Gerardo Castellanos

Gerardo Castellanos

Senior CFX & Groom Artist

Barcelona, Spain

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Skills
Skills Clear
Software
Software Clear
Work History
  • Grooming Lead

    Skydance Animation

    May 2023 - Present
    Madrid, Spain
  • CFX Artist

    TRIXTER

    March 2021 - March 2023
  • CFX Artist

    Jellyfish Pictures

    December 2020 - February 2021
  • Generalist

    El Ranchito

    June 2020 - December 2020
    Barcelona, Spain
  • Grooming TD

    Cinesite

    September 2019 - December 2019
    London
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    El Ranchito

    April 2019 - September 2019
    Madrid, ES
  • Groom TD

    TRIXTER

    November 2018 - January 2019
    München, DE
  • 3D Generalist

    Metropolitana de Muntatges

    May 2018 - September 2018
    Barcelona, Spain
  • groom td

    TRIXTER

    January 2018 - April 2018
  • Groom Artist

    Passion Pictures

    October 2017 - December 2017
  • cfx artist

    Framestore

    June 2017 - September 2017
  • cfx artist

    Minimo VFX

    June 2017 - September 2017
  • 3D Generalist

    TRIXTER

    January 2017 - April 2017
  • FX Animator

    Trizz

    October 2016 - December 2016
  • Grooming Artist

    TRIXTER

    April 2016 - July 2016
  • enviroment artist

    TRIXTER

    February 2016 - April 2016
  • Enviroment Artist

    El Ranchito

    November 2014 - February 2016
    Barcelona Area, Spain

    Enviroment Artist with Autodesk Maya, Pixologic Zbrush, E-on Vue, SpeedTree

  • ZBrush Teacher

    ESCAC

    September 2013 - February 2016

    Character sculpt and modelling with ZBrush

  • Layout Artist

    El Ranchito

    March 2014 - November 2014
    Barcelona Area, Spain

    Layout Artist, Animatics at "A Monster Calls" film.

  • Environment Artist

    El Ranchito

    March 2014 - April 2014
    Barcelona Area, Spain

    Vue, ZBrush and Maya

  • 3D Generalist

    Trizz

    January 2014 - March 2014
    Barcelona

    Animation, rigs, motion graphichs
    Maya & Cinema 4D

  • Digital Sculptor

    El Ranchito

    February 2014 - February 2014

    Enviroment sculpting with Zbrush for COSMOS TV Serie
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2395695

  • Character Rigger and Animator

    Comodo Screen

    November 2013 - November 2013

    Character Rigger and Animator in Maya & Cinema 4D at Nickelodeon TV Spot

  • Maya Rigger

    Freelance

    July 2013 - July 2013

    Rigging with Autodesk Maya

  • 3D Generalist with Softimage

    FASSMAN VFX

    March 2013 - April 2013

    Crowd simulation, Animation, Character Setup with Softimage and texturing with ZBrush at TV Spot production

  • Generalist

    FASSMAN VFX

    March 2013 - March 2013

    3D Generalist at TV Spot production with Maya and Zbrush

  • ZBrush Teacher

    ESCAC

    January 2013 - March 2013
  • Rigger & Animator

    Melocotoon

    July 2012 - March 2013

    Rigger & Character Animator with Softimage

  • Softimage Generalist

    Glassworks

    June 2012 - June 2012
  • 3D Generalist

    Boolab

    May 2012 - June 2012

    3D Generalist, Crowd Simulation, Rigs, Animations
    Newtek Lightwave & Autodesk Maya

  • Animation Supervisor

    Melocotoon

    February 2012 - June 2012

    Lead of character animators team in a 3D children movie
    Supervisor animation, character animation.

  • Rigger & Animator

    FASSMAN VFX

    May 2012 - May 2012

    Character rigger and animator in feature films.

  • Rigger & Character Animator

    Mentopia

    December 2011 - December 2011

    Rigger & Character Animator in a TV commercial

  • Animator

    FASSMAN VFX

    May 2011 - November 2011

    Character Animator in a short movie "El Escondite"
    VFX Animator and Rigger in a feature film "The Impossible"
    VFX Animator and Rigger in a feature film "Promoción Fantasma"

  • 3D Generalist

    Custom Effects

    September 2011 - September 2011

    Generalist in TNT commercial
    Generalist in SEAT commercial

  • Rigger & Animator

    Custom Effects

    April 2011 - April 2011
  • Animation Supervisor

    DEDALOSTUDIO S.L.

    March 2011 - March 2011

    Animation Supervisor in a Bank spot.

  • Rigger & Animator

    FASSMAN VFX

    February 2011 - February 2011

    Rigging & Animation in a feature film "The Impossible"

  • Character Animator

    Alex Villagrasa's Studio

    February 2011 - February 2011

    Character Animator (Maya) for IKEA web spots

  • Character Animator

    Boolab

    November 2010 - November 2010

    Animator in a 1 minute stereographic cinema spot.

  • Rigger

    Aviatrix Entertainment SL

    July 2010 - August 2010

    Softimage Character Rigger

  • Character Animator

    Mentopia

    July 2010 - July 2010

    character animator in a "Sanex" presentation

  • Rigger

    El Señor Studio

    May 2010 - July 2010

    Character rigger with softimage in "Doomed" project

  • Character Animator & Rigger

    Boolab

    March 2010 - June 2010

    Character Animator & Generalist in BBVA commercials "+59"
    Character Animator at commercials to Paginas Amarillas
    Animator

  • Character Animation Teacher

    FXanimator

    October 2009 - May 2010

    character animation teacher

  • Animation Teacher

    Digital Dreams

    November 2009 - December 2009

    Teaching Animation in Maya Training Course

  • Character Animator

    Six Birds

    June 2009 - July 2009

    Character animation, Crowds with Autodesk Softimage

  • 3D generalist

    EUVE

    October 2005 - May 2008

    Character animator, VFX, virtual set designer

  • Animador

    Aula Tematica

    2007 - 2007
  • Animator Junior

    Damakers

    February 1999 - September 2003

    I worked on Damakers making animations for tv spot and corporative animations, and some basic rigs.
    We worked with Lightwave.
    https://www.damakers.com/

Education
  • Animation Mentor

    2008 - 2009
  • Instituto de Diseño de Caracas

    ? - ?