Scanline VFX - VancouverJune 2020 to till date
Crowd Department Supervisor
Design and development of crowd pipeline and workflows. Managing show production involving crowd simulations across studio locations. Technical support to the team and other departments. Maya, Houdini, Golaem, 3d Studio Max and V-Ray.
The Three-Body Problem (In production)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Black Adam
The Gray Man
The Batman
Don't Look Up
Lisey's Story
Image Engine Inc - VancouverNov 2019 to May 2020
Pipeline Technical Director (Crowds)
Development and maintaining of crowd pipeline. Supporting artist and shows in crowd simulation. Houdini, Gaffer, Atoms Crowd and Arnold.
The Mandalorian - Chapter 10: The Passenger (S2E2)
Bloodshot
Cinesite - VancouverMay 2018 to Aug 2019
Lead Crowd TD
Crowd pipeline tools development and support. Golaem, Maya, Katana and Renderman.
The Addams Family
Method Studios - VancouverJuly 2016 to May 2018
Senior Technical Director (Crowds)
Involved in creating and supporting cg crowd simulations, developed and documented tools used by artist in the production using Python, PyQt and in-house software (mongo database, rez packaging system). Maya, Golaem, V-Ray.
Black Panther
Thor: Ragnarok
Spider-Man: Homecoming (uncredited)
FRAMESTORE CFC - LondonApril 2015 to June 2016
Senior Technical Director (Crowds)
Layout and Simulation of armies marching and attacking, using Massive, Maya, Arnold and other proprietary tools.
King Arthur
Now You See Me 2
GOLAEM S.A - RennesAug 2014 to Mar 2015
VFX/Animation Support Specialist
My role involved supporting visual effects and animation studios using Golaem Crowd Simulation plugin for maya. I was responsible for training, troubleshooting problems and workflows, documentation and beta testing of the plugin.
FRAMESTORE CFC - LondonMay 2014 to Aug 2014
Technical Director (Crowds)
Layout and Simulation of armies marching and attacking, using Golaem, Maya, Arnold and other proprietary tools.
Dracula Untold
ANIMAL LOGIC - SydneyFeb 2012 to Feb 2013
Technical Director (Crowds)
Crowd agent design and simulation using Massive, Maya, Houdini and Renderman. Developed python based tools in Maya and Houdini to assist shot production. Documented workflow procedures and troubleshooting guide.
Walking With Dinosaurs 3D
RISING SUN PICTURES - AdelaideNov 2011 to Jan 2012
Technical Director (Crowds)
Layout and Simulation of crowds for the Tribute Parade Sequence using Massive, Maya and 3Delight.
The Hunger Games (uncredited)
Dr D STUDIOS - SydneyNov 2010 to Oct 2011
Technical Director (Crowds)
Crowd layouts of penguins using proprietary tools with Maya, Cortex, Houdini, 3Delight pipeline. Shot Lighting and rendering of FX elements during the final stages of production using Houdini, Nuke and 3Delight. Testing and documenting of production tools.
Happy Feet Two 3D
ANIMAL LOGIC - SydneyMar 2010 to July 2010
Technical Director (Crowds)
Crowd agent design, layout and simulation for the orc fighting sequence using Maya, Massive and Renderman.
Sucker Punch
NWAVE DIGITAL - BrusselsNov 2008 to Sept 2009
Lighting Artist
Lighting of Hero characters and environments using Maya, 3Delight and Renderman.
Sammy’s Adventures - The Secret Passage 3D
PRANA STUDIOS - MumbaiSept 2007 to Nov 2008
Technical Director (Crowds & Lighting)
Look Dev and Shot Lighting using Maya and Renderman. Developed crowd agents and using Maya, Massive and Renderman.
Delhi 6
Tinker Bell
PRIME FOCUS - MumbaiDec 2006 to Aug 2007
Pipeline Technical Director
Implemented and supported show specific pipeline tools, at various studio facilities in a Maya, Mental Ray, Digital Fusion, Python, and PHP based pipeline.
Tales of The Riverbank
Vanarts
Diploma with Honors in Visual Effects.
Art Institute of Vancouver
Certificate in Visual Effects and Digital Animation.
M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology
Bachelors of Electrical and Electronics.
fxphd Jan 14 Term
Intermediate KATANA.
Real World Lighting and Rendering with Arnold.
fxphd Oct 13 Term
Introduction to KATANA.
Physically Plausible Shading in RenderMan Studio.
Production Shader Writing Fundamentals and Physically Plausible Shading.
Robotics (CSMM.103x)
A part of the MicroMasters AI Program from ColumbiaX online course.
Introduction to Robotics and ROS.
Robot Arms Introduction, URDF, Transforms, TF Library.
Stochastic Motion Planning, Differential Drive, Other Kinematics, Path Planning for Mobile Robots.
