CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal information
Name: Iván Sarosácz
Date of Birth: 6th April 1972
Nationality: Hungarian
Gender: Male
Address: 1161 Budapest, Mária 89. , Hungary
Phone.: -
E-mail:-Vimeo page: http://vimeo.com/jeva
Recent works and blog (under construction): http://www.jeva.hu
Education
2014 : Anomalia 2014 - Short Movie workshop with Keith Lango / Valve
2013 : Anomalia 2013 - Short Movie workshop with Anthony Wong / Pixar
2012 : iAnimate / Workshop 3 - Advanced Body Mechanics and Pantomine Acting with
Kris Kirshbaum / DreamWorks
2012 : iAnimate / Workshop 2 - Body Mechanics with Greg Griffith / CalArts
2011 : Anomalia 2011 - Tips and tricks of animation with Keith Lango / Valve
2010 : Anomalia 2010 - A month of advanced animation training with Pixar animators
Andrew L. Schmidt and Rich Quade / Pixar- : Szellemkép school of visual arts finishing year
2005/05-10 : European Animation Masterclass
Advanced training program for the graduates of animation or similar studies but also for
young professionals hosted by the International Academy of Media and Arts in Germany.
Finishing a short animation movie: Mr. Smith
2003 : Szellemkép school of visual arts
Getting familiar with the fields of film making - including history of film making, technical
background, photography, editing, story development, lighting etc.
2002 : Scriptwriter course Schilling - Moharos
Gaining knowledge in the field of the U.S. standards of script writing for feature films and
sitcoms
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2001 : Buda School of Drawing
Developing skills in drawing and traditional animation (Lecturer: F. Rofusz Oscar winner
animation director)
1996 : Private Course of Arts and Crafts at Rita Kopek’s school - Hungary
Development of skills in life drawing and modelling- : Course of Computer Programming - Hungary
Focus on Basic and Pascal programming languages- : Secondary School - Hungary
Work Experiences
2016/05 KMH Films (freelance)
- VFX supervisor “Lajkó”
2015/12 - 2016/02 AHA Entertainment (freelance)
- vfx supervisor @ Taiwan
2015/05 Focus-Fox (part time)
- creative director
- VFX supervisor “Halj Már Meg!”
2014/12 VFX supervisor: Argo2
2014/08 Freelance supervisor, director
2011/11 Post Edison
- head of CG / art director / creative director
- director
- animator
- compositor
2007/11 DIGIC PICTURES
- director / animation director
- writer
- previs artist / animatics / cinematography
- lead animator
- layout
- editing
- lead digital compositor
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- modeling
2007/01 Post Edison
- head of CG
- director
- artistic supervisor
2006/11 Cube Effects
- senior digital compositor
2006/09 Post Edison
- director
- animator
- shading / lighting
- digital compositing.
2006/07 Tadpole Animations
- director
- previs artist
2005/10 Post Edison
- head of CG department
2004 Post Edison
- director / creative supervisor
- character models with morphs
- shading / lighting
- digital compositor
2004 Freelancer
- director / creative director
- cg generalist
2003 Tadpole Animations
- creative director
- cinematography
- background layout
- background modeling
- shading / lighting
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- digital compositing- Black Hole / DIGIC - games cinematics and feature film VFX
- layout
- digital compositing
- secondary animation
- matchmoving
2001 Post Edison
“Hidember” (The Bridgeman) visual effects
- modeling
- texturing
- shading / lighting
- digital compositing
“Milli Lights” CG animated feature pilot
- creative director
- texturing
- shading / lighting
- digital compositing
2000 Focus Fox, creative, 3D and post-production works on advertisements and feature
films
2000 Philos Labs. 3D and creative works, cg generalist on computer games
1999 Compactive Kft., creative, 3D, jingles and post-productions, web design- Pannonia Filmstudió
"The Princess and the Pea"
- cg preproduction supervisor
1997 Varga Studio
Creative, 3D and post-production
1996 Focus Fox
Creative, 3D and post-production works on advertisements- HS Games.
Working on games for Sega Europe, Crystal Dynamics and Acclaim on several platforms
(Sega Genesis, Sega Pico, Sega Saturn, 3DO, PC- Creating graphics for two budget, one full price game (Commodore Amiga)
-- Creating graphics for computer games (Commodore Plus/4) for Novotrade
Octasoft
Acknowledgements, Prizes
2007: “Mr. Smith” - competition programme, TINDIRINDIS
2007: “Mr. Smith” - Best Graduation Movie, KAFF-: “Mr. Smith” - V4 Special Selection, ANIFEST
(making of site for Mr. Smith : http://jeva.hu/mr_smith/ )
Language Skills
Fluent: English, Hungarian
Conversational: Coatian/Serbian
understanding German … if needed
Computer skills
3d
Autodesk Softimage
Autodesk Maya
Boujou
pfTrack
Reelflow
3dsMax … other oldshool apps
2d
Nuke
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere
Sony Vegas
Fusion
