Matthew Walker 442 North 400 East apt 7 Provo, Utah 407-451-4677 [email protected]

Education

Brigham Young University Provo, Utah College, Computer Science: Animation Enrolled August 2017 ______

Employment History Brigham Young University Computer Technician Provo, Utah August 2017 – Present - Includes interacting with various faculty members of BYU and troubleshooting any and all computer problems that may arise

BYU - Center for Animation Render Lead/VFX Artist Provo, Utah July 2019 – Present - Included working as the Technical Director of a small team that finished BYU's animated film for 2019, "Death and Delilah" o Personally rendered and composited 60 of the 82 shots in the film o Assembled almost every shot for rendering in Houdini o Taught ~15 volunteers during the 3 weeks of crunch time on how to finish a shot o Created, placed, and simulated the main portal in 8 separate shots o Wrote a tool in Houdini that generates procedural piles of objects for Delilah’s house - Also included mentoring and teaching students how to properly render a shot on layers and composite them in Nuke - Currently helping render shots for “Salt,” BYU’s current film, and designing/programming gameplay for “Dungeon Divers,” BYU’s game for 2020 ______

Professional Skills C++ Advanced Houdini VEX Intermediate Unreal Engine Intermediate Python Advanced SideFX Houdini Advanced Renderman Intermediate Java Advanced Autodesk Maya Intermediate Adobe Photoshop Advanced Maya MEL Intermediate Foundry NukeX Intermediate Adobe Premiere Pro Intermediate ______

Hobbies & Interests Hiking Animated Film Music Production Linux Snow Skiing Game Design Computer Graphics Building PC’s ______

References Seth Holladay Teacher/Mentor, Former Pixar Employee [email protected]