Shiv Dholakia

Work History

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  Senior Houdini FX Artist

  Heckler HQ

  October 2021 - Present

  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  Mercedes Benz
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  Senior Houdini FX Artist

  ApeManRobot

  September 2021 - October 2021

  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  Tencent-PUBG
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  Senior Houdini FX Artist

  Kevin VFX

  August 2021 - September 2021

  Los Angeles, California, United States

  Hewlett Packard - Promise(Printing Trees)
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  Senior Houdini FX Artist

  We Are Royale

  July 2021 - August 2021

  Los Angeles, California, United States

  Pokemon
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  Senior Houdini FX Artist

  Preymaker

  May 2021 - June 2021

  New York, New York, United States

  Working closely with NASA and Google on the Mars Perseverance Rover
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  Lead Houdini FX Artist

  Jellyfish Pictures

  September 2020 - December 2020

  London, England, United Kingdom

  Working on the next Dreamworks Animated Feature : Spirit Untamed
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  FX TD

  SSVFX

  April 2020 - May 2020

  Dublin, Ireland
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  FX TD

  Jellyfish Pictures

  September 2019 - December 2019

  London, United Kingdom
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  Sr. FX QA Analyst - Maya / Bifrost Development Team (Bifrost Technolog

  Autodesk

  November 2017 - February 2018

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  FX Workflow Engineering for Bifrost Liquid / Fluid Simulation Technologies
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  Houdini FX Artist

  Freelance

  January 2017 - November 2017

  London, Canada Area
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  Sr. FX Artist

  Digital Extremes

  August 2016 - December 2016

  London, Ontario, Canada

  Working on Warframe and Keystone, First person Shooter, doing in-game realtime FX.
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  Lead Houdini FX TD

  Frima Studios

  January 2016 - June 2016

  Canada

  Key player in the studio, part of the core team! :)
  
  Working on LEGO Bionicle and Game Cinematics.
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  Houdini FX TD

  Method Studios

  January 2015 - June 2015

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  Working on Avengers 2 : Age of Ultron
  
  Project Nominated for 'Best Visual Effects'
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  Atomic Fiction

  September 2014 - January 2015
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  Sr. Houdini FX TD

  Atomic Fiction

  August 2014 - November 2014

  Montreal, Canada Area

  
  Working on 'The Walk' as part of the core team, first FX TD in the studio, part of R&D and Look-Dev.
  
  Project Nominated for 'Best Visual Effects'
  
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  Houdini Effects Artist

  Arc Productions

  November 2013 - May 2014

  Working on Disney Planes

  
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  SFX Artist

  Modus FX

  March 2013 - November 2013

  montreal, canada area

  Working on Beauty and the Beast

  

• Senior FX Artist

  Freelance

  January 2013 - March 2013

  Cloth, Fur, Water

• FX Artist

  Freelance

  November 2012 - December 2012

  Campfire, Smoke, Embers
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  FX Artist

  Freelance

  April 2012 - October 2012

  
  Learning Houdini
  
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  FX TD(Technical Director)

  Cinesite

  May 2011 - December 2011

  -> John Carter of Mars
  FX team nominated for Annie Award

  

• FX Artist

  Freelance

  February 2011 - March 2011
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  FX Artist

  Animal Logic

  April 2010 - October 2010

  -> The Legend of the Guardians(Sep', 2010)
  -> Sucker Punch(2011)

  

  
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  FX Artist

  Nickelodeon Animation Studio

  April 2009 - March 2010

  -> The Penguins of Madagascar
  -> Kung-Fu Panda
  -> Fanboy
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  FX Artist

  Mirada Studios

  November 2008 - December 2008

  -> McCains Potato Chips
  -> Nintendo

• Fluid FX Animator / Generalist

  elementFX

  September 2008 - November 2008

  -> Underworld III: Rise Of The Lycans - Smoke, Burn Effects

• Contributing Author

  MEL Scripting for Production

  July 2008 - August 2008

  Authored chapter on procedural FX techniques to re-create a dust / debris rig used in a production environment and how to develop a custom Z-Depth pass.
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  Fluid FX Animator

  Luma Pictures

  January 2008 - May 2008

  -> City of Ember
  CG Water, Splashes, Foam, Mist
  -> Henry Poole is Here
  Dust, Debris, Foliage

  

  

  
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  Visual Effects Student Representative

  Academy of Art University

  June 2003 - May 2007

  Incorporate Technical Director classes on programming such as Mel, Python and C++.
  Co-Develop Particle Effects and Fluid Dynamic classes for Maya, Houdini and Realflow. Also brought in Motion Capture technology in the university.
  Round table conferences with the VP and department directors and instructors to keep up to date with industry trends and technology and to build a library of training DVDs from Industry Experts.