AZRA R. ALKAN
VISUAL EFFECTS
Compositing Supervisor & Realtime Artist with on-set VFX experience specialized in CGI comps, Unreal Engine Lighting & environment creation, intricate matte painting comps, deep compositing, Ray Tracing, advanced screen extractions, dynamics, match-moving, and blending all of these elements seamlessly together.
EXPERIENCE
Owner, Supervisor - Azra Alkan L.L.C
Clients: Zero VFX, CG SPECTRUM, MPC
2022- Present
Compositing Supervisor & Realtime Artist - Zoic Studios
Los Angeles, CA — 2020-2021
Unreal Artist (Project), Dell & NVIDIA
Los Angeles, CA — 2021-2021
Compositing Supervisor, Barnstorm VFX
Los Angeles, CA — 2021-2021
Unreal Fellowship - Epic Games
Los Angeles, CA — 2020-2020
Senior Compositor, Luma Pictures
Los Angeles, CA — 2018-2021
Lead Compositor, Zero VFX
Venice, CA — 2019-2019
Senior Compositor, Blur Studios
Los Angeles, CA — 2019-2019
Compositing Supervisor - Griffith Media
Los Angeles, CA - 2019-2019
Senior Compositor, Framestore
Los Angeles, CA — 2018-2018
Compositing TD, Rhythm & Hues
Los Angeles, CA — 2017-2018
Lead Compositor, Ingenuity Engine
Los Angeles, CA — 2016-2017
Compositing Supervisor - Freelance, Pixel Ignition
Los Angeles, CA — 2017-2017
Digital Artist/ Compositor, CoSA VFX
Los Angeles, CA — 2015-2016
VFX supervisor (Project), South9entertainment
Los Angeles, CA — 2015-2016
Compositor, Tippett Studios
San Francisco, CA — 2014-2014
Lead Artist, Studio 400A
San Francisco, CA — 2012-2015
EDUCATION
Academy of Art University, San Francisco
— BFA in Animation & VFX, 2014
Santa Monica College
— AA in Film Studies, 2011
Baskent University
— Computer Science and Programming Certificate, 2007
Notable Awards & Accomplishments
AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects and a VES nomination for Best Effects Simulations -Cyclone Look Dev, Senior Compositor
https://www.iamag.co/creating-molten-man-cyclone-for-spiderman-far-from-home/
Sundance Film Festival “Special Jury Prize”, Lead Compositor
https://www.sundance.org/projects/advantageous
SOFTWARES
Maya
Nuke
After Effects
PFTrack
Houdini
Python
Unreal Engine
Photoshop
