Michael Karp, SOC

Digital Artist
Match Move/Layout
+1 514 562-8147

https://michaelkarp.net * michaelkarpvfx@gmail.com
IMDB Demo Reel

Education  

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

 Credits

 Director of Photography

  • Blood Salvage - theatrical motion picture Sanders Entertainment

  • Amsteroid - theatrical motion picture Odd Angle Entertainment


Digital Artist

  • Scanline VFX matchmove

    • Aquaman - 2

    • The Flash

    • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

    • Moonfall

  • Rodeo FX matchmove/layout

    • Dumbo

    • Zombieland - 2

    • Jungle Cruise

    • Aquaman

    • AntMan and the Wasp

    • It Chapter 2

    • Jumanji: The Next Level

    • Crawl

    • Stranger Things

    • Overlord

  • Tracking supervisor, Double Negative/Prime Focus

    • Sin City 2

    • Terminator 5

    • Mission Impossible 5

    • Fast & Furious 7 and 8

    • Alice In Wonderland - 2

    • GeoStorm

    • Grimsby

    • Assassin's Creed

    • The Best of Me

    • Hunger Games Mockingjay 1 & 2

    • Exodus

    • Kingsman: The Secret Service

    • Ant-Man

    • Avengers - 2

    • Spectre (James Bond)

  • Wolverine - Tracking supervisor - Rising Sun/Fox

  • I, Frankenstein - Tracking supervisor - Rising Sun/Lakeshore Entertainment

  • The Great Gatsby - Tracking supervisor - Rising Sun/Village Road Show Pictures

  • Seventh Son - Tracking Supervisor - Rising Sun/Warner Bros.

  • The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - Tracking supervisor - Rising Sun/New Line Cinema

  • Prometheus - Sr. Tracker, Rising Sun Pictures

  • Hunger Games - Tracking supervisor - Rising Sun Pictures/Lionsgate

  • Journey To The Center Of The Earth - 2, Rising Sun Pictures

  • John Carter of Mars, MPC London

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, MPC

  • X-Men First Class, MPC

  • Pirates of the Caribbean - 4, MPC

  • Final Destination 5 - Previs Director of Photography,  Prime Focus

  • Conspirator - Matchmove supervisor Reliance Media

  • Alice In Wonderland, stereoscopic layout - Cafe FX

  • Alice In Wonderland, layout - Sony Imageworks

  • Match Move/Layout Supervisor - Conversion Works Vancouver

  • Journey To The Center Of The Earth 3D - Matchmove/Layout Supervisor - Walden Media/Meteor Studios

  • Ant Bully 3D - DNA Helix/Warner Bros.

  • Serenity – Tracking Supervisor 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

  • The Sixth Day - R&H

  • Cinemagique - Disney Imagineering (WDI)

  • Reign of Fire - The Secret Lab/Disney 

  • Spiderman - 1 - Sony Imageworks

Motion Control Operator

Motion Pictures

  • Terminator II - Carolco

  • Terminator II/ 3D - Universal

  • Skittles commercial - Bruce Dowad - Digital Domain

  • 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

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

  • REM

  • Alice Cooper

  • Michael Jackson - Ghosts

  • Guns & Roses

  • KrisKross

Special Venue

  • Stormrider - Disney/Digital Domain

  • Seafari - R&H


Employers

 ILM, Double Negative, Rodeo FX, Scanline FX/Netflix, Digital Domain, Prime Focus, Rising Sun Pictures, Moving Picture Company London, Mirada, 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, 3D Equalizer, Boujou, pfTrack, SynthEyes, Nuke

  • Motion control, stage lighting, stereoscopic, layout, live action Director of Photography

  • Screenwriting instructor

  • Film editing

Other

  • Instructor, Art Center College of Design Film Department

  • Screenwriting  and 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

  • Member VES

References

  • Mark Stetson - VFX Supervisor Zoic

  • Alex Funke - Director of Photography, WETA

  • Rolf Schneider, creator of 3D Equalizer

  • Mike Fink - VFX Supervisor