Stefan Thorsson
CG generalist, educator
email: stwestvfx@pm.me
Phone: +354 618 4981
Work Experience:
• Teacher, games and vfx, Tækniskólinn. Reykjavík. Iceland.
August 2018 - currently:
Responsibilities included:
Course material creation for games creation courses
Teaching groups of 20+ students
Project management and leading student projects relating to film and games.
• CG Generalist, Remote / Freelance. Reykjavík. Iceland
Always:
CG prep, creation to finalization for both commercial and film projects.
• Associate Professor, Nord Universitet. Steinkjer. Norway
August 2015 to June 2017:
Advanced Rigging Concepts
Introduction to Nuke & Compositing workflow
VFX Supervisor for student productions.
• Senior Technical Director, RVX (Reykjavik Visual Effects), Reykjavik, Iceland
August 2013 to August 2015 as full time employee:
Camera Tracking and scene layout, pfTrack/Maya.
Rigging using personal python & RVX tools within Maya.
Lighting, Rendering using Arnold and Maya.
• Technical Director, Framestore CFC, Reykjavik, Iceland
December 2009 to August 2010 as freelance employee:
August 2010 to August 2013, full time employee.
Shading, Texturing. Lighting and Rendering
some Rigging and tool creation with MEL
Education:
• Post-grad diploma, Teacher studies for higher education.
University of Iceland. Iceland. 2021.
• MFA, Computer Animation, specialization in Character Rigging and MEL scripting.
Miami International University of Art and Design. Miami, Florida. USA.
September 2006
