Brian Peyatt
Visual Effects Production Consultant
Over the last 15 years I have successfully completed over 20 Feature Films and Commercials.
My talents and skills lie in Digital Producing, Project Management, Personnel Management and System Administration working with disk space and render nodes.
Linux System Administrator
April 2007 October 2009
Digital Domain, Venice, California
•Maintain a mixed Linux (Redhat/Fedora/CentOS/Debian) and Sun Solaris environments
•Maintain and upgrade Symantec Veritas Backup Exec/Net Backup servers
•Maintain and upgrade legacy servers to current standards
•Design, build and maintain intranet, which included High availability production servers and development sandbox servers
•Maintain and upgrade IMAP mail servers
•Schedule proper downtime and procedures for Production changes to cluster
•Work with developers to troubleshoot application conflicts and deploy production code
•Document system infrastructure and changes as needed; create operation notes and change control procedures
•Build out and system mapping of QA systems for developers
•Monitor system health using Nagios and MRTG
•Work with the network engineer to troubleshoot network connectivity and load balancing issues
•Automate repetitive tasks with scripting and cron
Department/Personnel Manager
February 2005 April 2007
•Identified resources needed and assigned individuals to projects.
•Managed day-to-day operational aspects of department.
•Prepared and delivered annual employee reviews.
•Determined appropriate budgeting and annual expenditure reports.
•Effectively communicated relevant departmental information to superiors.
•Easily recognized deficiencies and implemented effective solutions.
•Challenged others to develop as leaders while serving as a role model and mentor.
•Inspired employees to attain goals and pursue excellence.
•Suggested areas for improvement in company processes along with possible solutions
Digital Producer/Coordinator
April 2001 February 2005
•Directed production operations and processes for multiple projects.
•Created and executed development plans across multiple projects and revised as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
•Reviewed deliverables prepared by team before passing to client.
•Ensured project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
•Facilitated team and client meetings effectively.
•Applied significant knowledge of industry trends and developments to improve service to our clients.
•Planned and maintained project schedules.
•Measured progress by established standards of performance.
•Maintained schedules, staff, quality, and order of production processes.
•Assisted in project bidding and associated budgeting requirements.
System Administrator
November 2000 March 2001
Metapa Incorporated, Santa Monica, California
•Installed and managed Linux (Debian) and Windows Systems
•Assisted in server and network switch install and support for collocation access
•Assisted in tape robot install and support
•Designed and deployed help desk system and environment
Technical Support Supervisor
June 1999 November 2000
•Supervised Technical Support and Data I/O Departments in their daily activities such as support for employees working with proprietary and third party software, facility assets management (6+ Terabyte), distributed processing systems, Jr. System administration, and troubleshooting of miscellaneous issues.
•Managed weekly schedules, employee evaluations, compensation and hiring.
•Designed and implemented web pages using HTML and perl cgi-bin scripts.
•Trained newly hired employees in software utilization.
Technical Support Operator
March 1998 June 1999
•Manage resources such as proprietary and third party software, facility assets management (6+ terabyte), distributed processing systems, Jr. System administration, and troubleshooting of miscellaneous issues.
•Worked with end users to determine needs and troubleshoot problems.
•Worked closely with Software Developers and System Administrators to determine needs of facility and to identify bugs/issues with network and end user software.
Technical Resource Administrator
November 1997 March 1998
DreamWorks SKG Feature Animation, Burbank, California
•Manage technical resources such as network disk space and distributed processing systems.
•Manage the data input/output to/from digital media via IBM Magstar Tape Library.
•Worked closely with Technical Writers to describe proprietary and third party software to end-use
Data Archiving Supervisor
November 1996 November 1997
•Supervise Data I/O Department in their daily activities such as facility asset management and distributed processing systems.
•Manage weekly schedules, employee evaluations, compensation and hiring.
•Support training of newly hired employees in software utilization.
Data Archiving Operator
February 1995 November 1996
•Manage the data input/output to/from digital media via DLT, DST, DTF, Metrum, DAT
and exabyte digital tape media.
•Manage resources such as facility disk space management and distributed
processing systems.
As Digital Producer I successfully managed the Visual Effects production of feature films and commercials from bidding to delivery. Using the knowledge I have gained from working with Visual Effects Supervisors, Visual Effects Producers and Digital Supervisors and Artists, I am confident and comfortable managing all aspects of the day-to-day production life.
Digital Personnel Manager
In my role as Digital Personnel Manager I oversaw the scheduling and managing of all of the Modeling, Texture Painting and Match Movers. This included but was not limited to salary negotiation, hiring and releases. I also worked closely with Digital Producers and Coordinators to maintain staffing resource allocations on an as needed basis.
As a system administrator I provisioned, deployed and maintained over 100 system servers. I assisted in the creation and deployment of over 500 render servers. As well as working with servers I also managed and upgraded email systems, server monitoring and database software and the company intranet.
Linux System Administration
Application Support
Installation, Licensing and Maintenance
Services: DNS, NFS, PAM, HTTP, SMTP, IMAP, NAGIOS, SNMP, SSL, RSYNC, NIS
3D: Maya, Houdini, 3D Max, BouJou, PFTrack
Operating Systems: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, and Macintosh OS X
2D: Nuke, Shake, Photoshop, Combustion, Silhouette
Monitoring Systems: Nagios, Ganglia, Syslog-ng, Cacti, MRTG
Texture Painting: Mudbox, DeepPaint, BodyPaint, UVLayout
Mail Systems: Cyrus IMAP, Sendmail, Postfix, Barracuda
Render: VRay, Mental Ray, PRMan
Web/Internet Apps: Apache, Drupal, Joomla/Mambo, Wordpress
Data Archiving/Storage: Symantec Veritas NetBackup, Amanda, Bacula
Scripting Languages: csh, sh, bash, perl, python, php
Also familiar with:
Install/Maintain/Monitor Windows XP applications such as Active Directory, Exchange
Network Appliance OnTap
Filmography
2009:
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Senior System Administrator
2012 - Senior System Administrator
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - Senior System Administrator
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Senior System Administrator
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian - Senior System Administrator
2008:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Senior System Administrator
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - Senior System Administrator
Speed Racer - Senior System Administrator
Jumper - 3D Department Manager
2007:
The Golden Compass - 3D Department Manager
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising - 3D Department Manager
Transformers - 3D Department Manager
We Own the Night - 3D Department Manager
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - 3D Department Manager
Meet the Robinsons - 3D Department Manager
Zodiac - 3D Department Manager
The Hitcher - 3D Department Manager
2006:
The Nativity Story - 3D Department Manager
Letters from Iwo Jima - 3D Department Manager
Flags of Our Fathers - 3D Department Manager
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning - 3D Department Manager
Zoom - 3D Department Manager
My Super Ex-Girlfriend - 3D Department Manager
2005:
Stealth - Bidding Producer
Dark Water - Digital Production Manager
Cinderella Man - Digital Production Manager
1995-2004:
The Missing - Digital Production Manager
Looney Tunes: Back in Action - Digital Production Manager
Secondhand Lions - Digital Producer
Willard - Digital Production Coordinator
Daredevil - Digital Production Coordinator
xXx - 2D Coordinator
The Time Machine - Visual Effects Coordinator
How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Visual Effects Coordinator
Red Planet - Visual Effects Coordinator
X-Men - Visual Effects Coordinator
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Technical Coordinator
Supernova - Technical Coordinator
Fight Club - Technical Coordinator
Lake Placid - Technical Coordinator
What Dreams May Come - Technical Coordinator
Tightrope - Technical Coordinator
Kundun - Technical Coordinator
Titanic - 2D Coordinator
Red Corner - Technical Coordinator
The Fifth Element - Technical Coordinator
Dante's Peak - Technical Coordinator
The Island of Dr. Moreau - Stage Manager
Sgt. Bilko - Stage Manager
T2 3-D: Battle Across Time - Stage Manager/Technical Coordinator
Apollo 13 - Stage Manager
Senior System Administrator
Contact Information
7804 Vicksburg Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90045
310.985.2676
brian_peyatt.com
