Sam Klock Email & Phone Number

Burbank, Ca, Us

Environments, Layout, Effects, Lighting, Optimization TD focussing on procedural workflows, pipeline, and pinpointing/troubleshooting complex render interactions. Spent most of my time floating between supporting procedural authoring tools, artist depts across the entire pipeline, and providing insight, recommendations, and implementation of tool/workflow/asset/shot optimization across the course of an animated film. Currently on:Studio Tools and WorkflowPast:Strange World - Implemented authoring tool changes to support our animated environments initiative - Identified and led efforts to optimize the assets using animated environments - Dug in to render profiles to identify problematic assets and effects in an effort to shrink the overall render time across the film - Worked closely with the Tactics team to author dashboards and graphs to proactively monitor extremely complex sequences as they were in productionEncanto - Updated procedural authoring tools to function in a USD pipeline - Implemented artist requested updates to tools and GUIs across the pipeline - Designed and implemented an automated derez pipeline for our props and environments team - Dug into complex interactions between our tools and USD to provide insight into unexpected behaviors and lead efforts to update assets across the show to be more consistent. - Worked closely with the Tactics team to provide insight into shot and asset optimization

Burbank, Ca, Us

Working as a bridge between the VFX and Tech Supervisors and the Heads of Departments to optimize not only the scene and render weight but the process and workflows of individual departments. Gathered user and department stories of workflow pains and designed and implemented solutions on a technical and cultural level. Primary focus was on visualising data in context and early warning systems.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Artist on:Wreck it Ralph 2 - Co-led team to update internal Effects dept tools to spread knowledge and maintenance of internally created pipelines and workflows - Destruction - Designed Netizen Car formation effectZenith - Designed the look of the Black Hole character's effects. - Implemented the rig and executed a bulk of the Black Hole effects - Worked closely with the lighting lead to deliver a believable fake black hole lensing in HyperionOlaf's Frozen Adventure - Elsa Magic - Took over maintenance/feature implementation on Elsa's Magic for the shortMoana - Water interaction for characters/boats - Volumetrics for Hero Teka shots - Water wall teamZootopia - Annie Award Nominated - Rain/Cold environment effects - Hero grass character interaction - Train car explosions - Designed and implemented Effects dept data monitoring application. Qt/Python/Postgres based applicationBig Hero 6 - Destruction - Car interaction - Baymax rocket fist

London, England, Gb

FX Artist on:Toyota - "No Room for Boring"VW - "Wings"Duralast - "Proven Tough" & "Walk the Walk"

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

London, England, Gb

Burbank, Ca, Us

Worked on Disney's Frozen. Helped work on a major blizzard sequence, snow interaction, environmental effects, and others.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Worked on Iron Man 3 on a number of effects shots. Primarilly worked on snow effects and interaction as well as developing a 3d solution to Iron Man's hand thrusters.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Started in Disney's Trainee program for effects. There I was challenged by my mentors to further my artistic ability with respect to effects and to learn the ins and outs of Disney's pipeline and tools.After graduating from the trainee program I became an Effects Artist Apprentice(a jr artist position), working on Disney's feature Wreck-It Ralph. During the show I have been tasked to do a number of effects ranging from rbd/bullet, fluids, smoke, and many others.

Toronto, On, Ca

Working on making awesome marketing animations and furthering my knowledge of Houdini. Focusing on dynamics and procedural systems/tools.