Mila/Marija
2026Compositor
Stardust Effects
NUKE COMPOSITOROSLO, NORWAY
SEAN BRIAN
ROWLANDS
Compositing for
film & television.
01 / PROFESSIONAL WORK
Professional work.
Film & television
2024 - 2027
En nasjon i sjakk
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Stardust Effects
Per Aspera Ad Astra
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Gimpville
Detective Hole
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Gimpville
Troll 2
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Gimpville
Snøsøsteren
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02 / PERSONAL WORK
Personal work.
BACHELOR FILM / 2025
Voyager
A full-CG short film created with Ådne Storhagen as part of our Visual Effects bachelor programme at Kristiania University College. We shared responsibility for all aspects, working in Blender and Nuke with contributions from Johnny Le and Arthemis Manzoori. Voyager won the Student Short Film award at the 2025 Loke Awards.
Film & breakdown credits
- All aspects
- Ådne Storhagen & Sean Brian Rowlands
- 3D animation
- Johnny Le
- Asset creation
- Arthemis Manzoori
GRADUATE REEL / 2025
Graduate reel
A selection of compositing work from my studies at Kristiania University College, completed in 2025.
Shot-by-shot credits
Shot 1
Sean Brian Rowlands - all aspects except 3D animation.
Johnny Le - 3D animation.
Shots 2-3 / Voyager
Ådne Storhagen & Sean Brian Rowlands - all aspects.
Johnny Le - 3D animation.
Arthemis Manzoori - asset creation.
Shots 4-5 / Autumn 2024
Sean Brian Rowlands - environment integration, lighting, rendering and compositing; environment port from Unreal Engine to Maya and Blender; helicopter texturing.
Johnny Le - 3D animation.
Shalom Micky - environment (Unreal Engine).
Arthemis Manzoori - helicopter modelling.
Kristiania University College - robot asset.
Simen Yndesdal - Houdini simulation (shot 5).
03 / ABOUT & CONTACT
Hi, I'm Sean.
I'm a compositor based in Oslo, Norway, currently working at Stardust Effects. Previously, I spent a year and a half at Gimpville working in compositing and matchmove, having joined initially as an intern.
I mainly work in Nuke, with experience in both compositing and matchmove for film and television. I particularly enjoy CG integration, tricky keys and invisible effects. Figuring out why something doesn't quite sit in a shot, then finding a way to make it work, is a big part of what I like about compositing.
I also enjoy the technical side of the work. I build small Nuke tools to make everyday tasks easier and am continuing to learn Python as I go. More recently, I've been exploring ComfyUI and testing how AI tools can be useful in a compositing workflow.
Seeing Avatar when I was young got me curious about how visual effects were made. I started making edits as a teenager, experimenting with After Effects and Cinema 4D, and eventually completed a bachelor's degree in Visual Effects at Kristiania in 2025.
