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RESUME

Summary​

Working in production on variety of rigging and creature setup/shot tasks including detailed realistic or cartoon setup, tools creation and deformation rigs, muscle setup/ simulation. Development of efficient rigging/cloth tool set and rig/muscle assets. As a Rigging Lead and Senior Creature TD helping team members with workflows and setting priorities, consulting approach with CG supervisor, department HOD and lead animator.

Professional Experience​

Senior Rigger – Scanline VFX

2019 - August

[ Hero-creature setup, muscles and facial system developing,
Script utilities/tools/plug-ins.]

  • Godzilla vs. Kong

  • Black Widow

  • Free Guy​

Senior Creature Technical Director - Industrial Light & Magic

2018 - 2019

[ Hero-creature rigging, facial simulation and enveloping, Set up and run cloth, hair, rigid body, crowd, muscle simulations, Script utilities/tools/plug-ins. ]

  • Exciting upcoming movie  [ Confidential Marvel and Disney Movies ]

  • Captain Marvel 

  • The Irishman

  • Jungle Cruise

Rigging TD - Method Studios

2018 - 2018

[ Making rigs, development of tools, custom setups and FACS Facial, muscle setup ]

  • The Christmas Chronicles [ Netflix Movie ]

Creature TD – Double Negative

2016 - 2018

[ Making rigs and development of tools , custom setups, cloth, muscle setup/simulations ]

  • Robo 2.0                                                 

  • Ant-Man and the Wasp                        

  • Deadpool 2                                            

  • Pacific Rim: Uprising                           

  • Blade Runner 2049

  • The Mummy

  • Fast & Furious 8

  • Life

  • Assassin's Creed

  • Patient Zero

Senior Rigger – Prime Focus World

2015 - 2016

[ Makingrigs for the project and developing rigging tool on RIG-IT , muscles setup]

  • Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe

  • Stone Runner

Senior Rigger – Prana Studios 

2014 - 2015

[ Making rig assets, development of rigging library, Worked on voodoo ]

  • Wish (Rhythm and hues home project)

  • Game of thrones season 5

  • Alien attack

  • Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Never Beast

Senior Rigger – Turtle in Motion Studios

2013 - 2014

[Designing and creating rigs, supporting animators, creating tools]

  • The Shonku Diaries – A Unicorn Adventure

Rigging Artists – Motion makers studio

2012 - 2013

[Making rigs and props ]

  • The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale

  • Nephilim

Rigging Artists ( Freelance ) – Neon fx studios

2011 - 2012

[Making muscles rigs and development of tools and custom setups ]

  • Mountains Of The Moon

Modeling Artists – Digital software solutions

2009 - 2010

[Making architecture sets]

  • Architecture modeling (Internship)

Additional Professional Experience

2016 - 2017

[ Rig/Tools Developer - RIG-IT ]

  • Rig and rig tools development

Technical Skills
  • Rigging, skinning, muscles

  • FACS based Facial

  • Ncloth Muscle

  • Ziva dynamics 

  • Procedural rigging

  • Tools for riggers and animators

  • Animation pipeline knowledge

  • General use of dynamic simulations (dynamic curves, rigid/soft bodies)

Programming
  • MEL ( Intermediate )

  • Python ( Advanced )

Operating Systems
  • Windows

  • Linux

Technological Proficiencies​
  • Maya (since 2009)

  • Zeno

  • Shotgun

  • JIRA Ticket

  • GitHub App (Bitbucket)

  • Voodoo and facewere

  • Microsoft Office Suite

Education​
  • Diploma in Animation And Film Making
    [ Rtg Animate ,Kolkata, India ]

  • Bachelor of Commerce

       [ West Bengal State of University ,  West Bengal, India ]

Artistic
  • Life drawing experience with focus on anatomy Illustration

  • Free drawing, sculpting

Languages
  • English

  • Hindi

  • Bengali

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