Derek Herr - Resumé

DEREK HERR
FLAME ARTIST
Los Angeles, CA, USA
(818) 384-6357
derek@derekherr.com
http://www.DerekHerr.com

• Excellent high-speed compositing skills - six years on Autodesk Flame; fifteen years of
visual effects experience.

• Expert knowledge of industry standard visual effects toolsets and conform/color
systems - AutoDesk Flame, Shotgun, PFtrack, Syntheyes, Nuke, Maya, DaVinci
Resolve, and Avid MC.

• Collaborative approach to projects - can advise on set for optimum shoots of VFX elements and help design ideal end-to-end workflows tailored to suit needs of projects, clients and facilities.

• An ideal lead or supervising artist - reliable, solid communication skills, discretion,
loyal clientele.

EXPERIENCE

Apr 2018 – Jun 2018
Freelance Flame Artist - Culver City, CA
VFX Compositor
“Snoop Dogg Presents The Joker's Wild" (Sony Pictures Television / TBS)

Jan 2018 – Apr 2018
The Loft Post - North Hollywood, CA
VFX Compositor
"The Last Man On Earth” (FOX), “The Mick” (FOX), “Teachers” (TVLand)

Jun 2016 – May 2017
The Foundation - Burbank, CA
VFX Compositor
“Shots Fired” (FOX), “The Guest Book” (TBS)

Jul 2014 – Jun 2016
The Loft Post - North Hollywood, CA
VFX Compositor
Visual effects for various television clients.

Oct 2012 – May 2014
Technicolor - Hollywood, CA
VFX Compositor
Location and in house VFX compositing for television

Sep 2011 – Jun 2012
Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging - Burbank, CA
VFX Compositor
HD VFX compositing for "Friends" - all 235 episodes remastered in HD in less than a year. Set extensions & cleanup, driving/sailing comps, beauty work, restoration of destroyed/missing negative.

Jul 2007 – Aug 2011
The Post Group - Hollywood, CA
VFX Compositor
TV/DI VFX compositor for various feature film & television clients.

Jul 2005 – Jul 2007
R!OT - Santa Monica, CA

DS Nitris Artist
VFX compositing for various television, feature film & commercial clients.

Jul 2003 – Jul 2005
Level 3 Post - Burbank, CA
Senior Compositing Editor / VFX Artist
VFX compositing and editorial standard-definition and high-definition or various television and feature film clients.

Apr 1999 – Jul 2003
The Post Group - Hollywood, CA
Senior Non-Linear Editor / VFX Artist
VFX Compositing and editorial standard-definition and high-definition for various television and film clients.

Jan 1997 – Apr 1999
Avid Technology, Inc. - Burbank, CA
Applications Editor
Western USA demo artist for Avid's post-production editing & effects products for clients ranging from owner-operators to film and television studios. Trained resellers, studio technicians and artists, assessed and streamlined client post-production workflows, explored and developed interoperability between Avid products and those of other manufacturers.

EDUCATION

Aug 1994 – Jun 1996
Florida State University - Sarasota, FL
MFA, Digital Post Production

Aug 1990 – Jun 1994
University Of South Florida - Tampa, FL
BFA, Fine Arts - Cinematography
Activities and Societies: USF Honors Program

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

▪ Member, Visual Effects Society
▪ Member, Motion Picture Editor’s Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 700
▪ Member, American Mensa
▪ Excellent client and facility references available on request.

VFX CREDITS INCLUDE

The Joker's Wild (TV) (Flame Artist – Seasons 1 & 2) 2017-2018
The Guest Book (TV) (Flame Artist – Season 1) 2017
Shots Fired (TV) (Flame Artist – Season 1) 2017
The Mick (TV) (Flame Artist – Pilot and Season 2) 2016 & 2018
Rosewood (TV) (Flame Artist – Season 1) 2016
The 100 (TV) (Flame Artist – Season 3) 2015-2016
The Last Man on Earth (TV) (Flame Artist – Seasons 1, 2 & 4) 2016-2018
Second Chance (TV) (Flame Artist – Season 1) 2016
Those Who Can't (TV) (Flame Artist – Season 1) 2015
Kevin from Work (TV) (Flame Artist – Season 1) 2014
Mind Games (TV) (VFX Artist – Season 1) 2014
Devious Maids (TV Series) (VFX Artist – Season 2) 2013-2014
The Millers (TV) (VFX Artist – Season 1) 2013-2014
Scandal (TV) (VFX Artist – Season 2) 2013-2014
The Crazy Ones (TV) (VFX Artist – Season 1) 2014
Single Ladies (TV) (VFX Artist – Season 1) 2013
Trophy Wife (TV) (VFX Artist – Season 1) 2013
Eastbound & Down (TV) (VFX Artist – Season 1) 2013
Ray Donovan (TV) (VFX Artist – Season 1) 2010
Playing with Guns (TV Movie) (VFX Artist) 2010
Past Life (TV) (VFX Artist – Season 1) 2009
Crash (TV) (VFX Artist – Season 1) 2009
Numb3rs (TV) (VFX Artist – Seasons 4, 5 & 6) 2008-2009
House, M.D. (TV) (VFX Artist – Seasons 5, 6 & 7) 2007-2011
Dark Blue (TV) (VFX Artist – Season 1) 2009
Into the Blue 2: The Reef (Feature) (VFX Artist – Season 1) 2009
Night Train (Feature) (VFX Artist) 2009
Legally Blondes (Feature) (VFX Artist) 2008-2009
Fear Itself (TV) (VFX Artist – Season 1) 2009
Eleventh Hour (TV) (VFX Artist – Season 1) 2009
Hit and Run (Feature) (VFX Artist) 2008
Prison Break (TV) (VFX Artist – Seasons 1 & 2) 2005 – 2007
The Memory Keeper's Daughter (TV Movie) (VFX Artist) 2007
Hell Ride (Feature) (VFX Artist) 2007
Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveShow (TV) (VFX Artist) 2007
Day Break (TV) (VFX Artist – Season 1) 2006
Close to Home ((TV) (VFX Artist – Season 2) 2006
The Heart Specialist (Feature) (VFX Artist) 2005
E-Ring (TV) (VFX Artist – Season 1) 2004
American Family (TV) (VFX Artist – Season 2) 2003
Las Vegas (TV) (VFX Artist – Season 1, 2, 3 & 4) 2003 – 2007
Oliver Beene (TV) (VFX Artist – Season 2) 2002
Path to War (TV Movie) (VFX Artist) 2001
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (TV Movie) (VFX Artist) 2000

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