Andrea Lacedelli

Andrea Lacedelli

Lead CFX Artist - Houdini based

Lead CFX Artist / 8 yrs

London, United Kingdom

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Lead CFX Artist, Houdini based, passionate and reliable with multiple years of experience in the VFX industry.
Strong team member performing well under pressure. Good eye for details with a distinct interest in finding procedural and optimized solutions to tackle daily challenges.
Work History
  • Lead CFX Artist

    Untold Studios

    June 2023 - Present
    London, United Kingdom
  • Senior CFX Artist

    Untold Studios

    March 2023 - June 2023
    London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid

    Advertising & long-form projects, creating setups in Houdini for CFX.
    Implementing new workflows and tools as well as supporting the team on different projects.

    Advertising:
    · NDA
    · Coors - "Fresh Ride"
    · Argos - "There's more to Argos"

  • Lead CFX

    TRIXTER

    January 2023 - March 2023
    Munich, Bavaria, Germany · Remote
  • Senior CFX Artist

    Cinesite

    September 2022 - January 2023
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada · Remote

    · Strays (2023)
    · Animal Farm (2023)
    · Untitled Project (show pitch)

    Creating Houdini setups for cloth, hair and fat.
    Working remotely from London with the Montreal Feature Animation and VFX team.

  • CFX Key Artist

    MPC

    June 2021 - September 2022
    London, United Kingdom

    Lead Artist:
    - The Boys (2022) // S03 - EP: 3-6-7

    Key Artist:
    - Untitled Project (2022)
    - Disenchanted (2022)
    - Prehistoric Planet (2022)
    - The Wheel of Time: Origins (2021) // S01 - EP: 6

    Creating setups in Vellum for cloth, muscles, softbodies, skin and fur as well as shots work.
    Troubleshooting and optimizing workflows for a faster turnaround.

  • CFX Artist

    MPC

    April 2021 - June 2021
  • Crowd Artist

    MPC

    December 2020 - April 2021

    Shows:
    - Lisey's Story (2021) // S01 - EP: 2-3-4-5-6-7-8

  • CFX Artist

    Jellyfish Pictures

    March 2020 - December 2020
    London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid

    · Spirit Untamed (2021)

    Shot work, tool testing, introducing new starters to the workflow/shot approach.
    Supporting team members where possible.

    Software: Houdini

  • CG generalist

    Polar Media

    January 2020 - January 2020
    London, United Kingdom
  • Crowd Artist

    MPC

    January 2019 - December 2019
    London, Greater London, United Kingdom · On-site

    Shows:
    - Godzilla vs Kong (2021)
    - Maleficent 2 (2019)
    - 1917 (2019)
    - Cats (2019)

  • 3D Generalist

    Union Visual Effects

    September 2018 - January 2019
    London, United Kingdom

    3D tasks such as modelling, texturing, UV layout, sculpting as well as looking after the render farm with Deadline Monitor.

    Shows with 3D tasks:
    - The Pope - (2019)

    Shows as render wrangler:
    - Radioactive - (2019)
    - Yesterday - (2019)
    - The Pope - (2019)

  • 3D Runner

    Union Visual Effects

    April 2018 - September 2018
    London, United Kingdom
  • Student

    Escape Studios

    October 2017 - December 2017
    London, United Kingdom
  • Bartender

    Kongs of King Street

    November 2016 - August 2017
    Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Sales Assistant/Warehouse assistant/Cashier

    Cooperativa di Cortina d'Ampezzo

    July 2015 - September 2016
    Cortina d'Ampezzo
Education
  • 3D for VFX

    Escape Studios

    October 2017 - December 2017
  • 3D for VFX

    Veneto Formazione

    2015 - 2015
  • Arte del Legno in Falegnameria, Arti Applicate e Progettazione

    Istituto Statale d'Arte di Cortina d'Ampezzo

    2009 - 2014