“I found David to be one of the most knowledgeable and capable supervisors that I've worked with. He provided well communicated direction and encouragement . I found him very approachable and willing to take the time to answer questions and provide demonstration of more effective techniques. His extensive experience and work ethic would be valuable to any company. I would definitely work with David again.” January 7, 2009
Bill
Ball, FX Technical
Director, Rhythm & Hues Studios
reported
to David at Rhythm and Hues Studios
“David did a great job in ensuring that we can successfully deliver the movie, he provided a great strategic vision and sought consensus to help everyone achieve our goals. David has a wealth of knowledge and experience that will be a huge benefit to any production. I would highly recommend David and hope that I can work with him again in the future.” February 17, 2009
Andre
Thomas, Head of
Rendering/ Supervising Shading TD, DNA Productions Inc.
reported
to David at DNA Productions
“I've known David for quite a few years now. I worked with him first at DNA studio where David was leading the team as a VFX supervisor. He shared a lot of knowledge and experience which helped put processes together for DNA. I have also worked with him at Rhythm and Hues where David helped tackle many challenges and was an excellent person to learn from, I look forward to working with him again in the future.” January 16, 2009
Zubin
Wadia, Sr. Technical
Director, DNA
worked
directly with David at DNA Productions
“I highly recommend David Santiago (VFX Supervisor) for his comprehensive understanding of all aspects of creating VFX media of any type from creative/technical conception to execution, as well as his ability to manage the production of the content from 1st frame/image/pixel created to last frame/image/pixel delivered.” January 2, 2009
Alex
Johns, Co-Executive
Producer, Warner Bros. Pictures
managed
David at DNA Productions
“David did a fantastic job organizing and maintaining DNA's animation pipeline. He's a also a great guy to work with. I highly recommend him.” December 22, 2008
Lee
Supercinski, Unit
Production Manager, The Ant Bully - DNA Productions, Inc
worked
directly with David at DNA Productions
“I have had the pleasure of working with David on two features and have been overwhelmed with his capacity to turn a bad situation into good. David has a tremendous acumen for the visual effects work flow and exemplified this in his design and implementation of the two aforementioned feature pipelines. Besides his impressive intellect, Dave has a welcoming personality that lends itself well to the stress filled VFX working environment. He's is open to alternative ideas and discussions but does not hesitate to implement decisions and courses of action. The most concise manner of expressing my impressions of David would be to say that I would take any opportunity to work with him again.” February 28, 2007
Brian
Chacon, Director of
Technology, DNA - Ant Bully Feature
worked
with David at WOT, Inc
“David has the great ability to get a pipeline running that will adapt to short and long term deadlines. He understands CG and the changing environments that surround the production needs. I would work with David again, as he always delivered.” February 9, 2009
Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, On Time
jeff
werner
hired David as a CG TD in 2003
“I have worked with David several times. He is one of those rare people that understands the wide-angle view of the needs of current visual effects productions.” December 29, 2008
Ivan
DeWolf, artist,
asylum
worked directly
with David at Asylum Visual Effects
“David is efficient, productive and a good manager. If there is a mathematical or programming theory in a book, he has the technical skills to reproduce it for visual effects.” December 22, 2008
Leslie
Baker, Lighting
Supervisor, Moon Crescent Animation
worked
directly with David at Moon Crescent Studios
“David is a professional artist who pays attendtion to details as well as the bigger picture. He is knoweledgeable and well verse technically. A good guy to work with!” March 1, 2007
Kenneth
Au, Digital Artist
(Inferno/ Flame system), Rhythm & Hue Studio
worked
with David at Rhythm And Hues