Jessie Amadio
Eligible for work in USA and EU
Professional Experience
Freelance VFX Lighter
Remote — (2023 to Present)
- Delivering high-quality lighting, lookdev, and rendering for commercial projects of all sizes. Easily managing large shot lists and able to support with generalist skills as needed. Quick to pick up new studio pipelines and render engines.
VFX Supervisor experience informs my self-directed, organized, and communicative approach.
Companies: Parliament, Carbon, Kevin, Hornet, Harbor Picture Company - Led remote teams in the creation of full CG-animated and live-action VFX commercials at a creative boutique studio for brands like Lucky Charms, Airheads, and Sweetarts.
Overseeing projects from concept to final delivery. Heavily involved in bidding, pitching, client calls, resource scheduling, and on-set shoot supervision. - On-the-box as a Lighter and gap-filling generalist while supervising.
- Responsible for the overall success of projects from initial bidding to final delivery. Overseeing asset development and shot production via on-site dailies sessions and delivering clear and timely feedback to team members in overseas offices. Managing on-site teams of up to 15 people for schedules between two weeks and three months.
- Working with directors like Dante Ariola, Gary Freedman, and Adam Berg to delivery high-quality content for brands such as Hyundai, Playstation, and John Lewis.
- VFX Supervision on multi-day international shoots, collecting necessary data and advising production.
- Universal "Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure" (2019) Directed by John Sunter- [Press]
- Hyundai "Next Awaits" (2019) Directed by Dante Ariola- [Press]
- Playstation "It's Time to Play" (2019) - Directed by Gary Freedman
- Lighting and lookdev on many award winning commercials using Maya and Houdini interchageably.
- John Lewis "The Boy and The Piano" - [Press]
- Heineken "Trailblazers" - [Press]
- John Lewis "Buster the Boxer" - [Press]
- Specialized in photo-real lighting and look-development for commercial work. Extensive experience lighting creatures, efficiently managing asset development alongside large shot lists, working as part of a larger pipeline, and comfortably switching between Maya and Houdini.
- Responsible for photo-realistic VFX on commercials with an emphasis on shading and lighting. Fulfilled generalist roles as needed including modeling, animation, and basic simulation. Involved in over 20 commercials for clients like Mercedes-Benz, Nike, and DirectTV.
- Responsible for the creation of 3D assets for use in motion graphics spots. Emphasis on texturing and lighting as well as camera animation and composition. Integral part of a small team of artists in a fast passed environment. Strong understanding of production while working with clients like Research in Motion (RIM).
- Removed a vehicle and an emulsion scratch from seven shots of a short film and created an animated bumper package and logo for client, Maytree Multimedia. Completed paint work, keying, and wound and muzzle-blast tracking for three student films.
- Organize and lead weekly meetings of approximately 30 students. Coordinated over 20 Student Session lectures to promote peer education. Lectured on HDRI Lightprobes and compositing essentials.
- Jupiter Ascending - Method (2015)
- Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Science Degree in Digital Media - Gold British Arrows Craft Award for CGI, John Lewis "The Boy and the Piano" (2019)
- Grammys "We Are Music" (Bon Iver) inlcuded in SIGGRAPGH Animation Festival 2012
- Guest Judge - CICLOPE Latino 2019
- A list of references can be furnished upon request.
CG Supervisor
Carbon VFX - Remote (Sept 2022 to Aug 2023)
CG/VFX Supervisor
Moving Picture Company (Advertising) - London, UK. (June 2018 to April 2020)
The Mill - New York (April 2020 to Aug 2022)
Key Projects
3D Lighter
Moving Picture Company (Advertising) - London, UK. (Jan 2015 to Aug 2020)
Key Projects
VFX Lighter
Method Studios - Santa Monica, CA. (Nov 2012 to Nov 2014)
3D Artist
Moving Picture Company - Santa Monica, CA. (Oct 2010 to Oct 2012)
3D Artist
3am Design - Toronto, ON. (March 2009 to Sept 2009)
Compositor
Freelance (Aug 2008 to June 2010)
President
Drexel SIGGRAPH Student Chapter (Sept 2009 to June 2010)
Film Credits
Technical Proficiency
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Photo-realistic lighting and lookdev using Maya (Arnold, VRay) and Houdini (Mantra, HtoA).
Shading and lookdev using procedural textures (Houdini & Maya), basic texturing (Photoshop & Mari)
Nuke compositing: multipass CG integration, color correction, and HDR creation.
Preliminary knowledge of fur grooming in Houdini, rendering procedurally generated geometry.
Scene and render optimization, rendering with proxies, and managing assets from other packages.
Basic MEL and Python scripting as needed, across softwares.
General knowledge of software beyond lighting, including, animation, modeling, and fx.
At ease in Linux, Windows, and Mac.