Valentin David
Lead FX at Fortiche Production
Montpellier, Occitania, France
Summary
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Top SchoolValentin David is a Lead FX artist based in Montpellier with nine years’ experience crafting visual effects for high-profile animated and live-action projects, including work on Fast X, Nimona, and multiple Riot Games cinematic shorts. He combines hands-on Houdini expertise and FX R&D with practical pipeline knowledge from roles as a Houdini Pipeline TD and FX TD, bridging production and technical implementation. Valentin has taught Houdini and produced Solaris/USD training material, reflecting an ability to distill complex workflows for teams and students. Now leading FX at Fortiche Production, he excels at delivering diverse stylistic effects across film and games while pushing tool-driven solutions that scale in studio pipelines.
9 years of coding experience
Technical degree in Broadcast Video, Technical degree in Broadcast Video at Lycée de l'Image et du Son d'AngoulêmeHigh School Diploma, Sciences, High School Diploma, Sciences at Lycée Jean Monnet, MontpellierMaster's degree, CGI Project manager & VFX, Master's degree, CGI Project manager & VFX at ESMA - Ecole Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques
French, English
Github Skills (7)
tractor8
spool8
houdini8
render7
maya2
digital-assets1
renderman1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
valentinfx/HTOT
Jan 2019 - Feb 2021
Houdini to Tractor - Spool Houdini render jobs to Tractor
Contributions:47 commits, 4 PRs, 39 pushes in 2 years 1 month
renderhoudinitractorjobsspool
valentinfx/skidPipeline
Dec 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:65 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
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