Mario Reitbauer

Work History

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  Groom TD

  TRIXTER

  July 2022 - August 2024
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  Groom TD

  TRIXTER

  February 2022 - June 2022
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  Groom TD, CFX Artist

  Mackevision

  October 2021 - December 2021
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  groom td

  Sehsucht

  September 2019 - September 2019

  Hamburg, Germany
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  groom td

  Blur Studio

  July 2019 - July 2019

  Culver City, California, US

• cfx td

  Vesalius

  November 2017 - May 2018
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  groom td

  Liga 01

  October 2017 - November 2017
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  Character Animator

  Optix Digital

  August 2017 - September 2017

• Freelance Lead Character Effects TD

  vesalius creations

  November 2017 - July 2018

  Responsible for the creation of dynamic setups and simulation for various digi doubles
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  Freelance Groom TD

  TRIXTER

  October 2018 - June 2019
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  Senior Groom TD

  Sehsucht

  July 2019 - August 2019

  Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland
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  CFX TD

  Eidos-Montréal

  December 2019 - December 2019

  Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland
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  Senior Groom TD / Yeti Consultant

  Jellyfish Pictures

  January 2020 - January 2020

  London, England, Vereinigtes Königreich
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  Senior Groom TD

  Goodbye Kansas

  January 2020 - March 2020

  Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland
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  Senior Groom TD

  Axis VFX

  April 2020 - May 2020
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  Senior Groom TD

  Blinkink

  April 2020 - July 2020

  United Kingdom
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  Senior Groom TD

  Studio Isar Animation GmbH

  October 2020 - January 2021

  Germany
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  Senior Groom TD

  Axis VFX

  February 2021 - March 2021

  Created several grooms with Houdini
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  Senior Groom TD

  ReDefine

  April 2021 - May 2021
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  Groom Supervisor

  Walking The Dog

  June 2021 - October 2021
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  Senior Groom TD

  FABLEfx

  September 2024 - November 2024

  Setting up a Houdini Feather and Fur Pipeline as well as creating Grooms and Hairsimulations (currently Feathers)
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  Digital Domain

  March 2016 - September 2016

  
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  Groom / CFX Supervisor

  Cyborn

  July 2016 - June 2017

  Responsible for grooming 30+ Characters. Also creating all nhair simulation rigs.
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  CFX Artist

  Digital Domain

  February 2016 - June 2016

  Vancouver, Canada
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  Groom TD

  Blockhead VFX

  October 2015 - October 2015

  Responsible for feather grooming
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  Freelance Rigger / Animator

  Optix Digital

  August 2015 - October 2015

  Responsible for rigging and Character Animation for a 15sec Commercial
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  Groom TD

  Aardman Animations

  June 2015 - August 2015

  Freelance Yeti Fur Groom Artist
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  Groom TD

  TRIXTER

  March 2015 - March 2015

  Freelance Yeti Fur Groom Artist
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  Freelance 3D Artist

  Freelance 3D Artist

  January 2015 - Present

  Available as Freelance 3D Artist.
  Main areas of expertise:
  Rigging, Animation, Simulation (RB, ICE, Hair - S&H, YETI, Melena), Particle Effects (Softimage ICE), Technical Direction, Shading/Rendering (Arnold).
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  Senior 3D Artist

  NHB Studios

  June 2013 - December 2014

• TD, Rigger, Animator

  Effects Garden Film & Animation GmbH

  December 2010 - February 2013

  Rigging, Animation, TD

• TD

  Sixbirds

  March 2010 - December 2010

  Responsible for Rigging, TD Stuff and FX
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  Freelancer

  M.A.R.K.13™

  December 2009 - February 2010

  Responsible for Animation and Scene Setup

• Freelancer

  deli pictures

  November 2009 - December 2009

  Responsible for Scene Setup and Simulation (Softimage ICE)
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  Rigger - Animator

  Industrial Motion Art

  March 2006 - July 2009

  Responsible for Rigging, Animation, Motion Tracking, Compositing, Scripting, Crowd Simulation and more.