Premamurti Paetsch

Premamurti Paetsch

Lead FX TD / 18 yrs

Adelaide, AU

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CG Supervisor

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

Lead Digital Artist

BIOS (2021)

Lead Effects Technical Director

Shang-Chi (2021)

Senior Effects Technical Director

The Tomorrow War (2021)

Senior Effects Technical Director

Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)

Effects Lead

Love and Monsters (2020)

CG Supervisor

The Boys (2019)

Effects Lead

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

Effects Lead

Nest (2018)

Effects Lead

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Senior Effects Technical Director

The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

Effects Lead

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Visual Effects

Gravity (2016)

Senior Effects Technical Director

Gods of Egypt (2015)

FX Lead

Seventh Son (2015)

Effects Lead

i (2015)

Effects

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

FX Lead

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

FX Lead

The Wolverine (2013)

FX Lead

The Great Gatsby (2013)

Lead FX TD

The Hunger Games (2012)

Effects / Lighting Technical Director

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)

FX Technical Director

Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

Visual Effects

Game of Thrones (2011)

Effects Technical Director

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

FX Technical Director

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)

VFX Technical Director

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

VFX Technical Director

Terminator Salvation (2009)

VFX Technical Director

Australia (2009)

VFX Technical Director

The Spirit (2008)

VFX Technical Director

The Ruins (2008)

VFX Technical Director

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Work History

  • CG Supervisor

    Rising Sun Pictures

    October 2021 - Present
    Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

  • FX Supervisor

    Wētā FX

    August 2021 - September 2021

  • Lead FX TD

    Wētā FX

    April 2021 - August 2021

    * Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

  • Senior FX TD

    Wētā FX

    January 2021 - April 2021

    * The Tomorrow War

  • FX Lead/Supervisor on parental leave

    Self-employed

    October 2020 - January 2021
    Greater Adelaide Area

  • Senior FX TD

    Wētā FX

    June 2020 - September 2020
    Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    FX look and asset development.

    * Zack Snyder's Justice League

  • Cross-Show FX Lead

    Mill Film

    April 2020 - June 2020
    Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

  • FX Lead

    Mill Film

    June 2019 - April 2020
    Adelaide, Australia

  • Lead FX TD

    Wētā FX

    January 2018 - April 2019

    * Game of Thrones: Season 8
    * Alita: Battle Angel

  • Lead FX TD

    Wētā FX

    November 2017 - March 2019
    Wellington, New Zealand

  • Senior FX TD

    Wētā FX

    November 2017 - January 2018

    * Alita: Battle Angel

  • Lead/Senior FX Technical Director

    Rising Sun Pictures

    August 2014 - September 2017
    Adelaide, Australia

    * Nest
    * X-Men: Apocalypse
    * Gods of Egypt
    * The Legend of Tarzan

  • Houdini Instructor

    Rising Sun Pictures

    May 2016 - June 2016
    Adelaide

    Introduction to Dynamic Effects using Houdini - teaching an evening course for a 10-week period.

  • FX Lead

    Rising Sun Pictures

    October 2012 - July 2014
    Adelaide

    * X-Men: Days of Future Past
    * The Wolverine
    * The Seventh Son
    * The Great Gatsby

  • FX Technical Director

    Rising Sun Pictures

    March 2012 - September 2012
    Adelaide, Australia

    * Gravity

  • Lead FX TD

    Rising Sun Pictures

    October 2011 - February 2012
    Adelaide, Australia

    * The Hunger Games

  • FX Technical Director

    Rising Sun Pictures

    January 2010 - October 2011

    * Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
    * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt 2
    * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt 1
    * The Sorcerer's Apprentice

  • VFX Technical Director

    Kanuka Studio

    May 2009 - December 2009

    * Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

  • VFX Technical Director

    Rising Sun Pictures

    September 2006 - May 2009

    * Terminator Salvation - FX Technical Director
    * X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Lighting/FX Technical Director
    * The Spirit - FX Technical Director
    * Australia - Crowd/FX Technical Director
    * The Ruins - Junior Technical Director
    * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Technical Assistant

  • Intern

    Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering

    2003 - 2004

    Part of my education
    Developed 3d realtime content with 3ds max and Macromedia Director for an online collaboration platform.

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Education

  • Certified Computer Scientist (staatl. geprft. Informatiker)

    Computer Science and Media Design at ADV Boeblinge

    July 2002 - June 2005