PAUL THEREN
Designer & Trainer
A graduate from UC Berkeley with a degree in Fine Arts and currently living in the San Francisco/East Bay area, Paul Theren is a very talented Visual Effects Artist. Paul was able to take advantage of his art degree and and put it to good use in the visual effects industry. His experience working on various projects in television, theater and film has allowed him to develop strong skills in:
Traditional Drawing
Sculpting
Mold Making
Casting
Painting
Model Building
Armature Building
CGI
Although he has worked on projects for some of the top industry leaders like Lucasfilm LTD and Dreamworks, Paul finds the time to give back by teaching collage classes in Traditional Visual Effects and Prosthetic Makeup. He currently has a teaching position at the Academy of Arts University.
Paul is available for production work and provides private lessons. He can be reached via the contact page. Also check out his resume for additional information.
Education & Training
BA Fine Arts – UC Berkeley
Alias Wavefront Maya Modeling – Toronto, Canada
Prosthetic Makeup (Kryolan Certified) – San Fransisco, CA
Visual Effects Society Member
Adobe Photoshop CC
Visual Effects Projects
2012
Nova, Science Now (TV) – Special Effects Makeup
What Makes Us Human (TV) – Special Effects Makeup
2008
The Tale of Despereaux (film) – Modeler
Kung Fu Panda (film) – Senior Modeler
2004
The Day After Tomorrow (film) – Digital Modeler
Van Helsing (film) – Digital Effects Artist
2003
Peter Pan – Digital Modeler
Timeline – Digital Modeler: ILM
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Digital Modeler: ILM
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (film) – Modeler
2002
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (Video game) – CG Modeler
Men in Black II (film) – Digital Modeler: ILM
Minority Report (film) – Digital Modeler: ILM
2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (film) – Digital Model Development: ILM
2000
Space Cowboys (film) – Digital Modeler
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (film) – Digital Modeler
1999
The Mummy (film) – Digital Effects Artist – uncredited
1998
Saving Private Ryan ( film) – CG Artist: ILM
Small Soldiers (film) – Digital Modeler
Deep Impact (film) – Digital Modeler: ILM
1996
Star Trek: First Contact (film) – Digital Modeler: ILM
Mission: Impossible (film) – Digital Modeler
Twister (film) – Computer Graphics Modeler
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Video Game) – Staff: Industrial Light and Magic (ILM)
1995
Casper (film) – Digital Artist
1993
Fire in The Sky (film) – Special Effects Makeup
1991
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (film) – Model Maker: ILM
Naked Lunch – Animatronics Technician
1990
Arachnophobia (film) – Creature Effects
RoboCop 2 (film) – Crew: Chis Walas, Inc.
1989
Ghostbusters II (film) – Special Effects Crew
1983
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (film) – Digital Effects Artist: Special Edition 1997
1980
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (film) – Digital Effects Artist: ILM: Special Edition 1997
1977
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (film) – Computer Graphics Artist: ILM: Special Edition 1997