John Montefusco Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

Greater New York City Area

New York, New York

Responsibilities Include :------------------------------------* Collaborating with directors and clients to achieve the best output possible* Shoot supervision for multiple commercial spots* Leading teams of artists through the thick and the thin of jobs* Working with fellow department members to troubleshoot issues that arise on jobs* Creating future projects timelines with production and other in house teams

Montreal

Groom :================Christopher Robin ( 2018 )Fantastic Beasts 2 ( 2018 )Responsibilities Include :------------------------------------* Creating high quality grooms for various assets and projects* Working closely with surrounding departments to make sure assets will play nicely with each other while keeping the wants of clients in mindCreature FX============Christopher Robin ( 2018 )Responsibilities Include :------------------------------------* Supporting department / show leads and supervisors-----​> Helping team members trouble shoot various per shot issues-----​> Creating tools / work flows to help artists get over hurdles* Efficiently and effectively completing tech anim / CFX shot work in a timely manner

Greater New York City Area

Title : Senior Lighting and Groom Technical DirectorResponsibilities Include :------------------------------------* Managing a team of artists to ensure efficient work and prompt deliver of commercials-----​> Delegating tasks to artists-----​> Organizing reviews and meetups-----​> Creating template scenes for artists to set a certain look and feel*Lead Lighting Artist / CG Lead-----​> Running reviews for a team of artists and clients.-----​> Organizing a team of artists, and giving constructive feedback on their work-----​> Troubleshooting rendering,lighting, and all around problems that occur-----​> Bidding out future projects timelines.-----​> Overseeing jobs from start to finish to ensure quality .-----​> Keeping my team in high spirits even when the going gets tough.* Lead Groom Artist-----​> Setting the look of the hair / fur for hero characters.-----​> Adding dynamics to the hair and setting up dynamic template scenes for use.-----​> Point person for groom questions and troubleshooting.*Helping to create and maintain a cross site hair pipeline:-----​>Create an efficient work flow for hair to be groomed and rendered through proprietary software-----​> Creating intuitive tools for artists using the hair pipeline-----​> Troubleshooting issues that arise and finding the most effective way to fix it without hindering production-----​> Updating tool sets at a prompt rate to keep up with software updates.

Greater New York City Area

Responsibilities Include :------------------------------------*Co-Instructing Lighting and Rendering Classes-----​> Create a very work like environment for students to thrive in.-----> Teaching lessons in the fundamentals of Raytracing , lighting, and shading.-----​> Help students grow and learn not only in their field but as artists.* Thesis Adviser-----​> Help students trouble shoot issues within their thesis-----​> Help students create a timeline and pipeline for their project.-----> Critique student work throughout the year to hep students reach their vision-----> Support students in reaching their goals both creatively and professionally

Brooklyn Ny

*Assistant Instructor to all bread classes-----​> Prepping dough for class-----​> Setting up and organizing students stations with correct ingredients and equipment-----​> Helping students with in class exercises as well as giving tips and tricks to help . *Volunteer Class Assistant-----​> Setting up and organizing students stations with correct ingredients and equipment-----​> Helping students with in class exercises as well as giving tips and tricks to help . -----​> Making sure the kitchen is clean and organized after each class.-----​> Helping the instructor finish prep for each class

Greater New York City Area

I was a freelance Lighting / Look Development Technical Director for a little over a year working at multiple companies. Project Types included : Print , Commercials , and Film.Companies include:----------------------------Framestore NYPanda PantherThe Saline ProjectResponsibilities included:------------------------------------* Look Developing Hard Surface and Organic Characters----->Shader network development for use with MentalRay * Texture Painting for Hard Surface and Organic Characters* Shot Lighting ----->Using and creating light rigs to seamlessly integrate a character to shot footage.----->Shader network development for use with Mental Ray----->Composting renders using Shake, Nuke, and After Effects.----->Creation of lighting and utility passes for use in comp* Set Extension and 3D environment modeling

Beijing City, China

* Teaching assistant in Compositing and Special Effects curriculum, -----> Assisting Instructor in class instruction-----> Tutoring students after class hours* Professor in BCFX Compositing course.-----> Creating class curriculum -----> Instructing students on a broad knowledge of nuke

Greater Pittsburgh Area

* TA For :-----> Typography-----> Color Theory,-----> Graphic Design, and Multimedia Design. -----> -----> Assisting instructor in class execution-----> -----> Assisting students during lab time* Tutor-----> Tutoring up to 5 students at once for a variety of class subjects