RESUME
Franco Pizzani
HOUDINI FX TD | LIGHTING TD
Vancouver, Canada
www.francovfx.com
franco@francovfx.com
+1 (604)-338-9773
HOUDINI
Simulation.
Proceduralism.
KATANA
Lighting, Rendering.
Arnold, Renderman.
NUKE
Animation Lighting Pipeline.
Subtraction Compositing.
Job History & Education
Technical Artist
June 2020 - Current. Applied Intuition.
FX TD
March 2020 - May 2020. Method Studios. Vancouver, Canada.
Thunder Force
Lost Boys | School of VFX
2019-2020. Vancouver, Canada.
FX Technical Director Diploma (Houdini).
Lost Boys | School of VFX
2018. Vancouver, Canada.
Lighting Technical Director Certificate (Katana).
3D Artist
2015-2018. elite3d. Valencia, Spain.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 - Photogrammetry
Call of Duty: WWII - Game Props and Photogrammetry
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - Game Props
HITMAN 2 - Environment Art
OVERKILL’s The Walking Dead - Environment Art
CPA Salduie
2014-2015. Ibiza, Spain.
Game Development Diploma.
Computer Technician
2010-2014. Ibiza, Spain.
Installation, configuration and maintenance of CCTV systems.
Vocational Studies
2007-2009. Ibiza, Spain.
Computer Systems Administration Diploma.
Languages
English
Spanish
Portuguese
Interests
Motorcycles
Science Fiction
Soccer
Skills
HOUDINI
VEX, RBD, PYRO, FLIP, Crowds, Vellum.
Procedural Geometry and Shading.
Lighting and Rendering with Mantra and Redshift.
LIGHTING
Katana lighting and rendering pipeline with Arnold and Renderman.
Maya lighting and rendering with V-Ray.
3D GAME ART
High polygon modeling, digital sculpting.
Low polygon modeling, retopology.
UVs, baking and texturing.
PBR workflow.
3D SCANNING
Scan capture and processing using photogrammetry.
In location and overseas data shooting experience.
SOFTWARE
Houdini, Katana, Nuke.
3ds Max, Maya, ZBrush.
Substance Designer/Painter, Quixel Suite.
Agisoft Photoscan, Reality Capture.
UE4, Unity.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Linux web server administration.
Linux workstation user.
Basic Python.