OBJECTIVE
To stay challenged, learning new things and sharing what I know.
Being part of a creative team that will allow me to advance my career as a Technical Director specializing in matchmoving and character setup.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Freelance - Matchmover/Character Rigger (05.2010-present)
- TV film: The Lost Christmas - matchmover,
- Short film: Portal: No Escape - matchmover,
- Commercial: Skoda NSF - matchmover,
- Image film: VW Passat "Chasing Flames" - matchmover,
- Video clip: Yalla Asia "AFC Asian Cup Song 2011" - matchmover,
- Feature film: Higher Ground - lead matchmover,
- Short film: Reflection - on-set vfx assistant and matchmover.
Personal work - 3D Generalist (1999-present)
- Animated short: Heavy! (release planned for 2011), I am responsible for all visual elements.
Westerveld Consultancy - Web/Software Developer (2005-present)
- Designed and programmed Webnoise for Strukton, BAM, VolkerRail, Spitzke and Eijfage Rail. For this online sound calculations toolset,
I created a DHTML windows interface running on a LAMP platform.
Freelance - Database/Software Developer (1998-2004)
- Designed and programmed Divine, a universal automated acoustic simulation model for railway yards, for NS Technical Research
SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY
| ADVANCED | Maya, SynthEyes, PHP, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Access, Excel, VBA and Matlab. |
| INTERMEDIATE | PFTrack, PFMatchit, MEL, Python, Mocha, Shake, Photoshop and Aperture. |
| NOVICE | 3D Equalizer, Nuke, Final Cut Pro, Massive and MotionBuilder. |
EDUCATION
Rigging Dojo - Character Rigging (09.2010-10.2010)
- 1st session: anatomy and skeleton design, animation ui, back and spine rigging options, space switching & flexible rigging workflow.
Fxphd.com - Visual Effects Training (2007-present)
- Completed courses on integrating 3D with live action, 3D tracking, motion capture, crowd simulation, compositing, rotoscoping, color theory, editing, miniatures, hdr photography, dslr cinematography, stereoscopy & post workflow.
- Verify my course enrollments at fxphd with certificate number 5UGPD3DRAU6VALE
Photo Academy - Creative Photography (1995-1998)
TU Eindhoven - MSc Mechanical Engineering (1989-1995)
- Specialized in Dynamics & Fluid Mechanics, graduated with honors.
COURSES
Scripting in Maya - MEL & Python (2009)
Psycho Mechanics & Acting for Animators (2003)
3D Character Animation (2003)
Character Animation in Maya & MEL Fundamentals (1999)
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Dutch (native), English (advanced), German and Spanish (intermediate)
A detailed version of my resume can be downloaded here.