DIEGO GRIMALDI

FX REEL BREAKDOWN

Frozen II

Frozen II

Arrow

Studio -  Disney Animation
Tool - Houdini, DLight
Tasks - FX, Lookdev, Lighting, Rendering

Studio -  Disney Animation
Tool - Houdini, DLight
Tasks - FX, Lookdev, Lighting, Rendering

Studio -  Zoic
Tool - Houdini, Mantra, Nuke
Tasks - FX, Lookdev, Lighting, Rendering

I created FX, using my own and pre-made rigs, to make destruction, debris, impacts and much more.

I created FX, using my own and pre-made rigs, to make the waves, the Nokk splashes and water FX

I created the shield setup and modified the beam rig for the episode

Charmed

Studio -  Picture Shop
Tool - Houdini, Mantra, Nuke
Tasks - FX, Lookdev, Lighting, Rendering

I created a voxelizer rig for the episode to morph the characters in and out of a magic portal

Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse

Studio -  Sony Imageworks 
Tool - Houdini, Katana 
Tasks - FX, Lookdev, Lighting, Rendering

I created FX, using my own and pre-made rigs, to make destruction, debris, impacts and much more.

Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse

Studio -  Sony Imageworks 
Tool - Houdini, Katana,Nuke 
Tasks - FX, Lookdev, Lighting, Rendering

Using a glitch rig, I created a flat glitch FX in Houdini and Nuke

Hotel Transylvania 3

Studio -  Sony Imageworks 
Tool - Houdini, Katana 
Tasks - FX, Lookdev, Lighting, Rendering

I created FX, using my own and pre-made rigs, to make the drool and saliva FX

Hotel Transylvania 3

Studio -  Sony Imageworks 
Tool - Houdini, Katana 
Tasks - FX, Lookdev, Lighting, Rendering

I created FX, using my own and pre-made rigs, to make the drool and saliva FX

MacGyver

Studio -  Picture Shop
Tool - Houdini, Mantra, Nuke
Tasks - FX, Lookdev, Lighting, Rendering

Created a rig for all the shots with the sinkhole FX with dust, debris, rigid bodies

Thistle One

Studio -  Artella 
Tool - Houdini, Mantra, Nuke 
Tasks - FX, Lookdev, Lighting, Rendering

FX Lead on Thistle One short film, responsible for shots management and FX team

Thistle One

Studio -  Artella 
Tool - Houdini, Mantra, Nuke 
Tasks - FX, Lookdev, Lighting, Rendering

FX Lead on Thistle One short film, responsible for shots management and FX team

Captain America: Civil War

Studio -  Trixter 
Tool - Houdini, Mantra, Nuke 
Tasks - FX, Lookdev, Lighting, Rendering

I created FX, using my own and pre-made rigs, to make ground destruction, debris, impacts and much more.

Logan

Studio -  Image Engine 
Tool - Houdini, Mantra, Nuke 
Tasks - FX, Lookdev, Lighting, Rendering

Gotham

Studio -  CoSA VFX
Tool - Houdini, Mantra, Nuke 
Tasks - FX, Lookdev, Lighting, Rendering

Star Trek Beyond

Studio -  Double Negative
Tool - Houdini, Mantra, Nuke 
Tasks - FX, Lookdev, Lighting, Rendering

I created FX, using my own and pre-made rigs, to make blood FX

I was tasked with RnD and shot completion ranging from blood FX to volumetric and much more

I created water sim to explode with the ships going through the water surface. I also made the ships thrusters.

Star Trek Beyond

Studio -  Double Negative
Tool - Houdini, Mantra, Nuke 
Tasks - FX, Lookdev, Lighting, Rendering

I created roughly 20 elements of water, drops, splashes, rivulets, bubbles splashing and running on the spaceship for comp to make it look believable