Resume

SHOOT SUPERVISION VFX CONSULTING

Twenty-year career in visual effects for feature film, broadcast design, commercials and on-set VFX supervision. Specialist in photoreal compositing and CG integration, with strong aesthetic, eye for colour, and attention to detail. Highly experienced in stereo compositing and deep compositing.

Experience managing teams from small to large, on projects ranging in scale from small to massive. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, demonstrated initiative, and cool under pressure. Experience with a wide range of creative personalities. Comfortable at any level within the artist hierarchy.

Experienced trainer, having conceived, developed and run short, mid-length, and multi-year undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Visual Effects, Compositing, and Digital Media. Developed and run courses within tertiary institutions, for VFX companies, and directly to the general public.

Selected film credits

  • Thor: Ragnarok
  • Alien: Covenant
  • Game of Thrones: Season 6
  • X-Men: Apocalypse
  • Pan
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past
  • Gravity
  • The Wolverine
  • The Great Gatsby
  • Transformers
  • Stealth
  • Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • The Lord of the Rings
    The Fellowship of the Ring/ The Two Towers
  • Titanic
  • The Fifth Element

Software expertise

  • Nuke
  • 3DEqualiser
  • Flame / Inferno
  • After Effects
  • Houdini
  • Final Cut Pro / Compressor / Colour

Employment History

RISING SUN PICTURES

Adelaide / Australia Feb 2011 – present
FX Supervisor, Shot Supervisor, Compositing Supervisor, Lead Compositor, Senior Compositor

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Canberra, Australia / Jun 2007 – Jan 2011
Associate Lecturer

DIGITAL DOMAIN

Venice, California, USA / Jan 2004 – May 2007
Compositing Supervisor, On-Set Supervisor

INDUSTRIAL LIGHT + MAGIC

San Rafael, California, USA / Jan 2003 – Jan 2004
Senior Compositor

WETA DIGITAL

Wellington, New Zealand / Dec 2000 – Dec 2002
Lead Compositor, On-Set Supervisor

AMBIENCE

Sydney, Australia / Sep 1999 – Nov 2000
Senior Compositor, Designer, On-Set Supervisor

GARNER McCLENNAN DESIGN

Sydney, Australia / Nov 1998 – Mar 1999
Senior Compositor, On-Set Supervisor

ANIMAL LOGIC

Sydney, Australia / Jan 1998 – Oct 1998
Senior Compositor

DIGITAL DOMAIN

Venice, California, USA / Nov 1996 – Dec 1997
Compositor

Education

MASTER OF ARTS (ELECTRONIC ARTS)

1998 Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (COMPUTER SCIENCE)

1990 Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Referees

Available on request