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Marcus is heading back to LA in September
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Signup Date:Tue 10 Jun 2008
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I'm in VFX.... Hell Yeah!, unit 1 - FX, Unit 1 - Matte Painting, vfx for Red Camera, vfx2.0, vfxConnection.com feedback, Yoga for VFX artists, Animal Logic, FlyOver FX, 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 is heading back to LA in September
Personal
First Name: Marcus
Last Name: LeVere
Birthday: Tue 22 Jan 1974 (36 years old)
Gender: Male
About Me: I moved to Santa Monica and started working at POP Film in 1999. Since then I have created hundreds of shots for a variety of feature film, commercial, and episodic television projects. I count myself very lucky to posses a good mix of on the box technical and artistic ability plus good management and communication skills. My specialty is in stereographic photorealistic environments but I have extensive experience in all of the aspects of vfx creation from modeling to compositing.

Most of all easy going, and good at motivating people. As well as being a digital artist and CG supervisor though, I have also designed various environment pipelines, shot trackers, project managers and pipeline architectures in all manner of systems, from windows sharepoint servers to Google apps. I am currently launching a vfx project management system built entirely in the cloud called vfx2.0. I'm also the co-founder of this vfx community and involved in developing an artist mentoring network called the vfxAcademy of which I have designed the curriculum for stereographic photorealistic environments.
Languages: English
Nationality: British
Skills
Specialty Keywords: CG Supervisor, Pipeline Architect, Department Supervisor, Project Manager, CG Lead, Stereographic Photoreal Environments, 3D Matte Painter, Animator, Compositor, TD, FX TD
Software Skills Tags: Maya, MEL, Shake, Nuke, Photoshop, After Effects, Renderman, Mental Ray, c4d, professional application of web2.0
Professional Exp
Years of Professional Experience: 9-12
Professional Associations: VES
Past & Present Employers: Klute
Animal Logic, 1 year
POP Film, Riot Pictures, 7 years,
Prime Focus Hollywood, Freelance,
Radium, Freelance,
Svengali-fx, Freelance,
LookFX, Freelance,
Super78, Freelance,
Notable Projects: Legend of the Guardians, Department Supervisor
GI Joe, Matte painter, Cloud guy,
Star Trek, CG sequence lead
Netzero 3G TV commercial campaign, CG supervisor, 13 spots
The Forbidden Kingdom, CG sequence lead.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Senior CG artist
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, CG shot lead
The Scorpion King, Senior CG artist, compositor, matte painting pipeline design
Ben10: Race against time, CG supervisor / Pipeline architect
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
Avail. & Rate
Available For Work?: No
Notes on Availability: Available Aug 2010
Current Work Visas Held: US green card, EU Citizen, Australian 4 year visa
Notes on Work Visas: Australian visa linked to Animal Logic
Reels
Showreel Clips & Breakdowns: Matte Painting Department Supervisor
- Shot supervision, pipeline design, shot bidding, colour pipeline, crew plan and recruitment, shot breakdown and approach, training and mentoring.






CG Lead - SvengaliFX



CG Sup - 12 spots + on set CG supervision


Environment Lead



Angels in America



The Scorpion King


Empire


The Forbidden Kingdom


The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen




Education
Colleges & Universities: Manchester Metropolitan University, Interactive Arts, 2000
Student Awards: 1999 Student Travel Award & Travel Bursary - 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
Map Location
Bondi Beach, NSW, Australia
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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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