About me

CGI mentalist.

Director. Look development.
Creative direction for CGI animation & VFX.

I started playing with 3D software in 1995, when I was 14. After studying systems engineering and cinematography, my passion for both worlds became a mix of technical and artistic knowledge.

My passion is lighting and compositing: defining the look and feel of a project, working on details, and experimenting with different techniques.

I work across VFX supervision and creative direction, lighting supervision, look development, CG supervision and art direction. Whatever the challenge, my focus is on quality and making it happen.

Clio Awards 2020 jury

Selected as a jury member in the Film Technique: Animation & Visual Effects section.

Collaboration

As Head of CG on Lil' Dicky’s “Earth,” I helped deliver five minutes of 3D animation in less than four months. The music video features over 30 artists, including Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Ed Sheeran, with Leonardo DiCaprio.

I've worked with 3DAr, TRONCO, REINO, MUNDOLOCO, Oner VFX, Bitt Animation, The Mill, VFX Boat, Estilo 3D, Can Can Club, GF Films, La Sociedad Post and Grid VFX in Belgium.

Personal key frames

2011: Began three years as lead lighter on “Underdogs,” the animated feature directed by Academy Award winner Juan José Campanella.
2013: Moved to Belgium for a year as lighting supervisor on “All Creatures Big and Small” at Grid VFX, Ghent.
2014: Back in Argentina, worked on the lighting of CGI Madison Square Garden and two further stadiums for “Hands of Stone.”
2015: Projects for The Mill in partnership with Bitt Animation. Started freelancing as a VFX supervisor for TRONCO and 1st Ave Machine, and working in art direction.
2016: Returned to Belgium to work in the lighting department on the animated feature “Deep.”
2017: Worked on Argentine feature films at several VFX houses. Head teacher of Texturing and Lighting at Universidad de San Martín.
2018: CGI lighting and compositing for the “Little Brains” at REINO Buenos Aires.
2019: Head of CG on Lil' Dicky’s “Earth.” VFX creative director and supervisor on VUDU’s “Adventure Force 5.”

Conferences & teaching

2013: “Iluminación en CG” — ACM SIGGRAPH, Bogotá, Colombia.
“Secretos del 3D” — Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2016: “Iluminación en películas de animación” and “Educando al ojo desde lighting” — Noche de Monos animation festival, Chile.
2017: “Efectos visuales para largometrajes” — UADE, Argentina.
Head teacher in Texturing & Lighting — Universidad de San Martín.
2019: “El cuento de las comadrejas” with Rodrigo Tomasso (ONER VFX) — VFX Talks at La Jorge.
2020: Clio Awards jury — Film Technique: Animation & Visual Effects.

Tools & experience

More than nine years of experience as a team leader and supervisor, as recorded in this portfolio.

Maya, 3ds Max, Nuke, Arnold, Redshift, V-Ray, Substance Painter, ZBrush and Yeti. Tool development in Maya with Python.