Experience

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  The Refinery

  • VFX Compositor

    • Mar 2023 - Jan 2024

    Reginald the Vampire Season 2 (syfy series)Diamond Status (feature film)Snake (feature film)Blood Legacy (series)

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  Triggerfish Animation

  • Nuke Compositor

    • Dec 2022 - Feb 2023

    Kizazi Moto (Disney+): "Stardust"

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  The Refinery

  • VFX Compositor

    • Nov 2022 - Nov 2022

    Unseen (series)Siya (documentary)

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  Triggerfish Animation

  • Nuke Compositor

    • Oct 2022 - Oct 2022

    Star Wars Visions Season 2 (Disney+): Episode 9 "Aau's Song"

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  The Refinery

  • VFX Compositor

    • Mar 2022 - Sep 2022

    Justice Served (Netflix series)Broke (short film)Reginald the Vampire (Syfy series)Blood and Water - season 3 (Netflix series)

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  Lightseed

  • VFX Compositor

    • Dec 2021 - Mar 2022

    I Was There (TV series for History Channel)

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  The Refinery

  • VFX Compositor

    • Aug 2021 - Nov 2021

    Eraser Reborn (Feature film)

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  UNCIA FILMS LLC

  • VFX Compositor

    • Jul 2021 - Nov 2021

    Seven Lost (Feature film)

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  Lightseed

  • VFX Compositor

    • Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

    Around the World in 80 Days (TV series for Netflix)

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  Vega School

  • South Africa
  • Higher Education
  • 400 - 500 Employee

  • Lecturer

    • Jul 2018 - Jul 2021

    Subjects that I teach include:-3D modeling basics (3Ds Max)-Basic character modeling and rigging.-Basic character animation.-Basic 3D sculpting in Mudbox.-After Effects and Premiere Pro.-2D animation.-Digital Design (focused on creative problem solving - including web development, graphic design, understanding branding, human centered design and immersive technologies )-Video editing and special effects-User Experience Design (UX)-Drawing (observational and figure drawing basics)

  • Head of Design (Module Discipline Leader)

    • Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

    As the module discipline leader for graphic and digital design, I managed a team of lecturers in my department and dealt with admin issues.

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  The Refinery

  • VFX Compositor

    • Feb 2021 - Apr 2021

    TV Series: JivaFeature Films: Atlantis and Vutankuvuthe

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  Inspired Minority

  • VFX Compositor

    • Nov 2020 - Dec 2020

    Escape Room: Tournament of Champions- feature film by Sony

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  The Usual Suspects Productions, LLC

  • VFX Compositor

    • Apr 2020 - Jun 2020

    The Professionals - TV series

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  Refinery

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • VFX Compositor

    • Nov 2019 - Jan 2020
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    Vagrant Queen - TV series for Syfy.

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  Freelance

  • Multimedia Designer

    • Jul 2019 - Jul 2019

    Marketing Achievement Awards: Content creation for the Marketing Achievement Awards held in Sun City. Virtual Productions: Created a responsive mobile website.

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  Virtual Productions

  • Multimedia Designer

    • Mar 2018 - Jan 2019

    Video editing, graphic design, motion graphics and 3D modeling of basic structures (including stage design for Karen Zoid) clients included the ANC, Discovery, Success Resources and Robert Kiyosaki.

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  LocoVFX

  • VFX Compositor

    • Jun 2016 - Apr 2018

    Feature films:- Escape Room - Feature film by Sony- The Whalecaller ("Best African feature film" at the Johannesburg film festival )- Serpent (Winner of "The African Critic Award" at the Durban International Film Festival and the "Nightfall Award" at the Los Angeles Film Festival)-Die Rebellie van Lafras Verwye-The Tokoloshe (featured at Comicon Africa 2018)-The Highway Rat (animated feature)Short films:-Strong -Do Geese See God (Lead compositor)TV:-2 part 'edutainment' series called "Size Matters" for BBC.Commercials:-Shark Tank - South Africa-DSTV-Zenith Bank-Habesha

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  Virtual Productions

  • South Africa

  • Multimedia Designer

    • Jan 2016 - May 2016
    • South Africa

    Did a series of graphic design projects for Virtual Productions and its clients, most notably for the South African Sports Hall of Fame. Projects included motion graphics and animation videos; video editing of source footage from large scale events; graphic design work such as branding and company profiles.

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  Koolbit

  • Game Artist

    • Nov 2014 - Nov 2015

    Designed and animated all of the assets for about a 100 mobile casino games using a combination of Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, Maya and After Effects. Koolbit releases a game a day, so each artist had to complete a number of games a week. The artist created the game from initial design and conceptualization through to putting all of the assets together in the game engine. Asset creation involved graphic design, illustration, 3D modeling and texturing and animation.

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  Freelance

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Freelance motion designer/ compositor

    • Apr 2014 - Feb 2015
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    Motion graphics design work included:* Title sequence for "I won't give up" (short film by James Lazaro Rumohr)* Typographic music video "Dance 2 Me" (for musician Ginger Shankhar)Compositing jobs included: *"Love Laced Bullets" (short film by Kyle Gustafson)* "Just Grey" (short film by Roary Racquel) - Also did the color correction for this film.

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  The Art Institute of California - San Francisco

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Life Drawing Coordinator

    • Jan 2013 - Jun 2014
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    I ran a life drawing workshop that took place twice weekly. I coordinated the schedule and managed booking of the models for the workshop. During the workshop I also taught and aided the students with their drawing skills.

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  Fourier Approach

  • Centurion, South Africa

  • Graphic/Web Designer

    • 2009 - 2011
    • Centurion, South Africa

    Designed and developed websites for Fourier and it's clients and partners, I also designed presentations, short animations and promotional material such as posters, magazine adverts, T-shirt designs and branding for Fourier as well as its clients and partners.

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  MiFUZON

  • Centurion, South Africa

  • Web developer

    • 2008 - 2009
    • Centurion, South Africa

    I designed, developed and maintained websites and databases for a handful of different companies and made short animations. I also developed promotional material such as posters, logos and business cards for MiFUZON and some of its clients.

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  EPI-USE

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Flash Animator

    • 2007 - 2007
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    Developed process animations used for training employees at Mutual and Federal bank and also for employees at the South African Post Office (SAPO)