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Dan S.

Dani teaches Maya

Albany, CA (94706)

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Computer Graphics Technical Director specializing in the early pipeline disciplines - Previsualization, Camera/Sets Layout & Staging, Matchmove, Modeling, Set Dressing and mentoring.

I held artist, lead, instructor and supervisory roles at several top animation studios and visual effects facilities: Pixar, Lucasfilm Animation, Dreamwork/PDI, Sony Imageworks and Tippett Studio among others. Additionally I was a technical Instructor and mentored artists at Imagemovers Digital (A Disney Company), Dreamworks Animation and Pixar Animation Studios.

Specialties:
Maya, Photoshop, Nuke, Mel, C shell, Confluence, Plone, Boujou, MatchMover Pro, PFTrack, SynthEyes, ISQL & databases programming, Microsoft Office Suite, Unix, Linux, MS Windows and Mac OS X.

Dan's Subjects

Art:
  • Adobe Photoshop,
  • film,
  • photography
Computer:
Business:
  • Microsoft Excel,
  • Microsoft PowerPoint,
  • Microsoft Word
Corporate Training:
  • general computer,
  • Microsoft Excel,
  • Microsoft Word

Maya

I have 13 years of working with Maya from Version 1.0 in the year 2000 until today's version 2012 in professional production.

I used Maya to construct sets for 2 Pixar films, a Die Hard movie virtual highway system, camera work for Lucasfilm's "Clone Wars' and layout on Sony's "Green Lantern".

Additionally, I have taught Maya modeling at the Academy of Arts University and introduction to Maya at Dreamworks Animation.

Computer Programming

I have been trained and experienced in Databases programing from 1981 to 1994, at which point I studied and switched careers to computer Graphics. My programming experience included PL1, IMS, Cobol and Fortran to name a few. I programmed main frames, mini computers, proprietary, oracle , sybase and MySQL databases.
More recently I have studied C and Python.

Linux

I have worked in a Linux professional environment networked operating system since 2000, when joining Pixar Animation Studios.

I used Linux since in the Film Computer Graphics industries in other companies like Dreamworks, Lucasfilm Animation, Sony Imageworks & Namco to name a few.

Additionally, I have taught Linux at Dreamworks Animation Studios and Unix (very similar curriculum) while at RT-Set America.

Macintosh

I have been working on Linux/Unix/SGI OS since 1995, Windows 3.1, XP, XP professional, Vista and 7 since 1996 and Mac OS since 2009.

I own a PC and Mac laptops and use my mac daily (right now).
I have used Macs on an intranet professionally during a 6 months project last year and have configured external drives to work seamlessly with both Windows and Mac OS.

I also have a 10 years background in software engineering.

Microsoft Windows

I have been working with Windows OS since before v.3.1 and during the DOC era as well. Both own a windows laptops/desktops and worked in a windows intranet environments professionally in several computer Graphics companies. I have installed, upgraded, customized and maintained several PCs since 1995 and keep on doing so both at home and professionally at work.

UNIX

I have 10 years of working with Unix and Linux in professional production environment.

I work in Unix and/or Linux environments while working in the Film and Video Games industries, in companies like Pixar Animation Studios, Dreamworks, Lucasfilm Animation, Sony Imageworks & Nemco to name a few.

Additionally, I have taught Unix at Dreamworks Animation and RT-Set.

Film

I have been in the computer graphics for Film industry since 1999, doing both Animation and VFX for 3 Pixar film, and main stream block busters such as The Avengers, Die Hard and Superman Returns, to name a few.
While at Dreamworks Animation I have taught their intro to Cinematography class, and was hired at Imagemovers Digital (a Disney Company) to teach the same.
I have served as Layout (cinematography) Supervisor and held several Layout artist positions at Lucasfilm Animation, Sony... Read More

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