Rocco Passionino

VFX Supervisor/Creative Director
(310) 838-0770w, (310) 497-7091c, rpassionino@yahoo.com

Zoic Studios, Culver City, CA 90232 - July 2002 to Present
VFX Supervisor/Digital Effects Supervisor – Overseeing the design and look for the visual effect work. Includes onset supervision, 2nd Unit shooting and 2D and 3D aspects for shows.

     Armored (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Quarantined (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Lakeview Terrace (Overbrook): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     First Sunday (Screen Gems): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Mirrors (New Regency): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     This Christmas (Screen Gems): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Pineapple Express (Screen Gems): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Prom Night (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Stomp the Yard (Screen Gems): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Vacancy (Screen Gems): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor
     Bordertown (Capital Films): Production Visual Effects Supervisor
     Deuce Bigalow 2 (Sony): Production/Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor – 96 shots
     The Day After Tomorrow (20th Century Fox): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor – 47 shots
     Spiderman 2 (Sony): Vendor Visual Effects Supervisor – 14 shots

     Prison Break (Fox): Visual Effects Supervisor
     Criminal Minds (CBS/Paramount): Visual Effects Supervisor
     Shark (CBS/Imagine): Visual Effects Supervisor
     Viva Laughlin (CBS/BBC): Visual Effects Supervisor
     Standoff (FOX): Visual Effects Supervisor
     Threshold (Paramount/CBS): Visual Effects Supervisor
     Point Pleasant (Fox): Visual Effects Supervisor
     Miracles (ABC/Touchstone): Visual Effects Supervisor
     Angel (WB/20th Century Fox): Associate Visual Effects Supervisor

Radium, Santa Monica, CA 90404 – December 2001 to June 2002
Oversaw both the 2D and 3D aspects of the pilot. The work garnered a 2003 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Television Series.

Firefly: Serenity (Pilot) (20th Century Fox): Digital Effects Supervisor

VisionArt, Santa Monica, CA 9O4O4 - June 1999 to October 2001
Supervisor work consisted of client interaction, art direction, animation direction, team assignments, creating schedules, and deadlines. Artist work consisted of FX animation (particle work-debris, rain, mist, smoke, fire, explosions), TD, shader writing, color and lighting, procedural modeling and compositing of the shots. The work garnered a 2003 Primetime Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Miniseries, Movie or Special..

     Point of Origin (HBO Films): Digital Effects Supervisor - 4 shots, 12 artists
     To End All Wars (Lions Gate Films): Digital Effects Supervisor - 18 shots, 22 artists
     Rollerball (MGM/UA): Digital Effects Supervisor - 31 shots, 19 artists
     Dr. Dolittle 2 (20th Century Fox): Digital Effects Supervisor - 62 shots, 42 artists
     Swordfish (WB): Digital Effects Supervisor - 22 shots, 18 artists
     Spy Kids (Dimension Films): Digital Effects Supervisor - 16 shots, 12 artists
     The Painting (Santa Monica Pictures): Visual Effects Supervisor – 28 shots, 14 artists
     Dungeons & Dragons (WB): CG Supervisor - 68 shots, 35 artists
     Little Nicky (New Line): Digital Effects Supervisor - 95 shots, 40 artists
     Digital Artist on Anna & The King, House On Haunted Hill, The Omega Code and LA Times Motion Capture

Centropolis Effects, Culver City, CA, 9O232 - November 1997-June 1999
Lead work consisted of managing priorities of effects work load for the entire team. Artist work consisted of FX animation(particle work-debris, rain, mist, smoke, fire, explosions), TD, shader writing, color and lighting, procedural modeling and compositing of the shots.

     End of Days (Universal Pictures): Digital Artist
     Thirteenth Floor (Columbia Pictures): Digital Artist
     Godzilla (Sony): Digital Artist - FX Lead
     Digital Artist on The Faculty, Subaru AWD, Deterrence and Storm of the Century

Digital Domain, Venice, CA 9O291 - November 1994-November 1997
Artist work consisted of FX animation (particle work-debris, rain, mist, smoke, fire, explosions), TD, shader writing, color and lighting, procedural modeling and compositing of the shots.

     Titanic (Paramount/20th Century Fox): Digital Artist, Character Integration Lead
     The Fifth Element (Columbia Pictures): Digital Artist
     General Cinemas: Digital Artist
     Terminator 2: 3D (Universal Studios): Digital Artist: Mini-Hunter/Killer Team
     Digital Artist for Apollo 13, Interview with a Vampire and Strange Days.