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I'm Tim M. Renie Townsend, a business development and technology executive with 13+ years leading client relationships, driving revenue growth, and managing complex technology infrastructure, with 25+ years across the visual effects and post-production industry. I specialize in building and scaling creative studios, securing strategic partnerships with global streaming platforms, and delivering complex, high-quality VFX and post-production solutions that align with business goals. Currently, I lead Torpedo Pictures and Ticket VFX, overseeing operations, strategy, and security compliance while advising academic and industry programs. I enjoy cross-functional collaboration, mentoring teams, and delivering impactful, scalable visuals and services for top-tier partners.…I'm Tim M. Renie Townsend, a business development and technology executive with 13+ years leading client relationships, driving revenue growth, and managing complex technology infrastructure, with 25+ years across the visual effects and post-production industry. I specialize in building and scaling creative studios, securing strategic partnerships with global streaming platforms, and delivering complex, high-quality VFX and post-production solutions that align with business goals. Currently, I lead Torpedo Pictures and Ticket VFX, overseeing operations, strategy, and security compliance while advising academic and industry programs. I enjoy cross-functional collaboration, mentoring teams, and delivering impactful, scalable visuals and services for top-tier partners.

Tim M. Renie Townsend

Visual Effects Artist, Film Producer, Executive Producer, +2

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I'm Tim M. Renie Townsend, a business development and technology executive with 13+ years leading client relationships, driving revenue growth, and managing complex technology infrastructure, with 25+ years across the visual effects and post-production industry. I specialize in building and scaling creative studios, securing strategic partnerships with global streaming platforms, and delivering complex, high-quality VFX and post-production solutions that align with business goals. Currently, I lead Torpedo Pictures and Ticket VFX, overseeing operations, strategy, and security compliance while advising academic and industry programs. I enjoy cross-functional collaboration, mentoring teams, and delivering impactful, scalable visuals and services for top-tier partners.…I'm Tim M. Renie Townsend, a business development and technology executive with 13+ years leading client relationships, driving revenue growth, and managing complex technology infrastructure, with 25+ years across the visual effects and post-production industry. I specialize in building and scaling creative studios, securing strategic partnerships with global streaming platforms, and delivering complex, high-quality VFX and post-production solutions that align with business goals. Currently, I lead Torpedo Pictures and Ticket VFX, overseeing operations, strategy, and security compliance while advising academic and industry programs. I enjoy cross-functional collaboration, mentoring teams, and delivering impactful, scalable visuals and services for top-tier partners.

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I’m Tim M. Renie Townsend, a business development and technology executive with 13+ years leading client relationships, driving revenue growth, and managing complex technology infrastructure, with 25+ years across the visual effects and post-production industry. I specialize in building and scaling creative studios, securing strategic partnerships with global streaming platforms, and delivering complex, high-quality VFX and post-production solutions that align with business goals.

Currently, I lead Torpedo Pictures and Ticket VFX, overseeing operations, strategy, and security compliance while advising academic and industry programs. I enjoy cross-functional collaboration, mentoring teams, and delivering impactful, scalable visuals and services for top-tier partners.

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Founding Partner / Vice President at Torpedo Pictures

July 1, 2013 - Present

Co-founded and scaled a boutique visual effects studio from inception to a team of 40+ during peak production, delivering high-end VFX solutions for the world’s largest streaming and entertainment enterprises. Managed multi-vendor pipelines with distributed teams across Canada and international partners. Served as principal point of contact for senior executives, show runners, and production leadership at named accounts including Netflix, Amazon, Apple, and Disney, cultivating long-term strategic partnerships that generated repeat business and year-over-year revenue expansion. Led the full sales cycle from prospecting to close: scoping complex engagements from script or visual media, assessing team requirements and technical disciplines, negotiating budgets, and securing contracts. Generated new client relationships and expanded existing accounts through proactive business development, industry networking, and demonstrated thought leadership within the VFX community. Managed labour t

Founding Partner / Head of Studio at Ticket VFX

July 1, 2024 - Present

Manage day-to-day operations including leadership meetings, production oversight, software licensing, and hardware/infrastructure planning for incoming projects. Oversee producing team and vet project budgets before client release, ensuring alignment between technical scope and financial targets. Evaluate and onboard new software and hardware solutions to maintain operational efficiency and production readiness.

Senior Lead Compositor at Take 5 Productions

August 1, 2013 - June 1, 2014

Managed a compositing team on the CW series Beauty and the Beast; responsible for shot quality, team coordination, and client delivery.

Senior Compositor at Spin VFX

November 1, 2012 - April 1, 2013

Delivered hero VFX shots for Season 3 of HBO’s Game of Thrones, including featured promotional imagery of Tormund’s ice wall climb.

Lead Compositor (Stereoscopic) at Arc Productions

October 1, 2010 - July 1, 2011

Managed a compositing team on A Dolphin’s Tale, a native stereoscopic feature requiring full dual-eye CG rendering and compositing.

Stereoscopic Technical Director at Blue Sky Studios (US)

February 1, 2009 - August 1, 2010

Stereoscopic camera setup and rendering for Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Rio, responsible for stereo quality and continuity through finishing and delivery.

Layout Technical Director at The Moving Picture Company (UK)

August 1, 2007 - May 1, 2008

Refined an asset management pipeline for the Layout Department on The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Casian, handling 40+ character variations per shot with CG replacement across colour, fur, wardrobe, and weapons.