:: RESUME ::
JOSHUA CORTOPASSI
VFX ARTIST
Los Angeles, CA |
SKILLS: 3D modeling, animation, rigging & technical setup, particle effects, texturing & shaders, compositing
EXPERIENCE:
11/07
-PRESENT | Visual Effects Artist
Logan - Venice, CA
VFX Artist on Zombieland, Premium Rush, and 30 Minutes or Less.
Screenwriter, Supervisor, Lead 3D Artist & Compositor on N.A.S.A. "A Volta" music video (50+ festival screenings worldwide, including: Sundance 2010 - Official Selection; Holland Animation Film Festival - Grand Prize Winner; Protoclip - Best Technical Skills Winner).
Lead 3D Artist & Compositor on live action effects for Konami's "Metal Gear Solid 4".
Lead 3D Artist on Sony's "Resistance 2" game cinematics trailer.
CG Artist on spots for Apple iPod/iTunes, Kohler, Heineken, AT&T, Shinkansen and dozens more. |
| 11/08 | Visual Effects Artist
Blue Fish FX - Los Angeles, CA
CG Artist on music video for Metallica's "All Nightmare Long". |
| 03/08 | Visual Effects Artist
Elicit FX - Santa Monica, CA
CG Artist on music video for Panic At The Disco's "That Green Gentleman". |
09/07
-10/07 | Visual Effects Artist
Mac Guff - Santa Monica, CA
CG Artist on commercial for Acura. |
07/07
-08/07 | Visual Effects Artist
Stardust - Santa Monica, CA
CG Artist on commercials for Sears, McDonald's/Cartoon Network, Campbell's Soup and NYSE. |
12/06
-06/07 | Visual Effects Artist
Motion Theory - Venice, CA
CG Artist on commercials for clients such as Sony, Gatorade, Sears, Comcast and T.G.I. Friday's. |
09/06
-12/06 | Visual Effects Artist
Crazybridge Studios - Glendale, CA
CG Artist for The History Channel's Emmy-nominated series "Shootout!". |
06/06
-09/06 | Pre-Visualization Animator
Halon Entertainment - Santa Monica, CA
Pre-visualization for the feature film Evan Almighty. |
03/06
-05/06 | Visual Effects Artist
Megaforce Records - New York, NY
Supervised a team of 3 artists on a visual effects shot for Vio-Lence's "Blood & Dirt" DVD. Responsible for Modeling, Animation, Dynamics and Compositing. |
10/05
-11/05 | Visual Effects Artist
Visual Effects Society - Los Angeles, CA
Worked on animation tribute for Georges Méliès Award recipient, John Lasseter of Pixar.
90-second animated short shown at 2006 VES Awards. |
1998
-2001 | Graphic Designer - freelance and full-time at i2i Interactive
Developed websites and multimedia presentations. Designed brochures, CD packages, trade show signage, etc. Clients included: 3Com, Sun Microsystems, Netscape and Compaq. |
SOFTWARE:
| Maya | | MEL Scripting |
| Nuke | | ZBrush |
| Photoshop | | Bodypaint |
| Shake | | Stitcher |
| 2D3 Boujou | | After Effects |
HARDWARE:
TRADITIONAL:
| Sculpting, Black & White Photography |
EDUCATION:
Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Hollywood, CA. Certificate June 2006
21-month Certificate Program in High-End CG
College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA. Attended 2001
Courses in Figure Drawing, B&W Photography, Flash ActionScript, Quark, UNIX
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ. Graduated 1996
Extended B.S., Mathematics
Calculus, Differential Equations, Set Theory, Fourier Series, Vector Analysis, Euclidean Geometry, Ring Theory, Real & Complex Analysis, Statistics, Operations Research, and more.
RECOGNITION:
- "A Volta" screened at 50+ festivals worldwide, including: Sundance 2010 - Official Selection; Holland Animation Film Festival - Grand Prize Winner; Protoclip - Best Technical Skills Winner.
- 3D work shown at Fifty24SF Gallery and the Constant Gallery (as part of The Date Farmers exhibits) (2009).
- 3D work featured in Stash DVD Magazines, Motionographer, VFXWorld and HighEnd3D (2005-2009)
- 3D work shown at Digital Sets & Environments seminar in Norway (2006)
- Photography Solo Gallery Exhibition, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ (2004)
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INTERESTS: Visual Effects, Music, Film, Art, Shark Cage Diving, Travel, Photography
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