ARI RUBENSTEIN 21 Ganung Drive Ossining, NY 10562 cell # 914-589-3974 / home # 914-762-2334 [email protected] . website: www.curvstudios.com 2019 Resume ______
With a specialty in VFX Look Development, and a thorough knowledge of the entire VFX pipeline (having run my own VFX facility for over 10 years, and having freelance produced work for Feature films and Episodic VFX TV series for the past decade), I take pride in developing content and insuring the very highest levels of quality, in production and through final delivery. Having worked on many live-action and feature animated films, I have been fortunate to gain the experience that each of these divergent production paradigms offer. This is a strength I bring to a company, the ability to provide considerable cost saving solutions through methodologies appropriate to a given pipeline.
ANIMATED FEATURE FILMS
Film Experience Contribution / Role Production Company / Distributor
NIMONA Lead Compositor Blue Sky Studios / Disney Feature Film
SPIES IN DISGUISE Lead Compositor Blue Sky Studios / Disney Feature Film
THE STORY OF FERDINAND Lead Compositor Blue Sky Studios / 20th Century FOX Feature Film – Academy Award nomination
ICE AGE 5: COLLISION COURSE Lead Compositor Blue Sky Studios / 20th Century FOX Feature Film
ANUBIS Lead Compositor Blue Sky Studios / 20th Century FOX Feature Film
PEANUTS Lead Compositor Blue Sky Studios / 20th Century FOX Feature Film
RIO 2 Lead Compositor Blue Sky Studios / 20th Century FOX Feature Film
EPIC: LEGEND OF THE LEAFMEN Lead Compositor Blue Sky Studios / 20th Century FOX Feature Film
ICE AGE 4: CONTINENTAL DRIFT Lead Compositor Blue Sky Studios / 20th Century FOX Feature Film
RIO Lead Compositor Blue Sky Studios / 20th Century FOX Feature Film
ICE AGE 3: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS Lead Compositor Blue Sky Studios / 20th Century FOX Feature Film
SURVIVING SID Compositor Blue Sky Studios / 20th Century FOX 3D Animated Short Film HORTON HEARS A WHO Compositor Blue Sky Studios / 20th Century FOX Feature Film
NO TIME FOR NUTS Compositor Blue Sky Studios / 20th Century FOX 3D Animated Short Film – Academy Award nomination
ICE AGE 2: THE MELTDOWN Compositor Blue Sky Studios / 20th Century FOX Feature Film
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LIVE-ACTION FEATURE FILMS
Film Experience Contribution / Role Production Company / Distributor
THE FOREST VFX Supervisor Temprimental Films / Gramercy Feature Film Pictures
DRAG ME TO HELL VFX Supervisor Curv Studios / Universal Pictures Feature Film
BANGKOK DANGEROUS VFX Supervisor Curv Studios / Lionsgate Feature Film
THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS Compositor Tippett Studio / Warner Bros. Pictures Feature Film
CONSTANTINE Compositor Tippett Studio / Warner Bros. Pictures Feature Film
HELLBOY Compositor Tippett Studio / Sony Pictures Feature Film
CHARLOTTES WEB Compositor / Camera Matchmove Tippett Studio / Paramount Pictures Feature Film
IT LURKS Compositor Tippett Studio Short Film (Phil Tippett)
SHAGGY DOG Camera Matchmove / Layout Tippett Studio / Walt Disney Pictures Feature Film
STARSHIP TROOPERS II Compositor Tippett Studio / Sony Pictures Feature Film
SON OF THE MASK Compositor Tippett Studio / New Line Cinema Feature Film
SHARK BOY AND LAVA GIRL Compositor Tippett Studio / Colubmia Tri Star 3D Stereoscopic Feature Film LEWIS & CLARK: GREAT JOURNEY WEST VFX Supervisor Curv Studios / National Geographic 70 mm IMAX Feature Film
RHEGED: THE LOST KINGDOM Lighting & Compositing TD XAOS Inc. / MacGillivary Freeman 70 mm IMAX Feature Film
ISLAND OF THE SHARKS Modeling / Materials XAOS Inc. / NOVA/WSBH Boston 70 mm IMAX Feature Film
AFRICA'S ELEPHANT KINGDOM Modeling / Materials XAOS Inc. / Discovery Films 70 mm IMAX Film Trailer
BEYOND CHAOS FX / Modeling XAOS Inc. / Volkswagen 70 mm Simulator Ride Film
CORAL REEF ADVENTURE Compositor Curv Studios / MacGillivary Freeman 70 mm IMAX Feature Film
SPIRITS OF SILICON VALLEY Modeling XAOS Inc. / SBK Pictures 70 mm Omni-Max Signature Film San Jose Tech Museum
JOURNEY TO THE EAST Compositor Curv Studios / Hellikon 70 mm IMAX Feature Film
MACGILLIVARY FREEMAN ID Compositor XAOS Inc. / MacGillivary Freeman 70 mm IMAX Film ID
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 SEEDS Compositor Curv Studios / Hellikon / Big Ideas 70 mm IMAX Feature Film
SURVIVER SUBURBIA Lighting & Compositing TD Curv Studios / LUX Edit HDTV Film Trailer
MATRIX: WORLD OF TOMORROW Lighting & Compositing TD Curv Studios / Effect Design 2k Museum Film Exhibit Seattle's Sci-Fi Experience Museum
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BROADCAST
Experience
SONS OF LIBERTY VFX Supervisor Brainstorm Digital / A&E / VFX for Television Series The History Channel
THE LIBRARIANS VFX Supervisor Electric Entertainment / VFX for Television Series TNT (Turner Network)
SLEEPY HOLLOW VFX Supervisor Brainstorm Digital / 20th Century VFX for Television Series FOX
AMERICA'S LOCH NESS MONSTER Lighting & Compositing TD Curv Studios / Indigo Films / Broadcast Title Sequence Discovery Channel THE PLOT TO KILL LINCOLN Lighting & Compositing TD Curv Studios / Indigo Films / Broadcast Title Sequence TLC (The Learning Channel)
MYSTERY OF THE U2 Lighting & Compositing TD Curv Studios / Indigo Films / Visual fx for Television Documentary The History Channel
AMERICA'S MOST HAUNTED PLACES Lighting & Compositing TD Curv Studios / Indigo Films / Broadcast Title Sequence The Travel Channel
CITY COPS: SAN FRANCISCO BLUE Lighting & Compositing TD Curv Studios / Indigo Films / Broadcast Title Sequence TLC (The Learning Channel)
OUT OF THIS WORLD Lighting & Compositing TD Curv Studios / Indigo Films / Broadcast Title Sequence The Travel Channel
NOWHERE TO LAND Materials XAOS Inc. / TBS Superstation Visual fx for Television Movie
ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ Lighting & Compositing TD Curv Studios / Indigo Films / Visual fx for Television Documentary The History Channel
VANPIRES Character Animator Flying Rhino Productions / MSH Entertainment/ Children's Television Series FOX-UPN
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COMMERCIALS
Experience Contribution / Role Production Company
INTEL BRANDING SPLASH Animation / Materials XAOS Inc. / Intel Commercial for Pentium II chip
FORTUNE 100 Modeling XAOS Inc. / Deloitte & Touche Commercial
EXTRAORDINARY MOP Modeling Flipside Editorial / Clorox / DDB Commercial
KINDER CHOCOLATE Digital Paint / Compositing Blue Sky Studios / Ferrero SpA Commercial
NBA ICE AGE 2 PROMO Digital Paint / Compositing Blue Sky Studios / 20th Century FOX Broadcast Film Promo during NBA Finals NBC
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GAMES
Experience Contribution / Role Production Company
X-MEN LEGENDS Compositing / Modeling Cinematico / Activision X-Box Opening Game Cinematic
BRUCE LEE: QUEST OF THE DRAGON Character Animation Curv Studios / Ronin Entertainment / Microsoft X-Box Game Title Universal Interactive / Microsoft
SIMCITY 4 Technical Director Curv Studios / Digital Fauxtography / PC Game Title Maxis
ALTER ECHO Compositing / FX Curv Studios / Kleiser Walzak / THQ X-Box Opening Game Cinematic
ALICE Modeling XAOS Inc. / American McGee / PC Opening Game Cinematic Electronic Arts
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INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA & INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
APOGEE TOWERS Lighting & Compositing TD Curv Studios / Ocean Investments Architectural Visualization
TOWERS ON THE GROVE Lighting & Compositing TD Curv Studios / Ocean Investments Architectural Visualization
AVISTA Lighting & Compositing TD Curv Studios / Ocean Investments Architectural Visualization
HUD DISPLAYS Compositing Curv Studios / ICS Multimedia / Product Simulation Animation Boeing
AFRICA ONE Interface Designer FTI Corp / AT&T CDRom Presentation Tool
UNBUNDLING THE NETWORK ELEMENTS Interface Designer FTI Corp. / AT&T CDRom Presentation Tool
BENZENE Interface Designer FTI Corp. / DuPont CDRom Lawyer Interactive Reference Tool
BENLATE Interactive Authoring FTI Corp. / DuPont CDRom Lawyer Interactive Reference Tool
INTERNATIONAL BANKING CASE Interactive Authoring FTI Corp. / Proctor & Gamble Interactive Deposition Presentation Tool * Numerous Industrial 3D Animated communications tools serving Silicon Valley Technology companies
* Numerous Interactive Courtroom Presentation Tools for a variety of clients
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Education
AA Computer Animation & Design, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland
Organizations
Visual Effects Society (VES) member www.visualeffectssociety.com
ACM Siggraph http://www.siggraph.org
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INDEPENDENT PRODUCTIONS
THE BLUES CRAB Director, Producer, VFX Supervisor Curv Productions 3D Animated Short Film
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References
Matt Jacobs - VFX Supervisor [email protected] cell # 510-681-4309 Tippett Studio, Berkeley, CA
Olivier Maury - Principal R&D Engineer [email protected] ILM, San Francisco, CA
Tim Harrington - Animation Supervisor [email protected] ILM, San Francisco, CA
Tim Speltz – Production Engineering tims@pixar.com PIXAR, Emeryville, CA
David Schnee - Compositing Supervisor [email protected] cell # 925-354-1698 Tippett Studio, Berkeley, CA
Chris Morley - VFX Supervisor [email protected] Tippett Studio, Berkeley, CA
Page Frakes - Color Pipeline Supervisor [email protected] cell # 415-505-4064 Tippett Studio, Berkeley, CA
Gareth Porter - Assembly Supervisor [email protected] Blue Sky Studios, Greenwich, CT