Maik Donath

Work History

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  FX Coordinator

  LENKER

  May 2018 - April 2022

  Working as a FX Coordinator for the awesome Lenker Consulting Team :-)

• Maik Donath

  Insect.Digital.Alchemy

  February 2015 - November 2021

  Berlin

  Insect.Digital.Alchemy offers 3D Assets and Presets not only for your production, but also when you are intrested in Fx Creation and learning the magics of Effects Work with Maya, Houdini or 3dsmax. As Fx Work becomes more and more a bigger and major role inside the Pipeline of Visual Effects Movies, we from IDA-FX want to deliever good fx elements that give you a better understanding.
  
  Together with our global Artist Network for free Tutorial FX-HIVE Training on Youtube, we close the circle of Training + Assets + Freelance and global Communication in the field of VFX!

  
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  Houdini Fx Artist

  Outpost VFX

  February 2021 - May 2021

  Remote

  Working at the awesome studio Outpost on " The Man who fell on earth". I only can recommend this studio as an awesome working experience both in communication, value and feebback :) Thanks to everybody for this marvelous experience.
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  Houdini FX Artist

  Platige Image

  May 2020 - September 2020

  Poland

  Working on the Square Enix Game Cinematic "OUTRIDERS".
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  Houdini FX Artist

  LENKER

  December 2018 - December 2019

  Germany

  Working as Houdini FX Artist on the special project: Valley of 5 Lions creating several elements for a full digital environment.
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  Houdini FX Artist

  Red Parrot Studios

  January 2019 - May 2019

  Germany

  Working on the Animation Feature Film: A Journey to the Moon creating several FX Elements.

• Freelancer Remote Fx Artist

  Phenom Films : Beijing - Los Angeles

  January 2015 - March 2015

  Berlin und Umgebung, Deutschland

  Research and Development with FumeFx and Thinking Particles.

• 3D Generalist

  Batelion, LLC

  March 2014 - March 2015

  Berlin Area, Germany

  1. In a wild Land - Fx Artist
  2. Vedes Anniversary - Fx Artist
  3. The Spiegel Affair - Fx Artist
  4. Kill J Bullet - 3D Generalist
  5. Teddybear - Fx Artist
  6. Keepers of the lost Cause (Fasan) - Fx Artist
  7. The white Snake - 3D Generalist

• CGFX Trainee

  Batelion, LLC

  October 2013 - May 2014

  Berlin Area, Germany

  1. In a wild Land - Fx Artist for Cloud Creation
  2. The Spiegel Affair - Fx Artist for nuclear Explosion

• 3D Artist

  Vfx Box

  February 2013 - August 2013

  Nürnberg und Umgebung, Deutschland

  Shading, Animation and Design

• FumeFx Artist

  Ba Software

  December 2011 - August 2013

  Tokyo, Japan

  FumeFx Explosion Design for FxGuru Handy App

• Lead 3D Artist

  Insect.Digital

  June 2008 - December 2012

  Working on a 3d Shortmovie with the name "Bewusstschein", Iam doing scene setups, lighting, mostly character animations, some FX and assembling the scenes for a final animation!

• CGFX Trainee

  Celluloid Visual Effects GmbH & Co. KG

  September 2011 - March 2012

  Berlin und Umgebung, Deutschland

  Working as VFx Trainee on various projects!

• Junior 3d Artist

  die manufaktur

  April 2004 - June 2005

  Frankfurt am Main und Umgebung, Deutschland

  Junior 3d Artist:
  
  Modeling
  Lighting
  Animation
  
  Clients:
  
  Mercedes Benz
  Toyota
  ZDF
  Fritt

• Creature Design

  Purity Animation

  January 2002 - April 2005

  England

  Modeling and rigging Aliens for Colonial Marines Elite Force!
  Modeling the Alien XT for the movie Aliens_XT