Job Description
What You’ll Do
Core Responsibilities
- Lead the creation, population, and management of complex crowd simulations using Houdini.
- Define the overall approach for crowd behavior, agent systems, and shot execution across the show.
- Guide the development, optimization, and maintenance of agent libraries, including animation clips, behavior logic, and visual diversity.
- Oversee the design and implementation of believable background character performances that support story, staging, and composition.
- Ensure procedural animation techniques, motion cycles, and agent variation are utilized effectively for realism and efficiency.
- Review crowd setups at both individual shot and sequence levels to maintain visual continuity and technical consistency.
- Troubleshoot advanced simulation challenges—including agent navigation, avoidance, pathing, behavior trees, and ...