Duration Position / Project Client / Company Responsibilities From Senior Technical Director

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1 CV Manuel Macha Contact Career Objective Web: I'm a CGgeneralist with comprehensive knowledge in all areas of 3DProduction. I possess indepth knowledge and experience in modeling, rigging, animation and texturing, lighting, rendering, composting and melscripting. My ambition is to attain a responsible position in a creative production environment that gets me involved in the decisionmaking processes throughout the course of VFXcreation. I d like to constantly develop my artistic and technical skills and to create the highest possible quality of visual effects. Work Experience Duration Position / Project Client / Company Responsibilities From Senior Technical Director Lucasfilm Singapore Clone Wars FullCG TVSeries Technical Director Clone Wars FullCG TVSeries Character Animator Clone Wars FullCG TVSeries CGArtist TVCommercials Supervisor X and I, Full CGIFeature Film, Artist A Sound of Thunder, Feature Film Lucasfilm Singapore Lucasfilm Singapore Fin Design & Effects, Sydney, Australia Paprikaas Studios, Bangalore, India; A.S.P. Roma, Italy Black Mountain GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany, and Compositing shots on the upcoming CloneWars FullCG TVseries. Developing and maintaining tools and UI s for the TDdepartment. Animating characters and creatures on the upcoming CloneWars FullCG TVseries. Working as a generalist in all aspects of 3Dcreation on the production of tvcommercials for international clients. Supervising the modelling of characters, sets and props; maintaining a consistent high artistic and technical quality of the models and integrating them into the production pipeline. Modelling and texturing of photorealistic setextensions Animator, Artist Pepito, TVCommercial CGArtist Architectural Visualization CGArtist content, Architectural Visualization CGArtist informationobjects, 3Danimated imagefilm CGArtist Industrial Visualization Fiftyeight 3D GmbH, Wiesbaden, Germany Schering AG; Schreiber & Friends, Berlin, Germany HeidelbergCement AG; Schreiber & Friends, Berlin, Germany informationobjects AG, St.Gallen, Switzerland Troester GmbH & Co KG, Hannover, Germany, lighting, splitting the shots in different render passes., texturing, rendering and compositing., texturing, rendering and compositing. Concept, modeling, texturing, animation, rendering, compositing and editing. Concept, modeling, texturing, animation, rendering, compositing and editing CGArtist Industrial Visualization Troester GmbH & Co KG, Hannover, Germany Concept, modeling, texturing, animation, rendering, compositing and editing Graphics Artist for web and multimedia solutions Tricus Systemhaus GmbH, Dormagen, Germany Creation of websites and multimedia applications, using Adobe and Macromedia Flash Education The German Film School, Berlin Graduated with a diploma in animation FHDüsseldorf, (University for Applied Sciences) 4 semesters media techniques Alternative Service Untill Bettina von Arnim Gymnasium, Dormagen Abitur (HSC) 1

2 Skills 3DSoftware 2DSoftware Languages German DeepPaint3D Shake English Syflex 2.0 combustion* French Zbrush 2 After Effects Softimage XSI edit* Operating Systems 3ds max Premiere Linux Minolta Vivid Matchmover Pro Windows 700 3DScanner Additional Skills MEL Scripting Polygon and Nurbsmodeling, good hardsurface modeling skills. Proficient in creating hires textures, using both 2D and 3D Paint Applications (/ DeepPaint 3D). Advanced rigging techniques like squash'n'stretch, expressions, utility nodes and automated setups, using MEL scripting. Experienced and fast animator. Good understanding of the principles of animation, timing, weight... Experienced in working with Mental Ray/Custom Shaders, complex shading networks and Multipass for compositing/lighting purposes. Writing custom tools and UI's, in order to optimize workflow and streamlining the production pipeline. Awards and Publications Dronez Sundance Online Film Festival 2004 International 3DAwards 2003, Copenhagen Film nominated Film nominated in the category Best Student Animago Award 2003 Film won 1 st place in the category Education//Science Fiction Kurz & Schön Festival 2004, Film won 3 rd place Cologne Exposé 1 Artbook Still image published The Gift Animago Award 2003 Film won 1 st place in the category Education/Compositing/Special Effects Bokksakk Animago Award 2003 Film won 1 st place in the category Education//Super Short Film Animago Award 2003 Still image won 2 nd place in the category Education/Still/ Creature Voodoorama Prix du Film d' Vues d'afrique, Canada Film nominated Several awards and interviews on internetsites like CGtalk, CGchannel, 3Dtotal, 3Dfestival and Alias.com I m also writing related articles and workshops for DIGITAL PRODUCTION, the leading Germanlanguage DCC magazine. 2

3 Demo Reel Title Tasks Indicates my contribution to the shots, shown on my demo reel. Software Shot Breakdown Hyundai Sonata Mirinda Batman Dronez Bokksakk of the robot, of the robot (parts) of the robot (except scenes at the end of the reel) Dynamics Matchmoving Dynamics Matchmoving Particle effects (when drone crashes down) Keying and Compositing of liveaction scenes, Screen design Compositing DeepPaint3D DeepPaint3D Matchmover Pro Matchmover Pro combustion* AfterEffects combustion* edit* Inculta and of one of the main characters Slim Background/Prop modelling (except scene, when character kicks), Cloth setup and simulation The Gift, Compositing Editing DeepPaint3D combustion* edit* Minolta Vivid 700 3DScanner Pepito Softimage XSI HCF Matchmoving Shading Matchmover Pro Visa of the monkey s cghat. Heat of Madness Director Editing Compositing combustion* edit* 3

4 Fin Design & Effects 4

5 Paprikaas Studios 5

6 Black Mountain GmbH 6

7 Fiftyeight 3D GmbH 7