Cameron Walser

Work History

• Principal

  Acapella VFX, LLC.

  January 2017 - Present

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Creating visual effects a la carte for the entertainment industry.
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  Houdini TD/ VFX Artist

  Paramount Animation

  October 2024 - November 2024
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  Houdini Senior Visual Effects Artist for Paw Patrol 2, The Mighty Movi

  Mikros Animation

  October 2022 - May 2023

  Montreal, Quebec, Canada · Remote

  Houdini Visual Effects: Pyro, Destruction, RBDs - Dynamic objects, Particle Simulations, Houdini
  “magical” effects
  Created and look-dev’d film-wide HDA assets for shot duplication
  Facilitated and educated shot artists in the use of these assets
  Debugged pipeline issues between Houdini, Katana, Maya, and Nuke within the proprietary pipeline for MPC; coordinated 3D assets from build, layout and animation departments
  Solved problems within the pipeline, i.e. troubleshooting the renderfarm and pipeline idiosyncrasies
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  Houdini VFX for Thor: Love and Thunder; Spiderman No Way Home

  Gradient Effects

  July 2022 - October 2022

  Culver City, California, United States · Remote

  Shots such as the lightning for Thor's Hammer, pyro and particles for environments; Spiderman magic transition sequence
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  Houdini TD/ VFX Artist

  Stept Studios

  January 2022 - March 2022

  Ocean simulations, large-scale cliff destruction
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  Houdini TD/ VFX Artist

  Radical Media

  December 2021 - December 2021
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  Houdini TD/ VFX Artist

  Gradient Effects

  November 2021 - November 2021

• Houdini TD/ VFX Artist

  Ballast

  September 2021 - October 2021
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  Houdini TD/ VFX Artist

  Chicken Bone FX

  August 2021 - August 2021
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  Houdini TD/ VFX Artist

  Chicken Bone FX

  May 2021 - July 2021

  Malibu, CA
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  Houdini TD/ VFX Artist

  Timber

  July 2020 - August 2020
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  FX Artist

  A52

  February 2020 - March 2020
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  Houdini FX Artist

  Psyop

  November 2019 - December 2019
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  Houdini FX artist

  Psyop

  November 2019 - November 2019

  Los Angeles, California, US
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  Houdini FX artist

  A52

  November 2019 - November 2019

  Santa Monica, California, US

• VFX Artist

  Electric Theater Collective

  August 2019 - September 2019

  Los Angeles (Central LA), California, US
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  FX Artist

  Goodbye Kansas

  November 2018 - November 2018

  Los Angeles, CA
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  Houdini FX TD

  The Mission Studio

  October 2018 - October 2018

  Los Angeles, California, United States
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  Houdini FX TD

  Mr. Wolf

  October 2018 - October 2018

  Los Angeles, CA
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  FX TD

  The Mill

  September 2018 - September 2018

  Los Angeles, California, United States
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  Intel

  July 2018 - August 2018

  Manhattan Beach, CA
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  Houdini VFX

  Psyop

  May 2011 - June 2018

  Venice, CA

• Houdini FX artist

  Team Aspect

  April 2018 - May 2018

  No. Hollywood
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  FX TD

  Method Studios

  February 2018 - April 2018

  Los Angeles, CA
• 

  Houdini VFX Artist, Maya Generalist

  Flavor Design

  January 2011 - April 2018

  Santa Monica, CA

  Maya and After Effects CGI
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  Houdini VFX Artist

  Method Studios

  January 2011 - March 2018
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  FX TD

  Cantina Creative

  January 2018 - February 2018
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  Houdini FX TD

  Cantina Creative

  December 2017 - December 2017
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  Maya VFX

  Arsenal FX

  October 2017 - November 2017

  Santa Monica, CA
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  FX TD

  Cantina Creative

  October 2017 - October 2017
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  Houdini FX artist

  Scholar

  September 2017 - October 2017
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  FX TD

  Buck

  August 2017 - September 2017
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  FX TD

  Giant Propeller

  August 2017 - August 2017
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  Houdini VFX artist

  Psyop

  July 2017 - July 2017
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  Houdini FX artist

  Psyop

  May 2017 - June 2017
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  mOcean

  April 2017 - April 2017
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  Houdini FX artist

  Aspect

  March 2017 - March 2017
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  Maya Generalist

  Flavor

  February 2017 - February 2017
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  Houdini FX artist

  MPC

  September 2016 - November 2016

  Los Angeles, CA

  Houdini fluid simulation, whitewater RnD and creation
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  Houdini VFX artist

  MPC

  September 2012 - November 2016

  Fluid Sims, particles

• Owner / Principal

  Guerrilla Animation

  January 2001 - November 2016

  Malibu, CA

  Fully manage and create all motion graphics projects, CG, CG supervision, assembling teams, also personally designing / modelling / texturing / animating / effects / compostiting / editing / finishing as needed
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  Maya Generalist

  A52

  October 2014 - June 2016

  Santa Monica, ca

  Maya Generalist
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  Houdini FX artist

  Flavor

  January 2013 - April 2015

  Santa Monica, CA

  Houdini FX artist, Maya Generalist
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  Animator

  King and Country

  2011 - 2015

  Houdini FX
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  Houdini FX artist, Maya Generalist

  King and Country

  November 2010 - November 2014

  Houdini FX

• XBOX

  March 2014 - June 2014

  XBOX Entertainment Studios - prototype UI design and implementation, CG and CG supervision for trailer department
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  Houdini FX artist, Maya Generalist

  Brand New School

  December 2000 - December 2013

  Maya, Houdini VFX
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  Freelance CGI

  King and Country

  January 2013 - 2013

  
  Maya and After Effects CGI
  
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  Animation Company

  Towers Productions

  2012 - 2012

  Created all CGI and Motion Graphics for "Great Lakes Warriors"

• Fuel Razorfish

  January 2000 - January 2002

  Lead the animation department, train new artists.