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Joel Ashman
Los Angeles ****@**********.*** +1-310-***-****
www.joelashman.com
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Professional Summary
Creative and technically-skilled visual storyteller with 33+ years of experience delivering world-class motion graphics, VFX, and broadcast design for top-tier studios, networks, and global brands. Proven leadership in team management, on-set supervision, client interfacing, and deadline-driven delivery. Experience
Constellation Effects Inc., President / Creative Director
• Founded and led a boutique VFX and post-production studio serving clients across Film, Advertising, and Broadcast.
• Produced award-winning content for major networks, streamers, and film studios.
• Oversaw teams of Flame artists, compositors, and designers across multi-million dollar campaigns.
• Key Projects: Khalid x Disclosure – “Know Your Worth” (MOD Creations) – Conform, transitions, beauty work; “Iron Man 3”, “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol”,
“Prometheus”, “Twisted Metal”; ESPN Monday Night Football Rebrand; “Genius Junior” NBC; “Dirty John”; “Crashing”
• Collaborated with Prologue, Zoic, Method, Sony Imageworks, Blind, Arsenal FX, Riot, Yu+Co, and many more.
• Lead compositing on trailers, feature films, broadcast packages, commercials, and VR experiences.
• Managed VFX teams and on-set supervision for multi-camera productions and green screen shoots.
• Senior Compositor / Creative Lead projects include: Apple “Liam”, Call of Duty Cinematics, Google, NFL Promos, Disney Channel, King Kong 2017, The Avengers: Hero’s United, Black Dynamite, Vampire Diaries, Gamer, X-Men 2/3, I Am Legend, Music Videos: Christina Aguilera “Candyman”, Ludacris, Jet, Lumidee, Flyleaf, SR-71. Education
Ann Arbor
Jan 1995 – Jan 1999
Skills
Software Expertise: Autodesk Flame, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Nuke (intermediate), C4D, Final Cut Pro, Avid, Studio Artist, HTML, Java, Commotion, Boujou, Realviz, Unity (VR) Expertise Areas: Visual Effects, Motion Graphics, Compositing, Beauty Work, VR/AR Content, On-Set Supervision, Color Correction, Creative Direction, Broadcast Design
Leadership & Strategy: Team Management, Creative Direction, Client Engagement, Bidding, Workflow Optimization Industries: Feature Films, Episodic TV, Music Videos, Gaming, National Ad Campaigns, Streaming & Digital Media Achievements
• Emmy nominated for “Into the West” by Steven Spielberg Joel Ashman - Page 1 of 2
Bachelor of Arts _ University of Michigan, Film and Video with Computer Science Los Angeles, CA
Jan 2007 – Jan 2025
Various Studios, Senior Flame Artist / VFX Supervisor (Freelance & Permalance) Jan 2000 – Jan 2025 Additional Links
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user9973592
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1366385
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