Mats Tegner
Animator
Gothenburg, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolMats Tegner is a freelance Animator and Effects Technical Director based in Gothenburg with over a decade of experience creating visual effects using Side Effects Houdini and Pixar RenderMan. He combines hands-on VFX production with systems know-how from years maintaining Linux and macOS environments, reflecting a strong GNU/Linux inclination. His background spans producing and managing animated short projects, architectural 3D modeling, and practical studio operations, giving him a rare blend of creative and technical production skills. Mats studied film and philosophy alongside vocational engineering, which informs a thoughtful, concept-driven approach to animation and pipeline problem solving. Motivated by a desire to contribute positively to humanity, he’s available for hire and brings both freelance adaptability and institutional project leadership to client work. Notably, his long-term freelance practice and sysadmin experience make him adept at end-to-end delivery from tooling to final render.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Engineering, High School, Engineering at KatrinelundsgymnasietHigher Vocational Education, Engineering, Higher Vocational Education, Engineering at TeknikhögskolanPhilosophy, Philosophy at University of Gothenburg
English, German, Swedish
Github Skills (26)
text-editor10
cross-platform10
vim-plugin10
slackware10
neovim10
vim10
nim-language10
branches9
cgit9
blender8
church8
slack7
perlin-noise6
raymarching5
noise5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ryanpcmcquen/slackENLIGHTENMENT
Feb 2016 - Oct 2020
:church: Enlightenment for Slackware! What could go wrong?
Contributions:54 commits, 15 PRs, 38 pushes in 4 years 8 months
slackwarechurchenlightenment
matsbtegner/jf-nested-dielectric
Mar 2016 - Sep 2019
Efficient, Physically-Plausible Rendering of Nested Dielectric Surfaces in Production.
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes in 3 years 6 months
in-productiondielectricrenderingplausiblesurfaces
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