Brian Lee Matte Painting & Conceptual Design [email protected] www.brianleearts.com
Bio
Hi, my name is Brian Lee.
Since graduating from the Institute of Art – Los Angeles I’ve had the pleasure of working for the entertainment and film industry for close to 12 years now. During this time I have held multiple titles ranging between an entry level Roto artist to a VFX Stereo Supervisor. One of the highlights of my supervising experience was working with ILM’s visual effects supervisors Dorne Huebler and Dennis Muren during the creation of the stereo version of Star Wars Episodes II and III. Although I really enjoy the stereoscopic world, the fact is, my heart remains with creating the art and the visual look of a film through Matte Painting, Concept Design, and hopefully as an Art Director some day. Ever since I was a little kid I have been studying light and the stunning visuals it creates. While growing up in rural Alaska and the American Midwest, I was raised on Looney Toons cartoons, Animaniacs and Indian Jones films. But mainly, spent most of my time wandering around in the woods with a sketch pad and number 2 pencil. I feel very fortunate to have found a career that allows me to continue to explore and develop this passion. Thank you for your time and your consideration.
Experience
Matte Painter & Concept Designer August 2013 Present Creating visual concept development and hyper real environments for feature films. Specializing in software’s such as Photoshop, Nuke and Maya for matte paintings and projection mapping.
Stereo Supervisor February 2010 Present Working with Prime Focus assisting with all stereoscopic needs including stereo VFX supervision, supervising and training teams of stereo compositors at and home and abroad to ensure quality delivery. I work with clients directly, such as, Paramount picture’s Executive Stereographer Cory Turner establishing the creative stereo direction of a film.
Lead Stereo Compositor February 2010 July 2012 lead comp teams globally through the softwares, techniques and expertise required in order to convert 2d feature films into 3d stereo.
Comp at Sassoon Film Design (SFD) May 2009 February 2010 Matchmoving, Tracking & Compositing
Compositor for United by Fate April 2007 April 2007 2d animation and compositing
Designer & Animator (Freelance) February 2007 March 2007 2d animation and character Design
Skills & Expertise
Concept Design / Matte Painting (PS)
Lighting and CG modeling and Animation (MAYA)
Projection mapping (NUKE, MAYA)
Education Art Institute of Los Angeles, CA Bachelor of Science (BS), media arts animation/ VFX (graduate march 2009), 1900 2020
Kent State University Associates degree, Fine Art
Feature Film Credits
Feature Film Experience:
Best Of Me (Matte Painting/Concept Design)
The Interview (Matte Painting/Concept Design)
The Expendables 3 (Matte Painting)
Transformers - Age of Extinction- (Matte Painting) (Stereo VFX Supervisor)
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For: (Matte Painting/Concept Design)
The Legend of Hercules (Matte Painting)
Star Wars: Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith (associate Stereo supervisor)
Star Wars: Episode 2 -Attack of the Clones (associate Stereo supervisor )
Men In Black 3: (Lead stereo Compositor)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Lead stereo Compositor)
Immortals (Lead stereo Compositor)
Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon (Lead stereo Compositor )
Green Lantern (Lead stereo Compositor)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Dawn Treader (Compositor)
My Soul To Take (Lead Stereo Compositor)
Cats and Dogs (compositing)
Clash Of The Titans (compositing)
Alice in Wonderland (compositing)
MacGillivary Freeman's Arabia 3D (compositing)
G-Force (compositing)