VFX / Senior FX Artist
Masakazu Murakami
address: Higashi-Osaka, Osaka, JAPANhttp://www.masa-vfx.com/
https://vimeo.com/masavfx
https://oideyasu-houdini.blogspot.com/

email: marz_skywalker@hotmail.com

OBJECTIVE
To obtain full time/staff position for feature films with a creative company that utilizes
my skills, and to expand my career opportunities as a lead, supervision positions.

DESIRED POSITIONS•

CG supervisor: supervise 3D department•

Effect TD/Lead: Fluid, particles, Rigid body, cloth simulations•Compositor: intermediate position•Game FX Artist•

Printing design : flier, business card, poster, design Card

SKILLS
Platform: WINDOWS10, LinuxPrimary softwares:
Houdini, Nuke, Flowline, 3D Max, Maya, Houdini, After Effects, Adobe Photoshop
Secondary softwares:
Houdini, Adobe Photoshop , Premiere, Flowline, Maya , 3D Max 2009, Z Brush3.0,
DreamWeaver 8(the order goes by my priority softwares)
Traditional Skills
Storytelling, Storyboard, Traditional Animation (Cartoon drawing), sculpting, Lifedrawing, Quick sketch

EDUCATIONSPlatt College San Diego (Oct, 2007) - Bachelor of Science in Media Arts/3D graphics
Santa Monica College (2005) - Associate of Art in 3D Computer Animation
Academy of Entertainment Technology (2004) - Certificate of 3D character animation
Asahi Computer School (1999) - Interactive design

External links•Yu Yu Hakusho SFX Artist Interview: Masakazu Murakami on new Netflix drama(12/27/2023)•imdb link•

Linkedin link

EXPERIENCES
Senior FX Artist (March, 2023 - July, 2024)
Employment: Stormborn Studios, Vancouver
project: HBO Max "The Penguin (2024)"
project: Netflix "Yu Yu Hakusho (2023)"

Senior FX Artist (May, 2023 - May, 2023)
Employment: Anima, Japan
project: Game trailer "Monster strike - Lucifer Advent (2023)"

Senior FX Artist (September, 2022 - October, 2022)
Employment: Twenty-eleven, Japan
project: TV CM "Moderna (2022)"

Senior FX Artist (May, 2022 - July, 2022)
Employment: Megalis VFX, Japan
project: Netflix "Oni:Thunder God's Tale (2022)" - Annie Awards: 2wins and Emmy
Awards: 2wins

Senior FX Artist (October, 2021 - April, 2022)
Employment: Stormborn Studios, Vancouver
project: Apple TV "Five Days at Memorial (2022)" - VES Awards: 1 win and Emmys
Awards: 1 win

Senior FX Artist (September, 2021 - October, 2021)
Employment: ScanlineVFX, Vancouver
project: "Moonfall (2022)"

Senior FX Artist (May, 2021 - August, 2021)
Employment: Stormborn Studios, Vancouver
project: Netflix "LOCKE & KEY Season 2 (2021)"

Senior FX Artist (June, 2020 - March, 2021)
Employment: ScanlineVFX, Vancouver
project: "ETERNALS (2020)"

Senior FX Artist (Nov, 2019 - May, 2020)
Employment: DNEG, Vancouver
project: "Dune (2020)"

Senior FX Artist (Jun, 2019 - Aug, 2019)
Employment: ScanlineVFX, Vancouver
project: "The rescue (2020)"

Senior FX Artist (Mar, 2019 - Jun, 2019)
Employment: Method Studios, Vancouver
project: "SNOWPIERCER (2019)"

Senior FX Artist (Feb, 2019 - Mar, 2019)
Employment: ScanlineVFX, Vancouver
project: "Game of Thrones - season 8 (2019)"

Senior FX Artist (Jan, 2019 - Jan, 2019)
Employment: NHK, Japan
project: "Life of Dinosaurs (2019)"

Senior FX Artist (Nov, 2018 - Dec, 2018)
Employment: Shirogumi, Japan
project: "Fukushima 50 (2020)"

Senior FX TD (Oct, 2018 - Nov, 2018)
Employment: MEGALIS, Japan
project: "Kuru (2018)"

Senior FX TD (Sep, 2018 - Oct, 2018)
Employment: N-design, Japan
project: "Diner (2019)"

Senior FX Artist (Feb, 2017 - Aug, 2018)
Employment: Method Studios, Vancouver
project: "The New Mutants(X-MEN) (2019)"
project: "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)"
project: "Thor: Ragnarok (2017)"

Senior FX Artist / digital compositor (June, 28th, 2016 - Jan, 2017)
Employment: Digital Domain 3.0, Vancouver
project: "Power Rangers (2017) "Senior Effects TD / Nuke compositor (June, 28th, 2015 - April, 2016)
Employment: ScanLine VFX, Vancouver
project: "Ben-Hur (2016) - Compositor"
project: "Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)" - Effects TD
project: "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)" - Effects TD
project: "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" - Effect TD / compositor

Senior Effects TD (Feb, 26th, 2012 - June, 28th, 2015)
Employment: ScanLine VFX, Vancouver
project: "In the Heart of the Sea"
project: "San Andreas"
project: "Fast & Furious 7"
project: "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1"
project: "Captain America: THe Winter Soldier"
project: "300: RIse of an Empire"
project: "Pompeii"
project: "Man of Steel"project: "Iron Man 3"
project: "A Good Day to Die Hard"Effects TD (October 2009 - Feb 2012)
Employment: ScanLine VFX, LA
project: "Battleship"project: "Journey2"
project: "Immortals"
project: "SUPER8"
project: "Gulliver's Travel" and AWN's article

Effects TD (March, 2009 - August, 2009)
Employment: ScanLine VFX, Munich, Germany
project: "2012"

Effects TD: simulation (Feb, 2008 - Nov, 2008)
Employment: ScanLine VFX, Los Angeles
project: "The Chronicles of Narnia 2 - Prince Caspian" and "U-900"

Effects animator (Feb, 2005 - Jan, 2006)
Employment: NGTV

Web designer (October, 2005 - Present)
Freelance for Premiere Data Technology, Asakuma restaurant and Chaya restaurant

TV commercial editor (June and July, 2005)
Freelance for Premiere Data Technology

Card designer (December, 2005)
Freelance for Yabu Restaurant advertisingGame background designer of Play Station 2 “Yoshitune Eiyuhden” (July-October, 2004)
Freelance for From Software

A pamphlet Designer (July, 2004)
Freelance for Theatrical Company “Nigi”

Lab Assistant at Santa Monica College (October, 2003 and October, 2004)
Employment: Santa Monica College

Sales in specific hardware parts store (2000)
Selling PC hardware parts, supporting customers troubles, administrating products
Employment: I-O DATA

3DCG Art Museum Contest Award (with Lightwave3D, 1999)

REFERENCE
Scott Miller, Studio Manager
Scanline VFX, Los Angeles, USA
scott.miller@scanlinevfx.com

Goran Pavles, Owner / VFX Supervisor
Stormborn Studios Inc.
744 West Hastings stree, suite 501
Vancouver, BC, CANADA, V6C 1A5
https://www.stormbornvfx.com/

Daniel Perez Ferreira / VFX Supervisor
MEGALIShttps://megalisvfx.com/