Michael Grobe Email & Phone Number

India

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

2024: VFX Supervisor on "Dune: Part Two“ for DNEG2023: VFX Supervisor on "Fast X“ for DNEG2022: VFX Supervisor on "Slumberland“ for DNEG2021: VFX Supervisor on "Venom: Let There Be Carnage"“ for DNEG2021: VFX Supervisor on „F9“ for DNEG2020: VFX Supervisor on „Wonder Woman 1084“ for DNEG2020: VFX Supervisor on „Greyhound“ for DNEG2019: VFX Supervisor on.

02/14 - 07/14: VFX Sequence Supervisor for "Sin City: A Dame To Kill For"2013-2014: VFX Supervisor for "Code Name Oracle"

Managing international VFX projects end-to-end.Pipeline consulting, training of artists, producers and supervisors in Mumbai.India for the 300+ strong VFX team.01/13 - 04/13: VFX Supervisor for “The Great Gatsby”07/12 - 11/12: VFX Supervisor for undisclosed feature12/11 - 08/12: VFX Supervisor for "Yellow"03/12 - 07/12: VFX Supervisor for "Total.

Munich.Germany. Los Angeles.USA.

Working as Freelance Supervisor on feature films and commercials. Consulting for vfx production companies.Pre-production services including calculation and budgeting for film productions.since 09/11: VFX Supervisor for "Code Name Oracle":currently in pre-production09/11: VFX Supervisor for "Phytosun" in Ljubljana, Slovenia:on set supervision including vfx.

Supervising a team of 50 artists at the Uncharted Territory / Sony Pictures in-house VFX unit for Roland Emmerichs "2012".Set photography, supervision of the photography team.Consulting on workflows, pipelines and project management. The in-house unit was setup from scratch to deliver two main sequences of the movie, the Los Angeles earthquake and the Las.

Working as Freelance Supervisor on feature films and commercials. Also working as Lecturer and Project Supervisor at the Institute of Animation,Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction of the Filmacademy Ludwigsburg.

VFX Supervisor and Consultant.Development and setup of dedicated work-flows to streamline processes.Consulting management of Prime Focus in India, UK (former VTR Group), Canada/USA (Frantic Films) and USA (Postlogic) on digital asset management and pipeline development with main focus on connecting the international facilities.Training of artists.

Working as Freelance Supervisor on feature films and commercials. Also working as Lecturer and Project Supervisor at the Institute of Animation,Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction of the Filmacademy Ludwigsburg.03/07: VFX Consultant at DTVMA. Lecturing about the history of visual effects in feature films and commercials. Case studies about the.

Supervising 15 CG Artist at Optix Digital and external artists located in L.A. and Mallorca on a complex and CG-intensive commercial (Strabag - Building Europe), including seamless integration of aerial shots with motion control passes, CG architecture, CG vehicles and "Massive" crowd simulation.Setting up work-flows and organizing the CG-team via task.

Set Supervision of an extensive miniature shoot and VFX Supervision of the post-production.

CG Supervisor for Das Werk on "Dungeon Siege: In the Name of the King".Also working as Lecturer and Project Supervisor at the Institute of Animation,Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction of the Filmacademy Ludwigsburg.

Working as Freelance Lighting TD on „King Kong“Lighting shots of the „Skull Island T-Rex Fight“,,„Ann`s Sacrifice“ „Kong`s Capture”, “Venture to Skull Island” and „Kong On Ice” Sequence, Including complex creature lighting of Kong, Dinosaurs and Digidoubles.Developing of special generic fire-lights for the “Ann`s Sacrifice” Sequence, lighting of the main.

Working as Freelance Lead Artist and Supervisor on Feature Films and Commercials.Es ist ein Elch entsprungen: Freelance Senior Technical Director at SEVENBITS.Munich.Germany.Creating particle effects ("magic" trails and sparkling) for several sequences of the movie.Stella und der Stern des Orient: Visual Effects.

Working as Freelance 3D Sequence Supervisor on „Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy“.Developing workflows, finalizing shots and supervising 3D Artists working on the „Earth Mark II“ Sequence.

Working as Freelance Lighting Sequence Supervisor parallel on „King Arthur “and „Alien Vs. Predator“.Developing workflows and Lighting-pipelines as well as supervising Lighting TD`s for 50 shots of the„Final Battle Sequence“ of „King Arthur“ and the „Facehugger-Sequences“ of „Alien Vs. Predator“.

Working as Freelance Lighting TD on „The Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King“.Lighting shots of the „Rohan Charge on Pelennor Fields“, „Witchking vs. Theoden“ and„The Battle at the Black Gates“, including complex Creature Lighting (Fellbeasts, Eagles, Trolls, Horses/Riders)and extensive „Massive“ CG-Armies.

Working as Freelance Technical Director on the underwater-sequence of „Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life“.Developing a workflow for generating, animating and rendering of digital seaweed for the sequence.Delivering the seaweed from scratch to lighting and final rendering.

Working as Freelance Lighting TD on the 20th Bond Movie „Die Another Day“.Lighting and Shading with Maya and Renderman for the Wave-sequence of the movie.Finishing of several FX-Shots.

Working as Lead Artist on „Anatomie 2“, a Columbia Pictures Feature Film, including Set Supervision inMarch / April 2002. Leading the 3D Department.

Working as Freelance Maya Artist on a 2 minute cinematic commercial forBT (British Telecommunications plc) in a team of 4 Maya Artists,creating a CG Rhinoceros and a CG Dragon from scratch to final rendering.

Working on long-term feature films and commercials.General Duties:Training of junior staff. Advise management on acquisition of new soft/-hardware developmentsaimed at improving the work-flow of ARRI Digital.Work with management on bidding for CGI intensive film projects and commercials.Special Duties:Planning and creating of a shotdatabase including data.

Working on long-term feature films and motion-rides.General Duties:Training of junior staff. Advise management on acquisition of new soft/-hardware developmentsaimed at improving the work-flow of ARRI Digital.Work with management on bidding on CGI intensive film projects and commercials.

3D-Work for commercials, feature films and motion-rides using Alias Poweranimator, Softimage 3D and Maya.Compositing with Flame and Inferno.

3D-Work for commercials, feature films and motion-rides using Alias Poweranimator,Softimage 3D and Maya. Compositing with Flame and Inferno.

3D-Work for commercials and short film using Alias Poweranimator.Gaining experience in all parts of the post-production of commercials:Avid-editing, sound-design, conforming / online.

Working in all parts of a post-production facility, including:- Film-to-video transfer- Linear and non-linear editing- CG Work with 3D-Studio MAX, Photoshop and After Effects - Systems administration and hardware maintenance.

Production and post-production for corporate films and commercials, including camera assistance, lighting,film-to-video transfer, editing and sound-design.

Graduate In Audiovisual Media Engineering, Audiovisual Media

Received LEG Award for extraordinary commitment 1998 as graduate.

Electronic Engineering