WORK EXPERIENCE
Freelance Matte Painter & Concept Artist
AXISvfx Studios – owner
Miami Shores, FL
3/02 – present
Clients: RhinoFX - Concept Paintings, CIS - Ghost of Girlfriends Past - Matte Paintings, Paramount - Team America World Police - Matte Paintings, Diablo Ballet - Petrushka – Visuals Director, Syndicate - CMM Commercial and Print Marketing and other various TV, Film & Creative projects
Full Time Faculty for Visual Effects
Miami International University of Art & Design
Miami, FL
6/09 – present
Full time Faculty teaching classes on Visual Effects: Photoshop, Matte Painting, Production, Digital Environments, Portfolio Development, Art Direction, Film Production, History of Visual Effects & Animation and mentoring Graduating Student Projects. Member of the Faculty Development Committee. Awarded Faculty Recognition for Teaching Excellence (Raw Scare of 5.0 on the IDEA summary Evaluation).
Senior Matte Painter
Sony Imageworks Animation
Culver City, CA
11/08 – 6/09
Senior Matte Painter on the Animated feature Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Used Cinema 4D, After Effects and Photoshop to create digital environments for the Animated film. Work featured in The Art and Making of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs book.
Art Director
Rhythm & Hues
Marina del Rey, CA
1/08 - 10/08
Art Direction for the feature film Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant. Helped design all CG Characters, Effects and Environments for the film. Art Directed the Look Development, Modeling, Lighting, Effects, Design and 2/D teams.
Matte Painting Department Head
DreamWorks Animation, SKG
Glendale, CA
7/05 – 1/08
Started a new Matte Painting department at DreamWorks Animation. Hired all staff and set-up the Matte Painting Department for the following features: Over The Hedge, Flushed Away, Bee Movie and Kung Fu Panda.
Senior Digital Environments Artist & Matte Artist
Framestore, CFC
London, England
12/03-4/04
Matte Paintings and Digital Environments for the feature films Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Thunderbirds.
Senior Matte Artist
Weta Digital, LTD
Wellington, New Zealand
3/03 – 11/03
Senior Matte Artist on Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. Work featured in The Art of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King book, Best of The Art of Lord Of the Rings book & Cinefex magazine.
Full Time Faculty for Visual Effects
Miami International University of Art and Design &
The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
Miami and Fort Lauderdale, FL
1/03 – 4/04
Full time Faculty at the Art Institute in Fort Lauderdale and part time Faculty at the Miami Campus. Taught classes on Visual Effects: Photoshop, Matte Painting, Production, History of Visual Effects & Animation and mentored Graduating Student Projects.
Graduate Director of Computer Arts and Animation
The Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA
11/01 – 11/02
Responsible for all aspects of managing the Graduate Program in Computer Graphics Department. The Department had over 1600 students studying Visual Effects and Animation for Films, Games And Television production. Hired and managed all staff and faculty in the Computer Arts Program. Helped to form a lecture series with industry leaders such as Ray Harryhausen, Syd Mead & Lorne Lanning. Created the Presidential Advisory Board.
Matte Artist
Industrial Light & Magic
Marin, CA
3/93 – 10/01
Matte Paintings for Film & Television projects. Started as an intern in The Matte Painting Department and ending with the position as a Senior Matte Painter on various Film & TV productions. Work featured in The Making of Star Wars: Episode 1 , The Making of Men in Black books & numerous Cinefex issues. VES Nomination for Best Matte Paintings in a Feature film for Gangs of New York.
CREDIT LIST
2009 – Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant – Art Director
2009 – Hess Commercial – Concept Artist
2009 – Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Senior Matte Painter
2009 – Ghosts of Girlfriends Past – Matte Painter
2008 – The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor – Matte Painter
2008 – CCM “Skate” Print Advertisements – Concept Artist
2008 – Kung Fu Panda – Matte Painting Supervisor
2007 – Bee Movie – Matte Painting Supervisor
2006 – Flushed Away – Matte Painting Supervisor
2005 – Over the Hedge – Matte Painting Supervisor
2005 – Hammy’s Boomerang Adventure – Matte Painting Supervisor
2004 – Team America: World Police – Matte Painter
2004 – Diablo Ballet’s Petrushka – Visuals Director
2004 – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Senior Matte Painter
2004 – Thunderbirds – Environments Artist
2003 – Lord of the Rings: Return of the King – Senior Matte Painter
2002 – Gangs of New York – Senior Matte Painter (nominated for a VES award)
2002 – E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Special Edition – Senior Matte Painter
2002 – Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones – Senior Matte Painter
2001 – Planet of the Apes – Senior Matte Painter
2001 – Pearl Harbor – Senior Matte Painter
2001 – Allegra “Skier” Commercial – Senior Matte Painter
2000 – Space Cowboys – Senior Matte Painter
2000 – First Union Bank Commercials – Matte Painter
1999 – Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace – Senior Matte Painter
1999 – Galaxy Quest – Matte Painter
1998 – X.O. – Digital Character Designer
1998 – Snake Eyes – Matte Painter
1998 – Twister – Matte Painter
1998 – Chevy Blazer “Storm” Commercial – Matte Painter
1997 – Men in Black – Matte Artist
1997 – Spawn – Matte Artist
1997 – Star Wars: A New Hope Special Edition – Matte Artist
1997 – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Special Edition – Matte Artist
1997 – Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi Special Edition – Matte Artist
1996 – Mars Attacks! – Matte Artist
1996 – 101 Dalmatians – Matte Artist
1996 – Snickers “Elephant” Commercial – Matte Artist
1995 – The American President – Assistant Matte Artist
1995 – Congo – Assistant Matte Artist
1995 – Casper – Computer Graphics Assistant
1994 - Radioland Murders – Computer Graphics Assistant
1994 – Disclosure – Matte Painting Assistant
1994 – TGIFridays “Christmas” Commercial – Matte Painter
1994 – Angels in the Outfield – Assistant Wrangler
1993 – In the Mouth of Madness – Computer Graphics Assistant
1993 – Energizer Bunny “Flea” Commercial – Matte Painter
1993 – The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles TV series – Matte Painter
EDUCATION
Currently enrolled in the MFA program
Miami International University of Art & Design
Miami, FL
BFA in Fine Arts with a concentration in Photography
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
ORGANIZATIONS & AWARDS
Faculty Recognition for Teaching Excellence Summer Quarter 2009
VES Awards Judge 2008
Annie Awards Judge for Production Design and Character Design 2007
ASIFA HOLLYWOOD 2005 – present
Animation Guild Member 2005 – present
VES Nomination for Best Matte Paintings in a Feature Film for “Gangs of New York” 2002
The Visual Effects Society Member 2001 - present
Vice-chair of SF SIGGRAPH 2002
National and International showings of personal Art and Photography 1982 - present
Please Contact Bob Coleman
13323 Washington Boulevard, Suite 304, Los Angeles, CA 90066
310-788-3918 M. 310-293-8718 F. 310-788-3415 http://www.d-a-a.com