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Emily Abele
Emily Abele
animation light/comp lead, senior animation compositor
Los Angeles, United States

Summary

Lead light/comp artist located in Los Angeles, with professional experience in both Nuke and After Effects compositing for feature (live-action and animation), TV animation, commercials, and more.

Currently: DreamWorks Animation TV
Previous: DreamWorks Animation, SpindleHorse Toons, Luma Pictures VFX, et al

Skills

Compositing3D ModelingVisual EffectsCharacter DesignphotoshopAfter EffectsAdobeNukestop motion animationcg generalist

Software proficiency

Nuke
Nuke
After Effects
After Effects
Maya
Maya
Photoshop
Photoshop
Dragonframe
Dragonframe
Premiere
Premiere
ZBrush
ZBrush
Redshift
Redshift
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
Unity
Unity
V-Ray
V-Ray
Shotgun
Shotgun

Reel

Productions

    • TV Production
      Dragons: The Nine Realms
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Lead light/comp artist
    • Company
      DreamWorks Animation TV
    • TV Production
      Helluva Boss
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Compositor
    • Company
      SpindleHorse Toons
    • Movie
      Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Compositor
    • Company
      DreamWorks Animation TV
    • Movie
      Chaos Walking
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Compositor
    • Company
      Luma Pictures
    • Movie
      Space Jam: A New Legacy
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Compositor
    • Company
      Luma Pictures
    • Movie
      Those Who Wish Me Dead
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Compositor
    • Company
      Luma Pictures
    • Movie
      Trolls World Tour
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Image Finaling Artist
    • Company
      DreamWorks Animaiton
    • Movie
      Abominable
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Image Finaling Artist
    • Company
      DreamWorks Animation
    • Movie
      How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Technical Resource Administrator
    • Company
      DreamWorks Animation
    • Music Video
      Filthy, Justin Timberlake
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Jr. Nuke Compositor // Technical Resource Administrator
    • Company
      Method Studios
    • Movie
      Avengers: Infinity War
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Technical Resource Administrator
    • Company
      Method Studios
    • Movie
      Black Panther
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Technical Resource Administrator
    • Company
      Method Studios
    • Commercial / Advertisement
      Target Holiday 2017
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Jr. Nuke Compositor
    • Company
      Method Studios
    • Movie
      Spider-Man: Homecoming
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Technical Resource Administrator
    • Company
      Method Studios
    • Movie
      Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Technical Resource Administrator
    • Company
      Method Studios
    • Movie
      Doctor Strange
    • Year
      2016
    • Role
      Technical Resource Administrator
    • Company
      Method Studios
    • Movie
      Captain America: Civil War
    • Year
      2016
    • Role
      Technical Resource Administrator
    • Company
      Method Studios
    • TV Production
      Tumble Leaf
    • Year
      2015
    • Role
      VFX Artist
    • Company
      Bix Pix Entertainment, Inc.

Experience

  • Lead light/comp artist at DreamWorks Animation
    United States of America
    April 2021 - Present

    promoted to lead light/comp artist from compositor June 2022

    ● compositing, paint fix, increasing overall quality of shots from vendors

    ● address given notes and independently work at a high quality

    ● approving shots from vendors and providing notes as needed; this includes both

    vendor notes and other production work

    ● often assist in FX and CFX comp

    ● coordinates between multiple departments to ensure timely deliveries of assets too

    and from comp

  • Compositor at SpindleHorse Toons
    January 2021 - April 2021

    Compositing for Helluva Boss, episode 3-5

    ● compositing in AE, as well as finaling

    ● address given notes; match to other shots in sequence

  • Compositor at DreamWorks Animation
    August 2020 - January 2021

    Feature film compositor on Rise of the Titans (2021)

    ● compositing, paint fix, increasing overall quality of shots from vendors

    ● address given notes quickly and independently work at a high quality

  • Compositor at Luma Pictures
    Santa Monica, United States of America
    February 2020 - June 2020

    Project(s): Chaos Walking (2021), Those Who Wish Me Dead (TBD), Space Jam: A New

    Legacy (2021), The Tomorrow War (2021), Candyman (2021)

    ● compositing for a wide variety of feature films

    ● additional roto and paint work as needed, as well as retiming

    ● address notes from clients/supervisors with fast turn around

  • Image Finaling Artist at DreamWorks Animation
    Glendale, United States of America
    April 2019 - February 2020

    Paint fix, compositing, and finishing for DreamWorks Feature Animation branch on the Flower Street campus. Also responsible for post work on posters, billboards, custom anim, etc.

  • Jr. Nuke Compositor // Technical Resource Adminstrator at Method Studios
    Santa Monica, United States of America
    April 2016 - March 2018

    Nuke compositing for commercials, music videos.

    Additionally (as a TRA): provided full studio support of render farm, software/hardware upgrading and maintenance, inventory, render wrangling, and deployment of hardware and software. Basic network engineering. Responsible for all artist account set up and support. Managed department.

  • Bix Pix Entertainment, Inc. at VFX/Post Artist
    Sun Valley, United States of America
    September 2015 - December 2015

    VFX compositing and paint fix for season 2 of Emmy Award-winning show 'Tumble Leaf'.

    Painted out rigs, rips in puppets, smudges; adjusted for any set shifts. Compositing green screen elements into a stop motion shot.