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CREATOR / DIRECTOR / PRODUCTION / FX

CHRISTOPHER ROMANO

LET GO!

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX ARTIST

HOUDINI FX
All avalanche and snow simulations, smoke and particle work.

Studio : EIGHT VFX

HOLLYWOOD

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX ARTIST

HOUDINI FX
Pyro setup, simulations, and simulation support.

Studio : FUSEFX

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13 REASONS WHY

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX ARTIST

HOUDINI FX / NUKE
Glass RBD simulations, smoke elements

Studio : FUSEFX

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GHOSTBUSTERS

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX ARTIST

HOUDINI FX / KATANA / NUKE
Weapon design, gun whip design and set up, shock fx, smoke and ghost simulations, ghost fx pipeline support, general gun beams.

Studio : SONY IMAGEWORKS

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THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX ARTIST

HOUDINI FX / KATANA / NUKE
Smoke and destruction simulations, ice vfx, skin peeling R&D

Studio : SONY IMAGEWORKS

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SMALLFOOT

CHRIS ROMANO
CFX ARTIST

MAYA CFX / KATANA / NUKE
Fur and cloth and hair and more fur simulations.

Studio : SONY IMAGEWORKS

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TRON: LEGACY

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX ARTIST

HOUDINI FX / NUKE
RBD simulation pipeline

Studio : DIGITAL DOMAIN

OUTER BANKS

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX ARTIST

HOUDINI / NUKE
Supplemental water elements / sprays.
Lighting set-up and texture pipeline support.

Studio : FUSEFX

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GREEN LANTERN

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX ARTIST

HOUDINI FX / KATANA / NUKE
Particle and proprietary R&D and FX design

Studio : SONY IMAGEWORKS

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA III

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX ARTIST

HOUDINI FX / KATANA / NUKE
Particles and slime FX. Plants FX.

Studio : SONY IMAGEWORKS

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ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX ARTIST

HOUDINI FX / KATANA / NUKE
Sparks and smoke FX, vehicles FX simulations, trails, debris, and impacts, dragon interactions, weird houdini cloth sims for plant lock, window, hallway, vehicles RBD destruction,

Studio : SONY IMAGEWORKS

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HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA III PROMO

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX/CFX ARTIST

HOUDINI FX / MAYA CFX / KATANA / NUKE
Sand, particles, and smoke FX. Cloth and Hair.

Studio : SONY IMAGEWORKS

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SONY DIGITAL CINEMA 4K
R&D WORK

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX ARTIST

HOUDINI FX
R&D and elements passes. Particle based nebulae and fx animation

Studio : PROLOGUE

GREEN LANTERN

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX ARTIST

HOUDINI FX / KATANA / NUKE
Particle and proprietary FX
VFX pipeline shot work

Studio : SONY IMAGEWORKS

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS II

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX ARTIST

HOUDINI FX / KATANA / NUKE
VFX pipeline shot work

Studio : SONY IMAGEWORKS

SMALLFOOT PROMO

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX/CFX ARTIST

HOUDINI FX / MAYA CFX / KATANA / NUKE
Houdini snow and cloud fx
Maya cloth and hair

Studio : SONY IMAGEWORKS

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HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA

CHRIS ROMANO
CFX ARTIST

MAYA CFX / KATANA / NUKE
CFX pipeline shot work

Studio : SONY IMAGEWORKS

KILLZONE 3

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX ARTIST

MAYA FX

This is one of two KILLZONE 3 game cinematics I provided fx work for while at Digital Domain. Mainly ash and embers. Particle simulations in Maya. There is also an electrical effect for the back of a ship.

In the second cinematic, it's just more snow and ash-like particle simulations.

In one shot, after a huge explosion, tons of background building debris flies towards camera in slow motion. We were having difficulty getting all of the geometry to sim and to change speed, so I ended up hand animating all of the debris. Ridiculous!

Studio : DIGITAL DOMAIN

SUPERMAN RETURNS

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX ARTIST

HOUDINI FX / MANTRA
We open to the big ice chunk shot. I had to look dev the ice flow, create snow, light and render the vehicles and landscale, and animate the camera move. It was a fun, one-off...

Next is a series of ocean shots. A lot of this was just pushing data through the pipeline. The ocean and spires and splashing was kind of canned. So mainly things like timing and placement, and lighting and rendering were asked of us. I also did look dev for the helicopter blade.

The last big effort was the desert island shot. The first couple of seconds are all live action, but once we pull back to reveal anything beyond the actors, it's all CG. Island trees and shadows are all cg, the vegetation and ocean beyond. The is also a lot of compositing magic to bring it all together.

That's about all I remember.

Studio : RHYTHM & HUES

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SMALLFOOT PROMO

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX ARTIST

HOUDINI FX / KATANA / NUKE
Simulation and element generation

Studio : SONY IMAGEWORKS

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FANTASIA 2000

CHRIS ROMANO
SR CGI ARTIST

MAYA / RENDERMAN
I was animator and technical director for this opening sequence on FANTASIA 2000. I started this job at VIFX and then finished it at R&H. VIFX was a much better company.

I animated all of the sails and balls, timed out all of the textures on the sails, the the camera animation, and the lighting and rendering for most of the shot.

Studio : VIFX / RHYTHM & HUES

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SONY DIGITAL CINEMA 4K

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX ARTIST

HOUDINI FX
Particle based nebulae and fx animation

Studio : PROLOGUE

OZ, THE GREAT AND POWERFUL

CHRIS ROMANO
SR FX ARTIST

HOUDINI FX / KATANA / NUKE
Smoke, fog, and debris elements

Studio : SONY IMAGEWORKS

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