Nick Hughes is a Technical Director and founder with 11 years of professional experience building automated rigging, pipeline tools, and backend platforms across VFX, medical tech, and startups from London. He founded Rigstore and has led engineering and compliance efforts at Arthronica, implementing ISO/HIPAA/CE-ready AWS systems while also shipping Python-driven production tooling for studios like Passion Pictures, MPC, Framestore and Jellyfish. Comfortable spanning hands-on technical delivery and leadership, he repeatedly reduces complexity with reusable Python frameworks, GUI tools and automation that speed departments and cut code by large margins. He has applied machine learning to medical imagery (including TensorFlow/Keras models and AR deformation systems) and designed cloud-first Django backends and infrastructure for regulated products—an unusual blend of creative rigging depth and regulated cloud engineering.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
3D Digital Animation, Digital Arts and Computer Studies, 3D Digital Animation, Digital Arts and Computer Studies at University of Hertfordshire
Contributions:39 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 9 months
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Nick Hughes - Technical Director And Founder at Rigstore