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Resume

Robert Field

  • Compositor and Visual Effects Artist


Professional Profile

Quick turnaround history on a wide variety of shots. Able to take a shot quickly and independently from clean plate through matchmoving, modeling, rendering, and final composite within directorial specifications.

Feature film and television experience, currently including work on 17 films, 3 television series, and several commercials, documentaries, or infomercials.

Areas of Expertise


  • Compositor, Matchmover, 3D Generalist

Experience

  • Aug. 2007 to Present- RF Animation LLC - Owner, Artist

    • A business I established to better handle my growing freelance clientele.

    • Return clients include the US Navy and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

  • Feb. 2009 to Present- BluFire Studios- VFX Artist

    • Responsible for compositing and matchmoving on a variety of film and commercial projects.

  • Sep. 2008 to Mar. 2008- Lumenas Animation Studios - Digital Compositor

    • Responsible for Nuke compositing, general 3D in Maya, RealFlow dynamics, and matchmoving in PFTrack and SynthEyes for an independent feature film.

  • Jan. 2008 to Aug. 2008- Sensory Sweep Studios – Artist

    • Cinematic work in AfterEffects.

    • Models and textures in Maya.

  • Jan. 2004 to Dec. 2007- Sandman Studios, Inc. - Visual Effects Artist

    • Responsible for compositing, matchmoving, planar tracking and rotoscoping, with additional modeling, rendering, layout, camera blocking, and shaders.

    • Responsible for training interns and other artists in AfterEffects, PFTrack, Maya, and Mocha.

Education

  • 2004 Graduate, Bachelor of Fine Arts- Animation; Brigham Young University

    • Student films won awards including third-place Student Emmy (non-traditional animation), Comic-Con 2006 “Best Action/Adventure Film”, 2007 Sundance Film Festival official selection.

Awards and Honors

  • 2005 Student Emmy, “Petshop”, third-place, non-traditional animation (3D Model maker)

  • 2006 Comic-Con “Best Action/Adventure Film”, “Der Ostwind”, (Pre-vis Supervisor)

  • 2007 Sundance Film Festival, Official Selection, short film festival, “Der Ostwind” (Pre-vis Supervisor)

  • 2009 Gold Screen “Award of Excellence”, “Partnership Runs Deep–The Search for Sunken History” (VFX Supervisor)

  • 2008 Silver Telly Award, “LDS Film Festival Trailer”, client undisclosed (Digital Artist)

  • Currently 5 total Bronze Telly Awards through undisclosed clients and Sandman Studios , 2007 and 2008 (Digital Artist and VFX Artist)

Software Expertise


  • Maya (8 years experience. Modeling, rigging, animation, shading, rendering.)
  • AfterEffects (6 years experience. Compositing, particles.)
  • PFTrack (5 years experience. General matchmoving.)
  • Cinema 4D (2 years experience. PreVis, rendering, integration with Maya.)
  • Nuke (2 year experience. Compositing.)
  • Mocha (3 year experience. Planar tracking and rotoscoping.)
  • SynthEyes (3 year experience. Matchmoving.)
  • Monet (2 year experience. Planar tracking and rotoscoping.)
  • Fusion (1 year experience. Compositing. Familiarity only.)

Contact

Please use my web Contact Form, or download this resume as a PDF for other contact options.

2007 Sundance Film Festival, Official Selection, short film festival, Der Ostwind