Wenden Baldwin

Paramount Animation

Director, Operations

209 Group, LLC

209 Group, LLC collaborates with small enterprises and fledgling companies, bridging gaps in the areas of product development, sales and marketing. Working closely with the CEO, built the infrastructure for the execution of day to day business processes. Implemented business process and workflow for eCommerce and email/call-in orders.

Customer Support Head/Business Process and Workflow Manageme

Oblong Industries Inc

Identifying the need for organization of internal processes, thoroughly researched the internal procedures employed at Oblong, after which I supported other teams and their members by facilitating the acquisition of content, collaboration with other teams and individuals, technical support, technology requisitions or any other requirements for the successful completion of their work. As part of this role, was commissioned to build from the ground up and manage the Customer Support division, including design and implementation of business processes to gui

VFX Editor/Digital I/O Manager

Pixomondo

Managed Editorial and I/O processes. Restructured and expanded the department to accommodate both Feature and Commercial projects. Upgraded department infrastructure to accommodate projects with high shot counts. Recruited and hired staff.
Maintained productive communication between Los Angeles and divisions in Germany and China. Initiated process improvements for pipeline and workflow between Los Angeles and other divisions.

VFX Editor/Digital I/O Manager

Cafefx/The Syndicate

VFX editorial management and Producer for high profile VFX projects with complex asset production processes, workflow development and pipeline issues.
Managed day to day VFX Editorial and I/O processes. Implemented process improvements on a per show basis. Acted as producer for selected small projects.
Worked directly with the producer, lighting, CG and compositing supervisors, leads and teams to meet quotas and successfully meet delivery requirements.
Customer facing liaison with client editorial, troubleshooter for incoming media issues, and maintenanc

Associate Producer/VFX Producer

The Winged Man

AFI DIRECTING WOMEN'S WORKSHOP GRANT PROJECT – Los Angeles, California 2007
With Academy Award nominated writer José Rivera (Motorcycle Diaries), and John Andrew Berton, VFX Supervisor for “Charlotte's Web” and “Men In Black II”, a “short” became a professional and complex production.

Worked with VFX Supervisor to identify services required for the completion of the project. Compiled breakdown and final VFX shot list. Coordinated resources and VFX team.

In pre-production, worked with VFX Supervisor on script breakdown, and additional crew and service

Digital Art Dept Operations

Lowry Digital Images (DTS DI)

Operational management of the digital restoration art department. The department ran four shifts, 24/5, plus a weekend shift. In addition to management of shift supervisors and artists, this role required involvement in recruitment and HR, bidding, scheduling, budgets, educational course development and driving the development of proprietary image editing and resource management tools.

Director, Special Projects

DTS Digital Images

Biz Dev for post production services providing digital enhancement of production footage. Developed relationships with post production and visual effects colleagues for the purpose of developing alternate revenue streams for existing enhancement and restoration services.

Line Producer/Project Manager

Fathom Studios

FATHOM STUDIOS - Atlanta, Georgia 2004 - 2005
Fathom evolved from creating award-winning computer graphics and animation for industrial and broadcast productions to combining vision and imagination for animation.

Developed schedules and milestones, tracked completion of shots and sequences, collaborated with animation and lighting department directors to meet completion dates, assisted in marketing initiatives, contributed to production meetings and developed processes and procedures to assist in project completion.

Accelerated the pace of production t

Facility Designer/Operations Planner

Lion Digital Productions

Start-up entertainment based business founded for the development of a CG animation facility to be built and managed in Hong Kong.

Operations consultant for technical due diligence. Co-produced relevant budgets, schedules, reports and presentations for meetings in Hollywood and Hong Kong. Co-designer of infrastructure and workflow for a project dedicated animation facility. With technology/design team, researched and specified equipment and design of workflow and pipeline.

Performed a detailed analysis of current CG animation workflow and pipeline to

VP, Operations

Invisible Robots

Co-producer and designer, facilities infrastructure, pipeline and workflow for Digital Intermediate and Feature Animation.

Compositor

Pacific Title & Art Studio

PACIFIC TITLE AND ART - Los Angeles, California 2000 - 2001
Pacific Title & Art Studio has played a major role in the film titling and post production industry for over 86 years.

Trailer Conform and Compositing
Inferno artist/compositor. Client liaison and troubleshooter. Trailer conform, compositing, version management and color grading for film and video. Developed concepts and design of visual effects and title animation.

Compositor

Digiscope

Compositor for feature films and main titles for features.

Art Director

Cinema Research

Art Director for feature film and trailer titles, managing creative and legal requirements, cultivating and managing relationships with high level directors and producers, mentoring staff and tracking and successful completion of hundreds of projects.

Director, Film Titles and Effects Dept.

Cannon Films, MGM

Founded and acted as Art Director for a feature film and trailer titles and effects department. Worked directly with feature and trailer producers, directors, editors, post production supervisors and actors to develop, design and execute film titles and effects. Also initiated the use of digital tools in a previously analogue department.