    How to Train Your Dragon 2
    Home (forrHappy Smekday!

  • Matte Painting Supervisor

    DreamWorks Animation

    March 2010 - September 2012

    The Croods
    Dragons: The Gift of the Night Fury (Co-Lead Matte Painter)
    Shrek: Spookie Stories

  • Senior Matte Painter

    DreamWorks Animation

    November 2009 - February 2010

    Shrek Forever After

  • Senior Matte Painter

    Wētā FX

    July 2009 - November 2009

    Avatar

  • Digital Matte Painter

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    January 2009 - July 2009

    Cabin in the Woods
    The Wolf Man
    Land of the Lost

  • Matte Painting Supervisor

    DreamWorks Animation

    March 2008 - December 2008

    Monsters vs Aliens

  • Lead Matte Painter Kung Fu Panda

    DreamWorks Animation

    July 2005 - February 2008

    Digital Matte Painter on Over the Hedge, Flushed Away, Shrek the Third, and Bee Movie

  • Digital Matte Artist

    Matte World Digital

    2002 - 2005

    Alamo
    The Last Samurai
    Catwoman
    The Work and the Glory
    Greece: Secrets of the Past (Imax)

  • Texture Painter

    Riot Games

    2004 - 2004

    Sharkboy and Lava Girl

  • Assistant Film Editor

    Lifetime Television

    July 1998 - July 1999
    Universal City, California

    My Husbands Secret Life (TV Movie)

  • Assistant Film Editor

    NBCUniversal

    July 1997 - July 1998
    Los Angeles, California

    Mario Puzo's The Last Don (mini-series)
    House of Frankenstein (mini-series)

  • Apprentice Film Editor

    HBO

    June 1995 - June 1997
    Los Angeles, California

    Perversions of Science
    Tales From The Crypt

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Education

  • Academy of Art University

    2001 - 2003

  • Film and Video Production

    University of Southern California (USC)

    August 1992 - May 1995