Vishal Patel

Work History

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  Senior FX TD

  Industrial Light & Magic

  June 2017 - Present

  Vancouver
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  Senior FX TD

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  June 2015 - January 2016

  Vancouver

  Make cool stuff
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  Senior FX TD

  Industrial Light & Magic

  November 2014 - April 2015

  London, United Kingdom

  Avengers Age of Ultron: Destruction effects, volumetrics , RBD etc.(Houdini, Katana)

  
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  Senior FX TD

  Framestore

  January 2014 - October 2014

  Worked on Jupiter Ascending , Dracula Untold. (Houdini and Maya)
  Using Houdini to do look dev for several effects and creating tools to help the team run several shots.

  

  

  

  
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  FX TD

  Wētā FX

  August 2013 - December 2013

  Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

  FX TD on The Hobbit : The Desolation of Smaug (Maya based in-house tools, Houdini, Nuke)
  Fire simulations for Smaug using in house tools. Using Houdini to create setups to help with the fire and look dev tests.

  
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  Senior FX TD

  Reliance MediaWorks

  February 2012 - May 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  Senior Houdini FX TD on Gijoe 2 , Enders Game, Black Sails and other tests.

  

  
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  Senior FX TD

  Cinesite

  June 2010 - December 2011

  London, United Kingdom

  Worked on Chronicles of Narnia - Voyage of the Dawn Treader, John Carter and Harry Potter - Deathly Hallows 2

  

  

  
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  FX TD

  Double Negative

  February 2009 - June 2010

  Worked on Wolfman and Sorcerors Apprentice (Houdini , Maya , Nuke)

  

  
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  Houdini TD

  Realise Studio

  December 2008 - January 2009

  ToTo product display animations (Houdini, Nuke)
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  FX TD

  Framestore

  July 2008 - December 2008

  Australia - Lots of dust for huge herd of cows. (Houdini, Maya,Nuke)
  Audi Quattro Commercial - Particles and stuff
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  Houdini Artist

  Realise Studio

  January 2008 - May 2008

  Mercedes interactive web commercial/game
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  FX TD

  Nexus Productions

  December 2007 - December 2007

  BBC Three Ident . 3D studio max and Realflow .
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  FX TD

  Framestore

  August 2006 - December 2007

  Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian - FX TD
  The Golden Compass - FX TD , snow and volumetric effects
  Underdog - FX TD , Dirt , rocks , mud, volumetric effects.

  
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  FX TD

  Digital Domain

  January 2006 - June 2006

  SuperEx Girlfriend- FX TD Houdini and Nuke used to create a specific superhero energy effect.
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  Lighting TD

  Core Feature Animation

  July 2005 - December 2005

  The Wild - Lighting furred characters using Houdini and Renderman.
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  Houdini Artist

  Realise Studio

  July 2004 - August 2005

  
  Involved in various commercials for companies such as Ford, Honda, British Airways, Vodafone, etc. Also worked on Goldfrapp music video.
  

• Houdini/Maya Artist

  Jim Hensons Ceature Shop

  November 2002 - May 2005

  The Water Giant- FX TD , fluid water fx using Houdini and Realflow
  5 Children and IT - Lighting TD and Tracking. Maya lighting with Renderman and camera/ object tracking with 3Dequaliser.