Curriculum vitae
Freelance Nuke Compositor
Dario Bonito, senior compositor. Nuke for feature film and episodic VFX. Freelance, remote from Milan or on site.
Senior compositor with eight years in film and episodic VFX, working between London, Dublin, Cambridge and Milan. Nuke specialist with a solid grounding in photographic principles, multi-pass and deep compositing and the wider 3D workflow: from render passes and CG integration through to final delivery. Used to collaborating closely with 2D and 3D leads and to holding quality under tight episodic turnarounds, on shows for Marvel Studios, Netflix, HBO and Prime Video.
Availability
Available for freelance compositing work, remote from the Milan area on CET or on site where a show needs it. Long runs and short projects both, commercials included, and flexible about how an engagement is set up. Years of working with teams in the UK and Ireland, which is where most of the credits below were delivered.
Skills
Compositing
- Advanced Nuke 2D and 3D compositing
- CG integration and multi-pass renders
- Comfortable with prep and cleanup of any complexity
- Photographic principles, colour and composition
Pipeline and software
- Flow Production Tracking and ftrack
- Linux-based studio environments
- Script optimisation and farm rendering (Deadline)
- Planar tracking and roto in Mocha and Silhouette
Working style
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Strong problem solver, quick to learn new tools
- Calm under pressure, consistent on deadlines
- Clear communication and organisation
- Comfortable briefing 3D and tracing issues upstream
Experience
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Senior Compositor
VineFX Cambridge, United Kingdom
Apollo Has Fallen · Enola Holmes 3 · The Uprising
Oct 2025 – Jun 2026
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Senior Compositor
SSVFX Dublin, Ireland
The Righteous Gemstones S4 · Peacemaker S2 · The Boroughs S1
Jan 2025 – Oct 2025
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Senior Compositor
VineFX Cambridge, United Kingdom
The Lazarus Project S2 · Paris Has Fallen · The Rig S2
Sep 2023 – Dec 2024
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Senior Compositor
Cinesite London, United Kingdom
Nautilus S1
Jul 2023 – Sep 2023
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Digital Compositor
Framestore London, United Kingdom
Loki S2 · Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 · The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special · Beast
Jan 2022 – Jul 2023
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Digital Compositor
SSVFX Dublin, Ireland
Stranger Things 4 · The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey · The Righteous Gemstones
Jun 2021 – Jan 2022
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Digital Compositor
Alps VFX Turin, Italy
Dampyr
Jan 2021 – May 2021
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Digital Compositor
EGG VFX Post Production Dublin, Ireland
Intergalactic
May 2020 – Oct 2020
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Digital Compositor
SSVFX Dublin, Ireland
Black Widow · Flag Day · Kidding S2
Jan 2020 – May 2020
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Digital Compositor
MPC London, United Kingdom
Cats
Oct 2019 – Dec 2019
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Digital Compositor
22DOGS Milan, Italy
Il Cacciatore S2 · The Comeback Trail · Ghosts of War · StartUp · Bit · The Cleansing Hour
Aug 2018 – Oct 2019
Education
Bachelor's Degree in CGI & VFX
IED Istituto Europeo di Design Milan, Italy
Oct 2015 – Jul 2018
Languages
- Italian native speaker
- English professional working proficiency (B2)