Sheik Ghafoor

Work History

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  Creature TD

  Wētā FX

  January 2023 - Present
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  Rigging Lead

  Image Engine

  June 2019 - January 2023

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Assembling complex creature rigs in Maya and deformation/simulation setups in Houdini.
  Leading a small team of exceptional talent.
  
  
  Projects:
  Lost in Space 2 - 2019
  Bloodshot - 2020
  Twilight Zone 2 - 2020
  Snowpiercer 2 - 2021
  Venom 2 - 2021
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  Senior Rigging TD

  Image Engine

  November 2018 - May 2019

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Facial & Creature rigging/development.
  Houdini Fur/Skin Simulation.
  
  Projects:
  Game of Thrones - 2019
  (Annie Awards nominee, Best character animation for dragons)
  Detective Pikachu - 2019
  Sextuplets - 2019
  Mulan - 2020
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  Rigging TD

  Image Engine

  November 2016 - October 2018

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Facial & Creature rigging/development.
  
  Projects:
  Logan - 2017
  Lost in Space (Netflix) - 2018
  Out of the Cradle - 2018
  Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - 2018
  Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - 2018

  

  

  

  
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  Rigging Lead

  Bardel Entertainment

  February 2016 - November 2016

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Projects:
  Angry Birds Blues
  Mack and Moxy
  Veggie Tales
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  Rigging TD

  Bardel Entertainment

  April 2015 - February 2016

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  - Rigged and maintained characters, props and sets.
  - Troubleshooting of any rigging issues.
  - Trained new hires.
  
  Projects:
  Mack and Moxy
  Veggie Tales
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  Rigging Support TD

  MPC

  October 2014 - April 2015

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  - Worked closely with animators and software engineers to update/fix various rig issues.
  - Troubleshooting of rigging/animation pipeline issues.
  
  Projects:
  Monster Trucks
  The Finest Hours
  Goosebumps
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  Lead Digital Production Administrator

  Digital Domain

  May 2014 - October 2014

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  - Show plate ingestion and support
  - Wrote various scripts and tools for production services using python , pyQt
  - Dailies preset management and support
  - Trained new hires
  
  Projects:
  Night at the Museum 3
  Furious 7
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  Digital Production Administrator

  Digital Domain

  December 2012 - April 2014

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  - Render farm management and troubleshooting
  - Disk space management
  - Tools development for production services
  - Data transfers between facilities
  
  
  
  Projects:
  Ender's Game
  Maleficent
  X-Men Days of Future Past
  Lost River