Resume
Ergin Kuke
VFX supervisor/Lighting/Comp
501 West Olympic Blvd. # 822 Los Angeles CA 90015
ergin@angstrom3.com
dirtylenses@gmail.com
323 316 0224
aim:nendets
msn: ergin_kuke@hotmail.com
skype: erginkuke
Production Experience
2001 - Present VFX Los Angeles, CA
Film, Short, Episodic:
“Radop Free Albemuth” - Vfx Supervisor/Lead Comp - Angst Vfx
“Gosia’s Witch” - CG Supervisor/Lead Comp - Angst VFX
“Wizards of Weaverly Place” - Vfx Supervisor/Lead Comp--Disney/Engine Room/Angst VFX
“Beowulf” - Lighting TD/ Compositor - Sony Pictures Imageworks
“Halloween Town” - Lookdev/Lighting TD - Disney/Engine Room/Angst VFX
“Superman Returns” - Lighting TD/Comp - Rhythm&Hues
“Narnia-The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” - Lighting TD/Comp - Rhythm&Hues
“Fast and Furious, Tokyo Drift” - R&D TD/Compositor--New Wave Entertainment
“Zathura” - Lighting TD/Compositor - Sony Pictures Imageworks
Doug Chiang's “Robota” - Hard-surface Modeller - Sony Pictures Imageworks
“Polar Express” - Lighting TD/LookDev/Compositor - Sony Pictures Imageworks
“GhostWalk” - CG Supervisor/Lead Comp - KVW Studios
“Dark City” ReRelease - 3d Generalist/Compositor - VSquared Labs
“Journey to the Center of the Earth” - Lighting/3d generalist - Super 78
“Them” - 3d Generelist/Comp - Engine Room
“First Flight” - Set Designer/Modeller - Dreamworks SKG
“Caesar”, TNT - Comp - Look FX
Music Videos:
Britney Spears - Criminal
Kanye West - "Monster"
Ayumi Hamasaki
Taio Cruz - "Falling In Love"
Ingrid Michaelson - "Parachute"
Corinne Bailey Rae - "Closer"
Juliana Pasha - "Its All About You"
Beyonce – "Sweet Dreams"
Regina Spektor – "Laughing with God", "Eet", "Dance Anthem of the 80s", "Man of a Thousand Faces"
Anjulie – "Boom"
Danni Harrison/theNewNo2 – "Yomp"
Zach Wylde w Black Label Society
Ziggy Marley
Concert/Stage Visuals:
Catanzaro Christams Celebration Projections
Disney - World of Color - Angst VFX
Star Trek DVD release party projections - VSquared Labs
Haze Club Las Vegas - VSquared Labs
Black Eyed Peas - VSquared Labs
50 Cent - VSquared Labs
Paul Oakenfold – VSquared Labs
McAfee – VSquared Labs
JC Penney Jam - VSquared Labs
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - VSquaredLabs
Bon Jovi - VSquared Labs.
Korn - VSquaredLabs
Commercials/Spots/Promo/Branding:
Sports Package - Troika
Coca Cola Polar Bears - BNS
Cricket - BNS
Glastonbury - BNS
Maharishi - Cherry
Shwarzkopf Shampoo - Cherry
Honda CRV - BNS
Toyota - Haus
Microsoft - Haus
Cisco - Haus
ESPN - Troika Design Group
Pepsi - Brand New School
Office Max - Back To School - Brand New School
Clear Shampoo w/ Maria Sharapova - Angst VFX
Sony Bravia - Brand New School
Aflac - Brand New School
Coca Cola - Brand New School
Chrysler Jeep – Digital Kitchen
Absolut Vodka – Angst VFX
Ford – Angst VFX
Logitech – Angst VFX
McDonalds – Angst VFX
Heineken – Angst VFX
Sprint - Superfad
Kansas City Promo - Stardust
American Airlines - Superfad
Sundance Promos - Digital Kitchen
ESPN - Promo Super78
Abissnet - Angst Vfx
Supima Cotton - Sea of Cotton - Sin Factory Productions
ABC promos - Engine Room
TAB energy drink - Angst VFX
Target - Digital Kitchen
Disney Channel Rebrand - New Wave Entertainment
NBC 4 Promo - Engine Room
Cannon - Sin Factory Productions
Supima Cotton NY Fashion Week Promo - Sin Factory Productions
Coca-Cola/Full Throttle campaign - Angst VFX
Vistarama HD - Institute of Creative Technologies
'Last Comic Standing' NBC
Instructor/Teaching:
Instructor Gnomon Workshop After Effects
Instructor Gnomon School of Visual Effects Master Class
Instructor Compositing Lockheed Martin
Instructor Texturing Shading Gnomon School of Visual Effects
Instructor Intro to Maya Gnomon School of Visual Effects
Instructor 'Maya Fasttrack' Gnomon School of Visual Effects
Instructor 'Introduction to Compositing' Gnomon School of Visual Effects
Instructor 'Lighting and Rendering' Gnomon School of Visual Effects
1996 - 2001 Kuke Pictures Tirana, Albania
Co-owned and art dir. pre and and post production studio.
Directed, managed, effects, audio and editing for TV. Commercials,
music video clips, documentaries, long and short form,
broadcast graphics, web. Clients include Coca Cola,
Siemens, European Broadcast Union, United Nations, World Bank etc.
Languages
Albanian
English
French
German
Italian
Bulgarian
familiar with slavic languages.
Education and Training
Gnomon School of Visual Effects
Workshop on Set Lighting at California Institute Of Arts with Kris Malkiewicz
Wilshire English Language Center
American University in Bulgaria 2 year studies in Literature, Sociology
Journalism and Intl Relations.
Linguistics High School Tirana, Albania
VFX supervisor/Lighting/Comp
501 West Olympic Blvd. # 822 Los Angeles CA 90015
ergin@angstrom3.com
dirtylenses@gmail.com
323 316 0224
aim:nendets
msn: ergin_kuke@hotmail.com
skype: erginkuke
Production Experience
2001 - Present VFX Los Angeles, CA
Film, Short, Episodic:
“Radop Free Albemuth” - Vfx Supervisor/Lead Comp - Angst Vfx
“Gosia’s Witch” - CG Supervisor/Lead Comp - Angst VFX
“Wizards of Weaverly Place” - Vfx Supervisor/Lead Comp--Disney/Engine Room/Angst VFX
“Beowulf” - Lighting TD/ Compositor - Sony Pictures Imageworks
“Halloween Town” - Lookdev/Lighting TD - Disney/Engine Room/Angst VFX
“Superman Returns” - Lighting TD/Comp - Rhythm&Hues
“Narnia-The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” - Lighting TD/Comp - Rhythm&Hues
“Fast and Furious, Tokyo Drift” - R&D TD/Compositor--New Wave Entertainment
“Zathura” - Lighting TD/Compositor - Sony Pictures Imageworks
Doug Chiang's “Robota” - Hard-surface Modeller - Sony Pictures Imageworks
“Polar Express” - Lighting TD/LookDev/Compositor - Sony Pictures Imageworks
“GhostWalk” - CG Supervisor/Lead Comp - KVW Studios
“Dark City” ReRelease - 3d Generalist/Compositor - VSquared Labs
“Journey to the Center of the Earth” - Lighting/3d generalist - Super 78
“Them” - 3d Generelist/Comp - Engine Room
“First Flight” - Set Designer/Modeller - Dreamworks SKG
“Caesar”, TNT - Comp - Look FX
Music Videos:
Britney Spears - Criminal
Kanye West - "Monster"
Ayumi Hamasaki
Taio Cruz - "Falling In Love"
Ingrid Michaelson - "Parachute"
Corinne Bailey Rae - "Closer"
Juliana Pasha - "Its All About You"
Beyonce – "Sweet Dreams"
Regina Spektor – "Laughing with God", "Eet", "Dance Anthem of the 80s", "Man of a Thousand Faces"
Anjulie – "Boom"
Danni Harrison/theNewNo2 – "Yomp"
Zach Wylde w Black Label Society
Ziggy Marley
Concert/Stage Visuals:
Catanzaro Christams Celebration Projections
Disney - World of Color - Angst VFX
Star Trek DVD release party projections - VSquared Labs
Haze Club Las Vegas - VSquared Labs
Black Eyed Peas - VSquared Labs
50 Cent - VSquared Labs
Paul Oakenfold – VSquared Labs
McAfee – VSquared Labs
JC Penney Jam - VSquared Labs
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - VSquaredLabs
Bon Jovi - VSquared Labs.
Korn - VSquaredLabs
Commercials/Spots/Promo/Branding:
Sports Package - Troika
Coca Cola Polar Bears - BNS
Cricket - BNS
Glastonbury - BNS
Maharishi - Cherry
Shwarzkopf Shampoo - Cherry
Honda CRV - BNS
Toyota - Haus
Microsoft - Haus
Cisco - Haus
ESPN - Troika Design Group
Pepsi - Brand New School
Office Max - Back To School - Brand New School
Clear Shampoo w/ Maria Sharapova - Angst VFX
Sony Bravia - Brand New School
Aflac - Brand New School
Coca Cola - Brand New School
Chrysler Jeep – Digital Kitchen
Absolut Vodka – Angst VFX
Ford – Angst VFX
Logitech – Angst VFX
McDonalds – Angst VFX
Heineken – Angst VFX
Sprint - Superfad
Kansas City Promo - Stardust
American Airlines - Superfad
Sundance Promos - Digital Kitchen
ESPN - Promo Super78
Abissnet - Angst Vfx
Supima Cotton - Sea of Cotton - Sin Factory Productions
ABC promos - Engine Room
TAB energy drink - Angst VFX
Target - Digital Kitchen
Disney Channel Rebrand - New Wave Entertainment
NBC 4 Promo - Engine Room
Cannon - Sin Factory Productions
Supima Cotton NY Fashion Week Promo - Sin Factory Productions
Coca-Cola/Full Throttle campaign - Angst VFX
Vistarama HD - Institute of Creative Technologies
'Last Comic Standing' NBC
Instructor/Teaching:
Instructor Gnomon Workshop After Effects
Instructor Gnomon School of Visual Effects Master Class
Instructor Compositing Lockheed Martin
Instructor Texturing Shading Gnomon School of Visual Effects
Instructor Intro to Maya Gnomon School of Visual Effects
Instructor 'Maya Fasttrack' Gnomon School of Visual Effects
Instructor 'Introduction to Compositing' Gnomon School of Visual Effects
Instructor 'Lighting and Rendering' Gnomon School of Visual Effects
1996 - 2001 Kuke Pictures Tirana, Albania
Co-owned and art dir. pre and and post production studio.
Directed, managed, effects, audio and editing for TV. Commercials,
music video clips, documentaries, long and short form,
broadcast graphics, web. Clients include Coca Cola,
Siemens, European Broadcast Union, United Nations, World Bank etc.
Languages
Albanian
English
French
German
Italian
Bulgarian
familiar with slavic languages.
Education and Training
Gnomon School of Visual Effects
Workshop on Set Lighting at California Institute Of Arts with Kris Malkiewicz
Wilshire English Language Center
American University in Bulgaria 2 year studies in Literature, Sociology
Journalism and Intl Relations.
Linguistics High School Tirana, Albania