Gunjan Kathale
Surfacing Supervisor
London United Kingdom
Professional Status
Employed
Open to opportunities
About Me
Surfacing Supervisor and Look Development Technical Supervisor with 18+ years of experience across feature animation and VFX. Equally artistic and technical, with a strong ability to translate complex art direction into production-ready 3D assets. Proven track record designing scalable surfacing and asset workflows, leading multi-disciplinary build teams, and supporting studios through pipeline evolution. Proficiency in Supervising Surfacing teams and capable of spearheading Build departments across characters and environments.
Surfacing Supervisor
DNEG Animation
Since October 2025
- Confidential Feature Animation Project
Surfacing Supervisor
Dneg Animation
March 2025
to October 2025
- Confidential Feature Animation Project
Character Surfacing Supervisor
DNEG Animation
November 2021
to February 2023
- Garfield - Alcon Entertainment
Lead Character Surfacing
Double Negative
July 2020
to January 2021
- Entergalactic - Netflix
Leading a team of Character surfacing Artists in London ,Montreal and India.
Surfacing Artist
Dreamworks Dedicated Unit
Since June 2014
Bangalore
India
- Production on Animated Features:
Trolls (2016), Penguins of Madagascar (2014) - Internal R&D and Short Film (2014-2015)
FX TD
Rhythm & Hues
August 2013
to February 2014
Hyderabad
India
- Creating FX elements in Houdini
- R&D and Production on Feature Films:
Planes: Fire And Rescue, I (Tamil Movie by S.Shankar)
FX Lighting TD
Rhythm & Hues
January 2013
to July 2013
Full-time
Hyderabad
India
- R&D in Blender(lighting, shading and rendering) for
architectural visualization - Production on feature film: R.I.P.D
Lookdev Artist
Rhythm & Hues
January 2010
to December 2012
Full-time
Hyderabad
India
- Production on Feature Films:
R.I.P.D, Snow White and the Huntsmen, IHop, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Yogi Bear, Fultwanti(Internal Project) - Training and R&D on fur
Lighting Artist
Rhythm & Hues
January 2008
to December 2009
Full-time
Hyderabad
India
- Production on Feature Films:
Alvin And the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Night at the Museum : Battle of the Smithsonian, Aliens in the Attic, Vampires Assistant
Skills
LEADERSHIP & MENTORSHIP
- Mentored artists from junior to supervisor levels
- Actively develops future leads and supervisors
- Built long-term team resilience through training and documentation
- Successfully transitioned a TD into the Lookdev Technical Supervisor role
- Trusted point of support across productions over multiple years
ARTISTIC & TECHNICAL STRENGTHS
- Strong artistic eye with deep expertise in texturing, materials, and shading
- Skilled at converting art direction into practical, scalable 3D builds
- Comfortable leading and reviewing work across Build : Surfacing, Grooming, Modeling, Rigging
- Experience across painterly, stylized, and PBR pipelines
Software
- Katana
- Mari
- USD
- Houdini
- Maya
- Figma
- Blender
- Renderman
- Arnold
- Shotgrid
