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.
Skills
Core Skills
- Surfacing/Build Leadership
- Deep Animation & VFX Pipeline Expertise
- Mentoring & Team Development on multiple levels
- Trusted point of support across productions for multiple years
- Cross-disciplinary leadership across Surfacing, Grooming, Modeling, and Rigging
- Workflow Design & Process Optimization
- Resource & Capacity Planning
- Stakeholder Management
- Strategic Planning
- Look Development Technical Supervision for Surfacing Department
ARTISTIC & TECHNICAL STRENGTHS
- Strong artistic eye for texturing, materials, and shading
- Translates complex art direction into scalable 3D solutions
- Experience across painterly, stylized, and PBR pipelines
- Look Development Technical Supervision for Surfacing Department
- Designed the Studio's Generics & Crowds Surfacing Pipeline
Software
- Katana
- Mari
- Renderman
- USD
- Maya
- Houdini
- Figma
- Arnold
- Shotgrid
