ZURICH & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--faceshift have hired Nico Scapel as their new Creative Director. During his career, Nico has pioneered techniques for procedural rigging, anatomy simulation, and performance capture on high-end CG creatures and digital actors. Nico’s previous role was Rigging Supervisor at Framestore, where he led the rigging team on 20+ VFX films including the Oscar-winning film Gravity. He’s also served in roles at Dreamworks.
In his new role, Nico will oversee creative development, including both internal and external production teams as well as management of asset creation from concept to developed product. He will be based in London, where he’ll also manage a new team of 3D technical artists.
“We recognized that as our design needs were becoming increasingly more sophisticated, we needed a truly inventive and original thinker to help lead our creative efforts,” said faceshift CEO Thibaut Weise. “Nico not only brings a wealth of technical expertise, he also possesses an amazing aesthetic vision. We’re thrilled to have him as part of the team.”
Launched in November 2012, Swiss-based faceshift is a spinoff from top Swiss Universities ETH and EPFL. faceshift develops novel software for tracking facial expressions, using depth-sensing hardware such as the Microsoft Kinect and Intel® RealSense™ 3D Camera. faceshift technology is used currently used in over 40 countries for animation, virtual reality, security, and research studies. Additional information can be found at www.faceshift.com, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.