Kazi Jawad is a Senior Motion Edit Technical Director at Wētā FX in Wellington with eight years of industry experience focused on R&D for performance-capture animation. Trained in Statistics and Machine Learning at Carnegie Mellon University, he blends quantitative rigor with creative pipeline development to enhance motion-edit workflows. He progressed from Motion Edit TD to senior R&D lead within Wētā FX, driving technical solutions that bridge animation artistry and data-driven optimization. Kazi maintains a public portfolio at kazijawad.com, signaling an emphasis on demonstrable craft and tool-building. Colleagues rely on him for robust, research-informed approaches that shrink iteration time on high-fidelity performance capture.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Statistics and Machine Learning, Bachelor of Science - BS, Statistics and Machine Learning at Carnegie Mellon University
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Kazi Jawad - Senior Motion Edit Technical Director at Wētā FX