Roy Nieterau
Head Of Pipeline at Ynput | Creators of AYON
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolRoy Nieterau is Head of Pipeline at Ynput and a founder-driven pipeline architect with 12 years of experience building production-ready tools for animation and VFX. He co-founded Colorbleed, designed its end-to-end pipeline, and made early commits to projects that evolved into AYON, blending hands-on Python, MEL, and C++ plugin work with creative leadership on commercials. Roy’s strength is translating production realities into reliable, scalable open-source infrastructure that keeps artists in the driver’s seat. Equally comfortable behind the camera and inside the terminal, he bridges client needs, developer teams, and community contributors to deliver tools that hold up under deadline pressure. Based in Utrecht with an MA in 3D animation and VFX, he’s focused on making professional pipelines accessible and practical for studios of all sizes.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts, 3D Computer Animation and Visual Effects, Master of Arts, 3D Computer Animation and Visual Effects at HKU (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht)
Dutch, English
Github Skills (144)
origami10
python10
halo10
pyside10
adobe-premiere10
menu10
infrastructure10
maya10
houdini10
software-design10
animation10
katana10
trinitycore10
azerothcore10
pipeline10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
BigRoy/maya-capture
Jul 2015 - May 2017
Contributions:5 commits, 62 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 10 months
reactmaya
Colorbleed/colorbleed-config
Jun 2017 - Dec 2021
Colorbleed Pipeline configuration for Avalon
Contributions:1040 commits, 242 PRs, 198 pushes in 4 years 6 months
avalonpipelinesoftware-designorigami
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