Resume

Name: James McPhail

Nationality: New Zealander, Canadian Permanent Resident

Email: james@jamesmcphail.net

Experience

MPC (August, 2009 - Present): Effects Technical Director working on Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief and Sucker Punch.

Image Engine (April, 2007 - July 2009): Effects Technical Director, produced particle, rigid body, cloth & fluid simulations, FX animation, lighting, shading and matchmoving; for various Film and Television productions including District 9, Watchmen, The Incredible Hulk, Law Abiding Citizen, New in Town and Stargate Atlantis. I also wrote Mel and Python scripts to achieve shot goals and to improve the effects pipeline.

Vancouver Film School (October 2008 - Present): Part time instructor teaching VFX compositing and Nuke to term 4 students.

Skillset

Effects Technical Director

• Particles
• Dynamics
• Cloth Simulation
• Fluid Simulation
• Effects Animation
• MEL & Python Scripting
• Lighting
• Compositing
• Matchmoving

Education

Vancouver Film School (2006-2007): Diploma of 3D Animation & Visual Effects, graduated with honours.

Software Proficiency

• Maya
• Nuke
• Shake
• Realflow
• XSI
• After Effects
• Boujou
• PF Track
• Photoshop
• Linux / Unix / Irix
• Windows
• Mac OSX

References Available on Request