David Lipton Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Emeryville, CA

* Created large scale water simulations, utilizing code and simulator properties to achieve specific direction* Wrote custom controls for clumping sand simulations * Set up and simulated a variety of FX using rigid body, fluid, and gas simulators* Wrote various pipeline helper scripts to simplify previously manual processes

Redwood City, CA

* Built complex visual effects systems that combine code and simulation, focusing on achieving aesthetic requirements through efficient processes. Used code to modify and control simulator behavior* Designed and created FX shots, tools, and techniques with Houdini, Maya, Nuke, Python, Perl, MEL, and VEX* Supervised the FX department for 3 films as Head of.

Alameda, CA

Designed and created various hero FX for The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, including:* Bullet time truck crash* Clothing hundreds of fighting Agent Smiths* Rippling and shattering buildings* Exploding a city of Agents

Alameda, CA

In late 2000, when CG cloth was just finding its way in to animation packages, I was tasked with figuring out how to put clothing on 100 fighting CG Agent Smiths. I decided to treat this as a simulation problem and did the math on simulation times, render farm machines, and the deadlines. I wrote a PERL based pipeline to import animated characters.

Boston, MA

At Interactive Factory I was the primary developer on Chalk, an online classroom years ahead of its time. Coded in Java, the site allowed teachers to connect with students and teach online classes.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A., Psychology, Biology

Mfa, Computer Animation