Garry Runke

Garry Runke

Fire and Destruction

Senior Lead FX TD / 16 yrs

Heidelberg, Germany

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CG Lead

Into the Rainbow (2019)

Visual Effects Artist

Rampage (2018)

Senior Effects Technical Director

Justice League (2017)

Senior Visual Effects Technical Director

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Senior Visual Effects Artist

War For The Planet Of The Apes (2017)

Senior FX TD

Black Sails (2014)

Visual Effects Artist

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Lead FX TD

Man of Steel (2013)

Lead FX TD

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Lead FX TD

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Lead FX TD

Prometheus (2012)

Senior FX TD

The Avengers (2012)

Lead FX TD

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

FX TD

X-Men: First Class (2011)

FX TD

Gulliver's Travels (2010)

FX TD

The A-Team (2010)

FX TD

Avatar (2009)

Simulation Artist / Visual Effects

The Flight Before Christmas (2008)

Digital Artist

Happily N'Ever After (2007)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Die ProSieben Märchenstunde (2006)

I am Garry Runke, a visual effects artist with 7+ years of production experience.
My software skills are: Autodesk Maya, The Foundry::NUKE, Next Limit REALFLOW, Pixar RENDERMAN

I am specialized in Fire and Smoke effects also Particle effects.

Contact: garry.runke@gmail.com
IMDb: imdb.com/name/nm2290956/
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/garryjay/
Work History

  • Senior FX TD

    Wētā FX

    November 2016 - March 2018
    Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

    Blowing shit up and setting things on fire. So far in ..
    Valerian
    War for Planet of the Apes
    Justice League

  • Enjoying Life

    Sabbatical / Extended Leave

    February 2014 - February 2015
    Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

    Relaxing, Travels, Computer Games, even reading a book or two.

  • CG Lead

    Digipost

    April 2014 - May 2014
    Auckland, New Zealand

    FX R&D, Water FX R&D, Team Lead
    "The Wonder"

  • Lead FX TD

    Wētā FX

    May 2012 - May 2013
    Wellington, New Zealand

    Creating fire, smoke effects, rigs and leading, helping and supporting the team

  • VFX Artist

    Kaiserbrand

    August 2008 - August 2008

    Fire and Smoke FX for a Firefighter training video. Also some molecular shots. Non photorealistic.

  • Simulation Artist

    Animationsfabrik GmbH

    June 2008 - July 2008

    Realflow and Realwave simulation of wobble pudding and vanilla sauce.

  • 3D Artist

    Filmfuzzies

    April 2008 - May 2008

    3D Modeling, Shading, Animation, Rendering / Crowd Simulation / Compositing

  • VFX Supervisor

    Pictorion Magma

    March 2008 - March 2008

    Visual Effects for Niko & The Way to the Stars aka Flight before christmas

  • VFX Artist

    visual distractions ltd.

    February 2008 - February 2008

    Visual Effects for Niko & The Way to the Stars aka Flight before christmas

  • Compositor

    Pictorion Magma

    February 2008 - February 2008

    Compositing for Niko & The Way to the Stars aka Flight before christmas

  • Rigger

    Pictorion Magma

    January 2008 - February 2008

    Rigging of character and props for a movie trailer.

  • Digital Artist

    Stoof International

    December 2007 - December 2007

    Creating a visualization for the Saudi Arabien Kinghouse. Full CG

  • Owner

    WittyJack

    April 2007 - December 2007

    Content creation for mobile phones.
    Lesson 1 learned: Don't swim with sharks.
    Lesson 2 learned: If they bite punch them on the nose as hard as you can.

  • 3D Presentation

    CU Gate

    October 2007 - October 2007

    Creating a 3D presentation for a new product they develop.
    Contract work for https://www.schreiberfriends.com

  • Project Supervision and creation

    Toshiba

    September 2007 - September 2007

    Creating of a presentation for IFA 2007 held in Berlin.
    Won state of the art award
    Contract work for https://www.schreiberfriends.com

  • CEO

    QuadrigaFX

    August 2004 - February 2007

    VFX Supervision and Team Coordination of "Märchenstunde" first series, airing on Pro7
    Supervisor of "Nike" tracking and rotoscoping team
    Supervisor of "Palm" tracking team
    Team Supervision and Coordination of the "Wunderwelt Wissen" graphic team (a german TV Show airing on Pro7)
    ..and a lot more

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Education

  • The German Film School

    2001 - 2004