Riccardo Zanettini

I have three decades of experience in the VFX Industry

Senior Generalist / Supervisor VFX Artist

Los Angeles, CA

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Visual Effects Artist

Captain America: Brave New World (2025)

Visual Effects Artist

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

Visual Effects Artist

Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

Digital Compositor

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

CG supervisor

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Sr. Compositor

Medal of Honor: Warfighter (2012)

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

3D Lighting Artist

I have held various roles including 3D/2D Senior Artist, Lead, and Supervisor. I have contributed to numerous high-profile projects for renowned companies such as Industrial Light and Magic, Digital Domain, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Rhythm and Hues, WetaFX, Imagemovers Digital, Pixomondo, Scanline, MPC, Blur, and Method Studios. I have contributed to a total of 32 feature films along with numerous commercials.

Work History

Part Time Professor

California State University, Northridge

August 2024 - December 2024

Professor of Computer Animation for the 2024 Fall Semester
Sr. Compositor

Rodeo FX

June 2024 - August 2024

3 episodes of the "Time Bandits Amazon Tv Serie" directed by Taika Waititi
Unreal Engine Level Artist

GOLDEN LA

May 2024 - June 2024

Virtual Environment for a Dyson commercial shot on a volume Set.
It was never completed.
Sr. Compositor

Mathematic Studio

April 2024 - May 2024

Culver City, CA

music video for beyonce' that never aired
Sr. Compositor

Logan Media

December 2023 - January 2024

Undisclosed project
Sr compositor

SPI

October 2022 - January 2023
ICVFX Epic Unreal Fellowship

Epic Games

August 2022 - September 2022

Culver City

Learning Unreal for incamera VFX (virtual sets)
Sr. Compositor

FuseFX

March 2022 - July 2022

Mand who Fell on Earth
Will and Wendell
American Horror Stories
Sr. Compositor

CoSA VFX

October 2021 - December 2021

multiple tv shows (Nancy Drew, Station19, Breath and Raised by Wolves S2)
Sr. Compositor

Pixomondo

August 2021 - October 2021

Orville and Lost in Space
Sr. Compositor

Future House Studios

May 2021 - July 2021

Movie "Stolen Gold" and Unreal based experience "future of work"
Sr. Generalist

Mod-Creations

February 2021 - April 2021

commercial for a worldwide known smartphone brand
Sr. Compositor

Crafty Apes

May 2020 - July 2020

multiple Tv shows (orville, invasion)
Sr. Compositor

Undisclosed

January 2018 - February 2020

undisclosed

undisclosed
Sr. Generalist

Duncan Studio

September 2017 - March 2018
Sr compositor

Chapeau FX

July 2017 - September 2017
Sr. Comper

Method Studios

June 2017 - July 2017
Sr. Compositor

Deutsch Inc

April 2017 - June 2017
3D Generalist

Big Block

December 2016 - March 2017
SR. Comper

CBS

November 2016 - November 2016
Sr. Generalist

Drive fx

October 2016 - November 2016
Sr. Cg artist

Prologue Films

October 2016 - October 2016
Sr CG artist

Fellow LA

September 2016 - September 2016
Sr. Comp

Drive

September 2016 - September 2016
Sr. Compositor

Chapeau FX

August 2016 - September 2016
sr. lighting td

Blur Studio

February 2016 - August 2016
Uncharted Territory

December 2015 - March 2016
Sr. LookDev/Lighting Artist

Uncharted

October 2015 - February 2016
Lighting and Look Dev Lead

MPC

March 2015 - May 2015

Working on New Raid Commercials with CG creature
Lighting Lead

Logan

February 2015 - March 2015

Worked on several commercial projects
CG supervisor

ScanlineVFX

October 2013 - October 2014

I worked on:
Pompeii
Godzilla
Game of Thrones - The Children (Emmy Award Winner for Vfx)
Hunger Games Mocking Jay part 1
Sr. Lighting TD and Sr. Compositor

Logan

March 2013 - June 2013

Worked on Nike NFL new team uniform commercial/presentation, on Clinique moisturizer product commercial and finally on a package shot for another Clinique commercial.
I worked in lighting/look dev and compositing using maya/vray and nuke on all commercials.
On the NFL project I was overseeing the team comp work.
Sr. Compositor

Pixomondo

December 2012 - February 2013

Sr. Compositor on Oblivion.
Worked on different types of shot, from full CG, to 2 1/2 matte paint to blue screen shots...
Lighting TD

Wētā FX

September 2012 - December 2012

Worked as Lighting TD on several different shots mostly in the Warg and Eagle sequences.
Sr. Lighting TD/generalist

Ntropic

July 2012 - September 2012

Worked on ABC HD promo for this season shows.
Sr. Compositor

Digital Domain

May 2012 - July 2012

I am currently working at DD commercial Division.
Projects: Transformers Fall of Cybertron (the Megaplex Trailer),
Medal of Honor cinematics.
Sr. Look Dev and Lighting TD

Logan

March 2012 - May 2012

Employed as Sr. Look Dev and Lighting TD on a couple of commercial including Mario Tennis for Nintendo.
Sr. Compositor

Method Studios

December 2011 - March 2012

Working on Wrath of the Titan.
Lighting Lead/Sr. Compositor

Pixomondo

February 2010 - December 2011

Completed G.W. Lucas RedTails.
I did work on several aspects of the production including look dev on shots (shaders, lighting and comp), setting up lighting pipeline and how it connects to compositing, setup of lighting for most sequences, optimization for optimal render times, plane canopy setup (generic render passes then used in comp to give the glass look), shots lighting and compositing.
Previously I had completed Sucker Punch in the same role.
Sr. Lighting TD

CafeFX

November 2009 - February 2010

Joined the team in Santa Maria to work on Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland"
Sr. Lighting and Compositing TD

ImageMovers

June 2009 - November 2009

Working on "A Christmas Carol"
Sr. Lighting and Compositing TD on R.Zemeckis "A Christmas Carol". I built light-rigs and templates to be used by other artists for a consistent look throughout a sequence. I used layered render to relight shots using nuke. This was a stereo project.
Lighting Lead on 2012

Pixomondo

December 2008 - June 2009

Working on 2012
Lead Lighting TD on Max/Vray. I did key-lighting and compositing on the movie “2012” directed by R.Emmerich.
I Had a big part developing the look, the lighting pipeline and it's coupling with compositing for the sequences assigned.
Sr. TD lighter/compositor/look dev

Luma Pictures

October 2007 - October 2008
Sr. TD lighter/compositor

Sony Pictures Imageworks

March 2005 - October 2007

Sr. TD lighter/compositor on the SPA first full cg feature “Open Season”. I did sequence key-lighting and look dev. In the same role I also worked on “Spiderman 3” and on Robert Zemeckis “Beowulf”.
Sr. TD Lighter

Digital Domain

May 2003 - March 2005

Sr. TD lighter/compositor on the movies “Stealth” “I Robot” & “Peter Pan” using maya/mtor/prman/nuke.
On Peter Pan I did look devl, rendering pipeline setup, shader devl for the set Extension Team (Black Castle). Also consulted for the look dev of the Crocodile. On I Robot and Stealth I mainly did seq. key-lighting and run shots.
TD lighter

Industrial Light & Magic

November 2001 - May 2003

TD lighter on Star Wars Episode2 “Attack of the Clones” using ILM proprietary software.
TD lighter/fx and some comp on Ang Lee “The Hulk”. I developed look and technique for several particle driven effects in maya.
Lighting Artist

Rhythm & Hues Studios

January 2001 - March 2001

Freelance TD lighter/compositor on movie “Doctor Dolittle 2” and “Bush Beans” commercial
3D Artist

Locomotion

1997 - 2000

Staff in one of the largest 3D animation studios in Italy. I began by taking care of the commercial section following all the steps of the production. Later I supervised small teams and more complex productions starting from pre-pro and shooting until the final composites. In the end I supervised shooting on set. Worked on two features G. Tornatore’s “Legend of 1900” and ABC’s “Jesus”.