Daniel M. Abramovici
Dedicated to expanding the human experience with the moving picture. Approaching challenges and opportunities with creativity and open-mindedness. Highly experienced in managing and mentoring creative teams. Excellent presentation skills, effectively communicating how inventive and technical approaches achieve goals. Directing creative processes, pipeline development, and teams to deliver outstanding results. Recognized for being a leader and an innovative disruptor.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Strong Leadership Team Building/Motivation Team Management Artist Development Agile Scrum Methodologies Change Management Creative Direction Effective Communication Negotiation Evangelizing Public Speaking Grass Roots Initiatives Immersive Technologies VR 360/180 Stereography Compositing Pipeline development Post-Production/Digital Intermediate
Experience
STEREOGRAPHER | Blue Sky Studios | Greenwich, Connecticut | 08/2011 - 05/2020
Responsible for creatively directing production teams in executing the stylistic stereoscopic look and treatment of all Blue Sky Studios films. Contributed expertise to acclaimed productions such as the Ice Age films, Epic, Rio, Peanuts and Spies In Disguise.
Blazing a new path at Blue Sky Studios regarding all immersive cinematic mediums extending past stereography. Focusing on virtual reality, theme park 4D rides (LBE), to all upcoming XR development.
Identified and eliminated critical shot production issues relieving chaos before spillover into multiple teams.
Improved efficiencies by automating/streamlining repetitive tasks resulting in less fatigue on artists while reducing the need for temporary show hires
Created and managed a team devoted to the exploration of virtual reality and real-time technologies to discover the next marketable form of entertainment using Blue Sky Studios properties.
Integral in the creation of a team of engineers (IMT -Immersive Technologies) dedicated to the creation of a virtual production pipeline.
Essential in the creation of the stereoscopic technical pipeline to ease data congestion and production stress on artists.
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR | School of Visual Arts MFA Computer Arts | New York, New York 01/2017-05/2020
Teach stereography, the history, philosophy, story telling. The use of stereography and its practical application in the entertainment industry.
• Build a connection from stereography to other immersive media such as stereoscopic 360/180, & various extended realities.
SUPERVISING COMPOSITOR | Brainstorm Digital | New York, New York | 12/2006 - 08/2008
Directed compositors creatively and technically. Nurtured a collaborative environment. Bid and assigned artist tasks. Supervised all outsourced work. Worked on set as post production advisor. Worked directly with luminaries such as Charlie Kaufman & Jim Jarmusch.
• Created and administered a compositing pipeline enabling multiple artists to work in parallel efficiently.
• Conceived previsualization and concept art used to earn contracts.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Blue Sky Studios 08/2008-08/2011 Greenwich, Connecticut Lead Stereoscopic Technical Director
Mr. X Inc. 04/2006-11/2006 Toronto, Ontario Senior Compositor
Core Feature/Digital 02/2003-04/2006 Toronto, Ontario Senior Compositor
Guru 06/2001-09/2001 Toronto, Ontario Animator Modeler
Nelvana 07/2000-02/2003 Toronto, Ontario Lead Compositor Animator Camera Layout Artist
Public Speaking
•B&H Event Space, New York, New York 2019 A journey into Immersive Technologies & Artistry
•Toronto Tech Summit, Toronto, Ontario 2016 The Art & Science of Immersive Cinematography
•FMX, Stuttgart, Germany 2016 The Art of Immersive Cinematography
•Lincoln Centre Film Society, New York, New York 2014 The Art of Stereography: A Critique on Jean-Luc Goddards use of Stereography
•Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Annecy, France 2013 The Making of Epic with Chris Wedge
•SIGGRAPH, Anaheim, California 2013 Stereography & Storytelling panel with Stereographers from Pixar, DreamWorks, and Walt Disney Animation Studios
EDUCATION
Sheridan College Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Computer Animation 1998 - 2000
Illustration 1995 – 1998
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Scrum Master Certified, The Scrum Alliance 2016
Transitioning to Supervisor: AMA 2011
LANGUAGES
English (native), Finnish (native), Hebrew (working proficiency), and Swedish (elementary proficiency)