Dhruva Pathak

Dhruva Pathak

Enjoy diving deep into a subject, innovating

Senior FX Lead / 17 yrs

Mumbai, India

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FX Lead

Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

The Pirate Fairy (2014)

FX Developer

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)

FX Developer

Rise of the Guardians (2012)

FX Developer

Puss in Boots (2011)

Software Engineer

Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back (2010)

Software Engineer

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009)

Technology & Development Team

Tinker Bell (2008)

Sr. FX Developer

Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure (2008)

Sr. R&D Developer

Tinkerbell: A Fairy's Tale

Work History

  • FX Lead

    DreamWorks Animation

    September 2009 - Present

    Design and develop special effects for DW movies

  • CG Programmer

    Prana Studios

    September 2006 - September 2009

    Developed toolsets and systems:
    1) Foliage (Maya Plugin Suite)
    2) Optimized/Modular Streamed Caching System for Assets (Maya Plugin Suite)
    3) Hair Modelling Tools (Maya Plugin Suite / RenderMan Procedurals)
    4) Particle Spatial Affector System (Maya Plugin Suite)
    .. and miscellaneous scripts/tools for pipeline integration

  • Sr. R&D Programmer

    Tata Elxsi

    March 2006 - September 2006

    Developed procedurally generayed toony smoke and a feather system in Maya

  • Sr. R&D Programmer

    India Games

    2006 - 2006

    Developed an optimsied lightweight game engine for NVidia mobile chipsets

Education

  • Research Internship

    Dept. of Condensed Matter Physics

    August 2005 - April 2006

  • University of Pune

    2002 - 2004

  • St. Xavier's College

    1999 - 2002

  • Bombay International School

    1985 - 1997