Contact Details:

Tel: (44) 1932 269822 Mob: 07762 565068
Email: gary@fuzzygoat.com
Date of Birth: 5th March 1968
Nationality: British

Key Skills:

• Specialize in modeling, lighting, shading and rendering
• Department, Project and onset Supervision
• Modeling of both hard surface and organic objects
  
• Dynamics and particle effects animation
  
• Scripting and pipeline development
  
• Character and Vehicle Rigging
  
• Paint and compositing as need for textures and shots
• Software design / engineering skills, working knowledge of C++
• Production use of Maya, Syflex, Lightwave 3D, Modo, 3DS Max and After Effects
• Production use of MEL, LScript and MaxScript

Professional Experience:

Fuzzygoat Limited . Shepperton : October 2002 - Present
www.fuzzygoat.com
3D Digital Supervisor / Technical Director

• Earthshocks (National Geographic) : Compositing temps and finals
• Internal Visual Target (DICE) : Model build, texturing, lighting, animation and dynamics
• Batman The Dark Knight : Concept tests, look development
• Inkheart : Previz
• Casino Royale : Previz, Compositing Preview temps and finals
• Stardust : Concept design and previz
• Doom : Main title design, Modeling, texturing, lighting and rendering
• Rome (HBO) : Texturing, lighting, rendering, rope and sail simulations
• Captain Scarlet (Sequences in 5 episodes) : Modeling, texturing, lighting and rendering
• Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy : Previz and preview temps
• Sahara : Burntower previz, technical design and modelling, preview temps
• Batman Begins : Pre productions concept tests, modeling, lighting and composite
• Ella Enchanted : Modeling and texturing

Passion Pictures . London : August 2002 - September 2002
www.passion-pictures.com
Technical Supervisor | TD

• Harry Potter 2 - EA UK Game Trailer: Modelling, Rigging, Spider flock & Cloth Simulation

Mill Film . Shepperton / London (Previously at: the Magic Camera Company) : July 1996 - July 2002
www.millfilm.co.uk
Head Of 3D | 3d Digital Supervisor
Film Work :

• Bond Die Another Day and Harry Potter 2: R&D and Tracking
  
• Lara Croft Tomb Raider 2 : R&D
  
• The Sin Eater : Concept Designs, Previz and Particle Effects
  
• K19 The Widow Maker : Model Design, Modeling, Texturing, Lighting
  
• Shipping News : Matchmoving and Lighting
  
• Lara Croft Tomb Raider : Modeling, Character Rigging and Animation
  
• The Adventures of Pluto Nash : Modeling, Rigging, Texturing, Lighting and Animation
  
• Enigma : Modeling and Texturing
  
• Octopus : Modeling, Texturing, Particle Effects, Character Rigging and Animation
  
• The World is not Enough : Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Matchmoving and Animation
  
• Pitch Black : Modeling, Texturing and Particle Effects
  
• The Avengers : Modeling, Texturing and Character Rigging
  
• Lost in Space : Model Design, Modeling, Texturing, Lighting and Scripting
  
• 20,000 Leagues: Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Character Rigging and Animation

SERC Daresbury Laboratory : July 1992 - September 1993
www.daresbury.ac.uk
Junior Software Engineer, C and C++, Theory and Computational Science Department

Education:

• MA with Distinction in Multi-Media Design: DeMontfort University 1995 - 1996
• BSc Hons in Computer Science: Staffordshire University 1991 - 1994
• HND in Software Engineering: University of Central Lancashire 1989 - 1991
• A-level in Computer Science: Burnley College of Art and Technology 1988 -1989

Courses:

• Alias|Wavefront PowerAnimator Certification Level I: DeMontfort University Leicester - October 1995
• Alias|Wavefront PowerAnimator Certification Level II: DeMontfort University Leicester - May 1996
• Maya Character Animation Course: Alias|Wavefront London - June 2002

References:

• Steve Begg, Visual Effects Supervisor, TombRaider, Casino Royale
• Antony Hunt, Managing Director Cinesite Europe Ltd.
  Written references or contact details available upon request