Cristin Pescosolido


213.286.6284

Work Experience:

Senior Compositor, Industrial Light & Magic
2009-present
       Duties include: compositing, software tool design, problem solving.

Lead Compositor, Electric Entertainment
2008
       Duties include: compositing, client interaction, software testing, pipeline design.

Compositor, Digital Domain
2008
       Duties include: compositing, client interaction, problem solving,
       supervision of all Speed Racer farm out shots.

Visual Effects Supervisor, Meteor Studios
2004-2007
       Duties include: supervising all aspects of several shows, compositing,
       client interaction, software testing, pipeline design.

Sequence Supervisor, ESC Entertainment
2003
       Duties include: 2D & 3D supervision, compositing, technical direction,
       client interaction, collecting pez.

Compositor, Centropolis Effects, LLC
1998-2002
       Duties include: compositing, product testing/development, technical direction,
       building strange sculptures in the offices.

Composite and Matchmove Supervisor, Cinesite
1995-1998
        Duties include: composite supervision, sequence (2D & 3D) supervision, matchmove supervision,
        tools development, training.

Other Experience:
Cinematographer, Choosing Your Course short film, 2002
Speaker, Women In Film, Film and Digital Technology, 1996
Teaching Fellow, CalArts, stop-motion animation, 1994-1995

Useful Skills:
Software: Shake, Nuke, Maya, Cineon. A smattering of other 2D packages. Software tester for Apple and Kodak.
Animation: trained in classical 2D, stop-motion, and optical printing techniques.
OS/Programming: Perl, some C++, unix & osX sysadmin experience.

Education:

MFA coursework
1993-1995
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA

AB cum laude
1991
Harvard/Radcliffe College
Cambridge, MA
        Visual and Environmental Studies magna cum laude for thesis work.



Filmography:

Industrial Light & Magic (2009)
Transformers 3 - Dark of the Moon - compositor
Rango - compositor
The Last Airbender - compositor
Transformers 2 - compositor
Electric Entertainment (2008)
Leverage - compositor
Librarian 3 - compositor
Digital Domain (2008)
Speed Racer - compositor
Meteor Studios (2004-2007)
Scooby Too - compositor
Exorcist, The Beginning - compositor
Catwoman - visual effects supervisor
Librarian, Quest for the Spear
    - visual effects supervisor
Elektra - visual effects supervisor
Fantastic Four - senior compositor
Final Destination 3
    - visual effects supervisor
300 - digital effects supervisor
Journey 3D - lead compositor
Centropolis Effects (1998-2002)
13th Floor - compositor
Storm of the Century - compositor
The Faculty - compositor
Stuart Little - compositor
End of Days - compositor
The Patriot - compositor
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
    - compositor
What Women Want - compositor
Monkeybone - compositor
61* - lead compositor
K-Pax - compositor
Unconditional Love - compositor
Vanilla Sky - compositor
Rose Red - compositor
Scorpion King - compositor
Eight Legged Freaks - compositor
Maid in Manhattan - compositor
Unconditonal Love - compositor
ESC Entertainment (2003)
Matrix Reloaded - lead compositor
Matrix Revolutions - sequence lead
Cinesite (1995-1998)
Waterworld - match-mover
French Kiss - digital artist
Free Willy 2 - digital artist
Under Seige 2 - Dark Territory - digital artist
Sleeping Beauty - restoration dusbuster
Lawnmower Man 2 - digital artist
Flipper - compositor
Matilda - compositor
Broken Arrow - compositor
Space Jam - match-move supervisor
Jerry Maguire - match-move supervisor
Air Force One - match-move supervisor
Beautician and the Beast
    - match-move supervisor
Smilla's Sense of Snow - match-move supervisor
Event Horizon - match-move supervisor
Titanic - compositor
Tomorrow Never Dies - compositor
Hard Rain - match-move supervisor
Batman & Robin - compositor
Almost Heroes - match-move supervisor
The Truman Show - match-move supervisor
Primary Colors - match-move supervisor
Sphere - cargo bay sequence supervisor
The Devil's Advocate - compositor
The Thirteenth Warrior - compositor
Practical Magic - compositor
Lethal Weapon 4 - compositor