Dan Walker Email & Phone Number

Santa Clarita, Ca, Us

Sun Valley, Ca

Develop facility pipeline tools, processes and procedures for a scalable pipeline. Lead Nuke Compositor on all animated high definition videos presented to clients worldwide.Inside WET: https://youtu.be/M3lCopwPaXYCo-director / Co-creator of the Game of Thrones Tribute:https://zerply.com/r/29FehHhK/game-of-thrones-at-bellagio-water-show

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles County, California, United States

Los Angeles County, California, United States

Los Angeles County, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

Focused on developing Pipeline processes, tools and procedures for film, television and the military for: • CBS Digital• Stoopid Buddy Stoodios• Sony Pictures Entertainment• LegionVFX• Deluxe / StereoD• ICOvfx• OOOii• ReelFXPlayed a key role in establishing and evolving key requirements for new processes and tools to continually increase the efficiency and scalability of departmental production operations.Guided digital content creators through initial on-boarding process to ensure standardized workflows were set and working.Single point of contact on technical issues with digital content creators.Created, deployed and managed LUTs, troubleshot color concerns and managed color pipeline, digital dailies and image transcoding.Automated custom environment setup, tool/plugin installations.Created review processes for digital content creation departments.Liaison between technology, production management and front-end/back-end digital content creators.Tracked and executed projects aimed at implementing new processes, improving existing processes and triaging services from a Support Operations level.Coordinated and managed the development, deployment and implementation of new or evolving processes in support of digital content creators and Production Management.Created and contributed to technical documentation via web docs/wiki as needed by digital content creators, technology and production management. Stayed up to date on operational processes, tools used and underlying technology.Continually sought to improve system software utilization, functionality, operational efficiency and reporting capabilities.Participated in special needs projects as needed by technology and Production Management.Coordinated, planned, developed and executed software installations, configurations, legacy software and tools migration, user account and system customizations for production roll-outs.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Finishing Senior Digital Compositor on a variety of award winning Feature Films, Television, Music Videos and Commercials for: • Disney ABC Television Group• Big Block• FuseFX• Deutsch• Sony Imageworks• Digital Domain• Rhythm & Hues• Motion Theory• Speed Shape• Zoic Studios• Rokit• Yu+Co• Engine Room• FuriousFX• CafeFX• AceFx• Optical Illusion• Dream Quest ImagesDigital compositing, stereoscopic compositing, color correction/matching, set extension, compositing effects, marker/rig removal, matchmoving, rotoscoping, green screen removal, 2D & 3D tracking, CG integration, dust busting, scratch removal, rendering & painting, lighting/shading, troubleshooting and overseeing technical integrity of shots.Comprehensive understanding of Nuke, high dynamic range source material, working in 2D and 3D space and utilization of multiple render passes, source materials including film, video, CG and digital assets to create a cohesive image.Standardized and created compositing templates, python and script based tools, UI and workflows to improve efficiency.

Venice, Ca

Develop and update existing facility pipeline tools, processes and procedures for RodeoFX facilities in Montreal, Quebec City and Los Angeles. Primary 2D, Dailies/Review support for the Los Angeles facility.

Burbank, California

Develop facility pipeline tools, processes and procedures for a scalable pipeline, from ingest thru delivery within the Burbank and New York facilities.

Woodland Hills, Ca

Develop and update facility pipeline tools and processes for the Los Angeles facility.

Burbank, Ca

Developed facility pipeline tools, processes and procedures for a scalable pipeline within the Burbank facility in addition to global Pixomondo facilities.

Glendale, Ca

Provided support and development of tools and procedures to extend and enhance the Animation pipeline.Assisted digital content creators with troubleshooting of shots.Cross-over support for multiple departments, including Animation, Layout, Rigging and Animation Technology.Ensured software development follows studio policies and guidelines.Worked closely with other Technical Directors, Production Supervisors, VFX Supervisors, and Animation Technology to maintain and further the production pipeline.Technical Director for the Animation pipeline, Maya and DreamWorks proprietary software.Streamlined, serviced, designed and automated digital content creator and departmental workflows.

Greater Chicago Area

Single point of contact for hardware and software technical issues.Served as the studio-wide Technical Director, supporting Modeling thru Compositing and the 3D design print team.Facilitated internal training programs with an emphasis on Maya, Shake and Nuke.Fixed, tracked and reported proprietary and third-party software application bugs.Streamlined and automated procedures for artist and departmental workflows.Serviced, purchased, and updated studio-wide third-party software configurations.Liaison between BigIdea and software vendors, resellers and product managers.Managed Alpha and Beta software testing phases for production testing, coordinating scheduled software and testing releases as well as interfacing and capturing all feedback from individual testers.Researched and tested third-party software solutions studio-wide and for the 3D design print team.Managed, researched and tested the transition of Unix based systems to Linux.

Santa Barbara, California Area

Provided all aspects of customer support, technical documentation creation, real-time problem solving, developing and conducting training classes and on-site consulting worldwide.As a senior team member, worked closely with R&D, Marketing, Technical Sales and provided workflow solutions.I started with this company when it was young and still named Wavefront Technologies. In 1995, Silicon Graphics (SGI) purchased Wavefront Technologies and Alias Research and merged the two companies to create Alias|Wavefront. In 2008, Alias|Wavefront was purchased by Autodesk.