Tobias Müller
Virtual Effects Producer Technical Supervisor VFX at PHAROS - The Post Group
Greater Munich Metropolitan Area Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolTobias Müller is a seasoned VFX producer and technical supervisor with 26 years of experience leading virtual effects and production workflows across studios in the Greater Munich area. He combines deep production leadership—from hands-on 3D work to coordinating complex VFX pipelines—with technical curiosity evidenced by contributions to open-source hardware and automation projects like the Luna USB gateware and KiCad footprint generators. Comfortable bridging creative teams and engineering constraints, Tobias has delivered high-quality visual effects for major studios and boutique houses while streamlining build and descriptor handling processes behind the scenes. His background in media technology and multimedia art gives him a rare blend of engineering rigor and artistic sensibility, enabling pragmatic solutions for both technical and creative challenges.
26 years of coding experience
Diplom-Ingenieur Medientechnik, Diplom-Ingenieur Medientechnik at FH DeggendorfMultiMediaArt, MultiMediaArt at Fachhochschule Salzburg - University of Applied SciencesVFX Producer, VFX Producer at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
English
Github Skills (10)
fpga10
automation10
automations10
usb10
python10
kicad10
hardware10
scripting9
unit-testing9
verilog8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
greatscottgadgets/luna
Apr 2021 - Jan 2022
Amaranth HDL framework for monitoring, hacking, and developing USB devices
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer
Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:6 reviews, 11 commits, 6 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Tobias primarily contributes to the gateware of the Luna USB project, focusing on USB device functionality. They implemented and refined a ConstantStreamGenerator for USB data streams, including bug fixes related to start positions. The user also added unit tests for USB descriptor handling and improved the handling of descriptor requests, storing descriptors in block RAM.
developinghdlusbmultitoolusb-devices
pointhi/kicad-footprint-generator
Dec 2017 - Jun 2019
creating kicad footprints using python scripts
Role in this project:Backend & Automation Engineer
Backend & Automation EngineerContributions:9 commits, 12 PRs, 12 comments in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Tobias contributed to the generation of KiCad footprints using Python scripts. Their work included adding new components, such as Molex Micro-Fit 3.0 connectors and SOP-18 packages. Furthermore, the user demonstrated skills in automation by modifying build scripts and fixing typos to ensure the integrity and functionality of the project's code generation capabilities.
pythonedafootprintkicadopenscad
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