Please allow me to introduce myself: my name is Christian Jelen, I am a London based freelance VFX supervisor, Cinematic artist and UE/Maya Generalist. With three decades of practical film production experience, I have witnessed the growth of visual effects from the traditional special effects techniques to today’s digital effects and real time graphics. I have extensive experience across various disciplines including Animation, Design, Compositing, 3d, On Set Supervising and Directing. In the past I have also successfully helped my clients with script breakdowns, scheduling and recruiting. …

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Please allow me to introduce myself: my name is Christian Jelen, I am a London based freelance VFX supervisor, Cinematic artist and UE/Maya Generalist. With three decades of practical film production experience, I have witnessed the growth of visual effects from the traditional special effects techniques to today’s digital effects and real time graphics. I have extensive experience across various disciplines including Animation, Design, Compositing, 3d, On Set Supervising and Directing. In the past I have also successfully helped my clients with script breakdowns, scheduling and recruiting. …

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Please allow me to introduce myself: my name is Christian Jelen, I am a London based freelance VFX supervisor, Cinematic artist and UE/Maya Generalist.
With three decades of practical film production experience, I have witnessed the growth of visual effects from the traditional special effects techniques to today’s digital effects and real time graphics. I have extensive experience across various disciplines including Animation, Design, Compositing, 3d, On Set Supervising and Directing. In the past I have also successfully helped my clients with script breakdowns, scheduling and recruiting.

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Skills

3D
3D Animation
An
Animation
Mo
Motion Graphic
Sh
Short Film
Bo
Book Illustration
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Experience Level

3D Animation
Expert
Animation
Expert
Motion Graphic
Expert
Short Film
Expert
Book Illustration
Expert
Childrens Book Illustration
Expert

Language

English
Fluent
French
Fluent
German
Fluent

Education

BA in Design/ Visual Communication/Illustration at FH Munenster Germany
January 1, 1995
Epic games UE fellowship at Epic games
January 8, 2021
In depth course of VP using UE sponsored by Epic Games

Qualifications

Oscar nomination
December 12, 2016 - December 12, 2016
"Pirates! In an adventure with scientists!" , an animated feature film I worked for at Aardman animations was nominated

Industry Experience

Gaming, Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet
    uniE608 Showreel with project highlights
    REEL BREAKDOWN 0:00 The Little Mermaid (2020) Feature Film- Senior Previs Artist for MPC 0:39 Arziona Sunshine 2 VR (2023) Cinematic trailer - UE/animation supervisor for R/D Content 1:03 Cosmic Girl (2020) - Realtime Shortfilm in Unreal Engine - Director/Producer 1:07 The most compassionate game (2021) Epic UE Fellowship Shortfilm in Unreal Engine - Director/Producer 1:14 Cruella (2020) Feature Film - Pre-and Techviz Artist for MPC 1:21 Aladdin (2018) Feature Film - Pre-and Postviz Artist for Proof 2:16 Volvo (2022) Corporate film - VP superisor for CT/Arri stage London 2:23 Heart Of Stone (2021) Netflix movie- Senior Previs Artist for The Third Floor 2:59 Fate: Winxx (2020) Netflix series - Postviz Artist for Archery 3:05 Horizon Forbidden West (2020) Playstation Game - Animation/Mocap Lead Artist Pre/Post for Sony Playstation London 3:08 Robot 2.0 (2018) Feature Film - VFX supervisor for UNIT TV 1:02 Goldrush (2018) Title Seq - director/VFX supervisor for UNIT TV 3:21 Eye Witness (2019) 6 x 45 min Tv series for Nat Geo - VFX supervisor for Atomic Arts 3:24 Moscow Festival of Light (2015) - Building projection - Vfx Supervisor, On Set Supervising for Drive prod. 3:26 "Kevin Durrant" (2015) commercial Vfx supervisor for Th1ng one 3:31 "The Corrs/Long Night" (2005) Music video - VFx supervisor for Jayceee Film & VFX 3:44 "Swords & sceptres" (2018) Feature film - Vfx supervisor for Unit TV 3:46 "Vodaphone goldfish" (2018) commercial - Vfx supervisor for Unit TV 3:48 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) Feature film -Senior previz artist for Nvizage Responsible for designing key sequences of the film using Maya 3:57 Murder on the Orient Express (2017) Feature film Senior previz artist for Argon Responsible for designing key sequences of the film using Maya 4:04 Life (2016) Feature film Senior previz artist for Nvizage/Responsible for designing key sequences of the film using Maya 4:14 "A christmoose tale (2013) - Senior Artist for Filmmore Brussels 4:19 "Dredd" (2012) Feature Film - Senior previs artist for "Destroy all Monsters: Modeling, texturing various previs assets 4:21 "Sherlock Holmes:A game of shadows" (2012) Feature film for Destroy all monsters -Senior previs artistResponsible for designing key sequences of the film using Maya, Motionbuilder, After FX 4:28 Sherlock Gnomes (2015) - Animated Feature Film - Responsible for designing and laout key sequences of the film using Maya for Mikros Image 4:37 "Pirates! In an adventure with scientists" (2012) Feature Film for Aardman -Sequence TDOn set reference photography and cloud point data, character lookdev, sea effects animation and lighting, effects animation,stereo camera tracking, animation, lighting and rendering, stereo comping in Nuke, Pre- and post-vis in Nuke 4:47 Transpennine Express (2016) commercial for Big Buoy Senior Maya Generalist 4:50 "Sony Xperia" (2015) commercial -Senior Artist Maya/zbrush…
    uniE608 UE Animation and Post production Lead /Rd content London
    March 2023 – Mai 2023 Responsibilities: -Leading a team of 5 -Setting up post pipeline in Unreal engine UE animation supervisor…
    uniE608 Showreel with projects and production techniques
    -Storyboards and Concept art -Previz -Techviz and tech docs for shoot -Shoot: sets and miniatures -Shoot: virtual Production -Postvis -Post Production: Title & Motion Design -Post Production: animation -Post Production: mocap -Post Production: real-time UE -Post Production: Finals -Directed work For more info check jayceee.com or search for Christian Jelen on IMDb.…