Jimmy Johansson

Work History

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  Head of Rigging

  Goodbye Kansas

  January 2017 - Present

  Stockholm, Sweden
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  CTO / Supervising Technical Director / Co-founder

  FABLEfx

  February 2015 - August 2017

  Stockholm, Sweden
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  Founder and Developer

  The Floor Above

  January 2014 - January 2017

  Creating and designing of a complete modular based project management system for the VFX, Game and Animation industry - Flow.
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  Supervising Technical Director

  Copenhagen Bombay

  November 2012 - September 2014

  Stockholm, Sweden

  Overseeing and supervision of the broadcast and feature film department. This includes the renowned 3D animated feature 'BEYOND BEYOND'.
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  R&D Director

  MPC

  April 2012 - November 2012

  London, United Kingdom

  Supporting and developing a highly sophisticated feature film pipeline using MEL and Python. This would range from standard production support to prototyping and creating brand new in house tools.

  

  

  

• Rigging Instructor

  Campus i12, Visual Effects School

  May 2012 - May 2012

  Held a two week masterclass 'Introduction to Rigging'. By the end of the course all students had created their own creature rig.
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  Rigging TD

  MPC

  January 2012 - April 2012

  Rigging characters, props, previzes and more for projects such like;
  - Dark Shadows
  - Jack the Giant Killer
  - Superman
  - World War Z
  - The Lone Ranger
  - Order of Seven
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  Lead Rigging TD / Script TD

  Boutiq ag

  November 2011 - January 2012

  Lead rigger and production TD for a short. Creating animation, rigging and production tools for various purposes, problem solving, pipeline and workflow improvements.

• 3D TD, Self Employed

  Various Studios

  October 2009 - January 2012

  Self employed doing mainly technical direction.

• 3D Lead / Character TD

  Eminent

  October 2011 - November 2011

  Lead the team during the production of creating and integrating a Penguin for a live action short. This was everything from tracking, model to render.
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  Rigging TD

  Storm Studios

  September 2011 - October 2011

  Rig designs and bipedal rigging done for the main creature from the feature 'Thale'.
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  Rig/Script Lecturer

  Campus i12

  September 2011 - October 2011

  Python scripting in Maya taught to students with no prior experience. Alongside this we looked at more in depth rigging deformation.

• VFX Consultant

  Leon AB

  September 2011 - September 2011

  Going over the basic VFX workflow through several workshops. This included tracking, greenscreen, passes and compositing.

• 3D Technical Director

  Filmkameratene AS

  March 2011 - June 2011

  Mainly research and development extending their pipeline to the fullest. Animation/Rigging department support creating rigs, tools and library's.

• Rigging Lecturer

  Industrial Art and Animation

  May 2011 - May 2011

  Four week course teaching students the creation of a small creature, anatomy, model prep, rigging and to pass it over to animation.
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  Lead Rigging TD

  Kompost

  January 2011 - February 2011

  Lead and was a part of a rigging team that created full body and facial rigs for 18 characters and creatures, both bipedal and quadruple. R&D for eye sliding systems and various production scripts.
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  3D Technical Director and Rigging TD

  Storm Studios

  January 2010 - December 2010

  Two main tasks, character/creature rigging and pipeline development creating a lot of custom scripts, shot sculpt tools, custom deformers, and texturing tools to mention a few. Revamping the creature pipeline with a custom built procedural/modular rigging tool that speeds up production.

• VFX Guest Speaker

  Various Schools and Institutes

  June 2009 - October 2010

  Several workshops with a wide variety of topics held during this time.
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  3D Technical Director

  Mainframe

  March 2008 - January 2010

  Mainly a generalist with a big focus on the technical aspects. Revamping the pipeline and being a production lead for several spots with time spent on set.
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  3D Generalist

  Swiss International

  October 2007 - January 2008

  Helped out in production where there was need for it. Mostly focusing on modeling, tracking and simple rigging tasks.

• Writer / Department Adminstrator

  Gamingeye AB

  March 2004 - May 2006

  Responsible for leading and managing different departments, mainly representing the company during public events and meets.