Keith Kamholz

Current

CG Artist at Absolute Post
Freelance CG artist at KeithDigital.com (Self-employed)

Past

TD Intern at Framestore CFC
Intern - Maya pipeline development at Absolute Post
Web Developer at NYU Medical Center

Associate Programmer at Moog

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Education

New York University
State University of New York at Buffalo

Connections

138 connections

Industry

Animation

Websites

KeithDigital.com

Keith Kamholz’s Summary

NYU-CADA Master's graduate, now working full-time at Absolute Post. Solid foundation in both the technical and artistic aspects of 3d production, with a specialty in rigging, technical direction, and scripting.

Keith Kamholz’s Specialties:

3d generalist, specializing in rigging, technical direction, and scripting.

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Software skill sets...

Advanced: Maya, mental ray, Adobe Photoshop, Various Programming IDE’s

Intermediate: Houdini, Fusion/Nuke/Shake, Boujou/PFTrack, Adobe AfterEffects

Beginner: Pixologic Zbrush and Autodesk Mudbox

Keith Kamholz’s Experience

CG Artist

Absolute Post

(Privately Held; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year)

Full-time CG position working on various productions, and pipeline development as necessary.

Past clients include Lowes, Travelers Insurance, ING, Nikon, State Street, Miller Lite, Finish/Electrasol, Sharp Aquos, Gillette, and Klondike.
Freelance CG artist
KeithDigital.com (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Animation industry)

December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)

Freelance CG artist working on a variety of projects.

- Currently developing stills and animations for an upcoming medical book (for patients/parents) on childhood motor dysfunction

- Created test shot of destroyed planet for indie sci-fi short film, 'Paradise Regained'. Also provided technical assistance/troubleshooting for 1 cleanup shot in Shake.

- Rigged/animated/rendered/composited a monkey animation for Duke University, through BioDigital Systems, which was aired on NBC news and featured on MSN.com homepage as Video Highlight of the Day. Broadcast on other tv/online sources as well.
TD Intern

Framestore CFC

(Privately Held; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

July 2008 — July 2008 (1 month)

Worked on a commercial airing during Beijing 2008 Olympics. Did the sand interaction in Houdini for CG turtles on a live-action beach, lit and rendered it in Maya, and did the pre-Flame composite in Shake. Remodeled the hero character's talons/legs, piped the changes into the existing rig, and worked on the displacement map for them. Remodeled the hero character's face/beak for the close-up shot.

Also worked on the generic previs rig, adding visibility/deformation controls to choose between different articles of clothing for the character, and custom-rigged some of the accessories. Created a Maya GUI to allow the user to easily add new articles of clothing to the rig with a single button click.
Intern - Maya pipeline development

Absolute Post

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

June 2008 — June 2008 (1 month)

Mini-internship. Aided in establishing render-sharing pipeline between NY and London branches. Helped to write a remote render synchronization MEL script that optimizes the scene for syncing/rendering overseas.
Web Developer

NYU Medical Center

(Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)

August 2007 — June 2008 (11 months)

- Sole web developer for Wise-MD, which delivers online educational videos, surgical animations, and assessments to over 20 medical schools (and counting). Application also tracks and reports evolving usage data for educational researchers.

- Assisted in web programming and database design/management for other applications as needed
Associate Programmer

Moog

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

June 2001 — August 2006 (5 years 3 months)

- Worked in IT, in Desktop Support for first summer, then the Programming and Architecture group for remainder of employment. Worked summers for 5 years, then full time for 8 months before going to NYU for graduate school.

- Specialized in developing web applications, utilizing the Struts MVC framework. Developed/modified other applications as needed, updated/fixed deployed applications as needed, researched new technologies and methodologies for the group, revised training labs/tutorials, and served as a mentor for new co-ops and employees.

Keith Kamholz’s Education

New York University

MS , Digital Imaging and Design , 2006 — 2008

- Scripted/rigged/animated a complex medical animation for NYU’s medical school. Animation used as a surgical training video.

- Participated in extracurricular group projects on animated shorts. Rigging and animation for "I Heart Nerd". Modeling and music production for "Donkey Hoti".

Activities and Societies:

Digital Arts Network
State University of New York at Buffalo

BA , Double Major - Computer Science and Media Study , 2001 — 2006

Activities and Societies:

Member of Honors program and Phi Eta Sigma honor society,
Received 'Highest Honors' designation from Media Study department,
Graduated Magna Cum Laude