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Carl Stern
*******@*****.*** 3907 Brighton Ave Los Angeles, CA 90062 573-***-**** VFX Supervision
Foundation S2 Tradewinds S1 Soroity of the Damned Four Fathers – pilot Adam the First Insatiable ep107 Precious Cargo What Josiah Saw Dr. Strange – VR Spot (LA/NY/London/Hong Kong) Bernard & Huey Heist VFX Supervision Assist
Gangster Squad Savages We Bought a Zoo Water for Elephants Film Compositing
The Circle Fury Gangster Squad Horrible Bosses
Identity Thief The Jungle Book Life of Pi Mascots
Savages Water for Elephants We Bought a Zoo The Wolf of Wall Street Episodic Compositing
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Black Sails Boardwalk Empire Bones Defiance Elementary Grey's Anatomy Librarians
Notorious Secrets & Lies Turn Walking Dead
Commercial Supervision/Compositing
Chicago Fire Disney X-mas Google Home HP Connected Apps Motorola Edge (Global) Mercury Insurance Pur Minerals Prolia Hyundai Tucson Oakley (Mbappe) Nike/Madden SB 22’ Therabody Work Experience
Chicken Bone FX 222 Pacific Coast Highway Floor 10 El Segundo, CA 90245 VFX Supervisor/Compositor Aug 2022 – current
Supervise/Composite . VFX Supervisor for Apple’s Foundation S2 and Netflix’s Tradewinds. CG set extensions, particle and fluid FX, 3D holo-graphics, lens FX and traditional comp work. Bidding/creative direction/post resource allocation/QC. Los York 1669 12th St Santa Monica, CA 90404
VFX Supervisor/Compositor May 2022 – Aug 2022
Supervise/Composite . VFX/CG Supervisor for Motorola’s Edge global product launch for 3 devices. Worked closely with creatives, editors and team of 20+ CG artists/compers to realize the brand’s creative approach in competing with Samsung and Apple.
Brothers Ugly Productions Los Angeles, California 90062 VFX Supervisor Jan 2015 - current
Founded in 2015. Supervise concept/bidding/budgeting/resource allocation of artists & vendors execution/QC/deliverables on projects including two Lionsgate action features involving a digital riverboat casino and CG cargo plane with destruction effects. Docs for VICE & commercials involving animal integration/wire removals & VR/real world compositing together as one for HTC Vive Dr Strange commercial campaign.
Picture Shop Post 3900 Alameda Burbank, CA 91505 Supervisor/Compositor Aug 2017 – April 2021
Supervise/Composite . Projects ranging from Walking Dead set extensions, zombie crowds, kills to on set sup underwater dream sequence for Insatiable s1. Bidding/on-set/post resource allocation/QC for Four Fathers s1 and Limbo full length feature.
Crazy Horse Effects East/West New Paltz, NY/ 509 Boccaccio Ave Venice, CA 90291 Compositor/ Asst TD/ TD Nov 2010- Sep 2013
Assist on set VFX sup, acquire deep vfx knowledge of compositing 2.5D matte paintings, camera projections, tracking, CG & shot elements together into scene. Open/equip satellite VFX office in NY “Boardwalk Empire” QC final renders, train artists/production employees in pipeline/compositing/server support/render farm. Skills/ Software
Set extension 2d/3d match moving Multi-pass CG compositing Bidding/Budgeting/QC/ Final Deliverables Video Editing Keying/roto/paint/grading Lens distortion & parallax HDRI/Set Survey/Photogrammetry After Effects – 14yrs Syntheyes – 12yrs Mocha – 10yrs Premier – 10yrs Shotgun – 10yrs 3DEqualizer – 6yrs Photoshop – 7yrs Avid – 7yrs Unreal - 3yr Nuke – 5yrs