John Walters - Resume

John Walters

John Walters

Art Director and Visual Development Artist

Wellington, New Zealand

jwalters.infinity@gmail.com

Summary

20 + years in the entertainment industries, my background spans across a number of departments and sectors. From set design, prop and model making through to current VFX and animation pipelines. Real time rendering in Unreal, modelling in Maya, compositing in Nuke and digital painting in Procreate and Photoshop. From concept to completion I have worked on-site and remotely as an individual and as a part of a team.

Skills

Software proficiency

Blender

Houdini

Mari

Maya

Nuke

Photoshop

Unreal Engine

ZBrush

Procreate

Terragen

Clarisse iFX

Gaea

Reel

Productions

- TV Production
  Star Trek: Discovery
- Year
  2024
- Role
  VFX Art Director
- Company
  Cause and FX
- TV Production
  Twisted Metal
- Year
  2023
- Role
  VFX Art Director
- Company
  Cause and FX
- Movie
  Avatar: The Way of The Water
- Year
  2022
- Role
  Senior Digital Matte Painter
- Company
  WètàFX
- TV Production
  She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
- Year
  2022
- Role
  Senior Digital Matte Painter
- Company
  WètàFX
- Movie
  The Batman
- Year
  2022
- Role
  Senior Digital Matte Painter
- Company
  Weta Digital Ltd
- Movie
  Eternals
- Year
  2021
- Role
  Senior Digital Matte Painter
- Company
  Weta Digital Ltd
- Movie
  Black Widow
- Year
  2021
- Role
  Senior Digital Matte Painter
- Company
  Weta Digital Ltd
- Movie
  Christmas Chronicles 2
- Year
  2020
- Role
  Senior Digital Matte Painter
- Company
  Weta Digital Ltd
- Movie
  Gemini Man
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Digital Matte Painter
- Company
  Weta Digital Ltd
- Movie
  Mortal Engines
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Digital Matte Painter
- Company
  Weta Digital Ltd
- Movie
  Rampage
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Digital Matte Painter
- Company
  Weta Digital Ltd
- Movie
  The Maze Runner: The Death Cure
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Digital Matte Painter
- Company
  Weta Digital Ltd
- Movie
  Justice League
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Digital Matte Painter
- Company
  Weta Digital Ltd
- Movie
  Valerian and the city of a thousand planets
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Digital Matte Painter
- Company
  Weta Digital Ltd
- Movie
  Avatar - Flight of Passage, Disney Theme Park Ride
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Digital Matte Painter
- Company
  Weta Digital Ltd
- Movie
  Pete's Dragon
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Digital Matte Painter
- Company
  Weta Digital Ltd
- Movie
  The BFG
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Digital Matte Painter
- Company
  Weta Digital Ltd
- Movie
  Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Digital Matte Painter
- Company
  Weta Digital Ltd
- Movie
  Krampus
- Year
  2015
- Role
  Digital Matte Painter
- Company
  Weta Digital Ltd
- Movie
  The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
- Year
  2015
- Role
  Digital Matte Painter
- Company
  Weta Digital Ltd
- Movie
  The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Year
  2014
- Role
  Environment Artist
- Company
  Weta Digital Ltd

Experience

VFX Art Director at Cause And FX
Wellington
October 2022 - August 2024
Senior Digital Matte Painter at WetaFX Ltd
Wellington
April 2015 - October 2022
Create 2.5D and 3D digital matte paintings, environments and set extensions for feature films.