Michael Karp, SOC
Digital Artist
Match Move/Layout Supervisor
c. (818) 515-8917
http://michaelkarp.net * mckarp@aol.com
IMDB Demo Reel
Education

Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
Bachelor of Fine Arts, with Honors, Scholarship 1983

Credits

Director of Photography
  • Blood Salvage - theatrical motion picture Sanders Entertainment
  • Amsteroid - theatrical motion picture Odd Angle Entertainment
Digital Artist
  • Final Destination 5 - Previs Director of Photography,  Prime Focus
  • Conspirator - Slash/Reliance
  • Alice In Wonderland, stereoscopic layout - Cafe FX
  • Alice In Wonderland, layout - Sony Imageworks
  • Match Move/Layout Supervisor - Conversion Works/Disney
  • Journey To The Center Of The Earth 3D - Walden Media/Meteor Studios
  • Ant Bully 3D - DNA Helix/Warner Bros.
  • Serenity – Zoic Studios/Universal
  • CSI Miami/Vegas - Zoic
  • Battlestar Galactica - Zoic
  • Constantine - ESC FX/Warner Brothers
  • Catwoman - ESC FX/Warner Brothers
  • Garfield - Fox, R&H
  • Scooby Doo 2, Warners, R&H
  • X-Men2, Cinesite, Fox
  • Daredevil - R&H, Fox
  • Stuart Little 2 - Sony Imageworks
  • Solaris - Cinesite, Fox
  • Experience Music Project / CG James Brown - Digital Domain
  • Gemini Man - The Secret Lab/Disney
  • X-Men - Fox - Digital Domain
  • Gigli - R&H, Revolution
  • Freddy Vs. Jason, Cinesite, New Line Cinema
  • Kangaroo Jack - The Secret Lab/Castle Rock
  • Snow Dogs - The Secret Lab/Disney
  • Skittles commercial - Bruce Dowad - Digital Domain
  • The Sixth Day - R&H
  • Cinemagique - Disney Imagineering (WDI)
  • Reign of Fire - The Secret Lab/Disney

Motion Control Operator

Motion Pictures
  • Terminator II - Carolco
  • Terminator II/ 3D - Universal
  • Baby's Day Out - Fox
  • True Lies - Fox
  • Night of the Creeps - TriStar
  • Titanic - Fox
  • Apollo 13 - Universal
  • RoboCop - Orion
  • Fifth Element - Gaumont
  • Miracle Mile - Hemdale
  • Waterworld - Universal
  • The Abyss - Fox
  • Red Planet - Warner Bros.
  • Ed Wood - Touchstone
  • Spiderman - Sony

Commercials
  • Dodge
  • Pillsbury Dough Boy
  • Kraft
  • Toyota
  • Mazda
  • Minolta
  • Sun Computer
  • Budweiser
  • Levi's
  • Miller Beer
  • FritoLay
  • Vanish
  • American Airlines

Television
  • Lois & Clark - Lorimar
  • Key West - Fox
  • Creation of the Universe - PBS
  • A Different World - NBC
  • Star Trek - Deep Space Nine
Music Video
  • Alice Cooper
  • REM
  • Guns & Roses
  • KrisKross
Special Venue
  • Seafari - R&H
  • Stormrider - Disney/Digital Domain
Employers

ILM, Digital Domain, Prime Focus, Cinesite Hollywood, Cafe FX, Slash/Reliance, BOSS Film, Dreamquest, Boyington Film, Trio EFX, Praxis Film Works, David Stipes Productions, Image G, Coliseum & Motion, Silverman Studios, Stargate, General Lift, Rhythm & Hues, Sony Imageworks, Disney Feature Animation/The Secret Lab, ESC FX, DNA Helix, Zoic Studios

Capabilities
  • Maya, Houdini, 3D Equalizer, Boujou, pfTrack, Ras Track, Shake, NukeX, After Effects
  • Kuper motion control software, Flair moco and Perception on-set compositing
  • Stage lighting, stereoscopic
  • Other capabilities include Word, Excel, PhotoShop, After Effects, web authoring and non-linear editing with Premiere, Final Cut, Vegas, Framecycler,etc.
Other
  • Instructor, Art Center College of Design Film Department
  • Screenwriting Film columnist for Student Filmmaker magazine
  • Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
  • National Merit Scholar Semi Finalist (SAT)
  • Member Television Academy ATAS
  • Society of Camera Operators SOC
References
  • Mark Stetson - VFX Supervisor, Sony Image Works
  • Rob Legato - VFX Supervisor, Sony Image Works
  • Alex Funke - Director of Photography, WETA
  • Mike Fink - VFX Supervisor
  • Rob Blalack - VFX Supervisor, Praxis Film Works
  • Doug Smith - VFX Supervisor, Rhythm & Hues
  • David Spencer - Match mover, Sony Imageworks
  • Price Pethel - Creative Director, formerly Digital Domain and Disney


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