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 over 20 films, 4 television series, and many advertisements, documentaries, or commercial projects.

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, Co-Owner

  • Responsible for compositing and matchmoving on 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 (9 years experience. Modeling, rigging, animation, shading, rendering.)
• AfterEffects (8 years experience. Compositing, particles.)
• PFTrack (6 years experience. General matchmoving.)
• SynthEyes (4 year experience. Matchmoving.)
• Imagineer Systems planar tracking software packages (4 year experience. Planar tracking and rotoscoping.)
• Nuke (2 year experience. Compositing.)

Contact

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Additional Information

Please visit my LinkedIn profile or IMDB profile for filmography, referrals, and additional information.