Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
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EARLY CAREER (2013–2020) — Condensed Overview
PERSONAL INTERESTS
REFERENCES
Timeline
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DEAN YAW ADJEIKUM

London,United Kingdom

Summary

A highly skilled VFX professional with extensive expertise in Nuke, DaVinci Resolve, and CG & Live-Action Integration. Demonstrates proficiency in Cleanup, Keying, Rotoscoping, and Camera/3D Tracking using PFTrack and Mocha Pro. Possesses strong Look Development & Lighting Awareness and 3D Generalist Capabilities with tools such as 3ds Max and Maya. Experienced in On-Set VFX Supervision and Shot Finishing & Quality Control, ensuring efficient, client-friendly workflow management. Adept at using After Effects, Fusion, Photoshop, Blender, ShotGrid/FTrack for seamless project execution. Innovates with AI-based VFX workflow experimentation through ComfyUI and SAM2 AI Roto for advanced roto and segmentation workflows.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work history

Senior Compositor

REALTIME
2025.07 - 2025.11

University Module Consultant (VFX / Animation)

Central Film School
London
2025.01 - 2025.11

Senior Compositor

Flipbook Studio
Manchester
2025.06 - 2025.06

Senior Compositor

1920
London
2025.05 - 2025.05

Senior Compositor

DistilleryVFX
London
2025.02 - 2025.03
  • Project: Stephen King's “The Long Walk”

Senior Compositor / Nuke Studio

1920
London
2024.08 - 2024.11

Senior Compositor

Electric Theatre Collective
2024.07 - 2024.08

Senior Compositor

1920
2024.05 - 2024.06

Senior Compositor

POP Creative Studio
2024.04 - 2024.04

Lead Nuke Artist

BCN Visuals | 3D Billboards
London
2023.08 - 2023.11

Senior Nuke Compositor

REALTIME
2023.05 - 2023.07

Nuke Artist

Absolute Post
2022.11 - 2023.04

Senior Compositor

Saddington Baynes
2022.01 - 2022.10
  • (with multiple earlier contracts 2018–2021)

Senior Nuke Artist

Nexus Studios
2022.08 - 2022.08

Senior Nuke Artist

Agile Films
2022.07 - 2022.08

Compositor

Goodbye Kansas Studios
2022.01 - 2022.04
  • Key projects: Halo (Paramount+), See S3 (Apple TV+)

Senior Compositor

Vine FX
2021.11 - 2021.12

Education

BA (Hons) - 3D Digital Animation

University of Hertfordshire

Diploma - Animation & Interactive Technology

Southwark College

Skills

  • Nuke / Nuke Studio
  • DaVinci Resolve
  • CG & Live-Action Integration
  • Cleanup, Keying, Rotoscoping
  • Camera / 3D Tracking (PFTrack)
  • Mocha Pro
  • Look Development & Lighting Awareness
  • 3D Generalist Capabilities (3ds Max, Maya basics, rendering workflows)
  • On-Set VFX Supervision (experience)
  • Shot Finishing & Quality Control
  • Efficient, Client-Friendly Workflow Management
  • PFTrack
  • 3ds Max
  • Maya (basic)
  • After Effects
  • Fusion (basic)
  • Photoshop
  • Blender (general workflows)
  • ShotGrid / FTrack
  • ComfyUI (AI-based VFX workflow experimentation)
  • SAM2 AI Roto (AI-assisted roto, segmentation & cleanup workflows)

EARLY CAREER (2013–2020) — Condensed Overview

  • Worked with: Framestore
  • MPC
  • Milk VFX
  • The Senate
  • Technicolor
  • Ghost VFX
  • Nvizible
  • Jellyfish Pictures
  • Glassworks
  • Factory Fifteen
  • Squint/Opera
  • Taylor James
  • Cityscape Digital
  • AVR London
  • Rockhunter
  • Contributions across:
  • Feature Films
  • Episodic Television (Black Mirror, His Dark Materials, Emerald City, Sleepy Hollow, etc.)
  • High-end Commercials
  • Automotive CGI & Photoreal Configurators
  • CG lookdev, multi-pass compositing, tracking, keying, cleanup, and 3D generalist tasks

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Robotics, AI-assisted VFX workflows, Cinematography, Race engineering, Exploring how systems and technology work

REFERENCES

Available upon request.

Timeline

Senior Compositor

REALTIME
2025.07 - 2025.11

Senior Compositor

Flipbook Studio
2025.06 - 2025.06

Senior Compositor

1920
2025.05 - 2025.05

Senior Compositor

DistilleryVFX
2025.02 - 2025.03

University Module Consultant (VFX / Animation)

Central Film School
2025.01 - 2025.11

Senior Compositor / Nuke Studio

1920
2024.08 - 2024.11

Senior Compositor

Electric Theatre Collective
2024.07 - 2024.08

Senior Compositor

1920
2024.05 - 2024.06

Senior Compositor

POP Creative Studio
2024.04 - 2024.04

Lead Nuke Artist

BCN Visuals | 3D Billboards
2023.08 - 2023.11

Senior Nuke Compositor

REALTIME
2023.05 - 2023.07

Nuke Artist

Absolute Post
2022.11 - 2023.04

Senior Nuke Artist

Nexus Studios
2022.08 - 2022.08

Senior Nuke Artist

Agile Films
2022.07 - 2022.08

Senior Compositor

Saddington Baynes
2022.01 - 2022.10

Compositor

Goodbye Kansas Studios
2022.01 - 2022.04

Senior Compositor

Vine FX
2021.11 - 2021.12

Diploma - Animation & Interactive Technology

Southwark College

BA (Hons) - 3D Digital Animation

University of Hertfordshire
DEAN YAW ADJEIKUM