Martin Furness

Martin Furness

Eliminating nudity and baldness through digital hair & cloth

Supervisor cfx / Lead Groom TD / 14 yrs

North Carolina, USA

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Senior Character Effects Artist

Trolls Band Together (2023)

Senior Groom And Character Effects TD

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

CFX Artist

The Wild Robot (2024)

Sr. CFX Artist

Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)

CFX Dev. (Hair)

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

CFX Supervisor

Vivo (2021)

Sr. CFX LEAD & GROOM TD

Smallfoot (2018)

Sr. CFX TD

Storks (2016)

Hair Lead and Sr. Character FX TD

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2010)

Sr. Character FX TD / Temporary Hair Lead

Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

FX Animation TD

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

Sr. Character FX TD

The Smurfs 2 (2013)

Sr. Groom & CFX TD

The Legend of Tembo

Technical Animator (Character/Creature FX) TD

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

Technical Animation TD

Tangled (2010)

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Cloth & Hair TD

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

Work History

  • CFX/Groom Artist

    DreamWorks Animation

    August 2022 - Present

    Feature Animation work includes:

    - Kung-Fu Panda 4 (currently in production)
    - Trolls Band Together

  • CFX Supervisor & Sr. Groom TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    January 2013 - July 2022
    Vancouver, BC

    Projects and Roles:

    High in the Clouds | CFX Supervisor
    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Hair Development
    Spider-Man: No Way Home | Hair Development
    Vivo | CFX Supervisor
    Smallfoot (feature animation) | CFX Lead and Sr. Groom TD
    Storks (feature animation) | Sr. CFX TD
    Alice Through the Looking Glass (feature film) | CFX Lead (hair/fur centric) and Sr. Groom TD
    Hotel Transylvania 2 (feature animation) | Sr. Hair/Cloth TD
    The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (feature film) | FX Animation / Simulation TD
    The Smurfs 2 (hybrid feature film/animation) | Sr. Hair/Cloth TD

  • CFX Dev. (Hair)

    Sony Pictures Entertainment

    July 2021 - December 2021

  • CFX Supervisor & Sr. Groom TD

    Sony Pictures Animation

    January 2019 - February 2021

  • The Mill

    January 2012 - April 2015
    Culver City, CA

  • Sr. Cloth/Groom TD (freelance commercial visual effects)

    The Mill

    July 2013 - September 2013
    Los Angeles, CA

    Projects:
    commercial work for Gillette (cloth development and simulation)
    commercial pitch for Apple (hair/fur groom and simulation)

  • The Mill

    July 2013 - September 2013

  • Sr. Groom TD & CG Generalist (freelance commercial visual effects)

    Zoic Studios

    December 2012 - December 2012
    Culver City, CA

    Project: AT&T 'Digital Life' (2 commercials)
    Role: Grooming and look development of photorealistic digital fur for talking animals

  • Cloth TD & Generalist (freelance commercial visual effects)

    Elastic

    November 2012 - November 2012
    Santa Monica, CA

    Project: Safeway 'Paper' (commercial)
    Role: Cloth FX simulation

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  • Sr. Groom TD (freelance commercial visual effects)

    Zoic Studios

    October 2012 - November 2012
    Culver CIty, CA

    Project: Hidden (feature film)
    Role: Grooming

  • Digital Domain

    June 2012 - September 2012
    Port St. Lucie, FL

  • Groom TD & Generalist (freelance commercial visual effects)

    Giantsteps

    April 2012 - May 2012
    Venice Beach, CA

    Project: Toyota 'Prius C Chase' (commercial)

  • Groom TD & Generalist (freelance commercial visual effects)

    King and Country

    April 2012 - April 2012
    Santa Monica, CA

    Project: Purina Fancy Feast (commercial pitch)
    Role: Working as freelance visual effects artist to create stylized creature grooms.

  • Cloth & Groom TD (freelance commercial visual effects)

    The Mill

    January 2012 - April 2012
    Los Angeles, CA

    Projects:
    Marriott / 'It's Not a Room'​ (2 commercials)
    Nissan / 'Brand Unveiling'​ (commercial)

  • Sr. Groom TD (freelance commercial visual effects)

    Brand New School

    October 2011 - October 2011
    Santa Monica, CA

  • Groom TD & Generalist (freelance commercial visual effects)

    Elastic

    May 2011 - August 2011
    Santa Monica, CA

    Project: Nestle Arrowhead 'Nature's Fix' (5 commercials)

  • Groom TD & Generalist (freelance commercial visual effects)

    A52

    May 2011 - August 2011
    Santa Monica, CA

    Nestle Arrowhead: Nature's Fix

  • Technical Animation TD

    MPC

    June 2010 - September 2010
    London, UK

    Project: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (feature film)

  • Character FX & Look Development TD

    Motion Theory

    May 2010 - June 2010
    Venice, CA

    Project: Target 'A Better Bullseye' (commercial)
    Role: digital grooming of character hairstyles

  • Technical Animation TD

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    January 2010 - April 2010
    Burbank, CA

    Project: Tangled

  • CFX TD

    CafeFX

    September 2009 - January 2010
    Santa Maria, CA

    Project: Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland

  • CFX Artist

    Image Movers Digital

    June 2009 - August 2009

    Project: A Christmas Carol

  • Cloth & Hair TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    January 2009 - June 2009
    Culver City, CA

    Project: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
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Education

  • MFA in Digital Production Arts

    Clemson University

    August 2008 - May 2011

  • Bachelor of Science in Design

    Clemson University

    January 1997 - May 2001