John Bunt

Work Experience

5/18 to current WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING Glendale, CA
5 years Principal Visual Effects Designer
Previs/visualization MotionBuilder, Maya, After Effects, Nuke, Premiere, Unreal.
Final installation and on site media integration.
Unreal editing for ride and game installations.
Motion graphics and compositing for attraction installations.

5/17 to 5/18 SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS Culver City, CA
1 year Lead Layout Artist for Animated Feature
Sequence based layout in Maya.

10/16 to 5/17 WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING Glendale, CA
7 months Visual Effects Designer
Previs using MotionBuilder, Maya, After Effects, Nuke.
VR visualization using Unreal Engine.
Kuka robotic arm programming and operation.

8/14 to 10/16 SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS Culver City, CA
2 years 2 months Layout Supervisor for Feature Film
Senior Layout Artist for Animated Features
Leading team of artists and production in rough and final layout.
Sequence based layout in Maya.

5/14 to 8/14 BENTO BOX ENTERTAINMENT North Hollywood, CA
3 months Generalist - Animation TD
Motion capture editing, character setup, pipeline development.
Animation, rendering, and compositing using Maya,
MotionBuilder, Xsens MVN, and After Effects.

3/14 to 5/14 RGH THEMED ENTERTAINMENT Los Angeles, CA
3 months Layout and Previs Artist
Previs and layout using Maya, Nuke. Motion editing using MotionBuilder.

1/14 to 3/14 THE THIRD FLOOR, INC. Los Angeles, CA
2 months Postvis and Previs Artist
Animation in Maya, compositing in After Effects, camera tracking in Boujou.

10/10 to 1/14 SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS Culver City, CA
3 years 6 months Layout Lead/Artist for Feature Films
Rough, plate and final layout using Maya, Nuke, and Katana.
On set motion capture supervision.
MotionBuilder, Endorphin.
Stereo camera dialing lead.

4/10 to 10/10 PRIME FOCUS Hollywood, CA
7 months Stereoscopic conversion artist

1/09 to 4/10 SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS Culver City, CA
1 year 4 months Lighting Compositing TD for Films
Lighting and compositing using Katana, Nuke and Maya.
Stereo lighting lead.

9/08 to 12/08 CUSTOM FILM EFFECTS Burbank, CA
4 months Compositor, 3D Generalist for Films
Modeling, animation, lighting using Maya/Mental Ray.
Composting and paint using Digital Fusion.

3/08 to 9/08 TECHNICOLOR INTERACTIVE Burbank, CA
6 months Lead Artist – Animation, Layout, Lighting and Compositing
for Game Cinematics
Character and pipeline setup for Maya/MotionBuilder.
Lighting compositing using Maya/MR, After Effects and Shake.
Animation and layout MotionBuilder, 3ds Max, Maya, and XSI.
Supervise and train artists local and India.

12/07 to 3/08 CAFÉ FX Santa Monica, CA
4 months Compositor for Film
Live action CG integration compositing using Digital Fusion.
Lighting using Maya and Mental Ray.


6/05 to 11/07 SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS Culver City, CA
2 years 7 months Lighting TD – Sr. Technical Animator/Integration
Motion capture character animation and layout for feature films.
Lighting and rendering using Maya and Katana.
Compositing using Nuke and Katana.
Layout and animation integration using Maya and MotionBuilder

2/05 to 6/05 CAFÉ FX Santa Maria & Santa Monica, CA
4 months Compositor for Films
Live action CG integration compositing using Digital Fusion.

9/04 to 2/05 STARGATE DIGITAL Pasadena, CA
6 months Compositor for Film and Television
Live action film compositing and 3D integration
using After Effects, Boujou, and Maya.

8/99 to 9/04 BLUR STUDIO Venice, CA
5 years 2 months Compositing, Lighting, Animation, Motion Capture Supervisor
for Video Games, Film and Television
Motion capture supervisor using Vicon, MotionBuilder, and 3ds Max.
Live action film compositing and 3D integration using Digital Fusion.
3D lighting/rendering and scene assembly using 3ds Max.
2D and 3D camera tracking using Matchmover and Boujou.
On location visual effects supervision.
Character rigging and animation.

2/99 to 8/99 ENCORE HOLLYWOOD Hollywood, CA
6 months Jr. Compositor for Television

Software Maya ● Katana ● MotionBuilder ● Nuke ● After Effects ● Unreal ● Unity
3ds Max ● Digital Fusion ● Boujou ● Syntheyes ● Vicon ● Xsens MVN
Mudbox ● ZBrush ● Premier ●Photoshop ● Rhino