IMDB listing: Brian DeMetz Email: info@briandemetz.com (or use contact form) << Back to VFX Portfolio Advanced Experience 3D Studio MAX Nuke, Fusion, After Effects Pro Fume FX, Phoenix FD Thinking Particles, Particle Flow Afterburn, Pyrocluster Vray, Mental Ray Practical Elements Production Areas 3D Visual effects Particle systems Atmospherics Debris simulation Modeling, texturing, lighting, & animation VFX Technical Director VFX Supervisor Senior VFX Artist Cinematics Supervisor Compositing & editing, video/audio Project scheduling HTML/ASP/PHP design/programming Plugins research & development Software/Hardware Ownership 3D Studio MAX FumeFX, Afterburn, Phoenix FD Thinking Particles After Effects Pro Premiere For practical VFX elements... Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ1000; 4k resolution; variable frame-rates Panasonic AG-HVX200A; DVCpro HD format; variable frame-rates Employment History Final Light VFX Burbank, California Jan 2008 to present VFX Technical Director Frantic Films Hollywood, California Oct 2008 to Dec 2008 VFX Technical Director Digital Dimension Tarzana, California Nov 2005 to 2008 VFX Technical Director Final Light VFX Simi Valley, California January 2002 to Nov 2005 VFX Animator / Compositor Race Studios Malibu, California July 2001 to January 2002 VFX Animator / Compositor 3DO/New World Cinematics Agoura Hills, CA May 1998 to July 2001 Lead Artist / VFX Animator / Compositor An-amaze-tion Studios Simi Valley, California June 1995 to May 1998 VFX Artist / Production Supervisor / Systems Administrator Acknowledgments 2005, Atomic Blast VFX elements press released across the internet 2004, Van Helsing Cinematic TV spot & VFX, created for Vivendi Universal 2004, Red Ninja VFX, created for Black Label Games, Japan 2004, BMW and Chevrolet CG car shots spotlighted on 3DM3.com 2003, Lord of the Rings, style guide, web art, Siggraph 30' poster display graphic 2001, Various shots from 3DO Cinematics reel were shown in Siggraph's Shrine Auditorium Presentation 2001, New World Cinematic entire reel was shown at Siggraph Animation Theater 2001, New World Cinematic Team featured at Discreet's Artist Spotlight website 2000, "Meteors into bridge" and "Leela the Archer" from 3DO Cinematics shown in Discreet's Siggraph Reel 1997, "Monday Night Movie Logo" shown in Discreet's Siggraph Reel