John Rix Email & Phone Number

Coquitlam, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, Canada Area

Provide strategic, innovative, cost effective technical leadership for the Vancouver studio, projects and Artists; refining and executing the core workflow in the Vancouver studio, while ensuring consistency with the tools and processes in the Sydney studioCredits include: Leo (Netflix/Happy Madison) DC Superpets Lego Movie 2 Lego Ninjago

Vancouver, Canada Area

Gener8 specializes in a full 3D model stereo re-projection conversion pipeline resulting in shots that can fully match native shot stereoI worked across all departments to advance the state of Gener8's pipelines (people, process, workflow, tech) to increase the throughput, quality, and predictability.Recent Film credits include: Pan (feature film) Pixels (feature film) Insurgent (feature film) Jupiter Ascending (feature film) The Grandmaster (feature film) Maleficent (feature film) Godzilla (feature film) 300: Rise of an Empire (feature film)

Vancouver, Canada Area

Studio wide role, working on project bids, budgets, scheduling, pipelines, studio infrastructure planning and staffing. In addition to the studio side, I have taken on specific roles associated with in-house productions (below)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Nickelodeon TV Series)Dec 2011-presentFocus: Workflow, Pipelines, Tool Chain, Team structure, Budgeting, TrackingPlanet Sheen (Nickelodeon TV series)May 2010-Jul 2011CG SupervisorFocus: Workflow, Pipelines, Team structure, Budgeting, Recruiting, TrackingHighlight: Successfully taking over a show from a studio that closed down, merging pipelines of Bardel, original Studio and Nickelodeon, while maintaining or elevating visual and technical benchmarks and staying on time and on budget Bob’s Burgers (Prime Time Fox TV series )2010-Mar 2011Technical DirectorFocus: Workflow, Pipelines, Team structure, Harmony color, cameras and scaling Highlight: Adjusting technical and approval pipelines, workflow and staffing structures on the fly as show parameters changed and evolved over the course of production Neighbours From Hell (Prime time TV series, Fox/Dreamworks)Feb 2010- Technical DirectorFocus: Workflow, Pipelines, Team structure, delivery and QC process and technical pipelineHighlight: Getting studio infrastructure, pipelines and workflows in place on the first Prime Time Harmony based show.TokiWorld (Online social world for tweens)Oct 2009-May 2010, ongoingCreative Director: Focus: Driving the product vision through focused feature evaluation and play testing, ensuring Art, Audio, Design, Engineering features and staff worked cohesively, and harmoniouslyHighlight: Assembling a team and using agile development methodologies went from prototype to beta launch in 6 months

Production Company for the creation of underwater imagery (Stills, HD video) to highlight and support the underwater life of BCClients: David Suzuki Foundation, Scuba Pro, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, CPAWS, Sierra Club, etc.Extreme Green (TV Documentary)Editor, Designer, FX, NarrationExtreme Green Up Close and Personal (Coffee table book)Photographer, Designer, Writer

* Art Director driving visual goals, style and benchmarks, mentoring and training staff, conducting ongoing individual and group art critiques* Design and oversight of a custom, fully integrated art pipeline and associated workflows and processes* Recruiting, hiring and day to day management of a team of 2D, 3D and technical artists* Feature design and documentation, priority planning, usability testing for lead product “Just Leap In”* Milestone planning, task scheduling and production tracking, contingency plans

Credited on over 20 AAA titles in a variety of roles including Art Director, Supervising Art Director, Technical Art Director, CG supervisor, Product Manager. In addition to production roles, I also managed EA internal Artist tool groups, Motion Capture, Video and Audio post production facilities, and was a charter member of internal EA councils for Graphics, Workflow, Pre-production, and Post Production