James Robinson
Lead FX TD at Wētā FX
New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Robinson is a Wellington-based Lead FX TD with eight years of hands-on experience crafting high-end visual effects using Houdini, Maya, Nuke and renderers such as Arnold, Mantra and V-Ray. At Wētā FX he blends technical artistry with production leadership, delivering complex simulations and look development for feature-quality work. Proficient in Python and PySide/PyQt, he builds tools and GUIs that streamline artist workflows and scale across pipelines. Trained at Gnomon School of Visual Effects in FX, James brings a strong foundation in both practical simulation techniques and production-focused automation. Notably, he pairs traditional FX craft with a coder’s discipline, enabling faster iteration without sacrificing visual fidelity.
8 years of coding experience
FX, FX at Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Games + AnimationHigh School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Anacortes High School
Github Skills (25)
houdini10
k-means-clustering9
palette9
menu9
unity3d9
procedural8
color-palette8
keyboard7
clustering7
game-development7
batch6
bezier5
macos4
3d-printer3
deploying3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jamesrobinsonvfx/colorpaletteramp
May 2020 - Nov 2021
A Houdini HDA that creates a ramp based on a color palette from an image using k-means clustering.
Contributions:2 releases, 66 commits, 18 PRs in 1 year 5 months
k-means-clusteringk-meanshoudinirampclustering
jamesrobinsonvfx/mplay_batch
Feb 2021 - Oct 2021
Menu add-on for MPlay to batch write sequences
Contributions:13 releases, 65 commits, 16 PRs in 9 months
menuadd-onbatch
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