Senior FX Technical Director

4 weeks ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Framestore Full time
Job Title: Senior FX Technical Director

About the Role:

As a Senior FX Technical Director at Framestore, you will be responsible for creating high-quality visual effects in high-end films. You will work closely with directors and producers to bring their vision to life, using a variety of commercial and proprietary FX tools, including Maya and Houdini.

Key Responsibilities:

* Creating particle, rigid-body, fluid, cloth, fur, and/or hair simulations or animations
* Applying lighting and shaders to produce the final rendered image or passing the simulation on to a Lighting Technical Director
* Using a variety of commercial and proprietary FX tools, including Maya and Houdini
* Working in partnership with other departments to ensure that shots are delivered to the highest possible standard
* Working within the team to determine the various design solutions needed to create the effects
* Designing and creating images, elements, effects, pipelines, tools, and techniques
* Helping to design solutions involving a more procedural approach in order to create the effects required
* Producing review-able composites of all FX elements for a shot. Sometimes FX TDs will be expected to produce final renders too

Essential Skills:

* An excellent knowledge of Maya and Houdini (or experience in other simulation software)
* A thorough understanding of the techniques and technologies relating to FX simulation and procedural animation
* Previous experience producing effects such as smoke, fire, clouds, water, steam, and explosions in addition to simulation techniques for rigid-bodies, cloth, and hair
* A good understanding of animation and an eye for motion
* A good understanding of the entire visual effects process
* A familiarity with pipeline issues, especially working between multiple packages
* A working knowledge of at least one compositing application (e.g. Nuke) and a solid understanding of the compositing process
* Strong Python and/or Vex, Mel scripting skill

Desirable Skills:

* Knowledge in other simulation packages such as Naiad, and realflow
* Experience with Arnold or other render packages
* Programming skills with C/C++ along with knowledge of the Houdini HDK and/or Maya API
* Unix shell scripting

About Framestore:

Framestore is a multi-Oscar-winning creative studio that has worked with some of the greatest storytellers in film today. We combine talent and technology to bring life to everything we create, whether in film, TV, advertising, or immersive experiences. We are driven by creativity and inspired by the future, and we set out daily to reframe the possible.

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