Sean Lewkiw

Sean Lewkiw

Experienced Houdini FX Artist/Supervisor/Instructor

Lead VFX Artist / 24 yrs

Montreal, Canada

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Visual Effects Artist

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

CG Supervisor

The Foundation (2021)

Visual Effects Artist

The North Water (2021)

FX Lead

Respect (2021)

Digital Effects Supervisor

Invictus (2018)

CG Supervisor

Lost in Space (2018)

CG Supervisor

The Commuter (2018)

Lead FX Td

Game Over, Man! (2018)

CG Supervisor

The Huntsman's Winter War (2016)

Head Of 3D

The Giver (2014)

Of 3D

Snowpiercer (2014)

Head Of 3D

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

Of CG

The Maze Runner (2014)

Of 3D

Ender's Game (2013)

CGI Artist

Elysium (2013)

Of 3D

RED 2 (2013)

Head Of 3D

A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

FX Lead

Thor: The Dark World (2013)

Head Of 3D

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)

Tech Support

Cloud Atlas (2012)

DFX Supervisor

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: The Great Calamity (2012)

Digital Effects Supervisor

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

Head Of 3D

Rome (2012)

Technical Head Of 3D

The Nutcracker in 3D (2011)

CG Supervisor

Piranha 3D (2010)

Animation & Visual Effects

Marmaduke (2010)

Technical Head Of 3D

Watchmen (2009)

Technical Head Of CG

Inkheart (2009)

Effects TD

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)

Techinical Head of 3D

Punisher: War Zone (2008)

Technical Head Of CG

Tropic Thunder (2008)

Techinical Head of 3D

Brideshead Revisited (2008)

Techinical Head of 3D

Fred Claus (2007)

Digital Effects Artist

Underdog (2007)

Digital Effects Artist

Blood and Chocolate (2007)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Mee-Shee: The Water Giant (2007)

Technical Head Of CG

The Golden Compass (2007)

CG Lighting Artist / Digital Effects Artist

Superman Returns (2006)

Digital Effects Artist / Senior 3D Artist

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Five Children and It (2004)

Senior Technical Director

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

CG Sequence Designer

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

3D Technical Director / Lighter

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Effects Animator

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Very experienced Houdini FX artist looking for remote freelance work. Specialize in pyro, RBD, smoke and fire.
Work History

  • Senior CG Supervisor

    Cinesite

    January 2020 - Present
    Montreal

  • Lead Houdini Instructor

    Lost Boys | School of Visual Effects

    July 2018 - Present
    Montreal

  • Content Creator

    Sidefx Software

    April 2019 - June 2020
    Montréal, Canada

    Documentation

  • CG Supervisor

    Cinesite

    July 2016 - March 2018
    Montreal, Canada Area

  • CG Supervisor

    Double Negative

    January 2015 - April 2016
    Vancouver

    CG Supervised The Huntsman, 700+ shots in the new Double Negative Vancouver studio.

  • Method

    April 2007 - September 2014

  • Head of 3D

    Method Studios

    October 2008 - September 2014
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Manage large teams of visual effects artists, design pipeline and workflows, create visual effects templates.

  • DFX Supervisor

    Method Studios

    October 2008 - April 2012
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Supervised the visual effects for the film "Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter".

  • Techinical Head of 3D

    CIS London (Formerly Rainmaker UK)

    September 2006 - September 2008

    Created full CG pipeline and helped to manage the 3D department. Films worked on: Golden Compass, Brideshead Revisited, Nutcracker, Watchmen, Punisher, Fred Claus.

  • Senior Technical Director

    Framestore

    July 2005 - September 2006

    Superman IV / Xmen III / Underdog

  • VFX Supervisor

    Jim Henson's Creature Shop

    September 2004 - June 2005

    Mishi the Water Giant

  • CG Supervisor

    Jim Henson's Creature Shop

    January 2004 - September 2004

    5 Children and It

  • Senior Technical Director

    Jim Henson's Creature Shop

    April 2002 - January 2004

  • Senior Technical Director

    Wētā FX

    July 2000 - April 2002

    Lord of the Rings I & II

  • Senior Technical Director

    MBM / Studio 345

    May 1998 - June 2000

  • Animator

    Satelight Inc

    January 1996 - May 1998

    Junior Animator/modeller

  • Silver Halide Pusher

    Black Photo Corporation

    1985 - 1989
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Education

  • Vancouver Film School

    1995 - 1995

  • University of Manitoba

    1984 - 1987

  • Springfield Collegiate

    1980 - 1983