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About

Christopher Nolan's dreamscape epic.
For the Paris Cafe sequence we were challenged to recreate a photoreal, multispeed, explosion of the parisian urban landscape. A mix of retimed live action plates and slew of 3D simulations were combined to achieve such an effect.

Role

3D Generalist Technical Director
Lighting TD and Look Development for various exploding debris and cobblestone.

Credits

Title: Inception
Director: Christopher Nolan
VFX Supervisor: Paul Franklin
VFX Studio: Double Negative
Production Studio: Warner Brothers

Paris Cafe Sequence
CG Lead: Dan Neal
Lighting Lead: Clement Gerard

About

Comicbook/Videogame mayhem ensues when Scott Pilgrim must battle his girlfriend's seven evil Ex's.
 A great challenge to integrate graphic/comic book animation and style with live action.

Role

3D Generalist Technical Director:
Lighting TD and basic layout for Lucas Lee snow sequence.
Lighting TD for the Yeti in the twins sequence.
Lighting TD for the sword in the Gideon sequence,
I projected the matte paintings(ground, bg created by another artist) in the desert dreams sequence.
Lighting TD for the cg war hammer in the Ramona fight sequence.

Credits

Title: Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Director: Edgar Wright
VFX Supervisor: Frazer Churchill
VFX Studio: Double Negative
Production Studio: Universal Studios

CG Supervisor: Andew Whitehurst
Lucas Lee Sequence Lead: Chantelle Williams
Yeti Technical Director: Lucy Salter

About

Ellie, the dancing Elephant, struts her stuff for GE technology.
Our main challenge was to try and maintain the photoreal subtlety of the Ellie's skin through vastly different lighting enviroments.

Role

Lighting TD
I joined the crew at Framestore near the tail end of this project to assist in the final lighting/comping. I worked mainly on a couple of the jungle shots - I focused on creating the dappled leaf look and used some sun/practical light reflection cards to bring a bit more warmth to the scene.

Credits

Title: GE Ellie
Client: GE
Agency: BBDO New York
Agency Producer: Regina Iannuzzi
Production Company: Traktor
Creative Group Head: Don Schneider
Copywriter: Tom Darbyshire

VFX: Framestore
VFX Supervisor: Alex Thomas
Technical Director: Andy Rowan- Robinson
Lead Animator: Seth Gollub
Lead Flame: Mindy Dubin
Nuke: Sabrina Tenore
Head of Production: Laney Gradus

REELS
About

A compilation of my professional and personal work.

Role

Edit

Credits

Music:DJ Kentaro - One Hand Blizzard

Shotlist

Jacob Slutsky : Reel 2009 : Shotlist(PDF download) : Resume(PDF download)


Converse : PSYOP : Look Development, Lighting/Shading TD
Milk : PSYOP : Medusa : Lighting/Shading TD, Compositing on Snake Transition
Milk : PSYOP : Sad Princess : Additional Fluid Sims, Lighting/Shading on Underwater Shot
TRowe : PSYOP : CG Supervisor, Lighting/Shading TD
Absolut Dissection : PSYOP/Mass Market : CG Supervisor, Lighting/Shading, Modeling
Fernet Branca : PSYOP : CG Supervisor, Look Development, Lighting/Shading TD, ICE sims
Pontiac : Mass Market : Lighting/Shading
Renault : PSYOP/Mass Market : City Environment Lead, Lighting/Shading TD
PPL : Mass Market : Lighting/Shading TD
Pepsi Beach Ball : Mass Market : Animation, Lighting/Shading
Sprint Speedway : Mass Market : Stadium and Crowd Lighting/Shading, Additional Glow Line Passes
Mastercard : PSYOP : Look Development, Lighting/Shading TD
Cruel, Calexico : Loyalkaspar : VFX/CG Supervisor, Modeling, Animation, Texturing, Lighting, Compositing
VH1 Films : Loyalkaspar : RealFlow Simulation, Texturing, Lighting
Martel : PSYOP : CG Supervisor, Lighting/Shading TD
Sampo : Loyalkaspar : Animation, Texturing, Lighting, Compositing
Scent of a Robot, Pete Miser : UVPH : Secondary Animation, Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Compositing
GE Locomotive : Mass Market : CG Supervisor, Lighting/Shading TD
Lime ID's : Loyal Kaspar : VFX Supervisor, Tracking, Modeling, Animation, Texturing, Lighting, Compositing
UVPH 2005 Reel Open: Modeling, Animation, Texturing, Lighting, Compositing
UVPH 2003/2004 Party, Projection Gfx: Design, Texturing, Lighting, Softbody Simulation, Compositing
Swatch Skate : UVPH : VFX Supervisor, Tracking, Modeling, Animation, Texturing, Lighting, Compositing
UVPH 2003 Reel Open : Modeling, Animation, Texturing, Lighting
Master Blaster : UVPH : Compositing
TV on the Radio : UVPH : VFX Supervisor, Lighting, Compositing
Fur Envy : Loyalkaspar : Modeling, Animation, Texturing, Lighting, Compositing
The Ring, Trailer : UVPH : Modeling
Starz Kids and Family : UVPH : Compositing
Physiography, Short : Design/Concept, Modeling, Animation, Texturing, Lighting, Compositing
About

A collection of my lighting and compositing work, including a few shot breakdowns.
Role

Edit

Credits

Music: Selection from NinjaTune SolidSteel #21

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About

A series of fairytale like spots for the California Milk Board. It was a real challenge to create the multiple CG characters and environmental effects with a relatively small team and short time frame. As a lighting TD I helped create a sophisticated look that could be easily manipulated in post; custom ambient vs. key FG passes were created to manipulate the color temperature as needed.

Role

Medusa
Look and lighting development/Lighting TD. Shader optimization and setup. Pass and Lighting setup. Compositing for final shot/hair transition.

Sad Princess
Realflow sims for splashes on balcony, secondary ocean splashes, and Milk. Lighting for underwater shot.

Credits


Spot Title: CMPB Legends 2 Medusa

Client: California Milk Processor Board
Agency: Grupo Gallegos
Chief Creative Director: Favio Ucedo
Group Creative Director: Juan Oubiña
Associate Creative Director: Saul Escobar
Associate Creative Director: Curro Chozas
Copywriter: Edgar Hernandez
Agency Producer: Carlos Barciela
Account Director: Caro D’Antuono

Director: Psyop
Psyop Creative Directors: Marie Hyon, Marco Spier
Design Director: Haejin Cho
Executive Producer: Lucia Grillo
Producer: Michael Neithardt
Assistant Producer: Tarun Charaipotra
Lead 3D Artist: Christian Bach

3D Artists:
Jacob Slutsky
Ted Kotsaftis
Todd Akita
Jae Ham
David Barosin
Alvin Bae
Tony Jung
Dan Fine
Rie Ito
Jeff Lopez
Xuan Seifert
Jonah Friedman
Jason Vega
Soo Hee Han
Pakorn Bupphavesa
Genessa Chamberlai

3D Animators: Jason Goodman
Jae Ham
Michael Shin
Alejandro Castro

After Effects:
Jason Conradt
Ted Kotsaftis
Fred Kim
Jacob Slutsky

Designers:
Gordon Waltho
Anh Vu
Pete Sickbert-Bennett
Jungeun Jaye Kim

Storyboard Artist: Ben Chan

Music: Nylon Studios

Sound Mix: AZ Los Angeles
Sound Engineer: Gonzalo Ugarteche


Spot Title: CMPB Legends 2 Sad Princess

Client: California Milk Processor Board
Agency: Grupo Gallegos
Chief Creative Director: Favio Ucedo
Group Creative Director: Juan Oubiña
Associate Creative Director: Saul Escobar
Associate Creative Director: Curro Chozas
Copywriter: Edgar Hernandez
Agency Producer: Carlos Barciela
Account Director: Caro D’Antuono

Director: Psyop
Psyop Creative Directors: Marie Hyon, Marco Spier
Design Director: Haejin Cho
Executive Producer: Lucia Grillo
Producer: Michael Neithardt
Assistant Producer: Tarun Charaipotra
Lead 3D Artist: Christian Bach

3D Artists:
Florian Witzel
Jacob Slutsky
Ted Kotsaftis
Jimmy Gass
Todd Akita
Jae Ham
David Barosin
Alvin Bae
Tony Jung
Dan Fine
Rie Ito
Jeff Lopez
Xuan Seifert
Jonah Friedman
Jason Vega
Genessa Chamberlain

3D Animators:
Jason Goodman
Michael Shin
Alejandro Castro

After Effects:
Jason Conradt
Ted Kotsaftis
Fred Kim

Designers:
Gordon Waltho
Anh Vu
Pete Sickbert-Bennett
Jungeun Jaye Kim

Storyboard Artist: Ben Chan

Software Developer: Andreas Gebhardt

Music: Nylon Studios

Sound Mix: AZ Los Angeles
Sound Engineer: Gonzalo Ugartec

About

A spot for T.Rowe and Price highlighting the interelated nature of global investments.
This project was all about maintaining a very subtle and painterly feel while following darker more graphic lines that draw on and lead us through the spot. A classic Psyop dose of 2D aesthetic in 3D space.

Role

Project Lead.
Lighting TD for Ink/Toon Style.

Credits

Title: Ink
Client: T. Rowe Price
Agency: JWT New York
Co-President, Chief Creative Officer: Ty Montague
Executive Creative Director: Andrew Clarke
Creative Directors: Izzy Levine, Nate Goodson
Art Director: Orit Ben-Shitrit
Copywriter: Giovanni Maletti
Executive Producer: Caroline Coleman
Music Producer: Theresa Notartomaso
Director of Integrated Production: Clair Grupp
Director of Broadcast Production and Content: Joe Calabrese
Account Management EVP: Dany Khosrovani
Account Director: Mitch Bau

Director: Psyop
Production Company: Psyop, New York
Psyop Creative Director: Mate Steinforth
Psyop Executive Creative Director: Marie Hyon
Executive Producer: Lucia Grillo
Producer: Eve Strickman
Design: Mate Steinforth
Technical Director: Jake Slutsky, Dave Barosin
CGI: Jonah Friedman, Andy Hara, Boris Ustev, Tom Cushwa, Soo Hee Han, Rie Ito, Lee Wolland, Jae Ham, Jimmy Gass
Compositing: Colin Hess, Manu Galot, Jason Conradt, Yussef Cole, Matt Hanson

Music & Sound Design: Q Department
Mix: Sound Lounge

About

In celebration of their 100th anniversary, Converse comissioned a video featuring the combined musical prowess of Pharrell and N.E.R.D, Julian Casablancas, and Santogold. PSYOP created a seemingly hand made paper world that allowed the performers to move through impossible spaces, while capturing their individual personalities and performance.


Role

Lighting TD.
3D look and lighting development. Shader/Pass setup and initial composite style.

Credits
Song: “My Drive-Thru”
Collaborators: Santogold, Julian Casablancas & N.E.R.D.
Produced by: Pharrell Williams

Client: Converse
CMO Converse: Geoff Cottrill
Head of International Marketing: Chris Lindner
VP of Marketing: Dennie Wendt
Advertising Manager: Scott Nelson


Agency: Anomaly, New York
Creative Director: Mike Byrne
Art Director: Ian Toombs
Head of Production: Andrew Loevenguth
Brand Director: Stephen Corlett

Production & Animation: Psyop, New York
Directors: Marie Hyon & Marco Spier, Psyop
Executive Producer: Lucia Grillo
Producer: Jen Glabus
Associate Producer: Carol Collins
Art Director: Jon Saunders
Live Action Producer: Paul Middlemiss
VFX Supervisor: Chris Staves

3D Leads: Chris Bach & Pakorn Bupphavesa
3D: Jacob Slutsky, Bashir Hamid, Dave Barosin, Andreas Gebhardt, Jason Vega, Jason Goodman, Jaye Kim, Boris Ustaev

Lead Compositor: Molly Schwartz
Compositor: Danny Kamhaji

Flame Artists: Jamie Scott, Dan Boujoulian
Editor: Cass Vanini
Storyboard Artist: Ben Chan
Design: Gordon Waltho

Roto Lead: Leslie Chung
Roto Artists: Tiffany Chung, Jordan Harvey, Kristian Mercado, David Marte, Jess Mireau, Ale Monzon, Chris Riemann, Joe Brigati

Music Supervision & Production: Cornerstone, New York
Co President: Jon Cohen
Co President: Rob Stone
Sr. Vice President: Jeff Tammes


Music
Song: “My Drive-Thru”
Collaborators: Santogold, Julian Casablancas & N.E.R.D.
Produced by: Pharrell Williams

About

Based upon Absolut's print campaign, this spot features a bottle disassembling to reveal its pure liquid core. The focus was on creating graphically abstract moments that build to the liquid reveal before the bottle reassembles itself.
This spot was selected for the SIGGRAPH 2009 Animation Theatre.


Role

Project Lead.
Bottle breakup modeling - the individual puzzle like pieces not only fit together around the bottle, but have interlocking thickness as well.
Lighting for various shots.

Credits
Directed by Psyop with visual effects by MassMarket.


Title: Dissection
Client: Absolut Spirits, Stockholm
Agency: TBWA/Chiat/Day, New York
Worldwide Creative Director: Rob Smiley
Creative Director: Lew Willig
Copywriter: Meghan Simons
Art Director: Megan Williams
Producer: Jamie Grady

Production Company: Psyop, New York
Directors: Marco Spier, Chris Staves, Mate Steinforth
Designer: Mate Steinforth
Director of Photography: Martin Ahlgren
Executive Producer: Lucia Grillo
Producer: Nathan Jew
Assistant Producer: Tarun Charaipotra
Live Action Producer: Paul Middlemiss

Visual Effects Company: MassMarket, New York
VFX Executive Producer: Justin Lane
Technical Director: Jacob Slutsky
Lead Flame Artist: Nick Tanner
Flame Artists: Chris Staves, Theo Maniatis
Pre Visual Artist: Damon Ciarelli
Editor: Cass Vanini
XSI Team: Dave Barosin, Jan Bitzer, Andrea Gebhardt, Jae Ham, Bashir Hamid, Andy Hara, Florian Witzel, Miguel Salek, Boris Ustaev, Jason Vega, Lee Wolland
Roto Artists: Leslie Chung, David Marte, Joon Park

Sound mixer: Peter Holcomb, Sound Lounge, New York
Music: Small Sails, Somnambulist
About

Commercial for Fernet Branca highlighting its unique 27 herbs and spices, and smooth rich color.
A huge leap of faith for our production team - this was our first attempt at using XSI's ICE particles. Additional we used a 3rd party mesher and multiple inhouse plugins. An all around crazy one, but one of my favorites.

Role

Project Co-Lead with Ted Kotsaftis.
Lighting TD. Liquid/Fluid look and lighting development. Liquid simulations(ICE).

Credits

PSYOP

About

A giant fisherman camped on the outskirts of a city baits the populace with a most irresistable lure: a brand new Renault. The task here was to play with different ideas of scale and lighting that exists in the underwater world, and bring them into an urban environment.

Role

City environment lead and look/lighting development. Lighting/Shading TD.

Credits
Visual Effects by Mass Market.

Client: Renault
Agency: Publicis-Paris
Creative Director: Herve Plumet
Copywriter: Marc Rosier
Art Director: Jean Marc Tramoni
Agency Producer: Sam Fontaine


Director: Psyop-Eben Mears
Production Company: Stink/Psyop
Executive Producer: Stink-Daniel Bergmann; Psyop-Justin Booth-Clibborn
Producer: Stink-Mungo Maclagen
Visual Effects Company: MassMarket
VFX Executive Producer: Justin Lane
VFX/Post Producer: Jen Glabus
VFX Supervisor: Chris Staves
Designer: Haejin Cho
Editor: Cass Vanini
3D Artists/Animators: Jacob Slutsky, Todd Akita, Pakorn Bupphavesa, Chris Bach, Alvin Bae, Florian Witzel, Josh Harvey, Damon Ciarelli, Jeorg Liebold Boris Ustaev, Dave Barosin, Jaye Kim, Bashir Hamid, Catherine Yoo, Tom Barrett Kitty Lin, Borja Pena, Chris Moore, David Bernkopf
Flame Artists: Chris Staves, Joe Vitale, Jamie Scott, Ella Bolivar, Mark French
About

A commercial for Finnish Bank Sampo. A lonely "Idea" eventually finds happiness with the help of a little financial stability.
Role

Animation, Lighting, and Compositing.
Credits

Loyalkaspar

About

A Music Video for NYC Hip Hop artist Pete Miser. The song says it all "He's a robot programmed not to know that he's a robot..."
Role

Lighting/Shading TD, Compositing, and Secondary Animations.
Credits

UVPHACTORY

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