ANDREW CUNNINGHAM
DIGITAL MATTE PAINTER | CONCEPT ARTIST | ANIMATION AND VISUAL EFFECTS
IMDB Credits
Digital Matte Painter with over 10 + years experience in the TV / Film / VFX production industries.
WORK EXPERIENCE | COMPANIES
Senior Digital Matte Painter, Animal Logic Studios (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Vancouver, British Columbia (2021 – Current)
Created digital matte paintings for Animal Logic Studios on the upcoming Animated Feature film: DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS! starring Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson and Keanu Reeves!
- DC League of Super-Pets
Warner Animation Group, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation
Senior Matte Painter
Senior Digital Matte Painter, Sony Pictures Imageworks
Vancouver, British Columbia (2015 – 2020)
Created digital matte paintings for Sony Pictures Imageworks Animated Feature films including The 2019 Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-winning Animated feature: Spider-man: Into The Spider-Verse!
- The Mitchells vs. the Machines A.K.A. Connected
Sony Pictures Animation, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Lord Miller
Senior Matte Painter - Spider-man: Far From Home
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Marvel Entertainment
Senior Matte Painter - Men In Black: International
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Amblin Entertainment
Senior Matte Painter - Spider-man: Into The Spider-Verse
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Marvel Entertainment
Senior Matte Painter - Hotel Transylvania: Puppy!
Sony Pictures Animation, Columbia Pictures
Senior Matte Painter - Smurfs: The Lost Village
Sony Pictures Animation, Columbia Pictures
Senior Matte Painter - Storks
Warner Bros. Animation
Senior Matte Painter
Digital Matte Painter, Atomic Fiction
Montreal, Quebec (2014 – 2015)
Created matte paintings, set extensions, and full cg environments for the Robert Zemeckis feature film The Walk.
- The Walk
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), ImageMovers, TriStar Productions
Digital Matte Painter | Environment Artist, The Moving Picture Company (MPC)
Vancouver, British Columbia (2013)
Provided clients with digital matte paintings, set extensions and concept art.
- The Amazing Spider-man 2
Sony Pictures Imageworks, Columbia Pictures, Marvel Enterprises - Disney’s Maleficent
Walt Disney Pictures
Digital Matte Painter, Spin VFX
Toronto, Ontario (2013)
Created dramatic matte paintings and set extensions for the episodic television series The Borgias.
- The Borgias (Season 3)
Showtime Networks, Take 5 Productions, Mid Atlantic Films, ImageMovers
Senior Digital Matte Painter, Image Engine Design Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia (2012)
Created matte paintings, textures, set extensions, cycloramas, day-for-night matte paintings, and other digital elements.
- R.I.P.D. Rest In Peace Department
Universal Pictures, Original Pictures, Dark Horse Entertainment
Digital Matte Painter | Texture Artist, Aardman Animations
Bristol, United Kingdom (2011 – 2012)
Produced matte paintings and art for Aardman Animation’s Academy Award nominated production of The Pirates! Band of Misfits. Also appeared as a guest speaker for a special screening for the Visual Effects Society.
- The Pirates! Band Of Misfits
Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
Digital Matte Painter | Concept Artist, ImageMovers Digital
San Francisco Bay Area, California (2008 – 2009)
Produced digital matte paintings and concept art for Disney’s productions of A Christmas Carol and Mars Needs Moms.
- Disney’s A Christmas Carol
Walt Disney Pictures, ImageMovers Digital
Matte Painter - Mars Needs Moms
Walt Disney Pictures, ImageMovers Digital
Concept Artist
Independent Freelance Visual Effects Production Services
- Concept art, digital matte paintings, texture art, storyboards, visual effects
EDUCATION
Academy of Art University, San Francisco (2007 – 2008)
- Department of Animation and Visual Effects Master of Fine Arts Program.
Matte Painting Independent Study (2004-2006)
- Study focusing on the fundamentals of matte painting and photo-realistic painting.
The State University of New York at Buffalo (1995 – 1999)
- Bachelor of Arts in Media Study – Cum Laude.
- Faculty of Arts and Letters Award recipient.
- Golden Key International Honor Society member.
- Initiated a faculty-approved seminar in traditional animation.
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Nuke, 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, Mari, Substance, Unreal, Final Cut Pro
- 12 + years as a Digital Matte Painter in the visual effects industry in animation and live-action film.
- Photo-realistic matte paintings, cycloramas, and textures for use in live-action and animated features.
- 3D camera projection, multi-plane compositing, UV maps, texturing, motion parallax techniques.
- Still life, location painting, photo-realistic painting, lighting, shading, and rendering.
- Matching camera perspectives in live-action plates for set extensions and matte paintings.
- Color theory, value relationships, atmospheric and linear perspective, composition.
- Lighting techniques, use of filters, incident|reflective metering, lenses and depth of field.
- Natural teaching instincts and a passion for learning.
- MacOS, Windows, Linux
Andrew Cunningham
Digital Matte Painter | Concept Artist
Digital Matte Painting
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