Andrew Thompson

Senior Previs Artist at AGBO

Shot creation and FX development in Unreal Engine 5, including VCAM cleanup and motion capture cleanup.

Senior Unreal Lighter at Liberty Films

Look Development, FX, and Lighting in Pathtracer; responsible for Lighting and FX for Rogue Trooper.

Lead Cinematic Artist at Sony Immersive Music Studios

Look Development, FX, and Blueprint Optimization for Virtual Production; Animation, Motion Capture Shoots, Virtual Production and Environment Optimization; Wrote HLSL and Embergen pipeline for building larger scale environments.

Senior Technical Director at Evil Eye Pictures

Look Development, FX, and Skeletal Mesh Workflows in Unreal Engine 5 dev build; rigging character assets, creating and building FX tools, and camera and layout work.

LAB Supervisor at MPC Film

Look Development, FX, and Blueprint Optimization for Virtual Production; Animation, VAD, and Lighting preparation for VCAM and Motion Capturing; working with Operators to ensure tools are functional with limited downtime on shoots; supervised hand off to post team and ensured environments, characters, and crowd positions transferred to other DCC applications.

Rigging Lead / Visualization Supervisor / Senior CG Artist at Framestore

Led a small team of Rigging Artists to rig over 130 characters in 95 days, including facial rigging, simple CFX rigging, and tech animation fixing; later contributed as Senior CG Artist for Lighting, FX, and Compositing when needed.

Rigging TD at Fox VFX Lab

Custom Character Rigging for Virtual Production and Facial Rigging for Motion Capture; created quadrupeds and winged creature rigs for Unreal Engine Virtual Production.

CG Generalist / Visualization Lead at Pixomondo

Hard Surface Modeling and Vehicle Rigging for TV Production; worked offsite with the art department and client facing for art direction.

CG Generalist at Framestore

Create Environments, Props, Character and Creature Rigs for real-time and prerendered work; work using real-time engines like Unity for VR/AR experiences.

VAD Artist / CG Generalist at Lightstorm Entertainment Inc.

Create Environments, Props, Character and Creature Rigs for Virtual Production; Created shot compositions and Environment Layout for use in Virtual Production.