Jose Luis Gomez Diaz

Work History

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  Senior Software Engineer

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  April 2013 - July 2018

  Burbank, CA

  Animation technology: mesh deformers and tools to simplify and optimize artist workflows
  
  Virtual Production: tools to improve the workflow in the layout department for scouting, performance capture and camera capture
  
  Modeling: re-meshing tools to create meshes with organized structure
  
  Films:
  - Frozen (2013)
  - Big Hero 6 (2014)
  - Zootopia (2016)
  - Moana (2016)

  

  
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  Software Engineer

  Digital Domain

  November 2010 - April 2013

  Houdini Plugins (Rigid Bodies Simulation, Deep Shadow map viewer)
  Core technology (Asset browsing, dailies system, show building...)
  Support for all the different shows in production
  
  Films:
  - Jack The Giant Slayer (2013)
  - Ender's Game (2013)

  

  
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  Pipeline TD

  Framestore

  July 2009 - October 2010

  Programming tools for the pipeline department to help the artists in their daily work and to improve the pipeline for the shows.
  
  Films:
  - Clash of the titans (2010)
  - Gravity (2013)

  

  
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  Tools Developer

  Ilion Animation Studios

  September 2004 - June 2009

  I was developing programs for many areas, mainly dedicated to the creation of 3D content but also to help with the pipeline of the different
  departments. I was focused mainly in two areas:
  - Animation: developing tools both for the rig and animation artists and creating plug-ins for the character's rigs and facial animation.
  - Lighting: developing the lighting layers in house management system
  
  Films:
  - Planet 51 (2009)

  

• R&D Programmer

  Bren Entertainment

  June 2003 - July 2004

  I was mainly doing pipeline tools to manage the film assets and a tool for storyboards. Also I did plug-ins for XSI, like a spring based motion system with constraints for the animators to drive the simulation or a subsurface scattering shader for mental ray.
  
  Films:
  - Donkey.Xote (2007) [preproduction]
  - El Cid: The Legend (2003)

  

  
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  Part Time Lecturer

  University of Teesside

  January 2003 - June 2003

  Teaching technical animation (scripting in MEL for artists) and C programming to 1st year students.

• Software developer

  Reyes Infografica

  January 2002 - December 2002

  GUI programming for a virtual fashion application. The user could design garments and then simulate the cloth movements on 3d models.