hello, my name is
ANDREW MARTIN MACFARLANE
Technical Director + Pipeline Designer + Developer + Consultant + Compositor + Animator + Interaction Designer

i am stupendously good at:

  • Adobe After Effects
  • C
  • C++
  • linux
  • ExtendScript
  • Python
  • MacOS
  • mercurial
  • R/E

i am pretty good at:

  • Premiere Pro
  • JavaScript
  • OpenFrameworks
  • TouchDesigner
  • NukeX
  • CEP
  • VIM
  • git

i know:

  • Processing
  • Java
  • Lua
  • NodeJS
  • ThreeJS
  • Hiero
  • Deadline
  • Electron
C.V.
2010—2023
Personal Projects
vaporstack
Demoscene coding, Workflow design, Live coding, Live performance. After 3 years of writing graphics for 68k Macs, currently writing visuals using C and OpenGL. A hefty dose of python infrastructure for general QoL improvements.

2015—2023
Personal Projects
RUMINANT, INC
Software Engineering - Incorporated in 2018, RUMINANT is focussed on radical user interfaces and experimental creativity software. Current focus is a vector drawing utility for iOS.

Content management and pipeline design for creation of ML style transfer videos

2020, 2021, 2022
Resident
MARS College
Infrastructure, Education. Small robotics, teaching networking and commandline, linux basics, workshops.

2021, 2022
Freelance
InfoTree :
Apple
Disclosed projects - Video creation and pipelines for retail experiences

2014, 2015, 2021
Freelance
Trollback+CO :
Chase, Apple, USA
Compositor, NUKE and AE

2021
Freelance
HARDWORKPARTY
After Effects Previz Workflow

Compositing, Workflows, Integrations

2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Contractor
LOGAN :
Apple
Localization pipelines, animation, toolkit development.

2021
Contractor
PROUnlimited :
Apple
Disclosed projects - Video creation and toolkitting.

2019—2020
Freelance
HBO :
HBO MAX
Heavy lifting for workflow optimizations, R/E, Pipeline Design, Consulting, Custom Integrations

2019
Freelance
Cactus
Interaction Design, Computer Vision, custom algorithms

Pipeline design, Integrations, R/E, Backend for Emmy Award-Winning Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj

Onscreen GFX, Logo animations

Developer for Macys Christmas window Interactive content and other interaction design

2015—2018
Contractor
VICE Media :
VICE
Pipeline design, efficiency consultant, workflow integrations for HBO's Emmy Award-Winning Vice News Tonight

Compositor, After Effects

Animator

2016
Freelance
Volvox Labs
Interaction Design, After Effects, TouchDesigner

Nuke Assist

Lead Compositor, Stop motion

Compositor, Pipeline Dev

Lead Compositor, Broadcast Design

2012, 2013
Freelance
Mixtape Club :
Google
Compositor, Pipeline Dev

Lead Compositor, Stop Motion tech, VFX Supervisor, DIT

2010
Freelance
TED :
TED Talks
Pipeline Dev, After Effects Scripting

Lead 2D Animator, Technician

Lead 2D Animator

BFA - Art - Drawing and painting, programming, interactive installations, video art, mixed media

2D Animator

1999—2001
Student
Seattle Academy of Fine Art
Independent Study - Drawing (still life drawing, anatomical study, classical techniques)

1999—2000
Student
Cornish College of the Arts
BFA - Design (Illustration)