Jakub Krompolc

Jakub Krompolc

Character rigging for Animation, Games and VFX

Senior Character Rigger / 19 yrs

Czech Republic

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Rigging Supervisor

Karma & Jonar (2022)

Lead Rigger

It: Chapter Two (2019)

Lead Rigging TD

Diablero (2018)

Rigging

Best Friend (2018)

Senior Rigging TD

The Nun (2018)

Lead Rigger

Asura (2018)

Character Rigging (Unknown Episodes)

Zafari (2018)

Rigging TD

Early Man (2018)

Senior Rigging TD

League of Gods (2016)

Lead Rigger

The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

Lead Rigger

Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe (2015)

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)

Head of Rigging

Hercules (2014)

Lead Rigger

Vampire Academy (2014)

Lead Rigger

Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters (2014)

Lead Rigger

White House Down (2013)

Creature Rigger

Byzantium (2013)

Senior Rigger

Total Recall (2012)

Creature Technical Director

John Carter (2012)

Creature TD

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

Senior Rigger

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

Senior Rigger

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)

Senior Rigging TD

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (2010)

Senior Rigger

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

Digital Artist

Clash of the Titans (2010)

Senior Rigging TD

Surrogates (2009)

Character Setup

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Senior Rigging TD

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)

Digital Artist

Dance Flick (2009)

Rigger

Mirror Mirror (2008)

Rigger

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)

Character TD

Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)

Character Rigger

10,000 BC (2008)

Rigger

London (2006)

Senior Rigging TD

Many projects

Rigging TD with 18 years experience. From 2017 running outsource service www.rig-it.net .

Before RIG-IT.net Jakub worked as a Rigger and Lead Rigger at various industry leading companies mainly in London: Axis Animation, MPC, DNEG, Prime Focus, Passion Pictures, The Mill, Ghost VFX.
Work History

  • Rigging TD

    RIG-IT.net

    September 2015 - Present

    Rig-it.net provides high quality rig assets with support in production for film, commercials and games. Visit the website for more information and contact:
    www.rig-it.net

  • Rigging TD

    Freelance

    June 2015 - Present

    PFX - unnanouced project
    Digital Tutors - unnanouced project

  • rigging supervisor

    RIG-IT.net

    December 2021 - December 2021
    Prague, Czech Republic

  • Rigging TD

    RIG-IT.net

    July 2015 - October 2021
    Prague, Czech Republic

    Managing outsource service with custom rigged assets and related eshop.
    Website: www.RIG-IT.net
    Some of our clients: Bron Studios, Capcom, 2K Games, PuppetWorks, Realtime UK, Untold Studios, Progressive FX, Poster, Cubica VFX, Snowball VFX etc.

  • Rigging Artist

    RIG-IT.net

    January 2020 - June 2020
    Prague, Czech Republic

  • Rigging TD

    Prime Focus World

    February 2015 - April 2015

    announced project

  • Rigging TD

    MPC

    August 2014 - December 2014

    Tarzan - lead rigger

  • Head of Rigging

    Prime Focus World

    March 2014 - August 2014

    design and development of rigging library for vfx and full cg projects, making rig assets, taking part in animation pipeline design and decisions on animation/crowd software and tools

    Undisclosed project
    Hercules
    Secret Service
    The Gunman

  • Lead Rigger

    Prime Focus World

    July 2012 - February 2014

    development of rigging library and animation pipeline, making rig assets

    Hercules
    Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters
    White House Down
    - undisclosed pitch projects -

  • Senior Rigger

    Prime Focus World

    June 2011 - July 2012

    development of rigs, tools and creature pipeline, making rig assets, lead rigger

    Byzantium
    Total Recall
    Mirror, Mirror
    - undisclosed pitch projects -

  • Creature TD

    Double Negative

    January 2010 - June 2011

    Captain America (lead rigger)
    John Carter

  • Senior Rigging TD

    MPC

    January 2009 - January 2010

    Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows Part I
    Percy Jackson
    Kerry Low Low (commercial)
    Clash Of Titans
    Night at the Museum 2
    Prince Of Persia
    Surrogates

    advanced tools:
    - Muscle Saver tool for reusing deformation rigs (60% python)

  • Character TD

    MPC

    November 2006 - December 2008

    Dance Flick
    Harry Potter and Half Blood Prince
    Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
    10,000 B.C.

    advanced tools:
    - Straps rigging system
    - versatile BlendShape Retarget used by modelling and rigging

  • Rigger

    Axis Animation

    September 2005 - September 2006

    3d commercials, game cinematics

    Codehunters (short film for MTV directed by Ben Hibon)

  • Rigger

    Glasgow Animation

    May 2005 - August 2005

    low budget cg feature

  • Rigger

    Freelance

    2004 - 2005

    freelance character setups

    Sony Trona online series for Sliced Bread Animation, London
    Girl character for "8" game by Tale of Tales, Belgium
    And other rigging jobs

  • 3d generalist

    Freelance

    1999 - 2003

    from meeting with clients, making storyboards, modeling, shading, rendering etc. to handing final work back to client

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Education

  • Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně

    1997 - 2003

  • Film school Zlin

    1996 - 1997

  • Highschool Gymnasium P.Bezruce F

    1992 - 1996