Keith Kamholz

Current

• CG Artist at Absolute Post

Past

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

• CG Freelancer at BioDigital Systems
• Associate Programmer at Moog

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Education

• New York University
• State University of New York at Buffalo

Connections

122 connections

Industry

Animation

Websites

• My Website

Keith Kamholz’s Summary

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

Keith Kamholz’s Specialties:

3d generalist, specializing in rigging and technical direction/creative problem solving. Also proficient in scripting and live-action integration.

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Software skill sets...

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

Intermediate: Houdini, Eyeon Fusion, Shake, Adobe AfterEffects

Beginner: Pixologic Zbrush and Autodesk Mudbox

Keith Kamholz’s Experience

• CG Artist

  Absolute Post

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

  August 2008 — Present (5 months)

  Full-time CG position working on various productions, and pipeline development as necessary.
  
  Recent clients include Finish, Travelers Insurance, and Sharp Aquos.

• TD Intern

  Framestore CFC

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; 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 a CG animal on a live-action beach, lit and rendered it in Maya, and did the pre-Flame composite in Shake. Remodeled the hero character's legs, added the new legs into the existing rig, and worked on the displacement map for them. Created blend shapes for the character's head in the close-up shot, and piped them into the rig.
  
  Also worked on the 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; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  August 2007 — June 2008 (11 months)

  Temporarily web developer for NYUMC while hunting for CG jobs
  
  - Currently 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.
  
  - Assists in web programming and database design/management for other applications as needed

• CG Freelancer

  BioDigital Systems

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Animation industry)

  December 2007 — January 2008 (2 months)

  - Rigged/animated/rendered/composited a monkey animation for a client, which was aired on NBC news and featured on MSN.com homepage, as well as other online video sites.
  
  - Previously scripted/rigged/animated a complex medical animation for NYU’s medical school. Animation will be used as a surgical training video. (Not through BioDigital Systems, but under John Qualter's supervision, in Spring 2007.)

• 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

  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

Additional Information

Keith Kamholz’s Websites:

• My Website

Keith Kamholz’s Interests:

CG/animation, music production/performance, soccer

Keith Kamholz’s Groups:

State University of New York at Buffalo (UB) alumni, New York University (NYU) alumni, Digital Arts Network

•    NYU Alumni
•    Visual Effects, Film and Games Professionals (www.vfx-recruit.com)
•    Animation, Media & Entertainment
•    [VFX_AG] - The Visual Effects Artists Group
•    CADA ALUMNI
•    Professional Maya Users

Keith Kamholz’s Honors:

- 'Surrogate Mechanica I' won acceptance into Anti-Motion's FUTR WRLD contest/publication.

- Rigged, animated, rendered and composited a monkey on a treadmill for Duke University, through BioDigital Systems, which aired on NBC News. It was also featured on the MSN.com main homepage as the Video Highlight of the day.

- NYC Midnight: Animadness 2007, "I Heart Nerd", 5th Place

Keith Kamholz’s Contact Settings

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