Nicholas Chilelli
Layout Artist / Game Designer
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Nicholas Chilelli
Nicholas Chilelli
Cinematic Designer @ Bioware
Toronto, Canada

Summary

I am presently a Cinematic designer at Bioware where I work on cinematics an upcoming game.

I also develop tools to make life easier for the artist and fix technical problems that arise mostly related to Maya and Nuke.

I am also working as a Level/Game Designer at WillChill Games. Currently working on a mobile and PC title.

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Skills

CompositingEnvironment Design3D ModelingFacial Rigging & AnimationGame DesignPre-vizLayoutLevel DesignPython ScriptingTeam ManagementMatchmoveCaTool Creation3D CameraCamera Work

Software proficiency

Maya
Maya
Nuke
Nuke
Katana
Katana
Clarisse iFX
Clarisse iFX
Unity
Unity
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
After Effects
After Effects
Illustrator
Illustrator
Photoshop
Photoshop
ZBrush
ZBrush
Flash
Flash
MotionBuilder
MotionBuilder
Mocha
Mocha
3DEqualizer
3DEqualizer
Python
Python
3ds Max
3ds Max
Blender
Blender

Productions

    • Movie
      Garfield
    • Year
      2025
    • Role
      Rough Layout Artist
    • Company
      DNEG
    • Movie
      Nimona
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      Rough Layout Artist
    • Company
      DNEG
    • TV Production
      Army of the Dead Lost Vegas
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      Senior Layout Artist
    • Company
      Digital Dimension
    • TV Production
      A Tale Dark and Grimm
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Layout Artist
    • Company
      Jam Filled
    • TV Production
      Paw Patrol Season 7/8
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Layout Artist
    • Company
      Guru Studios
    • TV Production
      Abby Hatcher Season 2
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Layout Artist
    • Company
      Guru Studios
    • TV Production
      Remy & Boo
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Layout Artist
    • Company
      Industrial Brothers
    • Movie
      Asteroid Hunter
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Layout Artist/Layout TD
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • Movie
      My Spy
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Layout Artist/Layout TD
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • TV Production
      Expanse Season 4
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Layout Artist/Layout TD
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • TV Production
      Stranger Things Season 3
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Layout Artist/Layout TD
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • TV Production
      Umbrella Academy
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Layout Artist, Previs, TD, Modeler
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • Movie
      Motherless Brooklyn
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Layout Artist/Layout TD, Modeling
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • TV Production
      Raising Dion
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Layout Artist
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • TV Production
      Sirens Season 2
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Layout Artist/Layout TD
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • Movie
      Brotherhood
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Layout Artist/ TD
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • Movie
      Eli (2019)
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Layout Artist/Layout TD
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • Movie
      Descendants 3
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Layout Artist/Layout TD
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • TV Production
      Nightflyers
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Layout Artist, Previs
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • Movie
      A Christmas Prince - The Royal Wedding
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Layout artist
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • TV Production
      The Haunting of Hill House
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Layout Artist, Previs, TD
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • Movie
      The First Purge
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Layout Artist
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • TV Production
      Condor
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Layout Artist, TD, Previs Artist
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • TV Production
      Expanse Season 3
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Layout Artist, TD
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • Movie
      Hunter Killer
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Layout Artist, TD, Animation
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • TV Production
      Imposters season 2
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Layout Artist
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • TV Production
      Shannara Chronicles Season 2
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Layout Artist, TD
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • TV Production
      Star Trek: Discovery
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Layout Artist, TD
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • TV Production
      The Gifted
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Layout Artist, TD
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • Movie
      Flatliners (2017)
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Layout Artist, TD
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • TV Production
      Alias Grace
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Layout Artist, TD
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • Movie
      Descendants 2
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Layout Artist, TD
    • Company
      Spin VFX
    • TV Production
      Expanse Season 2
    • Year
      2016
    • Role
      Layout Artist, TD
    • Company
      Spin vfx
    • TV Production
      Thomas & Friends
    • Year
      2016
    • Role
      Asset TD
    • Company
      Arc Productions
    • TV Production
      Tarzan & Jane
    • Year
      2016
    • Role
      Asset TD
    • Company
      Arc Productions
    • TV Production
      Elena of Avalor
    • Year
      2016
    • Role
      Asset TD
    • Company
      Arc Productions

Experience

  • Cinematic Designer at Bioware
    March 2024 - Present

  • Previs/Layout Artist at Ape Squared
    June 2023 - March 2024

    I am presently a Previs/Layout Artist at Ape Squared where I work on cinematics and storytelling for an upcoming video game.

  • Rough Layout Artist at DNEG
    Canada
    October 2021 - May 2023

    As a Rough Layout Artist, I produce Animated Layouts of Shots/Sequences from Storyboard or verbal communication. All for feature animation

  • Senior Layout Artist at Digital Dimension
    Canada
    February 2021 - September 2021

    As a Layout Artist, I produce Animated Layouts of Shots/Sequences from Storyboard or verbal communication.

    All in unreal engine

  • Layout Artist at Jam Filled
    Toronto, Canada
    October 2020 - February 2021

    As a Layout Artist, I produce Animated Layouts of Shots/Sequences from Storyboard or verbal communication.

  • Layout Artist at Guru Studio
    Toronto, Canada
    March 2020 - October 2020

    As a Layout Artist, I produce Animated Layouts of Shots/Sequences from Storyboard or verbal communication.

  • Level/Game Designer at WilChil Games
    Canada
    December 2019 - Present

    Design & Develop Gameplay

    Design Levels and Puzzles

    R&D New Tools and Tech

  • Layout Artist at Industrial Brothers
    Toronto, Canada
    February 2019 - March 2020

    As a Layout Artist, I Scout CG Sets, and set dress the import action/acting areas. As well as produce Animated Layouts of Shots/Sequences from Storyboard or verbal communication.

  • Layout Artist/TD at Spin VFX
    Toronto, Canada
    October 2016 - February 2019

    I work as layout artist, building environments as well as creating cameras to the directors vision. I also fix troubled shots by other artists as well as design tools to make life a little easier for the artists

  • Asset TD at Arc Productions
    Toronto, Canada
    April 2016 - August 2016

    Worked on fixing shots as well as dealt with the ingesting of outsourced assets/animations, checking them and bringing them into our pipeline. I was at Arc until its closing in August of 2016

  • Element QC artist/ Ingest Operator at Stereo D
    Toronto, Canada
    March 2016 - April 2016

    Ingested nuke scripts from clients and outsource, making them work with out pipeline and QCing them.

  • Stereo Artist at Legend 3D
    Toronto, Canada
    August 2015 - March 2016

    3D conversion of films