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[email protected]
www.gizemersavas.com
EMPLOYMENT
[2014]
STARGATE STUDIOS
Pasadena, CA
WALKING DEAD Season 5
Digital Matte Painter
BLACKLIST
New York, NY worked remotely from LA
UMPQUA BANK Commercial Pitch with CAA
Concept Artist
SCANLINE VFX
Munich, Germany
UNANNOUNCED PROJECT Feature Film
Digital Matte Painter
THE MILL
Culver City, CA
HERBAL ESSENCES Commercial
Digital Matte Painter
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES Print Campaign
Digital Matte Painter
CALL OF DUTY - EXTINCTION EP 02 & 03 Game Trailer
Digital Matte Painter and Concept Artist
FIAT 500L MIRAGE FEAT. P. DIDDY Commercial
Digital Matte Painter
[2013]
[2012]
PIXOMONDO
Santa Monica, CA
UNANNOUNCED PREOJECT
Digital Matte Painter
PSYOP
Venice, CA
SAMSUNG GALAXY TRAINING Commercial
Digital Matte Painter and Concept Artist
MIRADA
Los Angeles, CA
KATY PERRY – DARK HORSE Music Video
Digital Matte Painter and Concept Designer
CRAZY HORSE EFFECTS
Venice, CA
LIFE OF PI
Digital Matte Painter
WHITE HOUSE DOWN
Digital Matte Painter
IDENTITY THIEF
Digital Matte Painter
GANGSTER SQUAD
Digital Matte Painter
SAVAGES
Digital Matte Painter
BLACK SAILS (TV series)
SE 01 – EP 01, 02, 04, 05
Digital Matte Painter
BOARDWALK EMPIRE (TV series)
SE 04 – EP 01, SE 03 – EP 04, 05, 06, 08, 09, 12
Digital Matte Painter
[2011]
WARNER BROS. PICTURES
London Pinewood Film Studios, UK
ARTHUR & LANCELOT
Concept Designer
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concept art
AWARDS
[2013]
VES AWARD
for Outstanding Supporting VFX in
Broadcast Program for Boardwalk Empire SE3 EP8
J. Bair, P. Chehak, P. Graff, L. Robson-Foster
Visual Effects Design by Robert Stromberg
I revised and updated his Matte Paintings
at Crazy Horse Effects for EP 8
[2011]
BEST OF TERMS
BEST OF TERM SPRING IN MATTE PAINTING
BEST OF TERM WINTER IN ENVIRONMENT DESIGN
at Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Hollywood,
CA, judged by professional artists currently
working in the industry
[2010]
FULL SCHOLARSHIP
ONE YEAR FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR CANADA|USA
by German Academic Exchange Service DAAD
[2010]
BEST FINAL PROJECT
BEST FINAL PROJECT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
judged by University of Television and Film Munich
and SFK Verband [German Art Director’s Guild]
EDUCATION
[2010 - 2011]
Maya Fast Track | Concept Art | Matte Painting Gnomon School of Visual Effects Hollywood, CA
[2007 - 2009]
MA in PRODUCTION DESIGN
University of Television and Film Munich, Germany
[2003 - 2007]
Bachelor Honours in COMMUNICATIONS DESIGN
University of Applied Sciences Munich, Germany
2D Animation School [classical hand-drawn]
taught by animator Alla Churikova
[2007]
[2002 - 2003]
Drawing School [perspective & anatomy]
Studio Zeiler Munich, Germany
PROFICIENT IN
Drawing and Painting both traditionally and digitally
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Maya, Cinema 4D, ZBrush, Adobe Flash,
Final Cut Pro
Analog/Digital Photography, Graphic Design, Webdesign, Typography, Illustration and
hand-drawn cel animation
LANGUAGES
German and Turkish native, English and French fluent
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