VISUAL EFFECTS COMPOSITING INSTRUCTORS
XENIA PIROJENKO
COMPOSITING
Xenia has been working in the VFX industry for the past 6 years as a senior compositor, key artist and supervisor of the roto/paint department on titles such as Game of Thrones, Finch, Bumblebee, and many more. Throughout her career, she realized how important it is to share knowledge and information with artists and that is why she decided to take up a new challenge and teach what she loves.
JAMES LEE
COMPOSITING
James Lee is an experienced compositor, where he worked on many well-known feature films and television shows such as Ms. Marvel, Black Panther 2, Detective Pikachu, Ad Astra and Skyscraper. He also worked at studios such as Digital Domain, Fuse, Encore, Kalos Studios, MPC and Dneg. He has excellent knowledge both in technical and creative skills in Nuke compositing software.
James’s hobbies include cooking, gaming and walking his dog, Candy.
SUSANNA JOSEF
COMPOSITING
Susanna Josef is a VFX Compositor based in Montreal with a background of traditional art, cinematography, TV production and software engineering. Susanna has worked on many fantastic titles throughout her professional career, including Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (2022), Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), Maleficent (2014) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), just to name a few!
DANIEL AZEVEDO
COMPOSITING
Daniel Azevedo is a Digital Compositor, based in Toronto, Ontario. He is known for Logan (2017), The Shallows (2016) and The Greatest Showman (2017).
KARL BUCKLEY
COMPOSITING
Karl Buckley has 20+ years of experience in the 3D animation industry and has worked for many studios such as: Mainframe Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Technicolor, Rainmaker Entertainment, Waterproof Studios and WildBrain Studios.
For most of his career Karl has worked as a look development artist and 3D modeler. Some of the projects Karl has worked on include the following titles: Escape from Planet Earth (animated feature), Driver San Francisco (game cinematics), Splinter Cell “Conviction” (game trailer), Ghost Busters (game trailer), Company of Heroes 2 (game trailer), Assassins Creed 2 (game cinematics), Assassins Creed 3 (game cinematics), Need for Speed Most Wanted (game), Def Jam “The Fight for New York” (game).
In addition to his production experience, Karl has also been a part time instructor for over 10 years, mentoring 3D animation students in the areas of shading and texturing, problem solving, and developing a keen eye for details.
DAVID MICHAN
COMPOSITING
David Michán is an award-winning Mexican director with multiple feature film credits and more in production. He is an alumnus of the reknowned Centro de Capacitacion Cinematografica and has more than fifteen years of experience in the direction and production of films, commercials, music videos and advertising campaigns for both cinemas and television. He is also an accomplished visual effects artist with VFX and other post-production credits on a dozen films and TV series, including Tales From the Loop, Big Sky, Yellowjackets, and more.
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