The Lighting Ninja

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Matt Wheeler

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Objective:

• I am seeking work that enables me to contribute the artistic and technical talents I have developed. I welcome the opportunity to be challenged, thus growing further as an artist.

Computer Experience:

bullet Maya
bullet Photoshop
bullet Mental Ray
bullet V-Ray
bullet Nuke
bullet Katana
bullet Arnold
bullet Shake

bullet Renderman
bullet After Effects
bullet Unity
bullet 3D Studio Max


Work Experience:

Freelance Artist, Albuquerque, NM
May 2013 - Present
bullet Working with Pivot VFX, Cosmic Forces and other companies on a freelance basis.

Pivot VFX, Albuquerque, NM
Aug 2012 - May 2013
bullet Lighting and compositing work on “Iron Man 3”, “EVE Angelic”, and an attraction ride film. 

Sony Pictures Imageworks, Culver City, CA and Albuquerque, NM
Mar 2009 - June 2012
bullet Worked as a lighting TD, compositor, and look dev artist for the films “Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs”, “Cats & Dogs 2”, “Green Lantern”, and “The Amazing Spider-Man.”

MPC, Santa Monica, CA
Dec 2008 - Mar 2009
bullet Freelance lighting TD for spots for AT&T, Emerald Nuts, and Wrigley. Duties included skin, eye and mouth shader development, look-development, and lighting of photorealistic faces to match plates.

Method Studios, Santa Monica, CA
June 2006 - Nov 2008
bullet Performed feature film work on “Pirates of the Caribbean 3,” and “W.”  In commercials, worked as Lead Artist for PODS, and performed specific look development and lighting for Microsoft, Pepsi, Olay, Miller, Target, Toyota, PODS and others.

Motion Theory, Venice, CA
July 2005 - June 2006
bullet 3D Artist for various commercial spots including EA’s “Mech Warriors,” Lenovo’s Thinkpad campaign, HP’s “Hands” campaign, and spots for Cadillac and McDonald’s.


Education:

Vancouver Film School, Vancouver, BC
2003 – 2005
Certificate in Visual Effects Stream of 3D Animation Program
bullet Awarded the Festival Scholarship for my “Hail to the Snail” short – given to 4 students out of 25 to extend time at school to get the project ready for festival competition.
bullet Chosen to represent VFS at PRIMN International Multimedia Symposium in France. Toured French art schools and placed 3rd in a digital short contest there.

UVSC, Orem, UT
1998 – 2001
Art & Visual Communications – Associates in Science – Graphics
bullet Studied Art, Film, 2D and 3D Design, Multimedia, and Programming

Accomplishments:

bullet SEMI-FINALIST in the 2005 Global Student Animation Awards for “Hail to the Snail”
bullet Earned the Eagle Scout Award