VFX Supervisor at Storm Studios
Sydney Area, Australia
- Current
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- VFX Supervisor at Storm Studios
- Past
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- Sr. Digital Artist, Lighting and Rendering, I think... at Animal Logic
- Senior VFX TD at Weta Digital
- External CG Supervisor at Storm Studios
- Chief Fireman / CG Supervisor at Rising Sun Pictures
- Senior Technical Director at Core Feature Animation
- Lead Technical Director at Peerless Camera Company
- Technical Art Director/CG Supervisor at Electronic Arts Canada
- 3D Sequence Lead/Senior Production TD at Weta Digital Ltd.
- Part Time Lighting Instructor at International Academy of Art and Design
- CG Supervisor / Co-Owner at Bent Animation Inc.
- Part Time Technical Director Instructor at Sheridan College
- Technical Director at Spin Productions
- Technical Director at Calibre Digital Pictures
- Part Time Technical Director Instructor at Sheridan College
- Animator at Dan Krech Productions
- Education
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- Sheridan College
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Colin Doncaster’s Summary
To work on, develop and create innovative projects that push the boundaries of moving pictures and interactive entertainment.
Colin Doncaster’s Specialties:
Focus - Lighting, Effects, Compositing, R&D, Pipeline Eng, Supervision and Production Management
VFX Software - Maya, Houdini, Softimage, Max, Shake, Nuke, Photoshop, Mental Ray and RenderMan
Programming Experience - C/C++, Objective C & Cocoa, Python, OpenGL, Maya API, Renderman SL and RIB API, Mental Ray API and Mel
Developed Liquid ( Maya to Renderman ) toolkit now used by various VFX companies world wide since being released to the open source community.
Colin Doncaster’s Experience
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VFX Supervisor
Storm Studios
(Privately Held; Entertainment industry)
October 2009 — Present (2 months)
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Sr. Digital Artist, Lighting and Rendering, I think...
Animal Logic
(Privately Held; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
March 2009 — September 2009 (7 months)
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Senior VFX TD
Weta Digital
(Privately Held; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
August 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 8 months)
R&D ( dynamics, lighting and creatures ) and Shot Lighting
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External CG Supervisor
Storm Studios
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry)
July 2008 — August 2008 (2 months)
Remote contract providing daily reviews of CG elements for shots as well as guiding the technical aspects of the pipeline.
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Chief Fireman / CG Supervisor
Rising Sun Pictures
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
January 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 9 months)
CG Supervision, Script Breakdowns, Pipeline Development, R&D, Effects, Lighting, Team Management and Recruiting
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Senior Technical Director
Core Feature Animation
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
August 2004 — December 2004 (5 months)
R&D and Shot Lighting
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Lead Technical Director
Peerless Camera Company
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
October 2003 — July 2004 (10 months)
Effects, Lighting, Compositing, R&D, Look Development, Pipeline and On Set ( on location in Prague, nice! )
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Technical Art Director/CG Supervisor
Electronic Arts Canada
(Public Company; Computer Games industry)
May 2002 — July 2003 (1 year 3 months)
Work with both the art and programming teams to apply visual effects processes to games. On hands shader and engine feature development as well as various art team tasks. Developed new lighting process utilizing offline global illumination techniques. Involved with company wide efforts for increased art production management.
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3D Sequence Lead/Senior Production TD
Weta Digital Ltd.
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
March 2000 — May 2002 (2 years 3 months)
3D Sequence Lead / Senior Technical Director for the first 2 Lord of the Rings productions. Involved heavily with pre-production and pipeline development and supported Liquid within the pipeline.
Wraith World R&D, particle rendering, water simulation and shot lighting. -
Part Time Lighting Instructor
International Academy of Art and Design
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
January 2000 — March 2000 (3 months)
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CG Supervisor / Co-Owner
Bent Animation Inc.
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
December 1998 — February 2000 (1 year 3 months)
Ran a successful small VFX company focusing on TV commercials and subcontracting R&D tasks.
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Part Time Technical Director Instructor
Sheridan College
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
September 1998 — April 1999 (8 months)
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Technical Director
Spin Productions
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
June 1998 — December 1998 (7 months)
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Technical Director
Calibre Digital Pictures
(Public Company; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
August 1997 — June 1998 (11 months)
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Part Time Technical Director Instructor
Sheridan College
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
December 1997 — April 1998 (5 months)
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Animator
Dan Krech Productions
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
July 1996 — August 1997 (1 year 2 months)
Colin Doncaster’s Education
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Sheridan College
Computer Animation ,
Honourary diploma acquired while teaching the second year computer animation course ( Technical Direction for Visual Effects )
Colin Doncaster’s Contact Settings
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