Susan Weeks

Susan Weeks

Senior Digital Compositor / 21 yrs

Portland, OR United States

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Digital Compositor

Wildwood (2025)

Senior Compositor

Lessons in Chemistry (2023)

Digital Compositor

Bolden! (2019)

Compositor

Kaiju Fury! (2014)

Senior Compositor

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

Senior Compositor

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

Senior Stereo Compositor

The Amazing Spiderman (2012)

Compositor

Mao's Last Dancer (2010)

3D compositor

The Last Airbender (2010)

Senior Stereo Compositor

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Senior Digital Compositor

Armored (2009)

Compositing Supervisor

2012 (2009)

Compositing Supervisor

2012: Supernova (2009)

Digital Compositor

G-Force (2009)

Lead Digital Compositor

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Senior Compositor

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)

Senior Compositor

10,000 BC (2008)

Digital Effects Artist

Mr. Woodcock (2007)

Lead Compositor

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Digital Compositor

300 (2007)

Freelance Lead Compositor

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

Digital Compositor

Underworld: Evolution (2006)

Lead Compositor

Stealth (2005)

Senior Compositor

Thunderbirds (2004)

Senior Compositor

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Compositor

Hulk (2003)

Senior Compositor

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Senior Compositor

Men in Black II (2002)

Digital Effects Artist

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

Senior Compositor

Planet of the Apes (2001)

Digital Artist

Pearl Harbor (2001)

Digital Compositor

The Perfect Storm (2000)

Senior Compositor

Wild Wild West (1999)

Senior Compositor

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

Senior Compositor

Men in Black (1997)

Senior Compositor

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

CG Artist

Galaxy Quest

Digital Paint / Roto Artist

Jack Frost

Work History
  • Senior CG compositor

    Lost Cosmonauts

    July 2023 - July 2023
    Remote, Oregon, United States
  • Senior Compositor

    Swaybox Studios

    June 2023 - July 2023
    remote
  • Senior Compositor

    OnyxVFX

    January 2023 - May 2023
    Remote

    Lessons in Chemistry
    Unfrosted

  • Senior CG Compositor

    Laika

    April 2022 - December 2022
    Hillsboro, OR

    Wildwood

  • Senior 360 Compositor

    360 Labs

    November 2021 - March 2022
    Portland, OR

    Axon 360 training videos

  • Adjunct Professor

    Academy of Art University

    September 2017 - December 2020
    San Francisco, CA

    Taught Advanced Nuke courses

  • stereo compositor

    Condition One

    January 2017 - April 2019
  • Stereo Compositor

    Condition 0ne

    October 2016 - January 2017
  • Founder/ VR VFX Supervisor

    Virtual Reality Artists Cooperative

    August 2015 - September 2016

    VFX for 360/AR/VR projects. Clients include:
    The Artery VFX
    Hyperbollic
    KonceptVR
    Condition One
    Evil Eye Pictures
    SpaceVR
    Queen B Robotics

  • Nuke Compositor

    Jaunt VR

    January 2015 - August 2015
  • Visiting Professor of Visual Effects

    Daemen College

    June 2013 - September 2014
  • Senior Stereo Compositor

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    December 2009 - February 2013

    Stereo Compositor, Oz, the Great and Powerful
    Stereo Compositor, The Amazing Spiderman
    Senior Compositing TD, Alice in Wonderland
    Senior Compositing TD, G Force

  • Professor of Visual Effects

    Miami International University of Art and Design

    September 2010 - September 2011
  • Senior Compositor

    ICO entertainment

    June 2010 - September 2010

    3D stereo conversion

  • 3D compositor

    Stereo D

    April 2010 - June 2010

    The Last Airbender

  • Compositing Supervisor

    Pixomondo

    November 2008 - March 2009

    2012

  • Lead Compositor

    Rising Sun Pictures

    August 2008 - October 2008

    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

  • Senior Compositor

    MPC

    June 2007 - April 2008

    The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
    10,000 BC.

  • Lead Compositor

    Double Negative

    January 2007 - June 2007

    Lead compositor for the wand battle effects in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

  • Freelance Senior Compositor

    300 Productions

    August 2006 - September 2006

    Senior Compositor for 300 productions internal working closely with Chris Watts and Jake Morrison.

  • Freelance Lead Compositor

    Sight Effects

    July 2005 - September 2006

    Freelance compositor for the feature film Mr. Woodcock at The Digital Lab also known as Sight Effects.

  • Freelance Lead Compositor

    Zoic Studios

    December 2005 - February 2006

    Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
    Composited day for night shots and interior car green screens for title sequence.

  • Senior Compositor

    Luma Pictures

    September 2005 - December 2005

    Underworld: Evolution - Composited CG propellor, talon and blood effects for the Talon Sequence.

  • Lead Compositor

    Animal Logic

    August 2004 - June 2005

    Stealth - Kara ejects sequence

  • Senior Compositor

    Framestore

    November 2003 - April 2004

    Thunderbirds

  • Lead Compositor

    Jim Henson's Creature Shop

    August 2003 - November 2003

    The Water Giant

  • Senior Compositor

    Industrial Light & Magic

    August 1994 - August 2003

    Master and Commander: Far Side of the World
    The Hulk
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    Men in Black II
    Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones
    Planet of the Apes
    Pearl Harbor
    The Perfect Storm
    Galaxy Quest
    Wild Wild West
    Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
    Jack Frost
    Star Wars Special Edition: The Empire Strikes Back
    Jurassic Park II: The Lost World
    Men in Black
    Dragonheart

  • Senior Compositor

    Industrial Light & Magic

    1994 - 2003
  • Production artist

    Interactive Arts

    1988 - 1989
Education
  • MFA

    University of California, Los Angeles

    November 1984 - November 1990
  • University of California, Santa Cruz

    1980 - 1984