Teams at Sony Pictures Imageworks

Leads CG and lighting teams on high-end live-action VFX productions, translating the Director’s vision into technically and artistically successful shots. Oversees CG pipeline development, workflow optimization, tools, staffing, scheduling, budgets, quality, and delivery. Provides technical direction, mentors artists, collaborates across technology, creative, and production teams, participates in reviews, and supports recruitment and performance feedback.

Develop and maintain character effects pipeline and production CFX for cloth, hair, feathers, muscles, and rigid bodies. Build Python-based pipeline tools and scripts, optimize simulations, troubleshoot setups, mentor CFX artists, and collaborate with Rigging, Animation, and Surfacing to integrate assets and improve workflows and visual quality.

The Technical Engineer will develop and implement procedural tools in Houdini, collaborate with artists, and support production pipelines with minimal supervision.