Pleased to meet YOU
I'm HANNES GERL

With over 25 years in fast-paced commercial production, I've worked across every facet of 3D. 

Academic Foundation

Training at the GFS (German Film School for Digital Production) provided a strong theoretical base through courses in art history, color theory, typography, anatomy, film history, and more.

Generalist Expertise

For 15+ years as a Maya generalist,
I've handled layout, blocking, modeling, rigging, animation, simulations, camera work, lighting, shading, rendering, compositing, and editing.

Leadership and Freelance Alliance

Founding the freelance consortium "splash fx" elevated my experience leading junior artists.
I now coordinated VFX sequences with senior talent across locations and time zones.

Production and Pipeline Skills

At this intersection of producing and planning I've learned a lot about supervising, budgeting, previsualisation, coordination and HR fundamentals.
We built our own pipeline (python) and customized hardware for fx specific needs.

Hands-On Passion

While enjoying decision making roles,
I relish hands-on shotwork. 

I often act as swiss-army-knife or vfx fireman, 
excelling most with complex shots and out-of-the-box tasks.

I just love my job. I really do.

Pleased to meet YOU
I'm HANNES GERL

Trained at a filmschool

15 years as a 3d Generalist

+10 years as VFX TD

Brings a hybrid artist-technical skillset

signature tasks

3d swiss-army-knife

complex shots

out-of-the-box effects

tools

UI & UX (e.g. huxel)

python

RnD

Let's Collaborate

How about teaming up to create something exciting together?