KEN FISK
San Francisco
602.741.8804
kenfisk@fiskfx.com
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Encore | Los Angeles, CA Feb 2021 – Current
Senior Compositor
Integrating 3D elements properly into plates
Chroma keying, screen comping
Painting interactive lighting for Flash zoops into the plate.
Integrating FX into plates
Technicolor | Los Angeles, CA Feb 2020 – March 2020
Senior Compositor
Integrated set extensions for indoor environments
Chroma keying
Color correcting assets to integrate them properly
into the plate.
MPC | Vancouver, BC Nov 2020 – Dec 2020
Senior Compositor/Shot Lead
compositing all cgi shots and integrating with matte painting and FX elements. Color correcting all elements from multiple departments as well as making sure Sonic was Sonic Blue.
Shot lead on Cats with three junior artists. Responsibilities included cg integration, keeping the plate hands and faces on the cats. Using position data we created alphas on the faces to blend cg with the plate.
Blue Sky Studio | Greenwich, CT Jun 2018 – Oct 2019
Compositor
I had the opportunity to do different types of work, from frontend tasks, look dev, and comp.
Comp tasks included but not limited too, integration of elements such as DMP and FX, color correction, and maintaining the quality of the shot.
Zoic | Culver City, CA Mar 2018 – May 2018
Compositor
I have had the pleasure of working at Zoic during pilot season twice and working on three different shows.
I worked on everything from Keying, adding UI elements, tracking and doing color correction, 3D tracking to create projections for body part removals and other paint work.
MPC | Montreal, QC 2016 – 2017
Compositor
Worked on three amazing films; Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Alien Covenant and The Mummy. Integrating CG characters and elements to create a photo real shot.
Using AOV's and ID's to composite CG elements to integrate into the plate. Color correcting CG and DMP's to create the correct atmosphere to achieve proper depth.
Blue/Green-screen extraction assuring to retain all pixels with no or minimum degradation.
EDUCATION
Academy of Art University | San Francisco, CA 2002 – 2006
B.A. Visual Effects
SKILLS
3D Projection
CG Integration
Color Correction
FX Integration
Photography
Communication
Linux pipeline
MEMBERSHIP
Visual Effects Society
INTERESTS
Movies: I love movies! Here is my Letterboxd
Photography: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenfisk/