Erwann Baudet

Work History

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  Lead FX TD / Fx Developer R&D

  Duboi

  June 2005 - October 2008

  Paris, France

  - DSO particles development in order to improve the FX pipeline (Maya/Renderman C++).
  - Fully automatic MEL scripts for details in fur, particle cache improvement, automatics expressions according to instancer, etc...
  - FX on some shots.
  - Rendering FX on some shots.
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  Software Engineer

  TopTal

  March 2019 - December 2022

  - C++ app using Qt3D/Qt Quick/QML/OpenVDB/Protobuf.
  - Python/C++ Dev for Toptal client.
  - Maya Python API for Toptal client.
  - Maya/Blender plugins for Custom Render Engine
  
  - Python development using DRF (Django Rest Framework)
  - Docker and CI/CD
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  Senior Software Engineer

  Mikros Animation

  January 2021 - December 2022

  Developed and maintained new Houdini Pipeline and Fx Lighting Tools (custom HDA, python) and Katana Pipeline (FX -> Lighting) mainly using Python3.
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  Senior Software Engineer

  Unity

  January 2023 - Present

  Montpellier, Occitanie, France · Remote

  In an Agile environment, maintain and support several VFX tools from Weta Digital such as Eddy and DeepComp (C++ CUDA and Python for Unity WetaTool).
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  Software Engineer

  Dwarf Animation Studio

  November 2018 - February 2019

  - python/C++ Development of internal tools (caching system and USD integration)
  - CG Pipeline
  - CI/CD workflow
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  Senior FX Artist

  Ubisoft Montpellier

  March 2019 - June 2020

  Montpellier Area, France
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  Ubisoft

  ? - June 2020
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  FX Supervisor

  Dwarf Labs

  October 2017 - October 2018

  Montpellier, France

  Houdini Pipeline Integration, USD audit and pipeline tools
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  Senior FX Td

  Framestore

  March 2013 - September 2017

  London, United Kingdom
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  Senior FX Td

  Pixomondo

  December 2012 - February 2013

  - Houdini and Maya pipeline integration (python code)
  - Houdini cracks and shatters HDA
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  Senior FX TD

  Wētā FX

  October 2010 - October 2012

  - Houdini POP, DOP
  - Houdini L-system, lots of Mantra shading and python
  - Fluid simulation for several shows using Naiad / Weta in-house software (Level set processing, particles instancer, SPH solver, etc...) along with Prman renders, Nuke comp, etc...
  - Naiad setup development (sand sim setup, splash/bubbles/foam sim, etc..)
  - Naiad RnD development (in-house NOP)
  - Lead FX Sequence on Tintin.
  - Maya Fluid ( explosions, smoke sim, etc...)

  

  

  

  

  
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  Senior FX TD

  Animal Logic

  October 2009 - August 2010

  Fleck field look-dev on "The Legend of Guardians". Worked in binomial and directly with the RnD guys. Developed the effect on many custom shots, close-up and distance one.
  - Custom RSL for the Fleck shader, using PTC lighting.
  - procedural particle based animation using inhouse nodal system and Maya.
  - MEL scripts, shell and python tools.
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  Senior FX TD

  MPC

  November 2008 - May 2009

  - Prince of Persia : The Sands of Time (director: Mike Newell)
  Setup of a Sandstorm FX using Multi Points, Sprites and Flowline (Proprietary Fluid Solver).
  - Gi Joe: Rise Of Cobra ( director: Stephen Sommers )
  Fluid simulation and rendering of some explosions using Flowline/Mental Ray.

  
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  Lead FX TD / Fx Developer R&D

  Duboi

  June 2008 - October 2008

  - DSO particles development in order to improve the FX pipeline (Maya/Renderman C++).
  - Fully automatic MEL scripts for details in fur, particle cache improvement, automatics expressions according to instancer, etc...
  - FX on some shots.
  - Rendering FX on some shots.

• Lead FX TD

  ImagesFx Prague

  May 2008 - June 2008

• CG Rendering Artist

  primitive animation

  May 2008 - May 2008

• FX Technical Senior Director

  View

  March 2008 - March 2008

  Sport+ channel Identity

• FX Technical Lead Director

  Duboi (Paris)

  February 2007 - February 2008

  Lead FX TD on "Asterix at the Olympics Games"
  Lead FX TD on "Afterwards"

• CG Senior Artist

  View (Paris)

  November 2006 - November 2006

• Lead FX Technical Director

  Locomotion (Duesseldorf)

  August 2006 - October 2006

• CG vfx artist

  Duboi (Paris)

  April 2006 - July 2006

• CG artist

  View

  March 2006 - March 2006
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  CG vfx artist

  Sparx Animation Studios

  November 2005 - February 2006
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  CG artist

  Chez Eddy

  July 2005 - November 2005
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  CG artist SFX

  Sparx Animation Studios

  April 2005 - June 2005
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  CG artist

  Mikros Image

  November 2004 - December 2004
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  CG artist SFX

  Sparx Animation Studios

  October 2004 - October 2004
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  CG artist SFX

  Mikros Image

  July 2004 - September 2004
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  CG artist SFX

  Sparx Animation Studios

  December 2003 - July 2004
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  R&D FX

  Sparx Animation Studios

  June 2003 - November 2003

  Development of the Fur pipeline (Maya/Renderman).
  DSO fur procedural using Maya Fur/ Renderman.
  Shader writer.
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  CG artist Compositing

  Xilam

  May 2002 - August 2002

  Compositing with Shake 2.5