LING CHEN

Senior Compositor | Graphic Artist | Matte Painter
📌 17+ Years of Professional Feature Film & Episodic Experience

📞 Cell: 404-788-1845 (US)
✉️ Email: lingchenart@gmail.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EXODUS FX

📍 2023 – Present | www.exodusfx.com
Co-Owner / Senior Artist

• This City is a Battlefield

• If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You

• Long Gone Heroes

• The Wolves Come at Night

• PopPop

• The Madness

• All American: Homecoming

SpinVFX

📍 Atlanta, GA | 2021 – 2023 | www.spinvfx.com
Lead DMP Supervisor / Senior Compositor

• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

• SpongeBob SquarePants 2

• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

FuseFX

📍 2020 – 2021 | www.fusefx.com
Compositor (Remote in Vancouver, relocated to Atlanta, GA in April 2021)

• Black Lightning (2021)

• Step Up (2021)

Encore VFX

📍 Jun 2015 – Jul 2020 | www.encorepost.com
Lead Matte Painter / Compositor

• Black Panther (2018)

• Lemony Snicket

• Batwoman

• Supergirl

• Titans

Zoic Studios

📍 Aug 2012 – May 2015 | www.zoicstudios.com
Senior Compositor

• Once Upon a Time

• The 100 (TV Series, 2014–Present)

• Falling Skies: 2nd Watch (2012)

• Human

Prime Focus World

📍 Mar 2014 – Jun 2014 | www.primefocusworld.com
Senior Compositor

• The Interview (2014)

• The Expendables 3 (2014)

• Mortdecai (2015)

LOOK FX NY/LA

📍 Jul 2013 – Present | www.lookfx.com
Remote Matte Painter

• Noah (2014) – Completed 25+ Matte Paintings

• TURN (TV Series, 2014)

• Black Box (TV Series, 2014)

• Gods Behaving Badly (2012)

LOOK FX VAN/LA

📍 Dec 2011 – May 2012 | www.lookfx.com
Matte Painter / Senior Compositor

• Warm Bodies (2013)

Anthem FX

📍 Jul 2010 – Dec 2011 | www.anthemfx.com
Lead / Senior Compositor

• Sanctuary (Season 3)

LOOK FX NY/LA

📍 Oct 2009 – Jun 2010 | www.lookfx.com
Senior Compositor / Matte Painter

• Lost (Final Season, 2010)

• The Bounty Hunter (2010)

• Just Wright (2010)

• Step Up 3D (2010)

• Game of Thrones (TV Series, 2011)

Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)

📍 Apr 2008 – Jul 2009 | www.ilm.com
Digital Compositor

• Star Trek (2009)

• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

• Terminator Salvation (2009)

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

• Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)

Stargate Digital

📍 Oct 2007 – Apr 2008 | www.stargatestudios.net
Digital Compositor

• Gym Teacher (2008)

Sony Pictures Imageworks

📍 2007 | www.imageworks.com
Assistant Technical Director (Lighting & Compositing TD)

• Beowulf (2007)

Silicon Knights

📍 2005 | www.siliconknights.com
3D Environment Artist

• Created 3D models, textures, and lighting setups for XBOX 360 game environments.

Institute of Digital Media Technology

📍 2002 – 2003 | www.gdc-world.com
Digital Compositor / Texture Artist

• Thru The Moebius Strip (2005)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Compositing Software:

• Primary: Nuke, Shake, After Effects

• Other: Combustion, Fusion, Bonsai, Photoshop

3D Software:

• Primary: Maya, 3ds Max

• Other: Katana, Unreal Engine, Zeno

EDUCATION

• Digital Visual Effects – Sheridan College (Awarded Sheridan Scholar, Canada)

• Computer Animation – Sheridan College (Awarded Sheridan Scholar, Canada)

• 3D Computer Graphics – Shenzhen University, China

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• 16+ years of experience in feature films and episodic television.

• Strong background in compositing, matte painting, and VFX supervision.

• Extensive experience working with high-profile studios and productions.

• Certified 3D Studio MAX Engineer (Certificate No: 0001366).