Aniket Ujjainkar

Work History

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  Creature Technical Director

  Wētā FX

  August 2022 - Present

  Wellington

  Avatar: The Way of Water – Simulated complex underwater cloth and hair interactions
  
  The Talented Mr. Ripley (TV Series) – Created character-driven cloth and hair simulations, nominated for Annie Awards for Best FX. Also received an Honors award from Netflix for creating an underwater cloth simulation
  
  Rebel Moon 2: Worked on cloth simulation of BG characters.
  

  

  
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  Junior Creature Technical Director

  Wētā FX

  February 2020 - August 2022
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  Creature ATD

  Wētā FX

  September 2015 - February 2020

  

  

  

  
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  Teacher Assistant

  Media Design School

  July 2015 - August 2015

• International Student Ambassador (volunteer)

  New Zealand Police

  April 2014 - May 2015

  Representatives from the ISA gather once a month to talk with the NZ Police about initiatives that can be undertaken to make sure that international students have the best possible (crime-free) experience while they are studying in Auckland.
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  Guest Lecturer for Houdini

  Frameboxx Animation & Visual Effects Pvt Ltd

  May 2012 - June 2012

  Teaching Architectural Student how to use Houdini for Creating Procedural buildings and Rendering.
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  Houdini Artist

  redchillies.vfx

  March 2011 - February 2012

  Creating particle and dynamics with Houdini,
  Giving support to nuke artist by creating matte and lighting passes.

  

• Technical Executive

  Motion Citi Academy

  December 2008 - May 2009

  Providing technical Support,Teaching particle and Dynamics to students.
  Handling Staff and providing teaching support to all.