Sep 2024 – Present / Research Associate - Luzern University of Applied Sciences

• Part-time, Houdini Technical Artist within the Immersive Realities Research Lab.

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Oct 2021 – Sep 2024 / 3D/FX Technical Director/Artist

• upskilling through online courses, self-driven tutorials and experimentation – see education section.
   

​Mar 2011 – Sep 2021/ Primary Carer for my Family

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Jun 2015 – Apr 2018 / Java/OpenGL Programmer and Mentor:

• Envisioned and implemented the refactoring of the rendering engine of open-source Minecraft clone “Terasology”, to an extensible, node-based, rendering engine.

• Mentored two students over two consecutive Google Summer of Code initiatives, in 2016 and 2017

 

Sep 2008 – Mar 2011/ Entrepreneur: Took time off to create meaningful interactive content. There are winning experiences... and learning experiences.
 

Apr 2007 – Nov 2007, Jan 2008 – Aug 2008

Part-time Freelance Technical Director - Prime Focus, London

• Led the multi-cultural effort to create the reference naming conventions document for 8 facilities across North America, Europe and India

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Feb 2007 – Apr 2007 / Freelance 3D Technical Director - Absolute Post, London

• Collaborated on fully CG-animated shots for the Mercedes-Benz website

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Sep 2006 / Freelance FX Technical Director - Absolute Post, London

• Realized PaintFX-based vegetation to enhance the live-action footage in a Honda commercial

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Jul 2003 – Apr 2006 / FX Technical Director - MPC London

• Realized effects such as dust, rain, snow, bubbles, ropes, shattering rocks, tree branches, magical effects and clouds for the following feature films:

  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

  • Alien vs Predator

  • Kingdom of Heaven

  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  • Sunshine

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Feb 2002 – Sep 2002 / 3D Technical Director - Triple-E, Oberhausen, Germany

• Responsible for developing scripts, troubleshooting, producing visual effects (flies), managing data and organizing the pipeline for 3D animated project Tamanana.

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Dec 2001 – Jan 2002 / Co-author of the book Maya: Secrets of the Pros.

• Wrote chapter 6, "Creating crowd scenes from a small number of base models".

• One of six chapters republished in the Korean edition of the book

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May 2001 – Dec 2001 / Freelance 3D Technical Director

• animated short The Shark and the Piano (crowd scenes)

• Smart Car tv commercial (procedural modelling and animation)

• Playmobil tv commercial (car modelling)

• ZDF Winter Olympics tv commercial (particle effects)

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Jan 2000 – Mar 2001 / 3D Artist/Technical Director - H5B5 Media AG, Munich

• for the Pilot episode of planned Sci-Fi TV series Ice Planet

  • Realized 3D models, visual effects

  • Authored scripts and tools for Maya and specialized hardware

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Oct 1998 – Dec 1999 / 3D Artist - Munich Animation Film GmbH, Munich

• Responsible for most of the crowd scenes, some modelling and rigging of crowd actors and the effects for the underwater "Twister" sequence for the full-length animated feature A Fish Tale.

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May 1998 – Sep 1998 / Freelance 3D Artist – Locomotion, Milan, Italy

• Created 3D and visual effects for TV Commercials.

• Created digital sea surfaces, digital smoke, digital confetti and some camera match-moving for Giuseppe Tornatore’s movie The legend of 1900.

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Jun 1997 – Apr 1998 / Pubblica Assistenza, Santa Croce, Italy

• Social Services Driver and Ambulance Attendant during the mandatory Civil Service.

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Oct 1995 – Jun 1997 / Junior 3D Artist - Locomotion, Milan, Italy

• Created and rendered 3D models, animation rigs and effects for tv commercials for national television channels, international advertisement and internal productions. Furthermore, I worked on the 1998 feature film “Rewind”.