Summary
Tatsuya Dobashi is a Senior FX Technical Director with over a decade of experience crafting high-end visual effects for feature films, TV and commercials, now based in Vancouver and working at DNEG. He brings deep hands-on expertise in Houdini, Maya particle systems, FumeFX, RealFlow and compositing pipelines (Nuke, AE), having driven FX on major productions from Guardians of the Galaxy and Justice League to recent work at ILM and Sony Imageworks. Equally comfortable in look-dev, lighting and comp, he has a track record of delivering polished shots for both blockbuster VFX and high-profile commercial campaigns like PEPSI NEX and SONY Bravia. Tatsuya’s career blends studio-level leadership with stubborn technical curiosity—he codes MEL, builds shader node setups and bridges FX and comp workflows to ensure predictable, render-friendly results. Known for practical problem-solving and iterative shot ownership, he thrives in fast-paced pipelines while mentoring teams through complex simulations. Off the reel, his GitHub persona “Need Not To Know :P” hints at a playful, minimalist approach to sharing work publicly while keeping focus on production-grade craft.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
graduated Information and Management, graduated Information and Management at Tama University
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