Shih Ming Tay

Work History

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  Asset Supervisor

  CGCG

  July 2019 - Present

  Taipei City, Taiwan
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  Creature Supervisor

  Industrial Light & Magic

  February 2018 - July 2019

  Vancouver, Canada
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  Lead Creature TD

  Wētā FX

  February 2017 - January 2018

  Wellington, New Zealand

  
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  Senior Creature Technical Director

  Wētā FX

  February 2016 - February 2017

  Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

  

  

  

  
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  Creature Development Supervisor

  Industrial Light & Magic

  December 2011 - February 2016

  Singapore

  - Supervising both rigging and simulations (cloth/hair/rigid body)
  - Creation of animation & deformation rigs
  - Creation of simulation setups in proprietary CG software
  - Lead & mentor team of 20~35 Creature TDs
  - Liaison between various departments and wrangle any character pipeline issues throughout the entire production
  
  Projects:
  - Strange Magic (2015)
  - Warcraft (2016)
  - Great Wall (2016)

  

  
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  Guest Lecturer

  LASALLE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS

  June 2009 - February 2016

  Singapore

  Gave Masterclasses on rigging concepts, body and facial rigging, giving an additional industry perspective to the rigging knowledge the students had from their curriculum
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  Rigging Lead - Feature Animation

  Industrial Light & Magic

  August 2010 - December 2011

  Singapore

  - Creation of animation & deformation rigs
  - Creation of simulation setups in proprietary CG software
  - Lead & mentor rigging team of 10 Creature TDs
  - Liaison between various departments and wrangle any character pipeline issues throughout the entire production
  
  Projects:
  - Strange Magic (2015)
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  Creature TD

  Industrial Light & Magic

  August 2009 - August 2010

  Singapore

  - Worked on Rango
  - Creation of animation & deformation rigs in Maya
  - Creation of cloth/hair simulation rigs in proprietary CG software
  - Shot production of cloth/hair & rigid body simulations

  
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  Senior Rigging Technical Director

  Lucasfilm Animation

  October 2007 - April 2008

  Singapore

  - Responsible for creation of animation & deformation rigs for The Clone Wars 3D Animated TV series
  - Planning and implementing joint rigging RnD efforts between US & Singapore
  - Liaison across facilities (US, Singapore & Taiwan) for rigging

  
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  CG Software Developer

  Lucasfilm Animation

  September 2006 - October 2007

  Singapore

  - Sole developer of Animation Tools Suite according to requirements set by Animation Supervisor/Leads
  - Maintenance & development of asset pipeline publishing tools
  - Support for Rigging Team at Lucasfilm Animation US
  - Development of plugins/mel scripts for rigging pipeline
  - Support for Games Team with regards to Maya pipeline tools/interface
  - Development of Maya plugins/Mel scripts for Modeling/Texturing/Rigging tools
  - Provide timely support for any technical issues faced by the Animation/Lighting team
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  Senior Technical Director

  Sparky Animation

  May 2005 - September 2006

  Singapore

  Pipeline/Character TD