P R O F I L E 
Experienced, confident, articulate, innovative, self motivated and results driven individual of conceptual aptitude and creative flair.
C A R E E R O B J E C T I V E
An experienced, confident, articulate, self motivated, results driven and highly motivated VFX and Games professional, ambitious to push the boundaries of photorealistic simulations and rendering (offline and real time), extend personal and professional development consolidating and extending existing creative repository in both a technical and creative capacity, aspires to role at the cutting edge level of the Games, TVC and Feature Film industry.
K E Y C O M P E T E N C I E S
Communication: articulate verbal and written communication; strong interpersonal skills with the ability to foster relationships; strong analytical and anomaly resolution skills
Organizational: thorough understanding of pipeline and workflow management; project management; ability to manage competing priorities to deadline in an extremely responsive and demanding environment; passion for detail; capable of working both autonomously and seamlessly with a team
Creative Aptitude: thorough knowledge, skills and experience in the application of lighting, perspective, color and mood to effect realistic and artistic imagery; remarkably developed eye; perceptive faculty; ongoing professional development
Languages: German, English (fluently), French (basic knowledge),
Computer literacy & Proficiency:
Coding (VEX, MEL, Python, PHP, JavaScript, ActionScript, CSS, XHTML,…);
3DModelling/ FX/Animation/Texturing/Rendering (Houdini, Redshift3d, Unity, Unreal, Realflow, Maya, Marvelous DesignerC4D, Mudbox,Terragen, Mantra, Renderman, Unity, SubstanceDesigner, Photoshop, Gimp, Realluison Character Creator & iClone, …, …);
2.5D & 2D Compositing/Design/Animation/Motion Graphics (Nuke, Shake, AfterEffects, Photoshop, GIMP, Flash,Director, Premiere);
AudioEditing (SonySoundforge, AdobeAudition);
additionally proprietary software packages;
OS: Windows, MacOS, Linux
Accreditations | Certificates
– Maya Advanced, CGC College, Sydney/Australia
– Shake Compositing, Silicon Graphics Center, Sydney/Australia
– Typo3, MittwaldMedien CMS Service, Espelkamp/Germany
– Windows System Administrator, T-Online, Darmstadt/Germany
Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S
Bachelor of Arts (1st Class Honors – Top of the Class) (2005-2007)
Middlesex University, London/England
Major: Multimedia Arts
Diploma Multimedia Producer (2003-2005)
SAE Frankfurt, Main/Germany
Major: Multimedia Arts
Hanns-Seidel Gymnasium (1990-2000)
Major: A comparison between sports in US high schools and German Gymnasiums
Hösbach, Germany
Archbold High School (1996-1997)
Archbold, USA
P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
Filmography
2012-2022 Remote Freelancing
FX TD – Avatar 2 – motion picture (Houdini) – Wellington, New Zealand (remote)
FX TD – BlackAdam – motion picture (Houdini) – Wellington, New Zealand (remote)
FX TD – TheFlash – motion picture (Houdini) – Wellington, New Zealand (remote)
FX TD – Moon Knight – Disney+ Series (Houdini) – Wellington, New Zealand (remote)
Senior Technical Artist Houdini & Unreal Engine – Medical VR application development – Sydney, Australia (remote)
FX TD – Magic the Gathering – game trailer (Houdini) – Dallas, USA (remote)
FX TD – TheNorthface (Houdini) – Los Angeles, USA (remote)
FX TD – SkyFire (Houdini) – Los Angeles, USA (remote)
FX TD – Takapo (Houdini) – Auckland, New Zealand (remote)
FX TD – RAMS (Houdini) – Perth, Australia (remote)
FX TD – First Austrian Bank (Houdini) – Vienna, Austria (remote)
FX TD – Intel CES (Houdini) – HalfmoonBay, USA (remote)
FX TD – In Like Flynn (Houdini) – Melbourne, Australia (remote)
FX TD – McCain Pizza (Houdini) – Sydney, Australia (remote)
FX TD – CocaCola TVC (Houdini) – Sydney, Australia (remote)
FX TD – Adobe (Houdini) – California, USA (remote)
FX TD – The Shipment (Houdini) – Sydney, Australia (remote)
FX TD – Nestle TVC (Houdini) – Sydney, Australia (remote)
FX TD – Cisco (Houdini) – HalfmoonBay, USA (remote)
FX TD – Lost Pearl (Houdini) – Vienna, Austria (remote)
FX Supervisor – Storm Riders (Houdini) – Vienna, Austria (remote)
FX TD – Feng Shen Bang (Houdini) – Bejing, China (remote)
FX TD – Vanilla Horizon TVC (Houdini) – Sydney, Australia (remote)
FX TD – 360 Security TVC (Houdini) – USA, China, Japan (remote)
….
2010-2011
Dr D FX TD – Happy Feet 2 (Houdini) – Sydney, Australia
Digital Domain FX Artist – THOR (Houdini) – Vancouver, Canada
2010
Cutting Edge FX TD – diverse TVC’s (Houdini) – Sydney, Australia
· “LUX” – Houdini FX TD/ARTIST
· “KFC – The Ashes” – onset FX assistant, Houdini FX TD/ARTIST
Rising Sun Pictures FX TD – Green Lantern (Houdini) – Adelaide, Australia
2 0 0 9/2010
Animal Logic FX Artist – Character – Legend of the Guardians (Maya) – Sydney, Australia
Animal Logic Character Animation (Finalling) Artist – Legend of the Guardians (Maya & XSI) – Sydney, Australia
2 0 0 9
Fluidpost / Nickelodeon FX TD (Houdini – Pipeline Dev, FX Tools, FX Artist) – Sydney, Australia
Animal Logic Render Wrangler – Sydney, Australia
· “Australia”
· “The Knowing”
Distant Peaks 3D FX Artist | Environment Artist | Compositor (Terragen2, Nuke) – Sydney, Australia
Channel7 – Better Homes & Garden Sculptor (Own Hands, Hammer and my friend the Chisel) – Sydney, Australia
Smirnoff – Photographer – Auckland, New Zealand
Ryan’s Bar – FX Artist (C4D, AfterEffects, Nuke) – Sydney, Australia
Australian Surf Foundation – Photographer – Sydney, Australia
Fairfax – FX Artist (Houdini, Nuke) – Sydney, Australia
Starcostume Art Director | 3D FX Artist (Realflow, C4D, Nuke) – Sydney, Australia
PHD Pre-Research Researcher | Photographer (2008-2009)
Hawaii, Samoa, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Australia
Andi Meston – London based DJ Art Director | Photographer | Compositor -Sydney, Australia
Other: Pro bono projects & professional development
2 0 0 8
Island Time Magazine Art Director | Photographer | Grading – Port Villa, Vanuatu
LJ Hooker Art Director | Photographer | Grading – Port Villa, Vanuatu
Lapita Resort Art Director | Photographer | Grading – Luganville, Vanuatu
Nüßler Steuerbüro Art Director | 3D Artist | CG Designer – Stockstadt, Germany
Ryan’s Bar Art Director | 3D FX Artist | Compositor – Sydney, Australia
The Establishment Art Director | 3D FX Artist | Compositor – Sydney, Australia
IVY Art Director | 3D FX Artist | Compositor – Sydney, Australia
Jean Ferreira – Pro Bodyboarder Compositor – Honolulu (HI), USA
Kobie Clifton – Masseuse Art Director | Print Designer – Sydney, Australia
Janella Purcell – Naturopath | Channel9 Chef Web Developer – Sydney, Australia
Smirnoff – 5DegreeIceBar Photographer | Compositor – Auckland, New Zealand
Australian Surf Foundation Photographer (volunteer work) | Compositor – Sydney, Australia
DeeLux Art Director | 3D Artist (Maya, Shake) – Aschaffenburg,Germany
Other: Pro bono projects & professional development
2 0 0 7
Bacardi/Dewar’s Whiskey Compositor | 3D Artist | Touch Screen App Developer – KualaLumpur, Malaysia
SpyglassGroup – Auckland, New Zealand
Vodafone – Auckland Zoo Flash Developer
Bacardi/Dewar’s Technical Coordinator
New Zeland Music Awards 2007 3D Planner | Show Programmer | Life Operator
Blackwoods/PorscheGT3 Art Director | Video Editor
Toyota Art Director | CG Designer
Lexus Art Director | CG Designer
TUANZ Innovation Awards 2007 Art Director | Show Coordinator
AmCham Awards 2007 Art Director | Show Coordinator
Franchise Awards 2007 Art Director, Show Coordinator
Adidas/AllBlacks Art Director | Video Editor
Nokia (VizooHologram) Compositor
Thrive07 Art Director | Compositor
Warehouse/PihaSurfLifeRescue Art Director | Video Editor
General Electric – 100th AniversaryAnimation 3D Artist
Middlesex University Lecturer
RideIt Bodyboarding Magazine Photographer
Action Sports Photography Art Director | Photographer | CG Artist
Ramirez Photography Art Director | CG Designer | Web Developer
2 0 0 6
Rubberduck Plumbing Art Director | 3D Artist | CG Designer | Web Developer – Sydney, Australia
Nüßler Steuerbüro 3D Artist | CG Designer | Web Developer – Stockstadt, Germany
Daniel Voelker Photography 3D Artist | CG Designer | Web Developer – München, Germany
(2006-2007)
SAE/Middlesex University Lecturer | Tutor (CG courses) – Sydney, Australia
Animal Logic Render Wrangler (2006-2007) – Sydney, Australia
· “HappyFeet”
· “300”
· “World Trade Center”
Löwenbräu Sydney CG Designer | Web Developer (2006-2007) – Sydney, Australia
Clik Real Estate 3D Artist | Web Developer (2006-2007) – Sydney, Australia
Starcostume Art Director | 3D Artist | Web Developer (2006-2007) – Sydney, Australia
Kalle Brell – Actor Art Director | Web Developer -Mainz, Germany
Papierträume Art Director | Web Developer (e-commerce) – Rodgau, Germany
Sector5 Web Developer – Sydney, Australia
Genie Creative IT Consultant – Sydney, Australia
SmartPilots Photographer | Compositor -Sydney, Australia
Tahl Niran – Compositor Web Developer – Sydney, Australia
EdDreesen – DJ Web Developer – Antwerp, Belgium
2 0 0 5
Vanilla Horizon Web Developer | 2D/3D CG Designer | 3D Artist – Sydney, Australia
Surfpolice Art Director | Photographer | 3D Artist | CG Designer (2005-2007) – Sydney, Australia
Solodune 3D Artist | Web Developer – Sydney, Australia
SAE/Middlesex University Art Director | 3D Artist | CG Designer – Sydney, Australia
Speedo’s Café Web Developer – Sydney, Australia
Passenger CG Artist | Web Developer – Sydney, Australia
Trendhaus Web Developer | CG Artist – Sydney, Australia
2 0 0 4
Infonaut 3D Artist – Darmstadt, Germany
Bacardi Product Design 3D Artist – Hamburg, Germany
McDonalds Product Design 3D Artist – München, Germany
Gat – Food Essentials 3D Artist – Wien, Germany
Allesandro Clothing 3D Artist | CG Designer – Aschaffenburg, Germany
2 0 0 3
IT-Control AG 3D Artist – Darmstadt, Aschaffenburg
Tommy & The Krauts 3D Artist | Print Designer – Darmstadt, Germany
Brightside 3D Artist | CG Designer | Web Developer – Cologne, Kassel, Germany
Soulfire Tattoostudio 3D Artist | Print Designer – Aschaffenburg, Germany
N-DuroZone 3D Artist | CG Designer – Aschaffenburg, Germany
2 0 0 2
T-Online International AG IT Consulting (2002-2005) – Darmstadt, Germany
+ …
2 0 0 0/2001
Soulfire Tattoostudio Tattoo Artist – Aschaffenburg, Germany
+ …
I N T E R E S T S
Surfing, Kitesurfing, Wakeboarding, Snowboarding, Travelling, Cultures, Tattauing, Photography, MartialArts, Pool, Philosophy, Moko(MaoriDesigns)
