Garry Runke

Work History

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  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.
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  CG Lead

  Digipost

  April 2014 - May 2014

  Auckland, New Zealand

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