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Rookie Awards 2024

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Aarti Shukla

Compositor | Untold studios

Aditi Kapoor

Pipeline Engineer | Shading/Lookdev TD | Industrial Light and Magic

Agnieszka Skwirut

Agnieszka Skwirut

Creative Director & Lead CG Artist | Talanoaga

Alwyn Hunt

Co-founder The Rookies & Head of Education, Partners 3D&I | Adobe

Alyssa Zarate

Art Director | The VFX Mentor

Anda Deng

Character Artist

Andreas Catucci

Andreas Catucci

Motion Designer | Panoply.

Andreas Thomsen

Andreas Thomsen

VFX Supervisor | Ghost VFX

Andrew Hodgson

Senior Hard Surface Modeller

Andrew McDonald

Andrew McDonald

Co-founder The Rookies

Anne Jans

Animation Supervisor | Frame Machine

Arnaud Valette

Concept Artist | DNEG

Asad Manzoor

Head of VP Content | PIXOMONDO

Ash Thundercliffe

Ash Thundercliffe

Senior Environment Artist | Sucker Punch

Avery Kukla

3D Designer | Dorel Home Furnishings

Bastiaan Geluk

Head of Digital Fashion | INDG

Ben Mauro

Senior Concept Designer & Art Director

Carl Schröter

Senior Compositor | WetaFX

Carsten Keller

Executive Creative Director - THE MILL

Charlotte MacKie

Charlotte MacKie

Lead Environment Modeling Artist | Skydance Animation

Chris Downs

Head of CG | DNEG

Chris Ebeling

CCO & CMO | Behaviol

Christina Ryan

Texture & Look-dev Artist | ILM

Christophe Desse

Christophe Desse

Lead Technical Artist | Naughty Dog

Christy Page

Senior Generalist | ILM

Clint Rea

Lead Lookdev Artist | Image Engine

Crystal Bretz

Lead Modeler | Framestore

Daniel Whitaker

Daniel Whitaker

3D Designer and Animator | Hornet

David Inlines

FX Artist | Gameloft Barcelona

David Jimenez Saiz

David Jimenez Saiz

David Luong

Senior Cinematic Artist | Imagendary Studios

Diana Diriwaechter

Diana Diriwaechter

Post-Secondary Director | Epic Games

Diana Verba

3D Motion Designer & Art Director | TAG

Doug Alberts

Owner & Creative Director | Noodle

Duarte Elvas

Motion Designer

Edit Ballai

Elly Pan

Lead Artist | INDG

Eloi Andaluz Fullà

Eloi Andaluz Fullà

FX artist | Andvfx

Fabio Zangla

Head of CG | Framestore

Fernando Such Berenguer

Fernando Such Berenguer

Director | Kilograph Studio

Gabi Burkoth

Specialist, 3D Design & Implementation, CLO Brazil

Genevieve Camilleri

Genevieve Camilleri

Visual Effects Supervisor | Freelance

Gino Giampaolo

Art Director | Somewhere

Guilherme Rambelli

Guilherme Rambelli

Lead Artist - Photogrammetry at Activision Treyarch

Hagen Deloss

Community Manager, Media and Entertainment | Autodesk

Haimeng Cao

Senior Concept Artist | 1047 Games

Heather Souliere

Heather Souliere

Senior Texture Artist | Sony Pictures Imageworks

Hong Chan Lim

Founder at Ultra Factory Inc.

Isabell Mayrhofer

Isabell Mayrhofer

James Falconer

Managing Director | The Boundary

James Lucas

Texture Artist | Industrial Light & Magic

Janneke van der Wel

Janneke van der Wel

Jasmine Katatikarn

Jasmine Katatikarn

3D Design Tech Manager | Visual Innovation | Amazon

Jasmin Habezai-Fekri

Jasmin Habezai-Fekri

Senior 3D Environment Artist

Javier Perez

Lead Material Artist | PlayStation Studios

Jeremy Ringard

Head of CG | ON Animation Studios

Jeryce Dianingana

Jeryce Dianingana

Senior Environment Artist | Cliffhanger Games

Jessica Smith

Jiayin Wang

FX Supervisor | beloFX

Jin Jin

Tool and Pipeline Technical Artist | Riot Games

Joanna Haslam

Design Director

Jonathan Benainous

Jonathan Benainous

Principal Environment Artist at Lightspeed L.A.

Jonathan Mortimer

Jonathan Mortimer

Education and Early Careers Advisor | Axis Studios

Josh Parks

Lead Compositor | Important Looking Pirates

Jude Lee

Environment Artist | Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts

Juhyun Lee

Senior Surfacing Artist

Junliang Zhang

Scene Development Artist | Blizzard Entertainment, Inc

Justin Holt

Texture Artist Director | Epic Games

Justin Mohlman

Kacy McDonald

Executive Producer | ILM

Karina Ponce

Co-Founder of LEMONS BUCKET

Katherine Lopez

Katherine Lopez

Senior Dungeon Artist I at Blizzard

Kunal Ghosh Dastider

Kunal Ghosh Dastider

VFX Supervisor | PXO

Kyra Gibson

Digital Fashion Innovation, 3D Technologist

Laura Hohman

Creative Manager

Linyao, Freya, Li

Linyao, Freya, Li

3D Character Artist | Activition Blizzard

Lisa Della Dora

Lisa Della Dora

Project Manager and Art Director at Bloomimages / Art Director at MADI

Liz Ballantyne

Luis Nieves

Manuel Rivoir

Senior Compositor at Industrial Light & Magic

Mariano Steiner

Mariano Steiner

Sculptor and Character Artist/Supervisor

Mark Flanagan

Learning & Development Manager | Animal Logic

Markus Kranzler

Markus Kranzler

Senior Technical Director | Pixar Animation Studios

Maxim Dorokhov

3D Environment Artist | Blue Twelve Studio

Megan Dellario

3D Designer | Marvelous Designer

Melisa Cilli

Digital Fashion Designer | Loophole

Melissa Sterry

Design Scientist, Systems Theorist, Bio Futurist, and Serial Entrepreneur

Michael Tanzillo

Michael Tanzillo

Head of Technical Artists with the Substance 3D Growth Team at Adobe

Michelle Obayda

Michelle Obayda

Art Director and 3D Artist

Michelle Tolo

Freelance Concept Artist & Illustrator

Mike Henry

Creative Director at Riot Games

Miodrag Colombo

Miodrag Colombo

Executive Producer | REBORN

Mohamed Abdel Baki

Mohamed Abdel Baki

Associate Environment Artist | High Moon Studios

Naveen Sabesan

Sr. Lookdev TD | Industrial Light & Magic

Nick Hussain

Creative Lead | INDG

Nigel Hunt

Co-Founder and CEO - Sini Software, Owner - Urbân VFX, Co-Creator and Exec Producer - 24 Hours of Chaos, Publisher - 3Disciple Magazine

Nikie Monteleone

Nikie Monteleone

3D Art Director

Nikola Damjanov

Nikola Damjanov

Lead Game Artist

Nikolas Gekko

Art Director/Senior Concept Artist | Huxley

Ollie Gilmour

Head of Operations | ETC

Pablo Munoz Gomez

Pablo Munoz Gomez

3D Artist - Founder of ZBrushGuides.com and 3DConceptArtist.com

Pascal Bertrand

Pascal Bertrand

CTO | On Animation

Pasquale Scionti

Pasquale Scionti

Principal Lighting /Look-dev Artist | Torn Banner Studios

Patrick Ward

3D Environment Artist | Sony Interactive Entertainment

Paul H. Paulino

Paul H. Paulino

Senior Texture Artist | Epic Games

Peter Tran

Senior Lighting Artist

Philippe Gaulier

Philippe Gaulier

Art Director | Framestore

Pierre Maheut

Director, Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships, Adobe Substance 3D

Punn Wiantrakoon

Punn Wiantrakoon

Virtual Art Department | Amazon Studios

Rafael Gonzalez Quinones

Rafael Gonzalez Quinones

Ray Le

Reinaldo Handaya

Reinaldo Handaya

Ricardo Pinto

Lead Artist | INDG

Rita Yuwei Li

Concept Artist | Obsidian Entertainment

Romain Couturiaux

Romain Couturiaux

Lead Compositor | Scanline VFX

Roser Quer

Architect and Art Director

Russell Bowen

VFX Supervisor | beloFX

Ruth Ducker

Series Director

Ryan McMahon

General Manager @ PlaySide Studios - Prev. Art Director

Saby Menyhei

Concept Artist | ILM

Sally Wilson

Sam Anderson

Samantha Kung

Environment Concept Artist

Samiha Dhifaoui

Samiha Dhifaoui

3D Visualization Artist

Saul Maret

Adidas | Head of design - Footwear

Sefki Ibrahim

3D Character Artist | A New Design

Sheena A Garcia

Sheena A Garcia

Senior Designer

Sonja Christoph

Sonja Christoph

CG Generalist | Visual Development | Matte Painting

Stacie Hawdon

Environment Supervisor | Industrial Light & Magic

Stavroula Adameitis

Stavroula Adameitis

Artist & Designer, FRIDA LAS VEGAS | Talent Acquisition Coordinator DNEG Sydney

Stefan Oprisan

Freelance Environment/Material Artist & Mentor

Stephanie Cholakyan

Stephanie Cholakyan

Stephanie Dube

Head of Build | MPC

Stephen Beck

Senior Character animator / animation director

Victor Hugo Dias de Sousa

Victor Hugo Dias de Sousa

Associate Character Director at EA Vancouver

Vincent Gault

Substance 3D Senior Technical Evangelist

Viviana De Marchi

Viviana De Marchi

Post-Production Engineer

Xoe Suvari

Expert Performance Capture Tech | Ninja Theory

Yan Shu

Senior/Lead VFX Artist | Riot Games

Ye Liu

Senior Character Art Outsource Supervisor | Blizzard Entertainment

Yong Ho Kim

3D Designer | Freelance

Yuchun Huang

Senior Environment Artist | 2K Games

Yuer Leong

Animation Directors and Lead Designer | Directors Think Tank

Yujia Wang

Director & Concept Artist | BUCK

Yulia Arzhantseva

Yulia Arzhantseva

Visualization Artist

Zeina Masri

Zoe Cranley

Head of CG | beloFX