LAURIE KINDIAK
3D Environment Artist / Matte Painter
About
• Professional artist, creating backgrounds for over 9 years in film and TV with matte painting and 3D environments.
• Professional games artist, creating environments for over 18 years on multiple AAA games with 12 published titles.
• Independent filmmaker, producing 5 commissioned short films for non-profits in the roles of director, videographer & editor.
SKILL SET:
PRIMARY SOFTWARE:
Maya, Max, Nuke, Z-brush, Mari, Photoshop, Final Cut
(Comfortable in PC, Mac, and Linux work environments)
FILMS:
2024 - Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Matte painter)
2023 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Env/Matte Painter)
2023 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Env/Matte Painter)
2022 - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Env/Matte Painter)
2022 - Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (Env/Matte Painter)
2021 - Vivo (Env/Matte Painter)
2019 - Pokemon (Matte Painter)
2018 – The New Mutants (2019) (Matte Painter)
2018 – Aquaman (3D Environments/Matte Painter)
2018 – A Wrinkle In Time (3D Environments/Matte Painter)
2017 – Justice League (3D Environments/Matte Painter)
2016 – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Matte Painter)
2016 - Suicide Squad (3D Environment TD/Matte Painter)
2016 - The Finest Hours (3D Environment TD/Matte Painter)
2015 - Goosebumps (3D Environments)
2014 - American Sniper (3D Environment TD)
2014 - The Interview (Layout)
2014 - The Expendables 3 (Layout/Animation)
2014 - Godzilla (3D Environment TD)
TV:
2022 - My Little Pony: Make Your Mark (TV series) (Matte Painter)
2017 – A Series Of Unfortunate Events - (Lemony Snicket) – Netflix series (Render monkey/Matte Painter)
PUBLISHED GAMES:
2013 - Hidden Agenda (Facebook)
2012 - Prototype 2
2011 - TRON
2010 - Mod Nation Racing
2007 - Crash of the Titans
2006 - Scarface: The World is Yours
2003 - NFS Underground
2003 - Def Jam: Vendetta
2002 - NHL Hitz 2003
2002 - Global Operations
2000 - Homeworld Cataclysm
1999 - NFS High Stakes
INDEPENDENT FILMS & VIDEO:
(Director, videographer and editor):
2012 “Dogsafe 2 Training Video” (Commissioned)
2011 “Dogsafe Training Video” (Commissioned)
2009 “Voices in the Dark” (Commissioned)
2009 “Pigeon Park Savings” (Commissioned)
2009 “The Stanley” (Commissioned)
2008 “Insite” (Student Film)