Tim Fortenberry

Tim Fortenberry

Lead Lead FX Artist / 23 yrs

Seattle, WA

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Halo 5: Guardians (2015)

Senior FX Artist

Halo 4 (2012)

Lead Digital Artist

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Digital Artist

Iron Man 2 (2010)

Digital Artist

Star Trek (2009)

Digital Artist

Avatar (2009)

Digital Artist

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Digital Artist

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Digital Artist

The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

Digital Artist

Evan Almighty (2007)

Digital Artist

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Digital Artist

Poseidon (2006)

Digital Effects Artist

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Technical Director

Van Helsing (2004)

Technical Support

Impostor (2002)

Software Research And Development

K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

Technical Support

Mission to Mars (2000)

Work History
  • Art Lead, FX

    Monolith Productions

    April 2015 - Present
    Seattle, WA

    Responsible for Leading a team of FX Artist and Defining the look and visual story of the FX on Middle Earth: Shadow of War.

  • 343 Industries

    August 2011 - April 2015
  • Senior FX Artist

    343 Industries

    August 2011 - April 2015

    Effects Artist on Halo4, Halo5 and continued Halo ecosystem bringing effects technology traditionally associated with offline rendering (film) and adapting those techniques and technologies for use in real-time settings.

  • Senior Effects and Lighting Technical Director

    Industrial Light & Magic

    2003 - July 2011
  • Pipeline Software Engineer

    Industrial Light & Magic

    1999 - 2003
  • Information Systems

    VA Linux Systems

    1999 - 1999
Education
  • UC Berkeley

    1995 - 1999