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Udo Smutny
Born 23th June, 1960 in Erlangen, Germany
Address: Schlehenhag 31, 85276 Pfaffenhofen, Germany
Mobile: + 49 (0) 179 60 99 44 9
Email: [email protected]
Objective :
Working on interesting, international feature films with high quality level for which my
creative and technical experience as a digital film compositor and set supervisor are valuable.
Capabilities:
- Educated and experienced in handling the creative, technical and economical demands of
_data-intensive film projects while working under pressure.
- Knowledge of the whole process of film making and post production of visual effects.
- Work well in a team environment.
- Experienced as team leader on set as well as post production.
- Good hand for educational trainings.
Credit list (selection):
2013/2014
Ingolstadt, Germany
BMW 360˚ Fahrconfigurator
Feynsinn (EDAG Company)
Digital Compositor
Web-Special
2013
Munich, Germany
TV Series/TV Movies
D-Facto-Motion GmbH
VFX Supervisor
TV Series/TV Movie
2013
“Audi City Future Trailer”
Munich, Germany
Topalsson GmbH & Co KG
Digital Stereoscopic
Compositor
Inhouse presentation
2012
“Clara und das Geheimnis
der Bären”
HesseGreutert Film AG
Digital Compositor
“Jahr des Drachen”
Colonia Media
Filmproduktion GmbH
VFX-Set Supervisor
“Blutschwestern zu jung zum Sterben”
TNF TelenNormFilm GmbH
Digital Compositor
Munich, Germany
2012
Cologne, Germany
2012
Munich, Germany
Feature Film
TV Movie
TV Movie
2011
Digital Compositor
Munich, Germany
“Der Bergdoktor / Die Bergretter”
ndF - neue deutsche
Filmgesellschaft mbH
2011
Munich, Germany
“Heiter bis tödlich - München 7”
Akzente Film u. Fernsehprod.
Digital Compositor
TV Series
2011
Munich, Germany
“Was weg is, is weg ”
deutschfilm GmbH
Digital Compositor
Feature Film
2011
Munich, Germany
Mercedes-Benz SLS Roadster
Mackevision
Digital Compositor
Web-Special
2010/2011
Stuttgart, Germany
Mercedes 360˚ Fahrconfigurator
Mackevision
GoodFilm/Mackevision
Technical Director
VFX-Set Supervisor
Web-Special
2010
“Timos/Nexis”
Munich, Germany
GoodFilm/ Mackevision
VFX-Set Supervisor
Compositor
Exhibition-Commercial
2010
Digital Compositor
Berlin, Germany
“Hindenburg”
teamWorx Television
& Film GmbH
2009/2010
Stuttgart, Germany
“Universum der Ozeane”
Gruppe 5
Digital Compositor
Three-part TV series
2008/2009
“Ninja Assassin”
Ludwigsburg, Germany
Warner Bros. Pictures
Digital Sequence Lead
Compositor
Feature Film
2008
Munich, Germany
“Krabat”
Claussen + Wöbke + Putz
Filmproduktion GmbH
Digital Compositor
Feature Film
2007
Munich & Berlin, Germany
“Bernds Bude”
Bumm Film
VFX Supervisor
TV Series
2006/2007
“Harry Potter”
“The Order of the Phoenix”
Warner Bros. Pictures
Digital Compositor
2006
Munich, Germany and
Prag, Czech Republic
“Märchenstunde”
Ratpack
VFX Supervisor
TV series
2006
London, England
“Superman Returns”
Redsun Productions
Digital Compositor
Feature Film
London, England
TV Series
TV Movie
Feature Film
2004/2005
Copenhagen, Denmark
“Ambulancen”
Nordisk Film
VFX Supervisor
Feature Film
2004
VFX Supervisor
Copenhagen, Denmark
“From Paris to Berlin”
Infernal
Fridthjof Film
2004
London, England
“Alien vs. Predator”
Lonlink Produktions Ltd.
Digital Compositor
Feature Film
2004
London, England
“King Arthur”
Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Digital Compositor
Feature Film
2004
“Harry Potter”
Digital Compositor
Music Video
And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
London, England
Warner Bros. Pictures
Feature Film
2003
“Lord Of The Rings”
Digital Compositor
„Return Of The King“
Wellington, New Zealand
New Line Cinema
Feature Film
2003
Munich, Germany
„Schatzsuche“
Condor Communication
Digital Compositor
Dome Commercial
2002
Munich, Germany
BMW Carshow Detroit
Steiner Film
Digital Compositor
Commercial
2002
Cologne, Germany
“Alarm für Cobra 11”
Action concept
Digital Compositor
TV series
2001
Munich, Germany
Commercial
BMW IAA Frankfurt
Steiner Film
Digital Compositor
Wide screen
2000
Cologne, Germany
“Der Clown”
Action concept
Digital Compositor
TV series
2000
“Alarm für Cobra 11”
Cologne, Germany
Action Concept
Digital Compositor
and Set-VFX advice
TV series
Work Experience :
Freelance VFX Supervisor
Set VFX Supervisor and Post Production Supervisor for
TV Series / Web-Special and Feature Films.
Freelance Digital Film Compositor
Working as Digital Film Compositor for commercials,
feature films and TV Series using NUKE
Digital Film Compositor / VFX Supervisor
Feynsinn, Ingolstadt, Germany
Topalsson, Munich, Germany
D-Facto-Motion GmbH, Munich, Germany
Black Sail Pictures, Munich, Germany
Hochkant Film, Munich, Germany
Mackevision, Stuttgart, Germany
LUXX-Studios, Stuttgart, Germany
Pixomondo Images, Ludwigsburg and Berlin, Germany
Scanline, Munich, Germany
Framestore CFC, London, England
Bumm Film, Munich, Germany / Prag, Czech Republik
Nordisk Film, Copenhagen, Denmark
Fridthjof Film, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cinesite Europe, London, England
Weta Digital Film, Wellington, New Zealand
Arri Digital Film, Munich, Germany
Steiner Film, Grünwald/Munich, Germany
Action Concept, Hürth/Cologne, Germany
Lecturer for NUKE
Since 2013
Mediadesign Academy for Design and Computer science
Munich (MD.H)
Trainer for Digitalkameras (Photo technique)
2012
Hallertauer Volksbank eG national press department,
Pfaffenhofen/Ilm, Germany
Trainer for Lightroom
Since 2012
“vhs Pfaffenhofen“, Pfaffenhofen/Ilm, Germany
Demo-Artist for Shake
2003
2001 and 2002
2001
“DVE” Software - reseller, Munich, Germany
Filmtools, FMX Stuttgart, Germany
Nothing Real, IBC Amsterdam, Netherlands
Demo-Artist for Boujou
2002
Filmtools, Alias/Wavefront Usermeeting, Munich, Germany
Trainer for Shake
2001 - 2007
“The German Film School“, Elstal/Berlin, Germany
SHAKE reseller and Postproduction companies
Trainer for After Effects
2012
“PN Medien GmbH“, Pfaffenhofen, Germany
2001
“EFIFF-Europäisches Fortbildungsinstitut für Film und
Fernsehen“, Oberhausen, Germany
Lecturer Video technique
2002 - 2005
1993 - 2000
FAU University Erlangen - Nuremberg Institute for
Audio-Visual Media, Erlangen, Germany
Since 2001 Freelancer
03/00 – 02/01
Digital Compositor:
Action Concept, Cologne, Germany
Digital Compositing for TV series and TV movies using
After Effects, Combustion and Photoshop. Set-VFX advice
07/95 – 02/00
Editor and Digital Compositor:
AV Studio, Nuremberg, Germany
Worked on all aspects of post production, including:
- Film-to-video transfer
- Digital compositing with After Effects and Photoshop
- Linear and non-linear editing for commercials
09/94 – 06/95
Kitchen Assembly Man,
Sokol, Forchheim, Germany
Assembly and installation of kitchen hardware
07/92 – 08/94
Freelance Associate Producer and Editor,
Southern Germany and Austria
Associate producer for short films
Linear and non-linear editing for commercials
07/90 – 06/92
President and General Manager,
3D Arts GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany
3-D work for industry films and commercials
using Tips, Rio, Topas and Alias
10/89 – 06/90
Editor and Cameraman,
AVA GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany
Camera man and Linear Editor for industry films
12/86 – 10/87
Assistant Manager,
MASH-Verlag, Erlangen, Germany
04/86 – 11/86
Freelance Camera and Editor,
Southern Germany and Austria
Camera man for industry films
Linear editing for industry films
03/84 – 03/86
Internship as Camera Assistant / Assistant Editor,
Perimed Verlag, Erlangen
Production and post production for industrial film and
commercials, including camera assistance, lighting,
editing and sound design
Education:
1988 – 1989
Civilian service, Erlangen, Germany
1979 – 1983
Technical secondary school,
Erlangen, Germany
School-leaving Technical diploma
Language skills:
German (mother tongue)
English (good)
Computer skills:
System administration Windows NT/XP
Basic knowledge programming
Main software skills:
NUKE, SHAKE, After Effects, Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere
Software trainings:
Shake Training at Filmtools, Munich, Germany
3DS Max at “EFFIF Europäisches Fortbildungsinstitut für Film
und Fernsehen“, Oberhausen, Germany
Additional skills:
Staff recruting
Pipeline engineering
Wide-ranging and hands on knowledge of analog and digital
video production
Basic knowledge of photo cameras and film cameras
Highly experienced in educating compositing
Highly knowledgeable in understanding the bridge between
3D and 2D
Personal interests:
Films (especially Sci-Fi and fantasy), photography
Digital Compositing Freelancer (selection)
Udo Smutny
2013/2014 360˚ BMW Fahrconfigurator
Production company: Feynsinn
Format: HD 1920 x1080
Helping hand to pipeline engineering. Compositing
BMW X3 / BMW X4 exterieur and interieur for exterieur
(deep compositing) with others.
Software: NUKE
2013 Audi City Future Trailer
Production company: Topalsson GmbH & Co KG
Director: Ya`ir Magall
Format: HD Stereoscopic 1920x1080
Inhouse presentation show.
Prepare opening and ending full CG stereoscopic shots
as well others for client approvals. Set CG car in
CG Future environment.
Software: NUKE
not for public view
2012 Clara und das Geheimnis der Bären
Production company: HesseGreutert Film AG
Director: Tobias Ineichen
Format: HD 1920x1080
Combine plates with bear and actors. Respeed shots.
Remove leashes form the fur.
Bring thunder storm in night shot.
Software: NUKE
2012 Blutschwestern – zu jung zum Sterben (Die Bibel des Blutes)
Production company: TNF TelenNormFilm GmbH
Director: Kai Meyer-Ricks
Format: HD 1920x1080
Set extension with blue screen
partly 3D tracking and work in 3D space
Software: NUKE
2011 Was weg is is weg
Production company: deutschfilm GmbH
Director: Christian Lerch
Format: Format: 35 mm 2.35 : 1
Set extension, clean plate, wire removal.
Software: NUKE
2011 Der Bergdocktor / Die Bergretter
Production company: ndF - neue deutsche
Filmgesellschaft mbH
Director: div.
Format: HD 1920x1080
Create breaking rocks. Set extension (green screen)
partly in 3D space, clean plate, wire removal.
Software: NUKE
Visual Effects Supervisor and Technical Director
Udo Smutny
2010/2011 360˚ Fahrconfigurator
Production company: Mackevision/GoodFilm
Director: Matthias Berndt
Format: HD 1920x1080
“Do everything what pushes the project”.
Set supervision
Responsible for set supervision at Barcelona
locations like set measuring, stick tracking
marker, take environment spheres and
tunnels as well as lens grids and photos for
colour reference.
Pipeline engineering and post production
Allocate Set photos.
Set up pipeline like naming conventions and coordinate film data management.
Develop strategy of work tasks as well as coordinate test runs with producer.
Bring changes of cut into pipeline as well as content changes.
Coordinate and approve the externally processed orders.
Develop test and control procedures together with programmer and producer.
Change software programming of render tasks. Prepare results for client approvals.
Compositing:
Start procedures of stitch spheres and tunnels. Set extension and environment with colleges.
Neutral grade. Final colour grade with colleges.
Software: NUKE, Lightroom, PTgui
Visual Effects Supervisor and Compositing Freelancer
Udo Smutny
2010 Timos / Nexis
Production company:
Mackevision/GoodFilm
Director: Peter
Format: 35 mm 2.35 : 1
Exhibition commercial for kitchen door
closing systems.
Set supervision on film set as well as photo
shooting at the same studio.
During high key Film shooting take care of
best results concerning the possibilities to
bring in CG elements in post production.
Responsible for sphere shooting, set
measurement and tracking markers in order
to do set extension.
Composit CG elements.
Monitoring of the correct positions and
angels during photo shooting in dependency
the previce settings.
Software: NUKE
Digital Compositing Freelancer (selection)
Udo Smutny
2010 Hindenburg
Production company: teamWorx Television
& Film GmbH
Director: Philipp Kadelbach
Format: 35 mm 2.35 : 1
Compositing of the last seconds of the Hindenburg. Starts with explosion in the air till lay
down (side view) except the shot with tower (finished by Florian).
Combine live action plates with CG Zeppelin and Fire. Bring in explosion and smoke
elements from green screen studio into the shot.
Software: NUKE
2009 / 2010 Universum der Ozeane
Production company: Gruppe 5
Director: div.
Format: RED 4K
Three-part series of an infotainment which
explains the history of oceans life.
Bring host (Frank Schätzing) from green
screen studio into several historic and
prehistoric CG surroundings like on top of
the rocks or bring him into the submarine
vehicle. Relight studio light on host during
his actions on lots of wharf shots. Refine the
CG elements interaction between rocks,
water and plants with real elements. Create
comic BG and track him in.
Software: NUKE
2008 / 2009 Ninja Assassin
Production company: Warner Bros.
Director: James McTeigue
Format: 35 mm 2.35 : 1
Bring in CG splashes of blood. Match colour
to reference shot.
Software: NUKE
Slice of head by Ninja sword.
Bring in sword and CG head as well as
splashes of blood. Add drips of blood on
shoulder. Match colour to reference shot.
Software: SHAKE
Create background clean plate. Rebuild of
camera movement and retime. Reduce
camera shake. New timing of falling head,
new focus pull. Bring in new CG elements
like blood splatter after cut, head impact on
ground with blood. Bring particles of broken
glass on top of CG head. Bring in green
screen elements of blood on floor. Create
colour reference. Remove tracking marker and explosion sparks caused by crashing glass of
table.
Several shots of “Osaka Rooftop” sequence.
Bring in CG chain with knife and rain trails.
Look development.
In Dojo sequence bring in burning beam,
ambers, glints. Add CG blood as well as
chain and knife.
Bring in rays of searchlight (NUKE 3D space)
during camera movement. Bring in shuriken
trails and blood elements.
Software: NUKE
Digital Compositing Freelancer (selection)
2008 Krabat
Production company: Claussen + Wöbke + Putz Filmproduktion GmbH
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner
Format: 35 mm 2.35 : 1
Set extension between houses. Add snow
and fire plus smoke on middle house.
Tracking marker removal. Day for night.
Set extension on several shots. Bring in
snow on hills and roof tops. Add fire and
smoke. Day for night.
Software: SHAKE
Udo Smutny
Digital Compositing Freelancer (selection)
2007 Harry Potter V
Production company: Warner Bros.
Director: David Yates
Format: 1:1.66 / 35 mm
During camera movement replace the nose
of a human face with a morph from a pig
nose to a ducks beak (CG). Skin colours
changed slightly.
Retime and rerack the shot. Insert and
retime real bird. Insert Letter. Add
shaddows and reflections. Set extension
ceiling.
Insert CG letter, defocus background. Set
extension on right wall.
Software: SHAKE
Udo Smutny
Visual Effects Supervisor and Compositing Freelancer
2006 Märchenstunde
Production company: Rat Pack
Director: Tommy Krappweis / Erik Haffner
Format: 16 mm
Calculation of VFX shots
Set Supervision
VFX Post Production Supervision
Work Tasks:
-
Recruitment Postproduction VFX Staff
Pipeline engineer
Naming conventions
Lead compositor
Time management
3D Supervision
Episodes:
Hänsel & Gretel - Ein Fall für die Supergranny
Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse - Qual der Wahl royal
Aschenputtel - Für eine Handvoll Tauben
Der gestiefelte Kater - Catman Begins
Udo Smutny
Digital Compositing Freelancer (selection)
2006 Superman Returns
Production company: Red Sun Productions
Director: Bryan Singer
Format: 1:2.35 / 35 mm
Compositing of Full CG shots with
seaplane,rocks, water and CG waterfalls and
mist. Including under water rocks and 2D
light rays. Colour match to other shots and
tracking of waterfalls.
Insert Lex Lutor (in front of green screen)
to Mat paint and CG rocks with falling
rocks and dust. Match background
movement to camera movement. (section
of the picture).
Match green Kriptonite colour to other
shots.
Insert CG rocks behind windows (green
screen) during light flashes. Add windows
and hull. Add water drips on both.
Tracking of hull and windows. Add fog in
front and behind the seaplane.
Change original water surface with CG
water and rocks in BG.
Software: SHAKE, Boujou
Udo Smutny
Visual Effects Supervisor and Compositing Freelancer
2005 Ambulancen
Production company: Nordisk Film
Director: Laurits Munch-Petersen
Format: HD 1920 x 1080 for cinema 1:1.85 / 35 mm
Responsible for circa 450 VFX - Shots
Set Supervision
Post Production Supervision
Work tasks:
-
Recruiting Postproduction Staff
Pipeline engineering
Naming conventions
Lead compositor
Time management
3D Supervision
Digital Compositing Freelancer (selection) Udo Smutny
2004 Alien vs. Predator
Production company:
Lonelink Produktions Ltd.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Format: 1:2.35 / 35 mm
Insert snow in live action plate with pistevehicle. Illuminate snow in order to show the
effect of the pist-vehicle lights. Create over
shining effect caused by the lights.
Also with the orange flash lights. Track ship
in shot.
Insert multi layer CG-Alien (Face hugger)
and ledge in live action plate.
Software: SHAKE
Udo Smutny
2004 Harry Potter III
Production company: Warner Bros.
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Format: 1:2.35 / 35 mm
Precompose pictures. Exchange of the
pictures content in the background by using
a combination of different methods to
generate the mattes, i.e. a kind of
“difference-key”. Colour matching of the
precomposed pictures and the whole frame.
Insert pictures into the frames during
camera pan and camera crane movement.
As mentioned above.
Studio wall and frames wobbling in a
different way, therefore matching of the
frames to the wobbling wall.
As mentioned above.
Insert pictures into the frames,while a
camera movement and a focus pulling.
Remove of the red tracking-marker shining
through Ron`s red hair.
Software: SHAKE, Boujou
Visual Effects Supervisor and Compositing Freelancer
2004 From Paris to Berlin
Production company: Fridthjof Film
Director: Ronnie Fridthjof
Format: HD 1920 x 1080 for TV
Responsible for 116 VFX – Shots
including CG shots
Set Supervision
Postproduction Supervision
Work tasks:
-
Pipeline engeneering
Naming conventions
Lead compositor
Time management
Music video look like the TRON movie
Digital Compositing Freelancer (selection) Udo Smutny
2003 Lord of the Rings III
Production company: New Line Cinema
Director: Peter Jackson
Format: 1:2.35 / 35 mm
Colour matching different live action plates
from studio shots and from the forest,
combined with plates shot in the forest.
Wood and actors in the background on the
same plate. Insert light rays shining through
the wood while lightening up the actors.
Software: SHAKE
Udo Smutny
2003 Schatzsuche
Production company: Condor Communication AG
Director: Michael Steiner
Format: Vistavision/Technovision
Creating underwater debris and compositing
of CG fish. Projected in a 200º dome with
4 projectors.
Software: SHAKE
Udo Smutny
Pfaffenhofen, August 2014