RESUME :
HTML - PDF - TXT

JOBS :
WDFA : 2006
UCLA : 2003-2005

ASTERION : 2000-2002

BOOK :
Movies / Demo Reel
Stereo Pics [big]
Making Off pics
QTVR Panoramics

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Work experience

2006

Stereoscopic Camera Layout Artist [See]
WDFA - Walt Disney Feature Animation (Burbank, California)

"Meet the Robisons " Full-CG movie, March '07
Stereoscopic Camera rigging and animation, (Maya)
Stereoscopic Final Check Artist

 

Free Lance VFX Supervisor / StereoGraphist [See]
DBA Stereographist.com (Los Angeles, California)

"06, The Big One" 3D movie for Design Media and the State Capitol Museum
Visual Effects production and post-production.
After Effects Stereoscopic toolbox, scripts and expressions (Javascript)

2003 2005

Scientific Visualization Programmer [See]
UCLA Laboratory of NeuroImaging (Los Angeles, California)

Multi-GPU scientific visualization computing, integrated in an SGI-based immersive visualization equipement.
Stereoscopic HDTV production, VR programation, CG scripting,
Render farm, Linux, Windows and MacOS management.
Matlab, C++, Java, Html, Php and SQL programming.

2000 2002

CTO and 3D-TV R&D Engineer [See]
Aasterion Productions (Puteaux, France)

2D-to-3D conversion system design
Glass-free 3D display technology research
3D production and post-production facilities creation and management
VFX Supervisor on four 3D short films for the release of the highly acclaimed C5 Citroën car at the Paris, Geneva, Birmingham and Madrid auto shows.

1999 2001

Webmaster Engineer and Internet Technologies Consultant

Oleane site - France Telecom professional ISP (Paris) 
Total GR payment card site - IMPTeasing Web agency (Paris)
Ethnokids - Media International (Neuilly, France)
Worldwide educative network based on a collaborative website
Setup of the quarterly videoconference system

1998

Multimedia and Broadcast Engineer
Sofratev / France Telecom (Paris)

MultiMediums Kiosks - France Telecom Broacasting (Issy les Moulineaux, France)
Internet, VoD, cable, satellite, hertz TV under unified touch screen GUI
Core stadiums video installation for the World Soccer Championship, TVRS98.

1996 1997

R&D Engineer - Fastever (Puteaux, France)

Design and assembly of three different HDTV direct-to-disk recording solutions
Interactive movie player programming with broadcast laser disk remote control for the video wall at the Citroën both at Hanover, Geneva and Porto auto show

VFX Assistant - Fastever (Puteaux, France)

3D anaglyph pictures morphing and Quick Time encoding
3D CDROM authoring "Belles d'epoque"

1993 1995

Online junior programmer - Arcanset SA (La Défense, France)

Design and assembly of BetaFax, broadcast video transfer over ISDN lines
Conception of MétéoNet©, Internet Quality of Service auditing system
Journalistic survey "Online Social Activity changed your life",
Multimedia Web prototype for the CAPA TV Press Agency

1992

Journalist / Cameraman - Téléssonne (Massy, France)

Betacam field production, editing and robotic diffusion management
Live video coverage of the '92 Wide Screen TV meeting
Live report of Bosnian refugees in Croatian U.N. camp


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Courses and Lectures

Since 98

Multimedia project class - IUT d'Orsay, University of Paris XI.

1997

Audio and Video Net Streaming conference
National Film Center's annual meeting on New Technology, Paris.

1995 1996

Virtual Reality task force participant - Industrial Ministry

Since 1993  

 Member of the Technological Board of the National Film Center :
VFX, Digital Picture, Multimedia and Interactive Storytelling groups


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Education

1995

Applied Master's Degree in New Products Design - E.N.S. Arts et Métiers, Paris.

1993

Scientific and Technical Master's Degree in Broadcast and Multimedia Univ. of Paris II.

1991

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science - IUT d'Orsay, University of Paris XI.


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Computer Technologies

Systems :

MacOs (7 to X), Dos, Windows (from 3.x to NT5), notions of Linux and BeOs

Programs :

Elastic Reality, Photoshop, Premiere, AfterEffect, 3DS, Combustion

Languages :

C++, Lingo, HTML, VRML, ASP-VBS, CGI-PERL, Java, Javascript

Hardware :

RAID subsystems, Industrials PCs, Touchscreens, Kioks integration


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Live Action Role Playing (LARP)

Role Player since 1981, Live player since 1986.

Chairman of the French LARP National League during its foundation and first three years

 

  • Large part of the French game arrangers' subscriptions
  • Government agreement for youth education and cultural activity

Main Game Master of "Wanderer III in Paris", the first international LARP network game

 

  • 400 players in three different European cities (Paris, Outokumpu and Turku)
  • 72 hours of non-stop internet-synchronized game
  • Mail, Web, IRC, FTP and videoconference systems over VPN

Webmaster of Genosphere

 

  • French LARP Portal
  • Official diary for the National League and role-playing game magazines

Conceptor of WINGS, Internet tool for online LARP authoring and playing

 

  • MetaData technology
  • JAVA servlet programming
  • Full-HTML authoring interface

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Sports

Auto raid : 

 Participation at the Master Raid 97 Paris-Samarcand-Moscow

 

  • France, Italy, Turkmenistan, Ouzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia
  • Digital photography and video, Website update via satellite link
  • Along with the event of the Worldwide Rally Championship

Trekking :

Corsica, Pyrennees, Alps

Kayaking :

Creuse and Ardeche rivers

Skiing :

Cross-country and downhill

Motorcycle :

Driving license and daily use

Parachuting:

Nine free fall jumps at 13500 ft

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Travels

 

Algeria, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, England, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Norway, Ouzbekistan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, United States

Bernard Mendiburu
Multimedia R&D Officer - New Media Director
3554 Sawtelle Blvd , Los Angeles, CA 90066, USA
Voice: +1 310 313 3437 // Cell: +1 310 447 4097


6, rue Civiale, 75010 Paris, France
Tel : +33 1 53 38 96 36