Serge Eustache

Work History

• Nuke Artist

  4 Max Post

  May 2015 - Present
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  Compositor

  Zoic Studios

  February 2015 - March 2015

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Avengers - Age of Ultron (Film)
  
  - Tasks provided compositing cg elements, effects, original paint
  work, and mattes for client delivery utilizing PS and NukeX.
  - Also provided stereo breakout elements for conversion.

  
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  Compositor

  Crazy Horse Effects

  October 2014 - December 2014

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  • The Sea of Trees (Film)
  
  - Duties included standard comp and color correction, matte painting integration, rig removal and snow effects.
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  Compositor

  Drawn by the Light

  April 2014 - May 2014

  Hollywood

  • Reclaim - (Film)
  
  - Responsible for wire and rig removal along with paint work for final using Nuke.
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  Compositor

  Pixel Playground

  November 2013 - January 2014

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - (Film)
  
  - Duties included tracking, wire removal, roto and paint work for shots utilizing Nuke.
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  Compositor

  Logan LA

  October 2013 - November 2013

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Speed - (TV / Web)
  
  - Responsible for tracking, painting and patching parts
  of the plate for compositing. Also comped in live action
  dust and smoke elements for each shot.
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  Compositor

  Animal Logic

  January 2013 - April 2013

  Sydney, Australia

  • Walking With Dinosaurs - (Film)
  
  - Composited cg dinosaur characters and effects to live action
  plates for final. Other duties included resolving stereo
  alignment, depth issues, and minor wire removal.

  
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  Visual Effects Compositor

  Mirada Studios

  October 2012 - November 2012

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  • UHC (Commercial)
  
  - Assisted in CG integration of V-Ray and After Effects elements on to live-action plates for United Healthcare 30 sec. spot.
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  Visual Effects Compositor

  Crazy Horse Effects

  September 2012 - September 2012

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Life Of Pi - (Film)
  
  - Assisted in background matte painting and foreground compositing for stereo final using Nuke.

  
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  Visual Effects Compositor

  Pixel Playground

  March 2012 - May 2012

  Woodland Hills, CA

  • The Amazing Spider-Man - (Film)
  
  - Composited shots from start to finish using Nuke.
  - Monitor & keypad inserts, CG integration into live action plates and bg
  replacement.
  - Other duties included roto, paint, tracker marker removal,
  blue/green screen keying, 2D/3D tracking, wire removal, and stereo
  compositing.

  

• Depth Artist

  Deluxe Entertainment (Stereo D)

  August 2011 - February 2012

  Burbank, CA

  • The Avengers - (Film)
  
  - Responsible for converting live action plates to stereoscopic shots.
  Nuke was the conversion software used.
  
  • Titanic - (Film)
  
  - Live action plate conversion to stereo plates using Nuke.

  
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  Associate Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  March 2011 - May 2011

  Culver City, CA

  • Green Lantern - (Film)
  
  - Create stereo shots for the feature using Katana and Nuke.

  
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  Stereo Artist

  Prime Focus World

  April 2010 - March 2011

  Main duty as a stereoscopic artist is to convert 2D film plates using the Prime Focus View-D technique in Digital Fusion to 3D finalized shots.
  
  Other duties include: Compositing, Rotoscoping, Paint and 2D/3D Tracking.
  
  - Star Wars: Episode I
  - The Chronicles of Narnia (The Voyage of the Dawn Treader)
  - My Soul To Take
  - Shrek
  - Cats and Dogs 2 (The Revenge of Kitty Galore)
  - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

  

  
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  Associate Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2009 - June 2009

  - Alice In Wonderland 3D (Film Trailer)
  
  • Responsible for creating stereoscopic aspect of the trailer. In house software Katana and Maya were used to comp and recreate elements.
  
  - G-Force 3D (Film)
  
  • Responsible for creating stereoscopic shots for the film. Elements for shots were constructed using re-rendering, re-projection and depth layout techniques.

  

• Animator/Compositor

  Crazybridge Studios

  November 2007 - January 2009

  - Battle 360 (Television)
  
  • Create scene setups, animate cameras, render and composite 3D transitions for The History Channel show Battle 360 using Maya & After Effects.
  
  - Charlie Wilson (Television)
  
  • Design, animate and composite opening titles using AE and Photoshop for The History Channel show HistoReel: Charile Wilson’s War.

  

• Graphic Nature Ltd

  August 2004 - March 2007

  • 3D Animation, Visual Effects & Compositing 2007 & 2006
  
  - Body Fantastic (Television)
  
  •Create body elements and animate characters using Maya. Synch shots to audio tracks and composite elements using After Effects.
  
  - That's Gotta Hurt (Television)
  
  • Animated characters to audio track depicting real life scenarios utilizing Maya. Also composite shots with AE.
  
  - Click (Film)
  
  • Created visual effect element to composite into remote control using tracking and masking techniques onto live footage.
  • Added firework effects to background plates and removed wires.
  • Tracked and created still frame elements from live footage to achieve stopping time effect for various shots.
  • Shots used for film screenings and movie previews.
  
  - Across The Universe (Film)
  
  • Keyed background in After Effects to composite live action footage. Also rotoscoped certain elements that could not be extracted through keying.
  • Final composite was used for Executive Producer viewing.
  
  • 2D - Animation, Effects, Color Correction and Compositing 2005
  
  - The Nine (Television)
  • Created opening titles for movie using After Effects.
  
  - See How They Run (Film)
  • Created opening titles for movie using After Effects.
  
  - The Illumination (Film)
  • Used After Effects to make one minute trailer for film.
  
  - MIRIAM (Film)
  • Used After Effects to color corrected hair for all shots and add rim lighting effects to airplane shots.
  
  - Graphic Nature Demo Reel
  • Created animated interfaces using Photoshop and After Effects.
  
  • 3D - Modeling, Texturing, Particles, Rendering & Compositing 2004 - 2005
  
  - Little Pablo (Commercial)
  
  • Used Maya to model city environment, structures and props. Also, textured environment using Photoshop and Maya.

  

• DVD Group

  January 2000 - January 2001

  In Search of Me (ISOM) Project: Responsible for various aspects of this project, mainly 3D and 2D animation work; as well as, compositing shots together and creating an interactive DVD for final viewing. This project was a prototype for an educational DVD-ROM Internet tool. (January – June 2000)
  
  LGE Slide Show Presentation: Responsible for creating and animating 2D version of Power Point slides using Adobe Photoshop and After Effects. (May 2000)
  
  LGE DVD Presentation: Created all DVD interface designs with Photoshop. Helped to develop web pages using Macromedia Flash and Director. (June 2000)
  
  Sea World DVD: Authored and created Sea World DVD Shamu Show using Sonic Solution’s DVD
  Creator system. (August 2000)
  
  Disney World DVD: Authored and created Disney World College Program DVD using Sonic system.
  (August 2000)
  
  FTP MY DVD: Created and animated a 3D logo for FTP MY DVD using SoftImage 3D. This logo was used for a new service being offered by DVD-Group. (October – November 2000)
  
  LGE DVD Presentation Revised: Revised interactive menus and slides for DVD. Created various new slides using SoftImage 3D, Photoshop and After Effects. Authored and created revised version of DVD. (January 2001)
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  Pixel Playground

  ? - Present