Erika Salatiello

Work History

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  FX Artist

  Fish Flight Entertainment

  August 2021 - July 2024

  Vancouver, Canada
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  FX Artist

  Cinesite

  October 2020 - July 2021

  
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  Houdini FX artist

  Fish Flight Entertainment

  July 2020 - October 2020

  Vancouver, Canada
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  FX Artist

  Method Studios

  December 2019 - July 2020

  Vancouver, Canada
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  FX Artist TEMP

  Blizzard Entertainment

  March 2019 - September 2019

  Irvine, California, US
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  Houdini FX TD

  Sony

  November 2017 - August 2018
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  FX TD

  Double Negative

  June 2017 - November 2017

  Vancouver, Canada

  Meg, Pacific Rim 2
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  Houdini FX TD

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2017 - May 2017

  

  

  
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  Houdini FX TD

  Digital Domain

  November 2016 - January 2017

  
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  FX TD

  Sony

  February 2016 - July 2016
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  FX TD

  Sony

  April 2015 - January 2016
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  FX TD

  MPC

  January 2014 - May 2014

  X-Men stuff - Houdini Lightning and Maya Flowline fluid/smoke

  

  
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  FX TD

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  September 2010 - April 2013

  Houdini FX, Lighting and Rendering

  

  
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  FX TD

  Sauce FX

  April 2010 - June 2010

  Working on ICE mini series:
  Houdini plastic deformation destruction R&D
  3ds Max/Particle Flow

• Render TD

  CIS Vancouver

  February 2009 - November 2009

  I came in as a Render TD but left as a jack of all trades of debugging, R&D, render support and general support for everyone involved in using Houdini/Mantra on Invictus. I enjoyed the chance to work with many people at once from developers to lighters to production, help test assets, bang on the render pipeline, teach new Houdini users, and debug some wacky stuff.

  

• Curator

  WonderHowTo.com

  November 2006 - October 2008

  Find, load and format how to videos into website database
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  Freelance Houdini Artist

  Speedshape

  June 2008 - August 2008

  Ford Flex LIGHTS commercial
  
  created fluid effects in Houdini 9.1
  responsible for building pipeline to get 3ds Max objects and animation into Houdini
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  Intern

  Side Effects Software

  February 2007 - August 2007

  Besides making coffee, doing bank deposits and getting the mail, I worked with the alpha and beta versions or the fabulous Houdini 9 (revealed in all it's glory at Siggraph 2007) with a concentration on developing digital assets, working with fluids, and particle effects.
  
  I taught an Intro to Houdini Class, was part of a production team headed by Angie Jones to create a "Happy Birthday SESI" animation that was shown at Siggraph, as well as gave a particle fluids presentation at Siggraph.