Cat Harris

Work History

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  FX Consultant

  HOGARTH

  October 2024 - April 2025
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  Senior/Lead FX TD

  Lost Cosmonauts

  March 2024 - September 2024
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  FX Technical Director

  Wētā FX

  September 2020 - March 2024

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Lead FX TD

  Benuts

  July 2019 - August 2020

  Brussels, Belgium
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  Senior FX TD

  Framestore

  July 2018 - May 2019
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  FX TD

  Framestore

  May 2016 - July 2018

  
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  Houdini TD

  Glassworks

  October 2015 - March 2016

  
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  Houdini Genralist

  Realise Studio

  April 2015 - July 2015
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  Houdini TD

  Realise Studio

  August 2014 - January 2015

  Effects work in Houdini for various projects, including a 3d display installation for Landrover, Chris Clark's 'Winter Linn' music video, Da Vinci's Demons Season 3 and development for Kingsman, The Secret Service.

  
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  FX Technical Director

  MPC

  April 2013 - June 2014

  Feature film effects work in Maya and Houdini.
  Credits include:
  300 - Rise of an Empire
  Maleficent
  Guardians of the Galaxy

  

  

  
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  Houdini Artist

  Realise Studio

  February 2013 - February 2013

  Fluid effects for Hyundai ident.
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  3D Artist

  The Mill

  April 2012 - February 2013

  Technical effects, working mostly in Houdini. Various projects including
  Commercials: Heineken 'Crack the Case' (Card tower sequence), Guinness 'Cloud'
  Film: 47 Ronin
  TV: Doctor Who, Ice Age.

• Art Dept.

  "Dark Shadows"

  October 2011 - October 2011

  Art department work for Mattes and Miniatures.

• SFX & Miniatures Supervisor

  "Skyborn" - short film

  July 2011 - September 2011

  Academy Award nominated short film. I supervised a team building a miniature cloudscape and landscape, and built a 12th scale flying machine with moving parts. On the live action shoot I supervised a team of up to six people creating thick fog effects indoors and outdoors, together with fires, wind and flaming torches, which I built from scratch.

• Special Effects

  'Light Upon Dark' (SOS Films)

  January 2011 - January 2011

  Rain effects

• Special Effects

  'Tequila' (Grain Media)

  December 2010 - December 2010

  Provided thick smoke to cover a graveyard.

• Special Effects Technician

  "The Loft" Live Television Show

  November 2010 - November 2010

  Rigged and set off pyrotechnic effects

• Work Experience

  Millennium FX

  November 2010 - November 2010

  Preparing for large project build.

• Special Effects

  "Have You Seen Napoleon" - short film

  October 2010 - October 2010

  Designed, built and operated rigs for sinking and floating objects in lake, built gas fire into fireplace in manor house and smoke effects for smouldering toy held by actor.

• Special Effects

  "The Monkey's Paw" - short film

  October 2010 - October 2010

  Smoke and haze effects indoors and outdoors.

• Work Experience

  All Effects

  June 2010 - June 2010

  Work experience setting up for 'The Cold Light of Day'