Daniel Coupal

Current

• compositor at Fake Studio

Past

• Digital Compositor at Lumiere VFX Inc.
• Digital Compositor at M4mouse
• Digital Compositor (Self-employed)

• digital compositor at fake studio
• digital compositor at Digital Dimension
• Lead Compositor & VFX Supervisor at Cinegroupe
• Editor at Klik Animation
• Motion Control Rigs designer at camera e motion
• Technical helper at Production Pascal Blais

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Education

• CEGEP André Laurendeau
• Military R22R
• Mrg. A.M. Parent

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Connections

63 connections

Industry

Motion Pictures and Film

Websites

• My Portfolio
• Filmography
• My Blog

Daniel Coupal’s Summary

Senior Digital Compositor

Have experience with complex & challenging composite shot using motion-control. Strong technical creativity, artistic background & good sense of observation, good leading skills. have more than 10 years of experience on Commercials, Films, TV Series, Cartoon, 3D Integration.

Software used: Combustion*, Shake4, Digital Fusion.
now learning: NUKE & Toxik 2010

Daniel Coupal’s Experience

• compositor

  Fake Studio

  (Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)

  December 2009 — Present (1 month)

  Productions:
  -Piranha 3D
  -Higglety Pigglety Pop

• Digital Compositor

  Lumiere VFX Inc.

  (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  September 2009 — November 2009 (3 months)

  Productions:
  -The Phantom
  -The Day of the Triffids

• Digital Compositor

  M4mouse

  (Partnership; Media Production industry)

  June 2008 — March 2009 (10 months)

  Project:
  - Megabrand "Battlestrikers"
  - La Ronde "Feux d'artifices 25eme"
  - Alpina, Commercial
  - Gatorade World "Dagons"

• Digital Compositor

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

• digital compositor

  fake studio

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  1998 — 2008 (10 years )

  Digital Compositor, On-set visual effect Supervisor.

• digital compositor

  Digital Dimension

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  2004 — 2005 (1 year )

  Have worked on : Racing Stripes, Exorcist the Beginning & LOST TV Serie.

• Lead Compositor & VFX Supervisor

  Cinegroupe

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  2004 — 2004 (less than a year)

  Lead Compositor & Vfx Supervisor for TV series : Tripping The Rift
  Episodes:
  God is our Pilot
  Mutilation Ball
  The Sidewalk Soiler
  & Chode Eraser (2007)

• Editor

  Klik Animation

  (Animation industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year )

  Editing & finalizing "Junior Wrap Around" a TV Series of 300 episode of 30/45 sec. + few other funny cartoons.

• Motion Control Rigs designer

  camera e motion

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  1998 — 2001 (3 years )

  In charge of mechanical design of motion control rigs & on set supervisor

• Technical helper

  Production Pascal Blais

  (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year )

Daniel Coupal’s Education

• CEGEP André Laurendeau

  none , Fine Arts , 1982 — 1982

• Military R22R

  Qm2 , Fantassin,Mitrailleur, Anti-Blindé,Reconnaissance,Chauffeur,Cuisinier , 1978 — 1981

• Mrg. A.M. Parent

  D.E.P. , printing , 1975 — 1978

  Back in those day when computers where not yet popular. I learned photolithography by film manipulation, and those principle lead me easily to digital compositing for film.
  
  I really miss the charm of my darkroom & light table !

Additional Information

Daniel Coupal’s Websites:

• My Portfolio
• Filmography
• My Blog

Daniel Coupal’s Interests:

Dyslectic style of Guitar playing & music making. KiteSnowBoarding, Cycling the surroundings. Cooking stuff from around the world and anjoy it!

Daniel Coupal’s Groups:

•    The Visual Effects Society
•    Visual Effects, Film and Games Professionals (www.vfx-recruit.com)
•    Visual Effects Professionals
•    MTLfx

Daniel Coupal’s Honors:

Cannes, Canal+ award for best short film: "Next Floor"

Boomerang 2006_Grand Prix
Digital Marketing Award 2006_Best of Show
Digital Marketing Award 2006_Gold award - Entertainment
for: MGM Grand 'Maximum Vegas'

15 Jutra & 11 Genie Award 2006 for: "C.R.A.Z.Y."

VES Award Best Visual Effect for a TV series: "LOST"

7 Razzie Awards '2000' for: BattleField Earth :-)

MTV Award: Best French Video for: Lili Fatale "Feels"

Daniel Coupal’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
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