Lucas Janin

Work History

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  CG supervisor

  Double Negative

  July 2021 - Present

  Montreal, Canada

  

  
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  Global Head of FX

  ReDefine

  November 2020 - July 2021

  Montréal, Canada

  
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  FX Supervisor

  Double Negative

  July 2018 - July 2020

  Montreal, Canada

  

  
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  FX Department Supervisor

  Rodeo FX

  September 2017 - June 2018

  Montréal, Canada

  

  

  
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  FX Lead

  Framestore

  September 2016 - September 2017

  

  
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  FX Lead

  Wētā FX

  July 2015 - July 2016

  

  
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  FX Lead / Developer / Animator

  DreamWorks Animation

  February 2007 - January 2015

  * The Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
  -> Shoots works
  
  * Home (2015)
  -> Shoots works
  
  *Dragon 2 (2014)
  -> FX Lead on a 3 sequences and "ice blast" element
  -> Developing the "ice blast", the weapon of new dragon using Houdini
  -> Water shots using Houdini Flip
  -> Large fire development using Houdini
  
  * Puss in Boots (2011)
  -> FX Lead on a big water sequence and 2 other sequences
  -> Whirlpool and river development using Houdini
  
  * Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
  -> Destruction shots
  -> Dust automatic impact using Houdini and Maya setup & shots
  -> Fog setup & shots
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  FX Technical Director

  Meteor Studios

  September 2002 - December 2006

  * Journey 3D (Movie) :
  -> Real time track setup structure creation (MEL and Maya nodes).
  -> Procedure to create track depending on the mine-car shooting movement (MEL).
  
  * 300 (Movie) :
  -> Ocean FX Setup using, Maya, Realflow, Renderman and Maya fluid.
  
  * Final destination 3 (Movie) :
  -> Creation of FX Set-up integration and more tools in MEL to optimize the productivity of FX team.
  ->FX team Technical support.
  
  * 10.5 Apocalypse (TVHD) :
  -> Semi-automatic procedure to create many layers of particles on fault used by many artists (MEL).
  -> Creation of pa

  

  

  

  

  
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  FX Technical Director

  Mokko Studio

  April 2003 - August 2003

  Decoys (Movie) : Set-up and integration of character explosion (Freelance).

• FX Artist

  Damn FX

  July 2002 - September 2002

  Montreal, Canada Area

  
  Creating Fx for Excalibur (TV serie)
  

• FX Artist

  Video Efecto

  August 2000 - May 2001

  Barcelona Area, Spain

  Video Efecto part of Das werk group at Barcelona, member of the 3D and audiovisual postproduction team. Developed projects for the advertising industry in Maya.
  
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  Maya Mentor

  Universitat Pompeu Fabra

  February 2000 - May 2000

  Barcelona Area, Spain

  
  Barcelona, pedagogical and technical assistant for the students' shortcut projects using Maya.
  

• Technical director and Lighting

  Emotion Studio

  September 1999 - November 1999

  Barcelona Area, Spain

  
  Barcelona, development of 3D backgrounds for a 2D/3D cartoon series
  

• CG Artist

  Estudio Mariscal

  September 1998 - August 1999

  Barcelona Area, Spain

  
  Barcelona, animated series, "Twipsy" (26x26 minutes).
  Creation of animations, 3D scenery and animation for the opening
  

• CG Artist

  Icondata

  October 1996 - March 1997

  Barcelona Area, Spain

  
  Barcelona, creation of multimedia interfaces and animations on video support.
  

• CG Artist

  Az multimedia

  August 1995 - August 1996

  Barcelona Area, Spain

  
  Barcelona, a CD-ROM game company.
  Responsible for the 3D team in the development of "CyberXperience".
  

• CG Artist

  Impact 3D

  September 1992 - October 1993

  Toulouse Area, France

  
  Co-creator of Impact 3d at Toulouse (france), a company to create 3d visualization for architecrure projects