Rahul Deshprabhu

Work History

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  Snr FX TD

  Wētā FX

  May 2015 - Present

  Wellington, New Zealand

  FX - War For The Planet Of The Apes
  FX - Spectral
  FX - Big Friendly Giant
  FX - Pete's Dragon
  FX - The Jungle Book
  FX - Maze Runner - The Scorch Trails
  Maya / Synapse
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  FX TD

  Industrial Light & Magic

  January 2015 - April 2015

  Singapore

  FX - Houdini - Jurrasic World
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  FX TD

  Wētā FX

  August 2014 - December 2014

  New Zealand

  FX - Maya / Synapse - Hobbit - Battle of the five armies.

  

  

  
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  FX TD

  Industrial Light & Magic

  December 2013 - May 2014

  Singapore

  VFX - ZENO / HOUDINI - Transformers 4
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  TD

  Method Studios

  January 2012 - July 2013

  Sydney, Australia

  VFX - HOUDINI

  

  

  

  
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  Senior FX TD

  Dr D

  February 2010 - November 2011

  
  Look Development, tools development and simulations for underwater fx such as silt, plankton, crepuscular rays (caustic beams)in Houdini,
  Particle simulations to aid crowds department to achieve krill swarms,
  Fish simulations using wires (dops) - Happy Feet II
  
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  FX Technical Director

  Wētā FX

  February 2008 - November 2009

  
  Fx
  Simulating waterfalls for some of the floating mountian sequences,
  Fluid simulations for creating clouds advected by mother ship etc,
  Dust and debris simulations for some of the destruction sequences - AVATAR
  (Academy Award - Best Visual Effects)
  
  Aphid Swarm Simulations,
  Progressive wave travel simulation for END OF APHIDS sequence - The Day The Earth Stood Still.
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  FX TD

  MPC

  October 2006 - August 2007

  
  Various effects for 10000 BC
  Look Development for grass clumps, squashing of the same.
  Building procedural rigs for grass, tussocks and implementation of the same in shots.
  Dust/Dirt/Mud/Grass Rig implementation for shots & lighting/rendering/slapcomps for the same.
  Building help documents for the above mentioned for future reference.
  

• Technical Director

  Fuel International

  April 2006 - September 2006

  
  Water Fx on Rogue
  simulating realistic looking water for splashes, drops, spray and anything water
  using Maya & Mental Ray
  
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  Technical Director

  Rising Sun Pictures

  February 2006 - April 2006

  
  This position was of a generalist technical director type for Superman Returns (Academy Nomination).
  VFX on the young clark - farm boy sequence -
  Sprinklers/Dust/Debris/Soft&Rigid Body Simulations.
  

  
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  Lighting TD

  Animal Logic

  January 2005 - January 2006

  
  Tool testing, prelighting, lighting shots on Happy Feet (Academy Award - Best Animated Feature, BAFTA Award - Best Animated Feature).
  
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  Lighting/Fx TD

  Prana Studios

  July 2004 - December 2004

  
  Lighting & Fx on shots as well as managing a team of artists and guiding them in the process of finishing shots in their respective discipline.
  
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  Lighting TD / Intergration TD

  Digital Domain

  January 2003 - July 2004

  
  Integration of shots in various softwares
  Lighting shots / comps for element review before handing them over to compositors
  on The Day After Tomorrow & I, Robot (Academy Nomination).
  
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  TD - Generalist Role

  Prana studio

  2004 - 2004

• Maya Generalist

  Look Effects inc.

  April 2000 - December 2002

  
  Generalist role on TV Episodics, Commercials & Films