A multi Oscar-winning creative studio, we have worked with some of the greatest storytellers in film today. Collaborating with directors and producers across the complete filmmaking process to help design, plan and create beautiful images, we focus on finding innovative creative solutions to support their vision and set current standards for visual effects in cinema. Framestore combines talent and technology to bring life to everything we create, whether in film, TV, advertising or immersive experiences.

FX Technical Directors create CG renditions of naturalistic physical or magical phenomena such as fire, water, clouds, smoke, physical destruction, and particulate. 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, Houdini 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 reviewable composites of all FX elements for a shot. 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 Programming skills with C/C++ along with knowledge of the Houdini HDK and/or Maya API Python and Unix shell scripting We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. #

📌 Directeur.rice technique des effets | FX Technical Director (Montreal)
🏢 Framestore
📍 Montreal