Anselm von Seherr-Thoss

Work History

• VFX Artist

  DestillertVFX

  September 2020 - Present

  New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

  Simulation work, super secret ;) More soon!

• On-Set Visual Effects Supervisor

  NCIS: New Orleans

  July 2019 - Present

  Greater New Orleans Area

  NCIS:New Orleans Season 6 On-Set Visual Effects Supervisor (24 Episodes)
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  VFX Supervisor

  incendii VFX

  March 2019 - Present

  Greater New Orleans Area

  VFX Supervisor on a short film "The adventures of Coolbreeze". Simulation work, tracking, compositing, match move.
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  Visual Effects TD / Simulation Artist

  incendii VFX

  May 2010 - Present

  Incendii is an award winning visual effects and 3Dimensional design house. We deliver computer generated visual effects with an emphasis on particle effects (rain, snow, mist, debris, bullets, rock, etc.), fluid dynamics, such as fire and smoke, as well as dynamic effects like collapsing rigid bodies.

• VFX Artist

  108Digital

  May 2020 - July 2020

  New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

  I was contracted by 108Digital to create 3 animals made of gas for a Russian energy company. The tricky part was that the simulation had to loop for a website. They found me through one of my favorite RnD projects the Gazprom snow animals from 2010: https://vimeo.com/16941514
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  Visual Effects Artist

  Capsule studio

  May 2020 - July 2020

  New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

  I was contracted by Capsule Studio to help out and create a library of effects on a video game cinematic.
  In pre-production I created assets that could be merged by assembly artists and scattered around the scenes.
  In production I did vfx for a dozen shots involving destruction, tree destruction and dynamics as well as fluid simulations.
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  Visual Effects Artist

  FLAVOR3D

  June 2020 - June 2020

  New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

  I was recently contracted to simulate tire dust and tiny rubble for a new car "The Grenadier". FumeFX and tyFlow for the rubble. It's a very subtle effect like in most car commercials.
  Watch the full clip here: youtu.be/yZVYpdoqFow?t=576
  It's a pretty cool car!
  Ansi
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  On-Set Visual Effects Supervisor

  Ingenuity Studios

  October 2019 - January 2020

  New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

  On-set visual effects supervisor for episodes 1, 4, 7 and 10 of the first season of the "Filthy Rich" tv show starring Kim Cattrall.
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  VFX Artist

  FLAVOR3D

  September 2019 - October 2019

  Greater New Orleans Area

  Early RnD for a car commercial using 3dsmax, tyFlow and Houdini.
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  On-Set Visual Effects Supervisor

  Picture Shop

  September 2019 - September 2019

  New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

  On-Set Visual Effects Supervisor for the first episode of "Your Honor" starring Brian Cranston.

• VFX Supervisor

  SoulCity Films

  May 2019 - July 2019

  Greater New Orleans Area

  Supervising and producing smoke simulations for the SoulCity web series from layout to final comp and delivery. Also tracking, augmenting props and rendering.
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  VFX artist

  GoldenWolf/London

  December 2015 - January 2016

  FumeFX simulations of a rocket launch for the NIKE LunarEpic release campaign.
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  VFX artist

  incendii VFX

  December 2015 - January 2016

  FumeFX simulations of a rocket launch for the NIKE LunarEpic release campaign.
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  on set vfx supe

  Encore VFX

  June 2014 - December 2014
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  VFX Artist

  Atomic Fiction

  April 2014 - June 2014

  FumeFX and Thinking Particles simulations for Transformers 4 - Age of Extinction.

  

• VFX TD

  DayForNight GmbH

  June 2013 - June 2014

  The Teaser Trailer for "NORTHMEN - A Viking Saga" is out! Been working on this for the past year on an off. (3dsmax,FumeFX,ThinkingParticles,RayFire,Krakatoa,Xmesh,VRay,all pflow boxes, you know me...)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKhXt8hNu78&feature=youtu.be

• VFX TD

  DuMonde VFX

  January 2014 - May 2014

  DuMonde handled the VFX and Post for the new 10 episode pirate TV show "Crossbones" starring John Malkovich as the legendary pirate Blackbeard. I was responsible for Sail cloth simulation, basic crowd simulation and all sorts of RnD ranging around canon balls, impacts on ships and walls, smoke plumes and fires. I used FumeFX, ThinkingParticles, mParticles, VRay, SimCloth3, Populate.
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  VFX TD

  Atomic Fiction

  March 2014 - March 2014

  I worked on FumeFX Simulations in 3dsmax for the COSMOS tv show with Neil deGrasse Tyson: https://www.cosmosontv.com
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  VFX TD

  Atomic Fiction

  March 2014 - March 2014

  FumeFX missle trail for the Expendables3 teaser. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bPJrbzjLls

• VFX TD

  Deva Studios

  February 2014 - February 2014

  Film title work (FumeFX Simulations)

• VFX TD

  Hop&Jaunt;

  January 2014 - February 2014

  VRay setup and renderings for a new Remington rifle scope.

• VFX artist

  FuriaDigital

  January 2014 - February 2014

  Incendii did a RnD on a weather phenomenon calles "Super Cell" or "Mega Cloud" for a Lamborghini commercial. Unfortunately the director went with life footage of a super cell but here are a few previews of our effort. Bare with us here, they are long :D
  
  FumeFX simulations were HUGE, 2-5 Kilometers in diameter and simulated for days often.
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  Artist of the Year 2013

  Autodesk

  July 2013 - December 2013

  According to the 3December website I made the Autodesk Artist of the Year list.
  https://area.autodesk.com/3dec2013

• VFX TD

  TownshendProductions

  November 2013 - November 2013

  Digital Destruction with Thinking Particles and RayFire for a Western Digital Commercial.

• VFX TD

  River Road Creative

  November 2013 - November 2013

  Digital Destruction with Thinking Particles, RayFire and FumeFX for the horror movie "DEVIL'S DUE" opening title.

• VFX Supe

  The Deltree

  October 2013 - November 2013

  CG Crowd replication and integration into stadium footage. The commercial features New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees: https://vimeo.com/80801135#!
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  VFX TD

  Pixomondo

  October 2013 - November 2013

  FumeFX Library Items - The task this time was to create various generic library items that would then be plugged and recycled into various scene. The FumeFX simulations ranged from burn outs over fog bursts to various stage fog/dry ice set ups from very light to very thick.

• Author

  3DArtist Magazine - Imagine Publishing

  August 2013 - October 2013

  I am writing tutorials mostly centered around particles and FumeFX as external author for 3DArtist Magazine, a print magazine published by Imagine Publishing in the UK. https://www.3dartistonline.com/news/tag/3d-artist-magazine

• VFX TD

  Storz & Escherich

  July 2013 - July 2013

  RnD I did recently on a Mercedes Benz CLA commercial in space. The final spot went a different direction but the RnD is stil nice :) https://vimeo.com/73568339
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  Vfx artist

  Hydraulx

  April 2013 - May 2013

  Simulation and particle work on various projects (FumeFX,Thinking Particles,mParticles)
  The Secret Life of Walter Mitty & Black Sky

  

  

• NIKE.com Frontpage: 2013 NFL Jersey Reveals (Vikings, Dolphi

  Heavy Artillery

  April 2013 - April 2013

  The Heavy Artillery network did this years nike.com front page campaign for the 2013 NFL jersey reveal. We did the Vikings, Dolphins and Jaguars graphics.
  https://heavyartillery.com/portfolio/2576/
  
  RayFire, Krakatoa, Frost, FumeFX, pflow tools
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  VFX TD

  Atomic Fiction

  January 2013 - February 2013

  Star Trek 2 - Into Darkness
  FumeFX Simulations. Making Of: https://vimeo.com/71900007

  

• VFX Artist

  Animaholics

  November 2012 - December 2012

  Rigid body simulations for a TV show explosion using mParticles/PFlow Toolbox #2
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  VFX Artist

  The Colony

  November 2012 - November 2012

  Droid DNA commercial. Particle simulation and FumeFX.
  Clip and making of here: https://vimeo.com/53564605

• VFX TD

  Animaholics

  October 2012 - November 2012

  David Guetta - "Just One Last Time" music video. Smoke stack simulations with FumeFX.
  Making of clip here: https://vimeo.com/55466609
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  VFX Artist

  Blur Studio

  August 2012 - October 2012

  VFX artist on a League of Legends Game Cinematic. FumeFX, Krakatoa, PFlow, RayFire and Thinking Particles for various effects. https://vimeo.com/67227563
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  VFX TD

  Pixomondo

  June 2012 - July 2012

  VFX and RnD/Master scene setup artist on the Louisiana shot feature film "Beatiful Creatures". https://vimeo.com/59802939

• vfx TD

  Blowfish FX

  April 2012 - April 2012

  "Battle of Vienna"-Movie. My part was RnD and master scene setups in less then a week time to create ready made sims/setups that could be popped to objects in scene and rendered on site.
  Making of and RnD clip here: https://vimeo.com/52168753
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  VFX TD

  Psyop

  February 2012 - April 2012

  Particle and simulation artist on two "Coors Light" commercials and a British Gas commercial.
  RnD and making of clips here: https://vimeo.com/41700828 , https://vimeo.com/41700827 , https://vimeo.com/43680395
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  VFX TD

  Makuta VFX

  February 2012 - April 2012

  VFX TD on Eega, a "Tollywood" blockbuster. (FumeFX Simulations).
  RND clips here: https://vimeo.com/51623414

• VFX TD

  DuMonde VFX

  October 2011 - December 2011

  FumeFX simulations for "21 Jump Street", a movie remake of the 80s hit show.
  RnD and making of clips here: https://vimeo.com/45443542
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  VFX TD

  Pixomondo

  August 2011 - September 2011

  Fluid simulation/Character interaction artist for Pixomondo on "Yoko", a feature film.
  Some behind the scenes clips here: https://vimeo.com/39642148
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  VFX TD

  ARRI

  August 2011 - September 2011

  Particle and Fluid Simulation RnD artist on the feature film "Türkisch für Anfänger".
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  VFX TD

  1stAveMachine

  June 2011 - August 2011

  Particle expert for 2 new HTC cell phone commercials. HTC Titan (https://vimeo.com/28474010) and HTC Radar (https://vimeo.com/28473314).
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  VFX TD

  Encore VFX

  February 2011 - April 2011

  Did various particle VFX and simulation work on HOUSE and work on a Pilot.

• Black Eyed Peas - The Time (The Dirty Bit) Music Video

  Animaholics

  October 2010 - November 2010

  I designed the 3DS Max pipeline necessary to accomplish the tasks and oversaw the final renderings as well. Final video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwQZQygg3Lk Making of: https://vimeo.com/17233133

• VFX Consultant

  Blowfish FX

  October 2010 - November 2010

  I was VFX Consultant to Blowfish FX/ Tripwire Visionworks for a movie that required 100% digital stadium crowds on multiple shots mixed with on set photography. I designed the setup and render pipeline within 3D Studio Max.
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  VFX TD - GazProm&Samsung; Commercials

  IXOR Visual FX

  September 2010 - November 2010

  Incendii was contracted to do develop and setup multiple vfx elements/shots for two commercials ranging from fluid simulations for smoke and snow over ice/snow fragmentation and rigid bodies for full cg creatures running and flying as well as rendering all elements with Krakatoa and VRay.
  RnD and making of clips here: https://vimeo.com/16941514
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  VFX TD

  LUXX Studios

  October 2010 - October 2010

  Work for Luxx Studios on the Loewenzahn movie. Did particle debris and rigid body dynamics setups remotely to be rendered onsite."Loewenzahn" is a very popular tv education show for kids in Germany, it's been on air for decades. Pretty much the german "Bill Nye - The Science Guy" :)
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  VFX Consultant

  Hydraulx

  July 2010 - September 2010

  I consulted the TDs at HydraulX on FumeFX and Krakatoa/Particle Flow Toolbox #3 on the movies "Gulliver's Travels" and "Skyline". The team was newly migrated to 3DS Max for certain vfx tasks so I helped them building setups and presets as well as workflow optimization.
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  Visual Effects TD

  Spy Post

  May 2010 - June 2010

  I worked at Spy Post as Visual Effects TD on the movie "Priest". During my time there i was responsible for debris and destruction effects using tools like FumeFX, AfterBurn, Krakatoa and the Particle Flow toolboxes.
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  Visual Effects Artist

  Parasol Island

  April 2010 - May 2010

  I worked remotely on a super nova sequence involving millions of particles imploding in space.
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  Visual Effects Artist

  LUXX Studios

  April 2010 - May 2010

  H.A.W.X.2 Cinematic. Dynamic simulations of Explosion Debris and fluid simulations for air combat and explosions.
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  Visual Effects TD

  Frantic Films

  July 2008 - May 2010

  Visual Effects TD on James Cameron's "Avatar", The A-Team, Ridley Scott's "Robin Hood" , Clash of the Titans 3D (Conversion), Sucker Punch(Previz), G.I. Joe - Rise of Cobra, Dragonball: Evolution, The Tree of Life(R&D).
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  Visual Effects TD on "The A-Team"

  Prime Focus World

  March 2010 - April 2010

  Debris simulation on mid air rocket explosions.
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  Additional Stereoscopic VFX artist on "Clash of the Titans 3

  Prime Focus World

  February 2010 - March 2010

  Besides Roto Tasking for the away team in India I provided additional VFX such as stereoscopic rain elements and debris/embers where needed in the "Scorpioc" and "Hades" sequences to support the experience.

  
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  Visual Effects TD on Ridley Scott's "Robin Hood"

  Prime Focus World

  February 2010 - March 2010

  Additional Particles and Lighting of a cg bee swarm.
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  Simulation Artist

  FXPHD

  January 2010 - February 2010

  Simulation Setups for the award winning short film "Moving Day" by Jason Wingrove: https://www.movingdaymovie.com
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  VFX TD on "James Cameron's AVATAR"

  Prime Focus World

  June 2009 - December 2009

  Holotable scans and icons of the "Hometree". Holotable scans and icons of the mine pit and generic terrain. Haze, heat distortion and mist/dust kicking up on the tarmek outside the command center.
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  R&D Visual Effects Artist on "The Tree of Life"

  Frantic Films

  July 2009 - August 2009

  Helped out on R&D for foliage setups on "The Tree of Life".

  
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  VFX TD on "G.I. Joe - Rise of Cobra"

  Prime Focus World

  November 2008 - May 2009

  Additional Nanomites on the Nightraven jet. Brain Nanomites inside of The Baroness. Poison dissolve inside a vein.

  
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  Visual Effects TD on "Dragonball: Evolution"

  Prime Focus World

  July 2008 - November 2008

  Lava bursts, mist, embers, steam, fog for the lava fight scene. Meteor impact. Lake evaporation.

• VFX artist for Fluid Phenomena and Particle FX

  ACHT Frankfurt

  December 2007 - October 2008

  Particle Flow and FumeFX setups for a car Imagefilm and numerous freelance projects.
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  VFX Artist

  Animationsfabrik GmbH

  May 2008 - July 2008

  Responsible for debris and dust simulation for a Suzuki commercial.
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  Freelancer: VFX Artist/Fluid Simulations

  Animationsfabrik GmbH

  June 2008 - June 2008

  Responsible for debris and dust simualtion for a Suzuki commercial.

• VFX TD

  Pictorion Magma Animation

  March 2008 - April 2008

  Responsible for Afterburn, Rigid Body Dynamics and Particle Flow Setups for an avalanche used in the box office movie "Niko & The Way to the Stars".

• Particle / Simulation Artist

  Pictorion Magma Animation/Das Werk

  March 2008 - March 2008

  Responsible for Afterburn, Rigid Body Dynamics and Particle Flow Setups for an avalanche used in the box office movie "Niko & The Way to the Stars". Release date: Winter 2008
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  VFX artist for Fluid Phenomena and Particle FX

  Mackevision

  October 2007 - November 2007

  I was responsible for serveral Fume FX and Particle FX for a car visualisation film.
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  VFX TD

  Mackevision

  October 2007 - November 2007

  Particle and fluid simulations on multiple projects.
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  Shading Artist/Texturing Artist

  Pixomondo

  August 2007 - October 2007

  VRay Shading Artist/Texturing Artist for a Hugo Boss Web Special.
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  VFX Artist

  Pixomondo

  August 2007 - September 2007

  Shading and Lighting artist on multiple projects.

  

• Freelancer: VFX Artist/VFX TD/Shading Artist/Texturing Artis

  Soulpix

  August 2004 - February 2007

  I work there often as Freelancer for VFX/Shading&Texturing; as well as VFX TD and Previz Artist.
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  Video Editor

  TurboSquid

  2007 - 2007

  Produced their 2007 Siggraph reels for display at the show booth. I oversaw soundtrack production, editing, source file acquisition from vendors using TruboSquid products.

• Shading/VFX artist

  Blackmountain

  2006 - 2007

  I worked there as Shading Artist and Particle/Dynamic effects artist on numerous shows.
  Final clips here: https://vimeo.com/13152326 , https://vimeo.com/13151313

• Freelancer: Shading Artist/Texturing Artist

  Mackervision/Galerie der Medien

  November 2006 - December 2006

  Photoreal Shading with VRay. Mostly Automotive Visualisation. check: www.galleryofmedia.com

• Freelancer: VFX Artist/Shading Artist/Texturing Artist

  Stoll von Gati Mediengruppe

  October 2006 - November 2006

  I did Industrial Visualisation there.

• Freelancer: Shading Artist/Texturing Artist/ R&D dept.

  Black Mountain VFX

  June 2006 - August 2006

  Shading and Lighting as well as texture painting on 4 commercials.

• Freelancer: Compositor / VFX Artist / Shading Artist/Texturi

  Homebase²

  2005 - 2006

  Architectual Visualisation Studio. I did VRay Shading there.

• Web & Media Designer

  HPSC Medien

  November 2005 - December 2005

  Logo designer and webmaster.

• Video Editor / Webmaster

  DHD Verlagsgesellschaft mbH

  January 2000 - July 2004

  Logo designer and webmaster, minor CG tasks.