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Marcus is at Animal Logic Sydney
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I'm in VFX.... Hell Yeah!, vfx for Red Camera, vfx2.0, vfxConnection.com feedback, Yoga for VFX artists, Animal Logic, Frantic Films/Prime Focus VFX, Matte Painters, Maya, Nuke, Photoshop, POP Film Alumni, Reel FX/Radium, RenderMan, VES, vfxAcademy, vfxAcademy - Previsualization Department, vfxAcademy Mentors
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Marcus posted a comment on ccamp's blog entry:
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Marcus posted an endorsement on NathanHughes's profile:
I worked very closely with Nathan at Animal Logic Sydney. He was a Sr. Matte Painter and was quickly promoted to Creative Lead of Matte Painting. He's possibly the most talented matte painter I have ever met, a amazing eye and really f...
Personal
First Name: Marcus
Last Name: LeVere
Birthday: Tue 22 Jan 1974 (36 years old)
Gender: Male
About Me: I moved from England and started out at POP Film in Santa Monica back in 1999. Since then I have been responsible for the CG supervision and the creation of hundreds of shots for a variety of feature film, commercial, and episodic television projects.

Created various matte painting pipelines, shot trackers, project management systems and pipeline architectures in all manner of software, from open source software to windows sharepoint servers.

I conceived and created this vfx artist referral community, vfxConnection.com and I'm now the VP of Biz Dev here.

Currently building a complete vfx project management system which is integrated into a cloud computing framework called vfx2.0.

I am also involved in developing the artist mentoring network called the vfxAcademy. This mentoring network utilizes the new advances in social networking to reinvent the age-old system of apprenticeship.
Languages: English
Nationality: British
Skills
Specialty Tags: 3D Matte Painter, Project Manager, Photoreal Environments, Pipeline Architect, Computer Graphics Supervisor, Matte painting Technical Director, Particle Effects Technical Director, Senior Artist, Animator, Compositor, TD, CG Sup, FX TD,
Software Skills Tags: Maya, Shake, Nuke, ADOBE CS4, Renderman, Mental Ray, Fusion, c4d, web2.0
Professional Exp
Years of Professional Experience: 9-12
Professional Associations: VES
Past & Present Employers: POP Film, Riot Pictures, 7 years,
Frantic Films, Freelance,
Radium, Freelance,
Svengali-fx, Freelance,
LookFX, Freelance,
Super78, Freelance,
Notable Projects: GI Joe, Matte painter, matte painting TD,
Star Trek, Lead matte painting TD, CG sequence lead, developed the 32 bit float matte painting pipeline at Svengali FX in Nuke & Maya
Netzero 3G TV commercial campaign, CG supervisor, 13 spots
The Forbidden Kingdom, Lead matte painting TD, CG sequence lead.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Senior CG artist
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Matte painting TD, Invented the layered projection pipeline with shadow maps in Renderman.
The Scorpion King, lead matte painting TD, compositor, created the matte painting pipeline
The Queen of the Damned, CG artist
Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3D, Lead CG artist
Peter Pan, CG artist
Angels in America, Senior CG artist, lead matte painting TD
Avail. & Rate
Available For Work?: No
Notes on Availability: Available Aug 2010
Work Visas Held: US green card, EU Citizen
Education
Colleges & Universities: Manchester Metropolitan University, Interactive Arts, 2000
Student Awards: 1999 Student Travel Award - Fine Art Dept. Manchester Metropolitan University
Contact
City/Town: Bondi Beach
State/Region: NSW
Country: Australia
Website URL: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1178769/
Profile Type: Individual
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dariushd - 6:06 PM on Sat 16 May 2009  give an endorsement to this member | message
Marcus and I worked together for a Target commercial, and I was very pleased to have him on my show. He did a fine job of things and was a nice person to have around. He did try to stab me with a fork one day, but hey, who hasn't?
TraceyMcLean - 2:14 PM on Mon 16 Feb 2009  give an endorsement to this member | message
Marcus was a real pleasure to work with. Extremely knowledgable and always ready to lend a helping hand. He is extremely talented technically, and artistically. I really enjoyed working with him and hope that I get that opportunity again.
3Delicious - 3:58 PM on Sun 8 Feb 2009  give an endorsement to this member | message
Marcus is always fun to work with. He brings such a good vibe and professionalism to the crew! The Matte Department at Frantic is literally parting our clouds right now :)
brandonyoung - 1:18 PM on Fri 6 Feb 2009  give an endorsement to this member | message
Awesome guy to work with! great sense of humor, and his work is amazing!
ZenKen - 1:57 AM on Wed 20 Aug 2008  give an endorsement to this member | message
Marcus is a one in a million. He has a great attitude, respectful leadership skills, highly organized, and extremely talented. His communication skills are the best I've come across. Most importantly, he has tremendous integrity. Lucky are those who've had the opportunity to work with him.
Ygor - 10:12 PM on Mon 16 Jun 2008  give an endorsement to this member | message
Marcus is a great leader, we worked together on smallville. Direct, funny and stress less, he is the kind of sup that any would like to work with. I'm also a huge fan of his matte-paintings and set-extensions. A GREAT ARTIST!

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