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I am David Sakhvadze, a senior technical 3D Generalist with 10+ years of experience across VFX, animation, and game production. I specialize in Maya, Houdini, FX simulations, crowd systems, and pipeline development. I have a proven ability to build scalable workflows, optimize production pipelines, and deliver complex shots under tight deadlines. I have led cross-discipline teams, created Python-based tools to automate workflows, and driven lighting, rigging, and look development across large-scale productions. I enjoy solving technical challenges and collaborating with artists to deliver high-quality results.…I am David Sakhvadze, a senior technical 3D Generalist with 10+ years of experience across VFX, animation, and game production. I specialize in Maya, Houdini, FX simulations, crowd systems, and pipeline development. I have a proven ability to build scalable workflows, optimize production pipelines, and deliver complex shots under tight deadlines. I have led cross-discipline teams, created Python-based tools to automate workflows, and driven lighting, rigging, and look development across large-scale productions. I enjoy solving technical challenges and collaborating with artists to deliver high-quality results.

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I am David Sakhvadze, a senior technical 3D Generalist with 10+ years of experience across VFX, animation, and game production. I specialize in Maya, Houdini, FX simulations, crowd systems, and pipeline development. I have a proven ability to build scalable workflows, optimize production pipelines, and deliver complex shots under tight deadlines. I have led cross-discipline teams, created Python-based tools to automate workflows, and driven lighting, rigging, and look development across large-scale productions. I enjoy solving technical challenges and collaborating with artists to deliver high-quality results.…I am David Sakhvadze, a senior technical 3D Generalist with 10+ years of experience across VFX, animation, and game production. I specialize in Maya, Houdini, FX simulations, crowd systems, and pipeline development. I have a proven ability to build scalable workflows, optimize production pipelines, and deliver complex shots under tight deadlines. I have led cross-discipline teams, created Python-based tools to automate workflows, and driven lighting, rigging, and look development across large-scale productions. I enjoy solving technical challenges and collaborating with artists to deliver high-quality results.

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I am David Sakhvadze, a senior technical 3D Generalist with 10+ years of experience across VFX, animation, and game production. I specialize in Maya, Houdini, FX simulations, crowd systems, and pipeline development. I have a proven ability to build scalable workflows, optimize production pipelines, and deliver complex shots under tight deadlines.

I have led cross-discipline teams, created Python-based tools to automate workflows, and driven lighting, rigging, and look development across large-scale productions. I enjoy solving technical challenges and collaborating with artists to deliver high-quality results.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Language

English

Advanced

Russian

Fluent

Georgian

Fluent

Work Experience

Technical 3D Generalist / FX TD at Highway FX

January 1, 2018 - Present

Worked across FX, Houdini and rendering pipeline in production environment. Implemented character rigging and deformation systems. Built crowd simulation systems for large-scale scene compositions. Developed Python-based tools to automate workflows and improve pipeline efficiency. Executed FX simulations and lighting setups through full pipeline to network rendering.

3D Generalist at Lira Production

January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2016

CGI animation short film 'Geno': Character Modeling, Rigging, CFx Shading and materials, VFX and Cloth simulations; Lighting and Network Rendering.

Art Direction Supervisor / Team Management, Motion Capture, TD Maya Generalist, Animator at M.I.A.

January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2013

Art Direction Supervising and Team Management for the Geo-Police video game (Parts I-III); supervised Motion Capture; provided TD Maya Generalist and animation work.

TD Maya Generalist, Animator / CG Generalist at Georgian Animation Studio

January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2010

CG Generalist: Modeling, Rigging, CFX Animation Skills; LookDev; Rigging; Dynamics & Simulations; Lighting setup; Rendering. Tools include Houdini, Maya, Arnold, Redshift, Nuke, Photoshop; Self-developed tools.