Joe Harkins Visual Effects Supervisor/Producer/Animation Director www.vimeopro.com/joeharkins/portfolio
SELECT CREDITS DIRECTOR STUDI0/PRODUCTION
“ZERO DAY” JOE HARKINS TRITON FILMS Short Film – Director/Writer Gabriel Napora
“STEVE AOKI-SINGULARITY” GILLE KLABIN CNCNTRTE Short Film/Video - VFX Supervisor Maxwell Riesberg, Joshua D. Shadid
“BEAUTIFUL CREATURES” RICHARD LAGRAVENESE ALCON ENTERTAINMENT/WB Visual Effects Supervisor Molly Smith, Erwin Stoff
"DAVID GUETTA TURN ME ON VIDEO" SANJI SENAKA WONDROS MUSIC + VISION Animation Director + VFX Producer VIRGIN/EMI 2012 MTV Video Music Awards Nominee Best Visual Effects
“HUGO” MARTIN SCORSESE PARAMOUNT PICTURES/GK FILMS CG Supervisor – Uncharted Territory
“FOUNDATION” ROLAND EMMERICH COLUMBIA PICTURES CG Supervisor – Uncharted Territory 6 mos. development
“BATTLE LOS ANGELES” JONATHAN LIEBESMAN COLUMBIA PICTURES CG Supervisor – Hydraulx
“GULLIVER’S TRAVELS” ROB LETTERMAN TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Character Supervisor – Hydraulx
“IRON MAN 2” JON FAVREAU PARAMOUNT PICTURES/MARVEL Digital Supervisor – Hydraulx
“AVATAR” JAMES CAMERON TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX VFX/Character Supervisor – Hydraulx
“X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE” GAVIN HOOD TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Character Supervisor – Hydraulx
“BEDTIME STORIES” ADAM SHANKMAN WALT DISNEY PICTURES Character Supervisor
“THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN DAVID FINCHER WARNER BROTHERS BUTTON” PARAMOUNT PICTURES Character Supervisor – Hydraulx + bidding producer (UC)
“THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL” SCOTT DERRICKSON TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX CG Supervisor – Hydraulx
“MEET DAVE” BRIAN ROBBINS TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Animator
“THE INCREDIBLE HULK” LOUIS LETERRIER UNIVERSAL PICTURES Animator
Joe Harkins -Continued-
“I AM LEGEND” FRANCIS LAWRENCE WARNER BROTHERS Lead Character Setup - SPI
“BEOWULF” ROBERT ZEMECKIS PARAMOUNT PICTURES Senior Character Rigger/TD - SPI
“GHOST RIDER” MARK STEVEN JOHNSON COLUMBIA PICTURES Lead Character Setup/TD - SPI RELATIVITY MEDIA
“300” ZACK SNYDER WARNER BROTHERS Lead Character Setup - Hydraulx LEGENDARY PICTURES
“OPEN SEASON” ROGER ALLERS SONY PICTURES ANIMATION Senior Character Rigger/TD - SPI JILL CULTON ANTHONY STACCHI
“X-MEN: THE LAST STAND” BRETT RATNER TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Sr. Character Tech Director - Hydraulx
“SON OF THE MASK” LAWRENCE GUTERMAN NEW LINE CINEMA Creature Setup/TD - Tippett Studio
“CONSTANTINE” FRANCIS LAWRENCE WARNER BROTHERS Creature Setup/TD - Tippett Studio
“HELLBOY” GUILLERMO DEL TORO COLUMBIA PICTURES Creature Setup/TD - Tippett Studio
“THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS” ANDY WACHOWSKI WARNER BROTHERS Creature Setup/TD - Tippett Studio LARRY WACHOWSKI
“THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY STEPHEN NORRINGTON TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX GENTLEMEN” Creature Setup/TD - Tippett Studio
“G.I.JOE: SPY TROOPS THE MOVIE” DALE CARMAN HASBRO Character Supervisor – Reel FX
COMMERCIALS
Contributed to campaigns for Nike, Gatorade, Coca-Cola, and Hasbro.
Notable: Consultant – Alias/Wavefront 2003-2008 Patent: Co-Author U.S. Patent #20070268293 – Musculoskeletal Shape Skinning, 2006 Filed by Sony Corporation Authorship: Co-Author: Inspired 3D Advanced Rigging and Deformation Author: Finding Success Under 25 Affiliations: COPA (CO-OP of Artists), Visual Effects Society Education/Training: Full Sail University, A.S. Computer Animation, Sony Pictures Management Training Lectures/Teaching: Maya Master Class – Siggraph: 2003-2008, Golbins School of the Image: Paris, France Academy of Art, San Francisco, 3D Academy: Copenhagen, Gnomon School of Visual Effects