Hasta La Motion!

Specializing in feature film visual effects and animation for international and local producers, Toronto based digital studio, Mr. X Inc. is comprised of a unique and gifted team of artists, filmmakers and programmers devoted to the art, craft and technology of visual story-telling.

We are currently looking for a Lighting Technical Director.

Job Responsibilities:

• Help build and maintain the suite of lighting tools under the direction of the Lighting Supervisor and Senior Technical Staff.
• Optimize and troubleshoot lighting and rendering problems in a fast paced environment.
• Responsible for final 3D scene assembly, and rendering of elements required to complete shots.
• Will work closely with compositors to finish selected shots so that computer generated elements are seamlessly integrated with live-action plates.

Requirements:

• Two years experience with Houdini in a production environment.
• Production experience with Hscript, Python.
• Experience with RenderMan a plus.
• Experience with compositing (esp. Nuke) a plus.
• Experience with VEX, RSL, C, C++ a plus.

• Ability to problem solve and predict potential problems with assigned tasks.

All interested applicants should email their resumes to recruiting@mrxfx.com with the subject reading “Lighting TD". Please include the address of your web portfolio in your resume or send your demo reel to:

Attn: Recruiting/Lighting TD
Mr X Inc.
35 McCaul Street, Suite 100
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 1V7

We invite you to visit our website @ www.mrxfx.com.