Leo Recompsat

Originally from Canada, I am a 3D animator currently based in Vancouver, BC, working in the animation industry since 2009.  

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After getting my Animation Art & Design diploma at the Art Institute of Vancouver, I began work at Nerdcorps Entertainment, and later moved to London to begin working in film. At the end of 2014 I wrapped up 3 great years at The Third Floor London where I worked as a previs artist on a wide variety of film, game, and commercials projects.

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At the start of 2015 I made the decision to focus once again on animation, and set up shop at Framestore for two fantastic projects; The Martian, and Beauty and the Beast. 

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Stepping back into previs, I went back to The Third Floor for a short period as Senior Previs Artist, before leaving London for good to move to New Zealand at the end of 2016, to join the previs team at Weta Digital. 

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My role at Weta covered both Previs and VFX Animation. I spent half a year on Mortal Engines churning out previs, and animating a few shots for the teaser trailer. I also had the joy of previs-ing a sequence for the Chinese production Animal World, to then animate all my shots for final, as well as a few months animating on Alita: Battle Angel. 

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Returning to Vancouver in early 2018, I joined Industrial Light and Magic as the lead previs artist of a brand new previs deptartment. Time was split between helping flesh out a pipeline for our team, and creating content to help break boundaries in the previs world. Amongst many other projects, the culmination of these efforts was the colossal work we achieved for the upcoming Space Jam 2 film. 

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As of Summer 2020, I have decided to test the previs waters in animated feature film. I have started my new adventure with the team and Cinesite Animation in Vancouver as the Lead Previs Artist on Addams Family 2 .