Nick Grobler

Nick Grobler

Senior VFX Lighting Technical Director / 12 yrs

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Pipeline Engineer

Mortal Engines (2018)

Pipeline Engineer

Rampage (2018)

VFX Lighting Technical Director

War For The Planet Of The Apes (2017)

VFX Lighting Technical Director

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

VFX Lighting Technical Director

Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

VFX Lighting Technical Director

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)

VFX Lighting Technical Director

Furious 7 (2015)

Junior Lighting Technical Director

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Digital Effects Crew

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Assistant Lighting Technical Director

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Creature Technical Director

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

Work History
  • Lighting Pipeline Engineer

    Wētā FX

    February 2017 - February 2020
    New Zealand

    Key Python Engineer role in implimenting Katana Plugins and standalone tools for the lighting department to connect asset and information efficiently with the rest of the company

  • Lighting Technical Director

    Wētā FX

    February 2014 - February 2017
    New Zealand

    My role was to direct the lighting and mood for a series of shots while also managing all the ingested digital assests from the rest of the company that comprised the shots

  • Junior Lighting Technical Director

    Wētā FX

    January 2012 - January 2014
    New Zealand

    My role was to light a series of shots while also prepping scenes for other artists

  • nuke compositor

    Hehfx

    October 2012 - January 2013
    New Zealand

    I was an advanced Nuke compositor working on a music video

  • Nuke Compositor

    Hehfx

    November 2012 - November 2012
  • Creature ATD

    Wētā FX

    July 2011 - October 2011

    Creature/Character costume cloth, muscle and skin simulation baking for "The Adventures of Tintin"

  • Compositor, Modeler

    Huhu

    2010 - 2011
Education
  • 3D Advanced Animation

    Lifeway College

    January 2008 - November 2010