Wilson Luk

Wilson Luk

Imagining awesomeness since 1983

Mid-level FX TD / 16 yrs

Vancouver

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FX Artist

The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special (2020)

Lead Visual Effects Artist

Monster High: Haunted (2015)

FX

The Adventures of Puss in Boots (2015)

Lead VFX Artist

Endangered Species (2014)

Lead Visual Effects Artist

Slugterra: Return of the Elementals (2014)

VFX Lead Artist

Monster High: 13 Wishes (2013)

Slugterra (2012)

Render Wrangler

The League of Super Evil (2009)

Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 (2009)

Storm Hawks (2007)

Work History

  • General TD

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    April 2023 - Present

  • Crowds/Pipeline TD

    Animal Logic

    April 2022 - March 2023

    Maintained core pipeline for FX/CFX/Crowd teams
    Created new interactive tools for Houdini artists using python viewer states

  • Character FX Artist

    Animal Logic

    January 2021 - May 2022

    DC League of Super Pets

  • FX TD

    Double Negative

    August 2020 - January 2021

    Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

  • Senior FX Artist

    Atomic Cartoons

    May 2020 - August 2020

    LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special (2020)

  • FX TD

    Double Negative

    November 2019 - May 2020

    Dune (2020)
    Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

  • FX TD

    CoSA VFX

    September 2019 - November 2019

  • FX Artist

    FuseFX

    July 2019 - September 2019
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Snowpiercer (Season 1)
    Amazing Stories (Season 1)

  • FX Artist

    Goldtooth Creative

    April 2019 - June 2019
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Pacific Rim: Shatterdome Strike (4D motion ride)

  • FX TD

    CoSA VFX

    December 2017 - April 2019
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Waco, Gotham

  • FX Lead

    Side Street Post Production

    September 2017 - November 2017

    FX and Redshift lookdev and pipeline in Houdini

  • FX Artist

    Rainmaker Entertainment

    April 2016 - August 2017

  • FX Artist

    Atomic Cartoons

    September 2015 - April 2016

    Beat Bugs

  • FX Artist

    Bardel Entertainment

    October 2014 - August 2015

  • VFX Supervisor

    Nerd Corps Entertainment

    August 2014 - October 2014

    - Managed render wranglers, compositors, and visual effects artists
    - QA and inspected every shot for continuity and quality
    - Conducted training sessions on 1-to-1 basis and in team-oriented environments.
    - Participated in frequent meetings with leads from animation and modelling, directors, as well as production managers and other senior management.
    - Developed FX rigs for production use within the fx department and also those for animation use. - - Established the look and style of various effects.
    - Developed initial style and tool setups for new sho

  • Senior VFX Lead

    Nerd Corps Entertainment

    October 2009 - August 2014

    Managed a team of imaging artists ranging from render wranglers, compositors, and visual effects artists. QA and inspected every shot for continuity and quality. Conducted short training sessions on one-to-one basis and also in team-oriented environments.
    Participated in frequent meetings with leads from animation and modelling, directors, as well as production managers and other senior management.
    Developed FX rigs for production use within the fx department and also those for animation use. Established the look and style of various effects.
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  • Junior VFX

    Nerd Corps Entertainment

    February 2009 - September 2009

  • Junior Compositor

    Nerd Corps Entertainment

    June 2008 - January 2009

    - Compositing
    - Show gelling setup

  • Render Wranger

    Nerd Corps Entertainment

    November 2007 - May 2008

    - pass setup
    - precomp setup
    - rendering troubleshooting

  • Animation PA

    Nerd Corps Entertainment

    July 2007 - October 2007

    Scene establishing and vehicle animation for Storm Hawks

  • Lab Researcher

    Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre

    May 2005 - August 2005

  • Marketing Assistant/Runner

    Kinexus Bioinformatics

    May 2004 - December 2004
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Education

  • Graduate Diploma of Business Administration in Business Administration

    Simon Fraser University

    2010 - 2012

  • Digital Animation Certificate in Digital Animation

    Capilano University

    2006 - 2007

  • BSc Biotechnology Honours, Biotechnology

    The University of British Columbia

    2001 - 2006