Maanik Puri

Work History

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  Crowd TD | Generalist

  Tower33 VFX

  April 2024 - Present

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Remote

  Crowd | FX | Generalist
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  Fx Technical Director

  Double Negative

  February 2022 - August 2023

  • Dune: Part Two ( 2024 ) - Crowd
  • Kraven: The Hunter ( 2024 ) - FX
  • Shazam! Fury of the Gods ( 2023 ) - FX
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  FX TD | Crowd TD

  Double Negative

  February 2022 - August 2023

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Remote

  Created FX setups on variety of shots and style
  Created Crowd simulation
  
  • Dune: Part Two ( 2024 ) - Crowd
  • Kraven: The Hunter ( 2024 ) - FX
  • Shazam! Fury of the Gods ( 2023 ) - FX
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  Crowds TD

  Mainframe Studios

  January 2020 - January 2022

  Vancouver

  • Barbie: Big City Big Dreams
  • Barbie: It Takes Two
  • Barbie: Epic Road Trip
  • Nick Jr. - Made By Maddie
  • DreamWorks - Madagascar : A Little Wild
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  Crowds TD

  Mainframe Studios

  January 2021 - January 2022

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  Created crowd simulation library
  
  Worked on multiple Features and Episodic Productions.
  
  • Barbie: Big City Big Dreams
  • Barbie: It Takes Two
  • Barbie: Epic Road Trip
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  Brand Representative

  Abercrombie & Fitch

  August 2017 - March 2020

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  • Interacting and assisting customers with their inquiries
  • Maintaining stock levels and ensuring that the store front is always presentable
  • Handling cash register and creating online orders for customers
  • Organized the store according to the current layouts
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  VFX Teaching Assistant

  Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts)

  July 2017 - January 2020

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Teaching Assistant for Visual Effects and Game Art & Design
  Software taught : Houdini, Maya, Photoshop, Nuke and Syntheyes
  
  • Teaching students the concepts behind the tools used in VFX and Animation
  • Helping them with their assignments and assisting them towards their demo reel
  • Debugging problems and helping the students solve and understand technical aspects of the software
  • Helping them understand and use the render farm to hit the deadlines
  
  Taught VFX Summer Intensive course during Summer'19
  
  Interview : https://youtu.be/685PADN3dmw

• FX Artist

  MacINK Productions Ltd.

  May 2018 - August 2018

  Vancouver, Canada Area · Remote

  ( Short Film )
  Director - David McLean
  https://bouncethefilm.com/

• FX Artist

  Rainbowverse

  March 2018 - July 2018

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Cinematic FX Intro for the game teasers/trailers
  Game : PrimeOrbial
  https://rainbowverse.com/
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  Customer Service Associate

  La Maison Simons

  October 2015 - November 2016

  West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  • Interacting and assisting customers with their inquiries
  • Maintaining stock levels and ensuring that the store front is always presentable
  • Handling cash register and creating online orders for customers
  • Organized the store according to the current layouts