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EU Citizenship (Spain)

Professional Experience
09/2009 - now FX TD at The Moving Picture Company (London).
  • John Carter
  • Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows pt.2 (Fire creatures in Room of Requirements. Voldemort / Harry magic duel, connecting wands for the trailers)
  • Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows pt.1 (Voldemort / Harry magic duel, connecting wands)
  • Chronicles of Narnia 3: Voyage of the Dawntreader (Dragon Fire and sea of lilies)
  • Ridley Scott's Robin Hood (crowd Water Effects and interaction dust/dirt/grass)
05/2008 - 05/2009 FX Artist/TD at Ilion Animation Studios, for full CG animation feature film Planet 51 (Sony Pictures) (release November 2009).
  • Create per-shot effects.
  • Lighting and precompositing of effects in final shot.
  • Design the looks for generic effects and create setups to be used by other artists in dozens of shots.
  • Create the previz for a whole effects-driven sequence.
01/2007 - 07/2007 Teacher Compositing and Visual Effects. Combustion 4, Toxik 2007.
CICE (Official Autodesk Learning Centre), Madrid, Spain.
02/2005 - 05/2008. Freelance. 3D Animation, VFX and Compositing for TV, Film and Architecture Visualisation.
11/2003 - 11/2005 Diverse freelance Web Design and Development projects.
Skills
3D Packages
  • Maya
  • 3ds max
  • Houdini
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Compositing
  • Nuke
  • Shake
  • Combustion
  • Toxik
  • Flame & Smoke
  • Photoshop
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Specialized / Plugins
  • RealFlow
  • Particle Flow
  • Reactor / Havok
  • Fume FX
  • Flowline
  • Mudbox
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Render
  • Renderman
  • Mental Ray
  • VRay
  • 3dsMax Scanline
  • Maxwell
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Scripting
  • Python
  • MEL
  • MAXScript
  • Maya API
  • Giggle/lua (MPC)
  • Javascript
  • XML / XHTML / CSS
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Tracking / Matchmoving
  • Matchmoving Techniques
  • Syntheyes
  • Boujou
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Misc. Windows. Linux / Unix. Several Editing & Audio applications
Studies
2006 (5 months) Specialisation in Digital Post-production with Advanced Autodesk Systems (IFFFS - Inferno, Fire, Flint, Flame, Smoke).
CICE (Official Autodesk Learning Centre), Madrid, Spain
2004 - 2006 Professional Degree in Digital Film Directing.
CICE - Madrid, Spain
2002 - 2004 Professional Degree in Graphic Design and Audiovisual Communication.
Includes 5 specialisations:
  • - CG, 3D Animation, Digital Post-production & Non-Linear Editing (3DS max, Character Studio, Combustion, Avid)
  • - Directing and Making animated short subjects.
  • - Graphic Design and Digital Communication
  • - Multimedia Direction and Production
  • - Web Design and Production techniques
CICE - Madrid, Spain
1998 - 2001 Technical Engineering Degree in Telecommunications, Specialisation in Sound and Image.
University Alfonso X El Sabio - Madrid, Spain.
Short Courses
Oct.-Dec. 2008 FumeFX workshop by Allan McKay.
8 weeks. CGWorkshops (online)
March 2008 Side Effects Houdini by Kai Stavginski.
10 hours. Ilion Studios, Madrid.
March 2008 Production for Short Films by Koldo Zuazua. 20 hours.
October 2005 Animation Master Class by Miguel Ángel Fuertes.
20 hours. CICE, Madrid
August 2005 RealFlow 3 Fundamentals by Beatriz Lobo. 3D Fluids Simulation.
12 hours. Next Limit, Madrid.

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Awards
2007
  • Weekly Winner, MyToons "Get with the Times!". Short film "Substantia"
  • Special Jury Prize, Soria Short Film Awards. Short film "Substantia"
  • Overall Grand Prize, Autodesk - Ahead of the Curve. Short film "Substantia"
  • 1st Prize Animation, Caostica Festival. Short film "Substantia"
2006
  • Special Mention, Barcelona Visualsound 2006. Short film "Birdtigo"
  • Hon. Mention - Animation, Sta. María de Europa Awards. Short film "Birdtigo"
2005 1st Prize, II SICARM. Short film "IS: Canción de un Ocaso"
2004 1st Prize, AnimaMax 3D Animation Marathon - Animadrid 2004
2002 End of Studies Award "Best Academic Record" - Technical Engineer in Telecommunications (Sound & Image). University Alfonso X El Sabio, Madrid, Spain

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