Kieran Nicholas Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

VFX Editor on Black Mirror, based in Shepherds Bush, London, mainly remote.. Fabulous experience with a great team

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Landed this role on the Ipcress File as the VFX Editor. Fantastic Spy Thriller coming to you on ITV

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Diana Bishop, historian and witch, accesses Ashmole 782 and knows she must solve its mysteries. She is offered help by the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, but he's a vampire and witches should never trust vampires.

London, United Kingdom

Four Part Series for Sky & HBO. Catherine The Great follows the later years of the her reign as well as her passionate affair with Potemkin. Unable to publicly marry their story is one of obsessive love for each other and their country.

London, United Kingdom

The War of the Worlds is a three part drama produced by Mammoth Screen for the BBC

London, United Kingdom

TV production for National Geographic as the VFX Editor based in London.I am creating animatics to tell the story for client review before proceeding with supply & demand to the venders, essentially working on a rough mockup of potential graphics/styles to be used in the final production. I am using storyboards to create a sequence of events from concepts provided to help tell the story and potential layout of these shots to be replicated by venders using Matte paintings in 2D or 3D. I am liaising with the venders editorial sending material for their artists, checking through the edit marking up changes and informing the venders if a significant change has occurred in the cut.I am working closely with in-house VFX Artists, production teams and VFX Supervisors to ensure material is ready and accurate for review whenever needed.I am ensuring that all venders keep to the guidelines laid out for delivery spec and downloading all material from relevant FTP/Aspera servers, pulling the material into AVID and placing in the relevant holding bins before either cutting in (if requested by the editor) or passing to the Editorial dept for review.When requested, I am sending base line projects to the NY Edit with any relevant material for them to drop into their edits and/or sending through the material approved to be sent and added to the edit.

I liaised with the venders in setting up the running of material recieved/sent, checking through the edit making sure all scans (V000), push, pulls, repo's re matched, ensuring the work was correct and accurate to the specifications laid out.I worked closely with in-house VFX Artists, production teams and VFX Supervisors to ensure that the material was ready and accurate for review.I worked closely with production teams and client to ensure that all the work received or sent to the client was accurate, changing any frame ranges, audio, or cuts to ensure all parties had the most exact information. I created EDLs as and when required to pass to the conform editor ready for 2k reviews ensuring V000 and the latest versions were available.I passed VFX Material to the editor on a daily basis once it had been approved by the Supervisor.I ensured that all venders kept to the guidelines laid out for delivery spec, downloading all material from relevant FTP/Aspera servers, pulling the material into AVID and placing in the relevant holding bins before either cutting in (if requested by the editor) or passing to the Editorial dept for review.

London, United Kingdom

I liaised with the internal staff in setting up the running of scratch dailies, checking through the edit, making sure all respeeds, push, pulls, repos re matched. I ensured the work was correct and accurate to the specifications laid out by the clients.I worked closely with in-house production teams and VFX Supervisors to ensure that the material was ready and accurate for client review.I ensured that the turnover (cuts from the client) was received within an acceptable time frame, making sure all information was relayed to the production teams and artists. I worked closely with production teams and client to ensure that all work received or sent to the client was accurate, changing any frame ranges, audio, or cuts to ensure that all parties had the most exact information. I ensured that artists were kept up to date with any changes that were received from the client.I troubleshooted editorial queries that arose e.g. in screening rooms, and relating to FCP systems.

London, Soho

I liaised with the client and internal staff in setting up the running of shows to make sure editorial formats of the pipeline were in place before the production received work from the clients.I prepared work from the clients and artists ready for digital projection in in-house screening rooms. I ensured the work was correct and accurate to the specifications laid out by the clients.I worked closely with in-house production teams and VFX Supervisors to ensure that the material was ready and accurate for client review.I ensured that the turnover (cuts from the client) was received within an acceptable time frame, making sure that all of the information was relayed to the production teams and artists. I worked closely with production teams and client to ensure that all work received or sent to the client was accurate, changing any frame ranges, audio, or cuts to ensure that all parties have had the most exact information. I ensured that artists were kept up to date with any changes that were received from the client.I delegated work to junior editors on shows, managing their time, making sure dailies and workloads were adequately allocated.I troubleshooted editorial queries that arose e.g. in screening rooms, and relating to FCP systems. I worked with Technology & R&D departments to develop and test cutting edge editorial tools to be used within the company, before wider release for the team. I developed training guides for staff to ensure new techniques and software were understood and successfully incorporated into the pipeline.

I built and maintained technical concepts and storage solutions to support a multitude of projects, with a secure connection for staff to be able to work in and out of the office.I setup and supported the digital postproduction environment advancing the technical infrastructure of the company.I identified the changing technical requirements, recommended and developed solutions.I gave support to the editorial department on set, installing, maintaining, and moving kit as required.I was responsible for assembling the edit using the original material, checking it against the offline edit.I ensured Pans & Scans were matched, checking the original material for digital errors.

Shepards Bush, London

DI & Conform, Tech Support, Editorial