Tatsuya Nakamura

Work History

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  Pipeline TD

  3DExcite

  August 2015 - Present
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  Technical Director, Tools Development

  Reel FX

  November 2012 - Present

  Pipeline tools development for the feature 3D animation film "Book of Life" (formerly known as "Day of the Dead") produced by Guillermo del Toro! ("Hellboy", "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Pacific Rim")
  
  Release date: Oct 17, 2014.
  Directed by Jorge Gutierrez
  Voiced by Channing Tatum, Zoe Saldana, Diego Luna, Christina Applegate, and Ice Cube.

  
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  Pipeline Technical Director

  Digital Domain

  January 2012 - September 2012

  Develop and maintain the feature animation pipeline for The Legend of Tembo at Tradition Studios.
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  Animation Technical Director

  Dr. D Studios

  December 2010 - November 2011

  Production: "Happy Feet 2"
  Tools: Maya, Python, Qt, Houdini, 3Delight
  
  Duties:
  
  - Develop and maintain the pipeline tools for Animation department.
  - Write the documents about how to use the tools and demonstrate for animators.
  - Working with Lead Animators and Technical Animators to solve pipeline issues.
  
  - Trouble shooting various problems with the lighting department pipeline.
  - Testing and fixing the production assets used for finishing the shots.
  - Collaborating with lighting artists and pipeline TDs to improve

  
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  Software Dev./Production Engineer

  Starz Animation

  2006 - December 2010

  Maintain and developed the pipeline tools with Maya, Mental Ray and Fusion for these 3D animated projects:
  
  Tim Burton's "9" (2009)
  Elton John's "Gnomeo & Juliet" (2011)
  "Hoodwinked Too!" (2011)

  

  
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  Technical Artist Intern

  Electronic Arts

  June 2005 - August 2005

  Developed the user interface with Maya Embedded Language scripting for an in-house 3D animation tool:
  
  - Implemented the UI for the facial animation tool with automatic voice recognition.
  - Evaluated/improved the lip-sync creation with the tool.
  - The tool is used in the production of "The Godfather The Game" (2006)

• Programmer

  Not a Number

  2000 - 2001

  Developed Python plug-ins and scripts for Blender 3D game engine.