Maria Giannakouros

Work History

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  Sr Technical Director

  Freelance

  January 2019 - Present

  Los Angeles

  Film, TV, and commercials
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  FX TD

  Wētā FX

  May 2020 - November 2020

  Wellington

  I was hired but my visa was not processed due to COVID travel restrictions.

• Sr. FX TD

  XF,Inc.

  January 2019 - November 2019

  Los Angeles, CA
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  FX TD

  Goodbye Kansas

  June 2018 - December 2018

  Stockholm, SE
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  Sr Technical Director

  Goodbye Kansas

  February 2018 - December 2018

  Stockholm, Sweden
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  Houdini FX TD

  Goodbye Kansas

  February 2018 - June 2018
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  Sr FX Technical Director

  Picture Shop

  November 2017 - February 2018

  Burbank, California

  TV and Commercials. Water, Fire, and Environmental fx work in Houdini.
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  Sr Technical Director

  Framestore

  January 2017 - September 2017

  London, United Kingdom

  Effects TD
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  sr fx technical director

  Rising Sun Pictures

  February 2015 - October 2015

  Adelaide, Australia

  

  
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  Pipeline and Effects Lead

  Dwarf Labs

  August 2014 - December 2014

  Montpellier Area, France

  Dwarf Labs is a progressive new Animation group based in the South of France.
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  Effects Lead

  Cinesite

  March 2014 - July 2014

  London, United Kingdom

  Effects Lead on Hercules, and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Effects TD on XMex trailer.

  

  
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  Sr. Effects Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  November 2013 - February 2014

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Sr. Effects TD on The Amazing Spiderman-2.
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  Sr Effects Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  November 2011 - August 2013

  Culver City

  Sr. Effects TD on The Amazing Spiderman, Oz The Great and Powerful, Partly Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs II.

  
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  Effects and Pipeline TD

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  September 2010 - May 2011

  Culver City

  Worked on The Green Lantern initially as a Look Dev and Pipeline TD to automate the Massive Pipeline then moved to working on shots for the Parallax sequence using the Massive Pipeline.

  

  
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  Entrepreneur

  Free Lancer ( Self Employed)

  May 2009 - September 2010

  Greece

  I spent this year finding my way in Greece. I worked on a commercial for a Greek TV Series called : H ZOH THS ALLHS, or The Life of Another
  Later, I started a small magazine called Telalis. I am still working on this magazine on and off.
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  Effects Technical Director

  Wētā FX

  May 2008 - May 2009

  Maya Particles, lighting, pipeline.

  

  

  
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  Effects Technical Director

  Framestore

  February 2008 - April 2008

  Houdini particles : Look development for spark sprite elements.

  
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  Effects Technical Director

  Realise Studio

  August 2007 - November 2007

  Effects Technical Director and Animator
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  Sequence Lead, Effects Technical Director

  Double Negative

  January 2007 - August 2007

  
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  Effects Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  November 2002 - December 2006

  

  

  

  

  
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  Software Engineer

  Digital Domain

  August 2000 - November 2002