PeiZhi Huang

Work History

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  Senior FX TD

  Industrial Light & Magic

  March 2018 - Present

  Vancouver

  Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
  Aquaman
  Aladdin
  Space Jam: A New Legacy
  Jungle Cruise
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  Senior FX Artist

  Digital Domain

  February 2017 - March 2018

  Vancouver

  Spideman Homecoming
  Ready Player One
  Avenger: Infinity War
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  FX Lead

  Oriental DreamWorks

  June 2014 - February 2017

  Kung Fu Panda: Unstoppable Awesomeness (MOTIONGATE Dubai)
  ~fx lead, focus on volume/flip retiming tools, directable fluid sim for ravine section (one long shot over 4000 frames in 48FPS), VDB blending tool to merge different sim.
  
  Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
  ~fx lead for all snow sequences, cross-site communication with DWA, problem solving for (FX&CFX;), tools integration and optimization
  
  FX RD Apprentice Program 2015
  ~profiles review, candidates interview, course design with training dept, vex/vop lecturer
  
  CA for Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
  ~smoke for fire extinguisher using FLUX (VDB-based fluid solver)
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  Senior FX TD

  Double Negative

  February 2014 - June 2014

  London, United Kingdom

  Interstellar (2014)
  ~ Image-based clouds Lookdev for Mann's Planet & Earth's sequences
  ~ Debris system for Endurance Expolsion Sequence

  

  
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  FX RD/ Consultant

  The White Rabbit Animation Inc.

  April 2012 - January 2014

  Monkey King (TBD)
  ~remote fx shots review and problem solving.
  
  Twa-Tiu-Tiann (2014)
  ~ fx RD for Destruction System, Render Pipeline/Queue Optimization.
  ~ Eye of Typhoon, Vortex Teleport shots.
  ~ fx shots review, schedule management and problem solving.
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  Contract FX Consultant

  The White Rabbit Animation Inc.

  April 2012 - June 2013

  Monkey King (TBD)
  ~remote fx shots review and problem solving.
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  FX TD

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  June 2012 - April 2013

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  R.I.P.D (2013)
  ~ ambient debris and dust
  
  Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
  ~ fx Lookdev for Barrier, Blackhole, Ultra-Slow Explosion, Healing Water.
  ~ hero shots: Bull Explosion, Wall Destruction, Healing Water, Manicore Death.
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  Senior FX TD

  Base-fx Beijing

  March 2010 - March 2012

  China

  
  Vodafone Redbox Commercials, Yoda Series (2012)
  ~ Cloth setup&simulation for Yoda. Shots review.
  
  The Four (2012)
  ~ energy swirling shots.
  
  The Blood of Pegasus (2012)
  ~ chimera formation shots, curveThis tool (Siggraph 2012 talk).
  
  Looper (2012)
  ~hero shots bidding test.
  
  The Mural (2011)
  ~ waterfall, cloud and fairies death shots using Naiad, Houdini and Maya.
  
  The Sorcerer and the White Snake (2011)
  ~ water swirling, water column, energy shield shots. Naiad and Houdini pipeline integration. EMP to PRT converter.
  
  Conan the Barbarian (2011)
  ~ splash and water surface for tentacle shots using Houdini and Naiad, Localminimum tool.
  
  Super 8 (2011)
  ~ steam, dust and smoke for underground sequences.
  
  I Am Number Four (2011)
  ~ dust, smoke and small debris for Piken shots, fluid fields manipulate tool.
  
  Jesus Henry Christ (2011)
  ~ all post-it notes swirling shots. ashes swirling shot.
  
  Soul Surfer (2011)
  ~ splash, spray and blood for shark attack shots, particle interpolation and boolean tools(SDF) .
  
  Sacrifice (2010)
  ~ smoke and dust for chariot falling shots.
  

• FX TD

  DADI Group

  September 2009 - December 2009

  China

  
  Confucius (2010), Project Contract
  ~ all wall demolition shots
  

• Lead TD

  Digimax

  January 2007 - August 2009

  Taiwan

  
  Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey in IMAX3D (2010)
  ~auto rigging pipeline, directable trail system, scientific shots for NASA, Houdini & Maya pipeline integration.
  
  Heavy Duty (2008), Siggraph 2008 & Siggraph Asia 2008 Animation Festival
  ~all cloth simulations, auto rigging pipeline, animation tools
  

• RD/Character TD

  Digimax

  January 2005 - December 2006

  Taiwan

  
  ~web-based render queuing system, (derived from open source project drqueue)
  ~hero character rigs, auto rigging pipeline, anim/pose library for animators
  
  Claw Tropolis (2007)
  Brotherhood of Legio (2007)
  Adventure in NPM (2006)
  Alien Attack (2005)
  

• RD

  Imagetech Corporation

  December 2002 - August 2004

  Taiwan

  
  RD for ddplaycam, a real-time web-cam application.
  ~web-cam application core designer, real-time sequential 2D fx filters. (VC project with OpenCV, IPL, DirectX)