Nathaniel Caauwe
ROTO ARTIST/COMPOSITOR
306 N Hickory St
Norfolk, NE 68701
402-202-0731
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2929801/
Profile:
Rotoscoping and compositing experience in Silhouette, Shake, After Effects, and Imagineer Systems’ Motor, Mokey, and Monet. Friendly, self-motivated worker with positive outlook.
Objectives:
Acquire freelance rotoscoping and paint work on short and feature films or commercial work, either remotely or possibly on location in the Los Angeles area later in 2010.
Rotoscoping & Compositing Experience:
Freelance Roto Artist, Creation Film (May 2010):
Provided precise articulate roto for use in 3D stereo conversion.
Supervisor: Jake Seal (info@creationfilm.com
Freelance Roto Artist, Master Key VFX (April 2010-Present):
Created articulate roto mattes and paint removals for several episodes of FX’s Justified. Anticipating additional work periodically.
Supervisor: Elan Dassani (info@mkvfx.com)
Freelance Roto Artist, Dem-i-urge (December 2008-Present):
Created articulate roto mattes and paint removals for a number of projects, from music videos to a handful of commercials, primarily for DirecTV.
Supervisor: Raena Singh (info@dem-i-urge.com)
Compositor, Fat Monster Films (July 2008):
Performed compositing on variety of shots for short films and music videos, with emphasis on roto/paint and general invisible effects.
Supervisor: Mark Johnson (vislaw@yahoo.com)
Junior Roto Artist, Pixel Corps Visual Effects Compositing Team (August 2007-July 2008),
Supervisor: James Pina - Senior Roto Artist (jamespina@gmail.com).
Senior Roto Artist (July 2008-November 2008):
Led three Junior Artists performing articulate roto and compositing work on short and feature films, created training for general members of the Pixel Corps.
Projects:
Short film Far Sighted directed by Elyse Couvillion; duties included roto, final paint, compositing and 2D camera animation on 2K and 4K cineon plates.
Feature film ‘77 directed by Patrick Read Johnson, VFX Supervisor John Knoll of ILM; duties included articulate roto and compositing of 1080p and 2K cineon plates.
Supervisor: David Hackenburg - Team Leader (dhackenburg@comcast.net).
Roto Artist, Green Flash (February 2008):
Full body roto of basketball player, highly blurred basketball, and bouncy hair for use in compositing over new background for dream sequence.
Supervisor: Brandon Flyte (brandonflyte@hotmail.com)
Silhouette FX Teacher’s Assistant, Pixel Corps (November 2007-January 2008):
Assisted J Bills of Weta Digital in an online rotoscoping class, guided fellow classmates and provided feedback on weekly Silhouette assignments.
Other Production Experience:
Editor and Videographer, Digital Solutions (June 2006-November 2007):
Editor (Final Cut Pro and Premiere), motion graphics artist, videographer and steadicam operator for weddings and occasional corporate videos. Supervisor: Jerry Nemec, (jnemec@cableone.net) http://www.dsartisticcreations.com
Production Assistant, Media Production Group (April 2005-July 2006):
General production assistant on various corporate videos, specializing in steadicam operation and VFX consulting. Supervisor: Tim Miller, (tmiller@conpoint.com)