Shahin Toosi

I am a Senior In House Artist with over fifteen years of experience in feature visual effects at Vendors and Studios. My key strengths are VFX Design, Problem-solving, Post-vis, Pitch-Vis, Compositing, Lighting and Rendering, FX, and assisting the VFX supervisor in meeting the Director / Studio vision. In addition, I am committed to developing new workflows, increasing efficiency for turn around and creating reference shots for Vendors to streamline the outcome.

Interview and Publication:

• https://magazine.renderosity.com/index.php/article/2827/v-ray-for-nuke-the-atomic-pipeline
• https://vfxserbia.com/2018/11/04/interview-shahin-toosi-cga2018/
• https://lesterbanks.com/2016/04/v-ray-nuke-amazing-sci-fi-city/
• https://www.chaosgroup.com/blog/cg-garage-podcast-35-shahin-toosi-2
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3wLboFAMZQ
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp-GelNt8yc

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  In-House Generalist

  Apple TV+

  Jul 2023 - Nov 2023

  4 mos

  London

  Constellation – In-House Generalist and Compositor

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  In-house Artist

  Netflix

  Sep 2022 - Jun 2023

  9 mos

  Remote
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  In-House Generalist

  Netflix

  Mar 2022 - Jun 2023

  1 yr 3 mos

  Greater London, England, United Kingdom · Remote

  • The Lark - In-House Generalist and Compositor
  • Damsel - In-House Generalist and Compositor
  As an In-House Generalist and Compositor, I supported the VFX supervisor in Technical FX previs of Fluid dynamic effect creation across the episodic using Houdini. I also delivered Asset build and CG element for other INH Compositors for final and completed Dead Wood sequence with Asset build, texture, render and comp.
  My tasks were: Assets build, Texturing, VFX Design, RnD, Fluid dynamics simulation, Look Development, Lighting and Compositing.

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  In-house Artist

  The Walt Disney Company

  Jul 2022 - Aug 2022

  1 mo

  London
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  In House Artists

  Netflix

  Apr 2022 - Jul 2022

  3 mos

  London
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  In House Artists

  The Walt Disney Company

  May 2022 - Jul 2022

  2 mos

  London
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  In-house artists

  Netflix

  Mar 2022 - May 2022

  2 mos

  London
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  in-house compositor

  NVIDIA

  Mar 2022 - Mar 2022

  1 mo

  Remot
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  In House Artists

  Marvel Studios

  Jun 2021 - Mar 2022

  9 mos

  Greater London, England, United Kingdom

• in-house artist

  Wilder Films (Fireworks) LTD

  Mar 2021 - May 2021

  2 mos

  London

• in-house artist

  Lizziepop Films Ltd

  Jan 2021 - Feb 2021

  1 mo

  London
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  in-house artist

  Warner Bros. Entertainment

  Jul 2019 - Nov 2020

  1 yr 4 mos

  London
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  In-House Artist

  Universal Pictures

  Mar 2020 - Nov 2020

  8 mos

  Greater London, England, United Kingdom

  • Last Night in Soho – In-House Compositor

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  Concept Artist

  Territory Studio

  Jun 2019 - Jul 2019

  1 mo

  London
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  Postvis Artist

  Amazon Studios

  Apr 2019 - Jul 2019

  3 mos

  London
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  In-House Artist

  Amazon Studios

  Jun 2019 - Jun 2019

  1 mo

  London
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  VFX Designer / Concept Artist

  Warner Bros.

  Mar 2019 - Apr 2019

  1 mo

  London

• VFX supervision

  Ember Films Inc.

  Oct 2018 - Jan 2019

  3 mos

  London
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  VFX Designer

  Ember Films Ltd

  Nov 2018 - Jan 2019

  2 mos

  London
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  pitch concept artist

  20th Century Fox

  Nov 2018 - Nov 2018

  1 mo

  London
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  vfx designer

  The Walt Disney Company

  Mar 2018 - Oct 2018

  7 mos

  London
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  VFX Design & Consultant

  Territory Studio

  Mar 2018 - Mar 2018

  1 mo

  London
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  Art Department

  Marvel Studios

  Oct 2017 - Jan 2018

  3 mos

  Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area

  Research, Concept, Modelling, Pre-and Post Vis, look development, Rendering,VR representations of concept art, Sound Stage Layout in Maya and VR,

  
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  VFX Designer

  Double Negative

  Aug 2017 - Sep 2017

  1 mo

  
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  VFX Designer and Consultant

  Double Negative

  Jan 2017 - May 2017

  4 mos

  London
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  VFX Designer and Look Development

  Double Negative

  May 2016 - Dec 2016

  7 mos

  London

  VFX Designer and Look Development

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  Senior Compositor

  Industrial Light & Magic

  Jan 2016 - Apr 2016

  3 mos

  London

  
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  Lighter / Senior Compositor

  Lipsync Post

  Apr 2015 - Oct 2015

  6 mos

  London

  As a Lighter / Senior Compositor in charge of establishing a V-ray nuke pipeline and render Pipeline between Nuke and V-ray Standalone.
  Look Development, Lighting, Rendering and Composite of shot and sequences to final.
  Design Tools for interexchange of Assets, Shadier and Light rigs between Maya and Nuke.
  Training of artist in V-ray nuke and the new pipe tools
  Designing new efficiency driven techniques for compositing, lighting and rendering.
  

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  Senior Compositor and Look Development compositor

  Double Negative

  Dec 2007 - Apr 2015

  7 yrs 4 mos

  London

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Senior Compositor - Godzilla

  Double Negative

  Jan 2014 - Mar 2014

  2 mos

  London
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  Look Development compositor - Thor: The Dark World

  Double Negative

  Nov 2012 - Sep 2013

  10 mos

  London

  As a Look Development artist I was in charge of 4 key concepts: Kurse transformation, Kurse death, alien infection and the sky portals. Work included research; concept and look development; compositing animatics to demonstrate the timing and the effect; sequence layout for effects artists to refer to for timing and client reference; briefing FX artists; designing new efficiencydriven techniques for compositors and lighting TDs; building compositing templates for lighters; assisting with texturing and sculpting; developing new techniques to accomplish shots in Nuke without the requirement of 3D; and training compositing crew on templates and techniques.

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  Senior Compositor - The Bourne Legacy

  Double Negative

  May 2012 - Jul 2012

  2 mos

  London
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  Look Development and Senior compositor - The Dark Knight Rises

  Double Negative

  Oct 2011 - May 2012

  7 mos

  London

  As a look development artist I was assigned to create the main titles where layers of ice crack to reveal the Batman logo. I developed a 2D-only approach, which involved recreating the correct refraction and dispersion attributes of ice. As a senior compositor, I built a compositing template for a sequence of green screen shots, and set a look for the backgrounds for those shots. I also worked on the final delivery of the Gotham chase sequence.

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  Look Development - Total Recall (Uncredited)

  Double Negative

  Nov 2011 - Dec 2011

  1 mo

  London

  I was assigned to the show for a short period to design an updated version of the iconic ‘fake head’ effect from the 1984 ‘Total Recall’. The brief was to design a original morphing effect between the heads of 3 different characters. After briefing the 3D artists on asset creation, I produced the morph solely in Nuke with a blend of vector displacement maps; optical flow maps; and geometry displacement.

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  Look Development & Compositor - Captain America: The First Avenger

  Double Negative

  Jan 2011 - May 2011

  4 mos

  London

  I was brought in mid-way through the show to rework the design of various effects relating to the Tesseract, a cube of blue coalescing energy, and the film’s principal MacGuffin. I collaborated with the FX department on the look and animation of the Tesseract’s energy in the air, and built templates for artists to recreate the look in other shots and sequences. As a compositor I worked on the final battle sequence to help finish to show.

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  Look Development & Lead Compositor - Scott Pilgrim vs the World

  Double Negative

  Oct 2009 - Aug 2010

  10 mos

  London

  As a 2D sequence lead I oversaw 2 sequences to final. The work included preliminary research; look development of key shots; building templates; and briefing artists. I also worked closely with the visual effects supervisor in designing the Empire magazine cover for the client.

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  Compositor

  Double Negative

  Nov 2007 - Sep 2009

  1 yr 10 mos

  London

  Prince of Persia - Compositor: May 2009 - September 2009
  The Green Zone - Compositor: February 2009 - May 2009
  Angels & Demons - Compositor: August 2008 - January 2009
  Quantum of Solace - Compositor: May 2008 - August 2008
  The Dark Knight - Junior Compositor, Prep/Paint Artist: January 2008 - May 2008
  Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Prep/Paint Artist: November 2007 - December 2007

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  Prep/Paint and Roto Artist (Sequence Lead)

  MPC

  Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

  11 mos

  London

  

  

  

  
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  Paint and Roto Artist

  Framestore

  Nov 2005 - Dec 2006

  1 yr 1 mo

  London
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  Paint/Roto

  Framestore

  Oct 2005 - Dec 2006

  1 yr 2 mos

  London

  2007 Becoming Jane
  2007 Death at a Funeral
  2007 Goal II: Living the Dream
  2007 Blood and Chocolate
  2006 Children of Men
  2006 X-Men: The Last Stand

• Digital Modelling and Animation

  University of Hertfordshire

  Sep 2001 - Jul 2003

• Graphics

  Westminster Kingsway College

  Sep 1999 - Jun 2001