Ryan Hurd

Ryan Hurd

Senior FX Artist / 16 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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ReCore (2015)

Clash of Clans

Arrow (2009)

Branston Pickle

Capital One - Gravitation

League of Legends

Minecraft (2011)

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

Power Rangers (2017)

The fate of the furious (2017)

FX Artist

Hercules (2014)

FX Artist

Maleficent (2014)

FX Artist

Call of Duty: Ghosts (2013)

FX Artist

Ender's Game (2013)

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Effects Artist

Street Fighter X Tekken (2012)

Matchmove Artist

Altitude (2010)

Work History

  • Digital Domain

    April 2021 - May 2023
    Los Angeles, California, US

  • VFX Artist

    Zoic Studios

    January 2020 - April 2020
    Culver City, California, US

  • FX Artist

    Zoic Studios

    January 2019 - December 2019
    Culver City, California, US

  • FX Artist

    Psyop

    November 2018 - December 2018
    Los Angeles, California, US

  • FX Artist

    Zoic Studios

    October 2018 - November 2018
    Culver City, California, US

  • VFX Artist

    Electric Theatre Collective

    September 2018 - September 2018
    Los Angeles, CA

  • VFX Artist

    Man vs Machine

    August 2018 - August 2018
    Los Angeles, CA

  • FX Artist

    Psyop

    June 2018 - June 2018
    Los Angeles, California, US

  • VFX Artist

    Digital Domain

    April 2018 - June 2018
    Los Angeles, California, US

  • FX Artist

    Psyop

    March 2018 - April 2018
    Los Angeles, California, US

  • Zoic Studios

    March 2018 - March 2018
    Culver City, California, US

  • FX Artist

    Psyop

    January 2018 - February 2018

  • Houdini FX artist

    Zoic Studios

    January 2018 - January 2018

  • houdini vfx artist

    Chimney Group

    November 2017 - November 2017

  • FX Artist

    Psyop

    October 2017 - November 2017

  • VFX Artist

    Psyop

    June 2017 - August 2017

  • FX Artist

    Psyop

    March 2017 - April 2017

  • FX Artist

    Digital Domain

    October 2016 - March 2017

  • Digital Domain

    August 2016 - February 2017

  • FX Artist

    Psyop

    July 2016 - September 2016

  • VFX Instructor

    tdu

    November 2014 - June 2016

    https://td-u.com/principles-of-fx-with-ryan-hurd/

  • FX Artist

    Psyop

    April 2016 - June 2016

  • FX Artist

    Psyop

    December 2014 - August 2015
    Venice, California

  • FX Artist

    Method Studios

    April 2014 - June 2014
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    - Hercules

  • FX Artist

    Digital Domain

    January 2014 - March 2014
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    - Maleficent

  • FX Artist

    The Mill

    August 2013 - September 2013
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    - Call of Duty: Ghosts

  • FX Artist

    Digital Domain

    May 2012 - July 2013
    Greater Los Angeles Area


    - Ironman 3
    - Ender's Game
    - Jack and the Giant Slayer
    - G.I. Joe 2

  • Effects Artist

    Polygon Pictures

    February 2010 - April 2012
    Tokyo, Japan

    - Transformers: Prime TV series
    - TRON: Uprising TV series
    - Street Fighter X Tekken

  • Effects TD

    Base FX

    June 2009 - January 2010
    Beijing City, China

    Camera Tracking and Houdini

  • Head Visual Effects Instructor

    Institute of Digital Design

    October 2008 - June 2009
    Beijing City, China

    Teaching VFX in Beijing, China

  • Digital Artist Intern

    Side Effects Software

    May 2008 - August 2008

    Created promotional content for Houdini 9's SIGGRAPH presentation.

  • Intern

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    June 2006 - August 2006
    Oak Ridge, Tennessee

    Helped create scientific visualizations and educational content.

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Education

  • Savannah College of Art and Design

    2005 - 2007

  • University of Notre Dame

    2000 - 2005