Jonathan Gerber Email & Phone Number

West Linn, OR, US

Hillsboro, OR, US

Oversee the Technical Director, Pipeline, and Core Software Departments, including management, architectural, and budgeting responsibilities. Work with senior management, show and department leadership, along with the Directors of Systems and R&D to ensure that our efforts address the current and future needs of the company.

Manage a team of Software Developers and Technical Directors across multiple locations, facilitating the creation of visual effects for Film and Commercials. Lead efforts to design, develop, and run an efficient pipeline, facilitating our ability to compete in the markets we serve. Collaborate with artists, software engineers, and little green men whom.

Worked on a variety of features as a TD, including I, Robot, Aeon Flux, Transformers (Model & Texture Lead), and Speed Racer (Pipeline & Tools Lead)

Worked in a variety of roles on shows, from Technical Director through CG Supervisor. Projects included Deep Blue Sea, Spy Game, Red Planet, Time Machine, and Solaris

Worked on Dinosaur, the first WDFA Feature to blend live action plates and CG characters. Helped establish methodologies for tracking moving cameras, built a 2d camera system in Softimage, and automated various processes for the department.

Worked as a generalist at this boutique production house on a variety of low budget, in house films. Responsibilities included modeling, texturing, animation, and rendering in Lightwave, along with compositing in After Effects, along with occasional, on-set duties. Projects included Drive, The Prophecy 2, Phantoms