ARI RUBENSTEIN 21 Ganung Drive Ossining, NY 10562 cell # 914-589-3974 [email protected] . website: www.curvstudios.com ______
With a specialty in VFX Look Development, and a thorough knowledge of the entire VFX pipeline (having run my own VFX facility full time for over 10 years, and 20 years having freelance produced & VFX Supervised work for Feature films and Episodic VFX TV series), 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.
INDEPENDENT PRODUCTIONS
THE BLUES CRAB Director, Producer, VFX Supervisor Curv Productions 3D Animated Short Film - Award Winning (1st ever film Rendered in Compositing app - Vray for Nuke)
SMALL BLUE SHADOW Director, Producer, VFX Supervisor Curv Productions 3D Animated Short Film (Convergence of VFX & Feature Animation pipelines with Unreal Engine) - recipient of Epic MegaGrant, and sponsored by Foundry, ChaosGroup, Dell Computer, Realillusion, Turbosquid, Goleam
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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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VIDEO ON DEMAND / BROADCAST
Experience
A SERIES of UNFORTUNATE EVENTS VFX Supervisor Netflix / Tippett Studio / VFX for Television Series Curv Studios 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 ______
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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References
Matt Jacobs VFX Supervisor - MPC [email protected] 510-681-4309
Matt Simmons VFX Supervisor - Blue Sky Studios [email protected] 914.318.2741
Adam King Lighting Supervisor - Blue Sky Studios [email protected] 914-839-9904
Chris Morley VFX Supervisor - Tippett Studio [email protected]
Aruna Inversion VFX Supervisor - Digital Domain [email protected]