Kevin Kelm

Lead creature technical director / 19 yrs

New Zealand

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Asset / Assets

Captain America: Brave New World (2025)

Supervisor

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

Creature TD

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Visual Effects Creature TD

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)

Creatures Technical Director

Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)

Lead Creatures Technical Director

Cocaine Bear (2023)

Digital Effects Lead

Black Adam (2022)

Lead Creature TD Weta Digital

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

Lead Creature TD Weta Digital

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

Lead Creature TD Weta Digital

Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)

Lead Creature TD Weta Digital

Black Widow (2021)

Lead Creature Td

Jungle Cruise (2021)

Lead Creature TD Weta Digital

The Tomorrow War (2021)

Lead Creature TD Weta Digital

Shang-Chi (2021)

Creatures Lead Td

Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (2020)

Assets

Lady and the Tramp (2019)

Senior Creature Td

Mortal Engines (2018)

Senior Creature Td

Rampage (2018)

Lead Creature TD Weta Digital

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

Senior Creature Td

Justice League (2017)

Lead Creature Td

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Senior Creature Td

War For The Planet Of The Apes (2017)

Senior Creatures Td

The BFG (2016)

Creature Td

Central Intelligence (2016)

Creature Td

The Jungle Book (2016)

Creature Technical Director

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

Creature Technical Director

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition (2016)

Senior Creature Td

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)

Creature Td

Fantastic Four (2015)

Creature Technical Director

Furious 7 (2015)

Creature Td

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Creature Technical Director

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Creature Technical Director

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Creature TD

The Wolverine (2013)

Creature Technical Director

Man of Steel (2013)

Digital Effects Crew

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Creature Technical Director

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Creatures Department

Prometheus (2012)

Creature Technical Director

The Avengers (2012)

Creature Effects

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

Visual Effects

Game of Thrones (2011)

Cloth/hair Technical Director

Hop (2011)

Lead Character Fx Technical Director

Mars Needs Moms (2011)

Modeler

VeggieTales: Happy Together! (2011)

Lead Cloth Technical Director

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Hair Technical Director

G-Force (2009)

Technical Director

Beowulf (2007)

Technical Director

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Modeling Lead

VeggieTales: Moe and the Big Exit (2007)

Visual Effects

Everyone's Hero (2006)

Modeler / Modeling Lead

VeggieTales (2006)

Modeler

VeggieTales: Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler (2006)

Modeler

The Happy Elf (2005)

Modeler

VeggieTales: Duke and the Great Pie War (2005)

Visual Effects Artist

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004)

Work History

Lead Creatures TD

Wētā FX

June 2017 - Present

New Zealand
Senior Creature TD

Wētā FX

March 2011 - March 2017

Tintin, Avengers, Prometheus, The Hobbit, Man of Steel, Ironman 3, The Wolverine, Apes2, The Hobbit 2, Godzilla, The Hobbit 3
Senior Character Effects TD

Image Engine

January 2011 - March 2011

Cloth Simulation for HOP
Lead cloth TD

I

January 2008 - November 2010

cloth/hair/pipeline Christmas Carol and Mars Needs Moms
Cloth/Hair TD

Sony Pictures Imageworks

June 2007 - December 2007

Beowulf cloth/hair, G Force fur look dev
modeler/rigger/cloth sim artist

The Orphanage

November 2006 - March 2007

Pirate of the Caribbean cloth sims
senior modeler/vfx artist

Arc Productions

July 2004 - November 2006

modeling/rigging/FX
Lead 3D artist

Orbital Media

June 2002 - February 2004

CG generalist

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