Ian Farnsworth

Work History

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  FX Lead

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  August 2014 - June 2018

  

  
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  Lead FX / Sr. FX TD

  Method Studios

  October 2013 - August 2014

  Vancouver, BC

  The Giver - Lead FX
  *Lead small team of FX artists, helping solve artistic and technical challenges to achieve goals
  *Assist production with scheduling and task assignments
  *R&D and Look Dev for variety of FX.
  *FX Shot work, including large scale water fx.
  Maze Runner - FX TD
  *Large scale dust simulations
  *Character ground interaction

  

  
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  Visual Effects Technical Artist

  Pixar

  September 2010 - October 2013

  Generated FX, FX setups, and fx related pipeline tools for various short film projects.
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  Sr. FX TD

  Prime Focus World

  January 2010 - October 2010

  Setup Gun Fire rig, and train dust rig for Sucker Punch. Did some large scale city explosions, and trained other artists in Thinking Particles.
  Did some inital RnD for Final Destination bridge sequence to help secure the bid. RnD setups were then passed on to and used by other artists.

  
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  Freelance FX Artist / TD

  Blur Studio

  October 2009 - February 2010

  FX Artist for "Transformers: War for Cybertron" game cinematic
  Tools/Pipeline Dev for Krakatoa and Thinking Particles

• FX Artist / TD

  Prime Focus (previously known as Frantic Films)

  July 2009 - September 2009

• FX Artist / TD

  Uncharted Territory / Sony Pictures Entertainment

  September 2008 - June 2009

  *Design, create, deploy and maintain many production-critical pipeline tools to help create a more efficient work flow for myself and coworkers.
  *Create Visual Effects, including ground breaking, dirt, dust, grass, and buildings collapsing
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  FX Artist

  Blur Studio

  June 2007 - September 2008
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  Fx Artist

  Gas Powered Games

  2007 - June 2007