Rigel Bowen

Work History

• Freelance Visual Effects Artist

  rigelisawesome.com

  January 2011 - Present

  Learner of new things, destroyer of regular sleep patterns, creator of awesomeness, builder of render farms, lover of particles.
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  FX Lead

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  April 2023 - July 2023

  Ghostbusters: Afterlife (unnamed sequel)
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  FX Supervisor (Staffed)

  Ghost VFX

  August 2021 - April 2023

  Burbank by way of the north SF Bay
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  Senior FX Artist

  Digital Domain

  October 2020 - August 2021
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  Senior FX TD

  Nordisk Film

  February 2020 - April 2020

  Copenhagen N

  Hero FX and lookdev for major foreign language Netflix series
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  Senior Houdini FX TD

  Zoic Studios

  September 2019 - December 2019

  Culver City

  FX rig development, Cloth, Crowds for various TV projects
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  Houdini FX TD

  Industrial Light & Magic

  June 2019 - August 2019

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Fire, dust, smoke, destruction for Terminator: Dark Fate
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  Houdini FX TD

  Mr. X

  March 2019 - May 2019

  Remote

  FX rig development for junior artists
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  Technical Director

  Whiskytree

  January 2019 - March 2019

  San Rafael, California

  Tool Dev, Pipeline, Cloud FX
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  FX TD

  Industrial Light & Magic

  January 2018 - June 2018

  San Francisco, CA
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  FX TD

  The Future Group

  April 2018 - May 2018

  Remote
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  Houdini FX TD

  Atomic Fiction

  May 2016 - January 2018

  Oakland, CA

  The Mummy (2017)
  Ghost in the Shell
  Allied
  Star Trek Beyond
  
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  FX TD

  Atomic Fiction

  August 2016 - April 2017

  
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  Houdini FX TD

  RETHINK Studios

  April 2016 - May 2016
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  Senior Houdini Artist

  Hangar 13

  March 2016 - May 2016

  Novato, California
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  FX TD - Freelance

  Atomic Fiction

  December 2014 - March 2016

  Fume & TP TD for upcoming features!

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Houdini FX TD

  Atomic Fiction

  November 2014 - March 2016

  Oakland Ca

  Deadpool
  San Andreas
  Game of Thrones
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  FX TD

  Ex Libris Productions

  August 2015 - October 2015

  Remote

  TNT's Librarians Season 2
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  FX TD

  Platige Image

  September 2015 - September 2015

  Remote

  Short term Fume work for the Ares promo, a viral video promoting the release of Ridley Scott's The Martian.
  
  https://vimeo.com/138924192
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  FX TD

  Platige Image

  June 2014 - October 2014

  Remote

  Fume, TP, PFlow & Krakatoa for Tomek Baginski’s Ambition. https://ambitionfilm.com/
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  Freelance VFX Artist

  Factory VFX

  August 2013 - July 2014

  Digital Artist:
  Dexter, Hello Ladies, Muppets Most Wanted
  
  Technical Director:
  The Legend of Hercules

  

  
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  Assistant Technical Director

  Whiskytree

  November 2013 - April 2014

  FX TD for Glyph
  
  FX TD for Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  
  FumeFX TD for top secret Microsoft project.

  

  
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  VFX Technical Director

  Core Studio

  November 2013 - January 2014

  FumeFX TD for Intel
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  Freelance VFX - Fluid & Dynamics Specialist

  xyz

  July 2013 - August 2013

  FumeTD for Chobani yogurt. New packaging reveal.
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  Freelance Visual Effects Artist

  Trizz

  March 2013 - April 2013

  FumeFx and Thinking Particles - Ariel for Proctor & Gamble
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  Freelance VFX Artist - Animator

  Autofuss

  October 2012 - January 2013

  Google Nexus 4/7/10 campaign. The playground is open.

• Freelance Photographer

  LITTER

  January 2010 - November 2012

  Misc. Photography for Fashion and Seasonal Look Book.
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  3D & Visual Effects Artist - Contractor

  CT-SF

  August 2012 - September 2012

  Particle systems and R&D for Salesforce promo.
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  Creative Technology Intern/Eater of Worlds

  R/GA

  May 2011 - July 2011

  Javascript Development to Motion Graphics & Design. I was happy to stick my fingers into anything they could offer me. Brands: Nike Global, Adobe, R/GA.

• Application Support Engineer

  EC Wise

  March 2008 - December 2008

  1st and 2nd tier application support. Client training of EC Wise products. Troubleshooting of client data in relation to live production jobs. Interfacing with client to prioritize issues, provide ETAs, and RCAs. Troubleshooting system issues in a unix/linux command line environment.

• Level 1 Support Engineer

  MarketLive

  July 2007 - January 2008

  Triaged severity 1 issues. Troubleshot site issues using SQL, Logs, Properties Files, Services, VSS & the ML admin tool. Made site changes SQL, Properties Files, VSS & the ML admin tool. Coordinated code merges directly with ML Clients. Project Management.

• NOC Acting Manager

  MarketLive

  August 2007 - October 2007

  Coordinated schedules & vacations for a team of 5 NOC techs. Met regularly with the manager of Managed Services to discuss promotions, process updates, shift coverage, and client/site issues. Resourced tasks across the department across a 24-hour environment. Covered shifts when coverage was needed and remained on-call 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

• NOC Tech

  MarketLive

  September 2006 - July 2007

  Troubleshot site issues in a 24/7 environment on Linux & Windows Servers using Logs, Services, IIS, and a variety of ML proprietary applications.