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Experience

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        Staff Compositor at Timber Studios:                                                                                      Aug. 2015 – Current

                Composited hundreds of shots, worked as lead compositor

                on dozens of projects: Apple, Samsung, Nike, Nintendo, etc.

                Assisted in establishing Nuke pipeline

        Freelance Compositor at Mechnology:                                                                                 Apr. 2015 – Jul. 2015

                Composited multiple shots, green screen keying, marker

                removal, color corrections, paint & roto: The Night Before

        Visual Effects Intern at Zoic Studios:                                                                                     Jan. 2015 – Apr. 2015

               Composited multiple shots, performed matte extractions,

                created lighting effects, extensive paint & roto: Avengers: Age

                of Ultron, Second Chance, Arrow, Sleepy Hollow, Other Space

        Compositor at Studio 400A:                                                                                                Feb. 2012 – Aug. 2014

                Performed matte extractions, composited practical/CG

                elements, created 3D tracks and clean plates, executed

                extensive roto and color corrections: The Labyrinth, Theeb,

                Shoot the Saxophone Player, Market Street


 

Awards

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        2018 MTV Video Music Awards                                                                                                                Aug. 2018

                Nominated: Best Visual Effects – Wait

        2017 MTV Video Music Awards                                                                                                                Aug. 2017

                Won: Best Visual Effects – Humble


 

Education

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        Academy of Art University:                                                                                                                       Dec. 2013

                BFA in Animation & Visual Effects


 

Skills/Programs

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        Compositing, rotoing, tracking in Nuke and After Effects

        Building and managing a conform in Flame and Hiero/Nuke Studio

        Texturing and lighting in Mudbox and Maya

        Rotoscoping in Silhouettefx

        Matchmoving & tracking in Mocha, SynthEyes, PFTrack and Matchmove

        Adept knowledge with Photoshop

        Creating motion graphics in After Effects and Cinema 4D

        Scripting in Python and Mel

© 2020 MICHAEL LONEY.

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