Michelle Kater
SOFTWARE
• Silhouette • Nuke • Adobe After Effects • Adobe Photoshop • Commotion • Motor • Shake
EDUCATION
2001-2005 – San Francisco, CA
Graduate of Academy of Art University
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation/Visual Effects)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
September 2013 – May 2018 – Industrial Light & Magic
Roto/Paint Artist
- Roto and Paint for the feature films:
- Solo
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Transformers 5: The Last Knight
- Doctor Strange
- Deepwater Horizon
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- World of Warcraft
- Transformers 4: Age of Extinction
July 2013 – August 2013 – The Paint Collective
Roto/Paint Artist
- Roto and Paint for the feature films:
- Need For Speed
- Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
May 2013 – Spy Post
Roto/Paint Artist
- Paint for feature film:
- We're The Millers
October 2010 – May 2011 – Industrial Light and Magic
Roto/Paint Artist
- Rotoscope and Paint for feature films:
- Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides
- Super 8
- Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon
- Battleship
August 2009 – October 2010 – Mekanism
Roto Artist / Animator
- Rotoscoped live action plate and animate splines for Charles Schwab Commercials
- Took over for Lead Animator when unavailable, which included putting shot together at the end of the day and assisting the rest of the team.
February 2010 – June 2010 – Spy Post
Roto/Paint Lead
- Led a team of roto/paint artists for the feature film Priest
- Managed roto/paint schedules
- Regularly spoke to production about shots, deadlines, and any concerns
- Approved roto/paint work inhouse as well as outsourced work
- Worked on shots needing roto/paint work
May 2009 – February 2010 – PDI/Dreamworks
Paint Fix Artist
- Worked on films, such as:
- How to Train Your Dragon
- Shrek 4
- Worked on tv shows, such as:
- Merry Madagascar
- Mutant Pumpkins from Outerspace
- Fixed problems in finaled in lighting. For example, light leaks and sizzling
January 2009 – March 2009 – Mekanism
Roto Artist / Animator
- Rotoscoped live action plates and animated splines for a specified effect used in the Charles Schwab Commercials
December 2007 – January 2009 – The Orphanage
Lead Roto/Paint Artist
- Lead Roto/Paint Artist for feature films, such as:
- Red Cliff 2
- You Don't Mess with the Zohan
- Iron Man
- Lead Roto/Paint Artist for various Disney commercials
- Mentored other artists with technical questions
- Filled in for supervisor on several occasions
April 2006 – December 2007 – The Orphanage
Roto/Paint Artist
- Worked on shots to Rotoscope and Paint for feature films and commercials, such as:
- Live Free Or Die Hard
- 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
- Grindhouse: Planet Terror
- Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End
- In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
- The Last Mimzy
- Superman Returns
- Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
- Several TV Commercials
REFERENCES
Available upon request