Tron Niu

Work History

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  FX Technical Director

  Industrial Light & Magic

  September 2016 - Present

  London, United Kingdom

  < Rouge One >, Gareth Edwards, 2016.
  <Transformers: The Last Knight>, Michael Bay, 2017.

• Film Director

  Independent

  January 2016 - Present

  London, United Kingdom

  Looking for like minded people to collaborate on various short and feature films.
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  Senior FX Technical Director

  MPC

  August 2015 - September 2016

  London, Greater London, United Kingdom

  Working as a senior Houdini FX TD for live action feature films.
  
  Developing setups and rigs for FX team, also doing shot work for various types of effects.
  
  <The Jungle Book>, 2016, Jon Favreau.
  <Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge>, 2017, Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg
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  Senior FX TD

  Oriental DreamWorks

  September 2014 - August 2015

  Shanghai City, China

  Working primarily as senior Houdini effects artist for animated feature film.
  
  Designing and implementing tools for effects artists.
  
  <Kung Fu Panda 3>, Alessandro Carloni, 2016.
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  Effects Technical Director

  Double Negative

  July 2013 - September 2014

  London, United Kingdom

  Working as Houdini effects technical director for various feature films.
  
  <Thor: The Dark World>, Alan Taylor, 2013.
  <Transcendence>, Wally Pfister, 2014.
  <Godzilla>, Gareth Edwards, 2014.
  <In the Heart of the Sea>, Ron Howard, 2014.

  

  

  
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  Effects Artist

  Base FX

  March 2011 - July 2013

  China

  Working as Houdini FX artist for films.
  
  Projects:
  <The Last Ship>, Michael Bay, 2014.
  <Pacific Rim>, Guillermo del Toro, 2013.
  <The Last Stand>, Jee-Woon Kim, 2013.
  <Identity Thief>, Seth Gordon, 2013.
  <Olympus Has Fallen>, Antoine Fuqua, 2013.
  <Looper>, Rian Johnson, 2012.
  <Atlas Shrugged II The Strike>, Paul Johansson,2012.
  <The Four>, Gordon Chan, 2012.
  <Jinn>, Syfy, 2012.
  <Have A Little Faith>,2012.
  <War of Sani>, 2012.
  <Boardwalk Empire Season 2>, HBO, Martin Scorsese, 2011.
  <Bait>, Kimble Rendall, 2011.
  <Mural>, Gordon Chan, 2011.
  <Beethoven's Christmas Adventure>, U.S.A TV Film, 2011.
  <It's Love>(The Sorcerer and the White Snake), Siu-Tung Ching, 2011.
  <Reign of the Dinosaurs>, Discovery, 2011.
  <The Flowers of War>, Yimou Zhang, 2011.

  

  

  

  

• FX Artist

  Fontelysee Pictures Co.

  July 2010 - October 2010

  Working on the visual fx for a 3D live-action feature film about an underwater world, called "Empires of The Deep".

• FX + Lighting TD

  GDC Technology Limited

  March 2009 - July 2010

  Doing TD job and supporting the effects team on the Winx Club II project.