Stuart Mackenzie

Work History

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  Senior Production Coordinator

  Rising Sun Pictures

  August 2014 - Present

  •Production matters, resource allocation, risk management and scheduling departments.
  •Change management via daily prioritising team workloads depending on the current status of tasks, pipeline roadblocks and/or the client’s requests.
  •Vendor and client communication in regards to asset and shot approvals, shared assets between other companies and our clients.
  •Organisation of meetings and reviews with interstate and overseas stakeholders.
  •Daily staff meetings to present client feedback that we have received that may impact current or future workloads.
  •I support our Visual effects Supervisor and Executive Producer with information and also supply eyes on the ground so to speak. Being involved in the entire process also allows me to reduce the amount of interruption on our VFX Supervisor and Executive Producer as I help troubleshoot issues and communicated with the teams to counter these and any other issues I could foresee happening.
  
  CREDITS:
  
  Tarzan
  Pan
  Gods of Egypt
  Deadline Gallipoli

  

  

  
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  Executive Producer of Visual Effects

  Kojo

  August 2012 - August 2014

  •Future planning and business development for the VFX department.
  •Budgeting and management of VFX production from script to screen.
  •Working closely with clients, directors and financiers to ensure that their product is released to a high quality standard and on budget.
  •Managing large commercial accounts.
  •Hiring and contracting of VFX teams both locally and from overseas.
  •Working with offsite contractors and vendors to ensure a high quality product.
  •Contract negotiation.
  •Software and hardware purchasing and licensing.
  CREDITS
  Wolf Creek 2 - VFX Manager
  Wolf Creek 2 - Matte painting and compositing
  Sam Fox Extreme Adventures - EP of VFX
  The Babadook - Title sequence photography
  Anzac Girls - Compositing

• Producer

  The Peoples Republic of Animation

  October 2011 - August 2012

  •Working directly with the CEO on business development and production operations.
  •Managing teams on short term and long term projects.
  •Tracking of project progress, risk mitigation, pipelines and financials.
  •Directing film and animation projects.
  •Assisting and advising on government grant documentation for technology and producer offsets.
  •Maintaining client relationships for both current and possible future projects.
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  Director of Production

  THQ

  November 2008 - November 2011

  •Assisting the GM in the running of the studio and 96+ staff
  •Keeping the studio informed of our corporate, client and public dealings as well as project and studio development
  •Executive liaison within THQ and externally, dealing with our corporate team, licensors and all external partners
  •Responsible for contract negotiations and work closely with our legal team
  •Development strategy for the studio and projects both current and future
  •Financial and headcount forecasting
  •Process change/adaption
  •High level scheduling
  •Managing a team of project managers to ensure the smooth running of the current projects
  •Responsible for the studio financials and ensuring that budgets meet the requirements of the projects are adhered to both internally and externally in all areas
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  Outsourcing Manager

  THQ

  November 2008 - February 2010

  •Structuring of the studios outsourcing pipelines and documentation
  •Successfully managed the outsourcing on 4 projects including concept, prop and environment creation, character creation, game animation, cinematics and music

  
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  Producer/Lead Artist

  Krome Studios

  May 2002 - November 2008

  Lead Lighting Artist on The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
  Lighting Artist on Transformers
  Lead Lighting Artist on Clone Wars - Saber Duels
  Lead Artist/Producer on Hellboy, produced for PS3, X360 and PSP
  Lead Artist on King Arthur produced for PS2, Xbox and Gamecube.
  Lead Environment Artist on Jimmy Neutron Jet Fusion.
  Producer on TY GBA
  Senior Artist on TY the Tasmanian Tiger 3.

• Senior Artist

  Ratbag Games

  2000 - 2002

  Senior Artist on PS2 and PC titles such as Dirt Track Racing 1 and 2, World of outlaws Sprint Cars.

• Senior Animator

  Torson

  January 1999 - October 2000

  • Senior Animator/Artist on the Nike Shox campaign, Quakka Olympics animations, NBC, CNN animations.
  • Sole Animator/Artist on Showtime boxing.
  • I was also involved in the R&D department for the development of muscle systems and cloth simulation.

• Senior Lecturer

  International Centre for Digital Imaging and Animation

  1998 - 1999

• 3D Artist

  guava visual effects

  1997 - 1998

• Cash Dispatch Manager

  Reserve Bank - Mayne Nickless

  1994 - 1996

  •Managed the transport crew
  •Responsible for ensuring the safe dispatch, transport and delivery of large sums of cash and cheques to and from banks, local business, government departments and other clients
  •Responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction with Mayne Nickless services and staff
  •Responsible for servicing all of the local ATM machines during and after work hours
  •Responsible for setting up safe currency transport procedures
  •Involved in setting up regular firearms training courses