S Tephen R Osenbaum

S TEPHEN ROSENBAUM

P ROFILE • Award winning Visual Effects Supervisor. • Industry expert in Virtual Production and VFX animation pipelines. • Founder of a cloud-based digital human production start-up.

EXPERIENCE PRESIDENT & CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER ALCHEMIC LTD | 2017-2020 • Built and oversaw operations of an international virtual musician production company employing 50+ with funding from the band ABBA and music producer Simon Fuller. • Managed design, implementation, and use of a scalable cloud-first VFX production pipeline, including an asset management system that offered a continuous interface with in-house and remote artists across the world. • VFX Supervised photography, Virtual Production, Asset Development, and Shot Production of an eight minute music video short featuring virtual ABBA performing as their younger selves in dialogue and song sequences. VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR | Kong: Skull Island LEGENDARY PICTURES, WARNER BROS. | 2014-2016 • Supervised character design, directed storyboarding, pre-visualization, 2nd Unit photography and all visual effects and animation sequences in the movie. • Daily collaboration with the director, editors, and producers to break-down, develop, plan, shoot, and assemble the movie. • Provided daily creative and technical direction during development and shot production for six contracted visual effects vendors. VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR & PRODUCER | Michael Jackson: Slave to The Rhythm MICHAEL JACKSON ESTATE | 2013-2014 • Prepared Virtual Production breakdowns, budgets, schedules, and cost reports for the client, and provided weekly production reports to the Jackson Estate. • VFX Supervised creation and animation of virtual Michael Jackson posthumously singing and dancing to an original song live at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards. VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR | Jack The Giant Slayer DIGITAL DOMAIN | 2010-2012 • Redesigned and oversaw development and implementation of a company-wide character animation pipeline, including a Performance Capture workflow for humanoid characters. • VFX Supervised character design, Pre-visualization, Development, Virtual Production and Shot Production between three remote offices and one vendor for the “Giant” sequences. VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR | Avatar WETA DIGITAL | 2007-2009 • Supervised the 18 month Performance Capture phase, working daily with the director, editors, actors, and on-stage motion capture teams. • Supervised daily creative and technical operations of Virtual Production through VFX Post Production, including facial Performance Capture, facial Reflectance Capture, and facial muscle mapping. • Supervised the 6 month Live Action photography and Virtual Production phase, working daily with the director, actors, all department heads, and leading the on-set VFX teams. • Managed Asset Development and supervised Shot Production teams within Weta Digital during the final 11 months of the production.

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AFFILIATIONS DIRECTOR’S GUILD OF AMERICA 2ND UNIT DIRECTOR ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES VISUAL EFFECTS BRANCH

EDUCATION EPIC GAMES | 2020 GRADUATE | Unreal Engine Virtual Production Fellowship V1.0 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY | 1987 BACHELOR’S DEGREE | Computer Graphics

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