JOAQUIN ("Kino") GIL, M.F.A. M. Sc.
Director
Vox/Fax/Msg: (310) 822-8076
4248 Via Marina, Suite 85. Marina del Rey
California, 90292, U.S.A.
kino@gte.net - http://home1.gte.net/kino
WORK:
1998-2008 .KINO.digital: Computer Assisted Content for Film, Video and Web. Owner and Director
1996-1998 - SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS. Senior Technical Director
1994 DELKA INVESTMENT GROUP. Director. Technology and Entertainment Consultant
1993 WAVEFRONT TECHNOLOGIES INC. Director and Independent Associate Marketing Manager
1992 KINO CGI Director and Technical Director, TV/Film Director.
1992 WAVEFRONT JAPAN LTD. Shinjuku, Tokyo. Japan. Applications Manager/Director.
1991 WAVEFRONT TECHNOLOGIES INC. Santa Barbara, CA. Technical Director.
1990 DIGITAL VISION ENTERTAINMENT. Hollywood, CA Technical Director.
1990 DEGRAF/WAHRMAN. Hollywood and Mountain View. CA. Technical Director
1986-87 AGROTRACTORES S.A. of San Jose, Costa Rica. Technical Director Software Developer
1983 WORLD WIDE TV POST PRODUCTION. Costa Rica. Studio Design & Installation
1979-81 GOVERNMENT OF COSTA RICA: CHANNEL 13 TV / RADIO NACIONAL CULTURAL NETWORK. Director and Producer
1974-78 TECNOMIN S.A. San Jose, Costa Rica. Environmental Consultant.
EDUCATION:
2004-2008 Ongoing research in Digital Production Technology.
2000-2005 Field Research & Production. Special Effects for Film and New Media. VFx Supervisor.
1997 SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS. Special Effects for Film. Senior Technical Director.
1993 WAVEFRONT TECHNOLOGIES. Software Support. Master Trainer.
1987-1990 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS. School of Film and Video. Master of Fine Arts.
1983 UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA. Licenciatura (~Master's) of Science in Social Anthropology.
1980 UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA. Bachelor of Science in Anthropology.
1978 COSTA RICAN CULTURAL NETWORK / MINISTERIES OF PRESIDENCY AND CULTURE. Production and Direction for Television.
GRANTS AND HONORS:
2006 IOTA CENTER, Los Angeles. Inclusion in Iota Center Collection of piece “MECANISMO”.
2004-2008 Ciprico Inc. . Sponsored Film Artist for storage solutions
2003-2008 Curious Software Inc. Sponsored Film Artist for the gFx paint, rotoscopy and comp system
2003-2008 Apple Computer Inc. Sponsored Film Artist for Final Cut Pro 4 editing system
2003-2005 Pinnacle Systems Inc. Sponsored Film Artist for the CineWave HD editing system
2002-2008 Organic Software. (Germany) Sponsored Film Artist for Xfrog film-quality software tool set.
2002 Adobe Systems Incorporated. Sponsored Film Artist for Adobe After Effects 5.5 for film.
2002-5 Right Hemisphere. New Zealand. Sponsored Film Artist for 3D Paint Software.
2001-5 Creative Communities Of The World. Sponsored Film Artist
1999 Areté Entertainment / Creative Planet Publishing. Sponsored Film Artist
1989-90 California Institute of the Arts.. School of Film and Video, CalArts Film Merit Scholarships.
1988 United States Information Agency /Institute for International Education. Master of Fine Arts in Film degree at CalArts. FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP GRANT
1987 United States Information Agency /Institute for International Education. Master of Fine Arts in Film degree at CalArts. FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP GRANTS
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2006 –” VASST (www.vasst.com) “Video Editing Master Class– Training DVD
2005, 2006 NALIP – Mentor for Latino Producers Academy. Tucson, Arizona
2002-2005 www.CREATIVECOW.NET. Host for the Film Fx Pros Forum.
2002-2005 www.CREATIVECOW.NET. Host for the Independent Filmmaking Forum.
2002-2005 www.CREATIVECOW.NET. Host for the High Definition Forum
2001-2005 WWW.CREATIVECOW.NET. Moderator for the Alias|Wavefront High-end MAYA software forum
2000-2003 WWW.WWUG.COM . Host for the ARETÈ ~ DIGITAL NATURE TOOLS software forum.
1994 COSTA RICA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. Computer Graphics. Professor.
1994 WAVEFRONT TECHNOLOGIES: Master Trainer for 3D Software.
1991-93 WAVEFRONT TECHNOLOGIES: on site customer training .
1990-91 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS. Lectures on animation and CGI.
1988-90 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS. Teaching Assistant for Vibeke Sorensen
1985-86 UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA. SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS. Art Theory Professor.
1984-85 UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE CENTRO AMERICA (UACA): Advertising Technique and Production for Advertising. Professor
1975-77 SAINT CLARE COLLEGE. Costa Rica. Biology, Psichology and Art Professor.
PUBLICATIONS:
2006 – “Video Editing Master Class” VASST – Training DVD
2005 – “Dramatica : Software for fiction Writing: A Creative COW "Real World" Software Review
2005 – “The Huge HMV-FCR800M“ A Creative COW "Real World" Hardware Review
2005 – “Xfrog 4 for Maya 6” A Creative COW "Real World" Review
2005 – “Learn Maya 6” Book Suite : A Creative COW "Real World" Book Review
2004 – “Maya Killer Tips” A Creative COW "Real World" Book Review
2004 – “Learning Maya 5- MEL Fundamentals” A Creative COW "Real World" Book Review
2003 - “Final Cut Pro 4 by D. Weinand” A Creative Cow “Real World” Review
2003 – “The Panasonic BT-LS1400 Monitor” A Creative Cow “Real World” Review.
2002 – "Maya: Secrets of the Pros" A Creative COW "Real World" Book Review:
Maya, Book Reviews: 08/09/02.
2002 – "Deep Paint 3-D with Texture Weapons" A Creative COW "Real World" Product Review
3D and Film Effects, 04/16/02.
1998 – "ImgWrks: An SGI application" Sony Pictures Imageworks: Technical notes, In-House Training Intranet.
1998 – "Alias to BIRPS" a procedure for the use of the Sony Pictures Imageworks "BIRPS" SPI-Renderman Interface. In-House Training Intranet.
1997 – "Panel: Facial Animation. Past Present and Future". SigGraph 97 Review Notes. Sony Pictures Imageworks. In-House Training Intranet.
1983 – "EthnoMusicology of Limon: A Methodological Proposal for the Anthropological Analysis of Ethnomusic" University of Costa Rica – Anthropology And Sociology School. Chosen for publication by the USSR Association of Composers, director Lepo Sumera.
1978 – "Three Stories" in "ASOMOS" (Glimpses). Published by the Costa Rican Ministry of Culture.
MCJD Publications. Antonio Yglesias. Ed.
PRODUCTION HISTORY:
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YEAR |
PRODUCER |
TITLE |
TYPE |
TASK |
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2008 |
.kino.production |
“THE OUTSIDER”* (*)represented by www.wonderphil.biz |
Feature Film |
Producer, Director, Writer, DP, Editor, Animation and VFx |
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2006 |
Dan Cohen, director |
“TED’S MBA” |
Feature Film |
Animation and VFx Sup |
|
|
VASST / .kino.production |
“VIDEO EDITING MASTER CLASS” |
Training DVD |
Director, Writer, DP, Editor, Host. |
|
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.kino.production |
“ZIPACNÁ” |
Experimental Feature Film |
Producer, Director, Writer, DP, Editor, VFx |
|
|
.kino.production |
“MECANISMO” |
Abstract Animation |
Director, DP, Editor, VFx Added to IOTA CENTER permanent collection in 2006 |
|
2005 |
.kino. / Los Angeles Abstract Animation Workshop |
“GEOMETRIO” |
Abstract Animation sequences |
Director, Editor, Animator |
|
2004 |
JLC &Assoc - APA |
“POZO AZUL ADVENTURES” |
Tourism Documentary |
Director, Writer, DP, Editor, VFx |
|
|
INBio – JLC & Assoc. |
“INBIO JOURNEYS” |
Tourism Documentary |
Director, Writer, DP, Editor, VFx |
|
2003 |
OpaOpa |
“OPA OPA” |
Music Group Documentary |
Director, DP, Editor, CGI |
|
|
.kino. |
SFERETI |
6’ Animated Short |
Director, Writer, Animator, Composer |
|
2002 |
Sunny Land Tours Inc. |
“THE ECOMAGIC® FUTURE” |
Documentary on Bio-Literacy and Costa Rica |
Director, DP, Editor, CGI. |
|
|
FOX TV/ Royce Steele |
“ANDY RICHTER CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE” |
TV Series Title Graphics |
Editing, CGI and Post alternate pipeline. |
|
|
Allemande Inc. |
"MUSIC NOTES" |
Music TV Series |
Director; TV Series Pilot - Effects Pipeline design, Editor |
|
|
Allemande Inc. |
"ALLUSION" |
Music TV Series |
Director; ANGIE D. Music Video – Direction, Effects Pipeline design, Editor |
|
2001 |
Frantzen-Muñoz |
"LADY DANCER" |
Hi-Rez Film/Game Design Studies |
Director; Game Staging, Character Design Studies. |
|
|
.kino. |
"TANZ" |
Animation, Motion Capture, Cloth, Shading |
Director/Editor. 2’ exhibition piece. Premiered at the KODAK Theatre in July, 2002 |
|
|
.kino. |
"FLORIAN" |
VFx |
Technical Director: Replacement of sea in ship footage |
|
|
Arc/Haven - WB |
"WB LOGO" |
VFx |
Technical Director: 3D Cloud layer for WB’s new ID trailer |
|
|
Arete Entertainment |
"PYRO" |
VFx |
Technical Director: Digital Fire and Explosions. In-house |
|
|
.kino. |
"SEAS" |
VFx: |
Technical Director: Photo-realistic Nature Studies |
|
|
.kino. |
"SNO-MAN’S LAND |
3D Animation |
Director. 2’ exhibition piece. Premiered at the KODAK Theatre in July, 2002 |
|
2000 |
.kino./Castillo |
"SAN PEDRO" |
VFx |
Director; Effects for TV Show Pilot. |
|
|
GraNet Studios |
"WHITE BUFFALO" |
VFx |
Director; Effects for TV Show Pilot |
|
|
Granet Studios |
"ATLANTIS RISES" |
VFx |
Technical Director Effects for TV Show Pilot |
|
1999 |
Arete Entertainment |
"HIGHWAY CLOUDS" |
VFx |
Technical Director: Effects for Film: Animated cloud sky replacement |
|
|
Arete Entertainment |
"AVALANCHE" |
VFx |
Technical Director: Effects for Film: Animated burst downhill. |
|
|
Arete Entertainment |
"CASCADE TOTAL" |
VFx |
Technical Director: Effects and 3D animation for advertising. |
|
1998 |
Sony Imageworks |
"BONSAI" |
Design for a Compositing Tool |
Appointed by V.P. Creative to the Design Team Member of Sony Imageworks Compositing Tool. |
|
|
Sony Imageworks |
"GODZILLA" |
VFx |
Technical Director: Effects for Film. Debris and Environments |
|
1997 |
Sony Imageworks |
"CONTACT" |
VFx |
Technical Director: Effects for Film: 3D and 2D effects work |
|
|
Sony Imageworks |
"STARSHIP TROOPERS" |
VFx |
Technical Director: Effects for Film: 3D and 2D effects work |
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1996 |
.kino. |
VARIOUS |
Film, Video, VFx and 3D. |
Director; Commercial work in Latin America |
|
1992 |
Alias Wavefront/Sony |
"ROCK-IT" |
3D Animation |
Director; 3’ Institutional piece in Tokyo. |
|
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Alias Wavefront/SonyFuji/Basys/NHK/SumiSho |
ANIMATION DIGITAL PIPELINE DESIGN |
CGI |
Director; Technical Director. Several production and research pipelines. |
|
1991 |
DeGraff/Wahrmann |
"SIGGRAPH" |
3D Animation |
Technical Director. Render Control. |
|
|
Digital Vision Entertainment |
"RAY TRACY" |
3D Animation |
Technical Director . 50’s Detective in Maltese Falcon style |
|
1990 |
California Institute of the Arts |
LIFELIGHT |
3D Animation |
Director. (MFA Thesis piece) |
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1986 |
Universidad Autonoma de Centro America |
"TECHNIQUE" |
Live Action – Advertising Docudrama |
Producer/Director |
|
1984 |
Costa Rica's Eyes: the Archaeological Exhibit at the National Museum of Costa Rica
|
WORLD WIDE TV POST PRODUCTION |
Documentary |
Producer/Director/Writer |
|
1983 |
Main Audio Studio |
WORLD WIDE TV POST PRODUCTION |
Main Audio Studio Design & Installation |
Director and Designer |
|
1980 |
"The Dying Light" |
RNTV 13 |
TV Feature 98’ |
Co-Director, Technical Director, Composer |
|
1980 |
"The Strongest" |
RNTV 13 |
TV Feature 122’ |
Co-Director, Technical Director, Composer |
|
1979-81 |
"Serpientes"Serpents |
RNTV 13 |
TV Series 55 episodes |
Producing, Directing, editing, narration and music |
|
1979-81 |
"Galería" Gallery |
RNTV 13 |
TV 50 episodes episodes |
Producing, Directing, editing, narration and music |
|
1979-81 |
"Artesanos" Artisans |
RNTV 13 |
TV Series 55 episodes |
Producing, Directing, editing, voice and music |
|
1979-81 |
"Promenade" |
RNTV 13 |
TV Series 64+ episodes |
Producing, Directing, editing, voice and music |
TOOLS:
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Operating Systems |
Unix, Irix, MSDOS, Windows 95, 98 NT, 2000, XP, OSX, WWWeb |
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Computer Languages: |
Pascal, C, C-Shell, T-Shell, Wavefront Animation Language, Maya Embedded Language, JavaScript, HTML, Basic (several dialects) |
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Software: |
Maya, Wavefront, Alias, Digital Fusion Post, Deep Paint 3D, Houdini, Matador, Shake, Composer, Elastic Reality, Softimage, DPS Velocity, Avid, Edit, Premiere, LightScape, Adobe Photoshop/AFx, Corel Draw/Paint, Vpaint, FCP4, gFx, Xfrog |
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Hardware: |
micro/mini Computers, NT/2K/XP, OSX, Unix Workstations, Apple, SGI, Networking, WWWeb, Video, NLE and HD Edit bays, Cameras, Studio and Location Lighting, a/v Recorders, Synthesizers and a/v Mixers. |
MEMBERSHIPS:
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Since 2004 |
Los Angeles Abstract Animation Workshop ( informal ) |
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Since 2002 |
Creative C.O.W. Advisory Comitee |
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Since 1990 |
Association for Computer Machinery / SigGraph |
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Since 1988 |
Audio Engineering Society |