RESUME

Franco Pizzani

HOUDINI FX TD | LIGHTING TD

Vancouver, Canada
www.francovfx.com
franco@francovfx.com
+1 (604)-338-9773

 

HOUDINI

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Simulation.
Proceduralism.

KATANA

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Lighting, Rendering.
Arnold, Renderman.

NUKE

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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.