Deborah R. Fowler

Student Websites

Updated April 12 2026
Below are websites from some of our VFX Department stellar students (current and former - most include houdini work):

VSFX Skill sets include: effects (water, destruction, crowd), cfx (cloth and fur), pipeline, lighting, modeling, compositing, texturing, shading, look development, technical artist
Current and Former Students Example Blogs Included

Alice Yeh - Compositing

Eva Chan - Effects

Wei-Lin Lai - Effects

Storm Slawson - Effects

Yanni He - CG Generalist/FX

Alum Highlights Click to view reel

Showing some of the varieties of skill sets in Visual Effects (click on the image to view reel):

Luke Vuilliomenet Gen Li Felipe Amaya Joonho Bang Amanda Jayapurna Miranda Leigh
Alum Ordered by graduation date
Nathan Huseth - Houdini fx artist
MA 22 · CNN, FuseFX
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Hope Schroers - fx technical director
BFA 21 · Dreamworks, Pixar
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Ryan Gold - technical artist
BFA 20 · MSc St. Andrews, Radical Convergence, Ubisoft, SideFX
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David Grzesik - vfx artist
BFA S19 · Preymaker NY, Rooster Teeth, Buck, The Mill
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Aidan Merryman - fx artist
BFA 19 · Framestore LA, SideFX intern
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Sasha Ouellet - lead technical director
BFA S19 · Pixar
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Milim Lee - technical artist
MFA 18 · Meta Reality Labs, ILMxLAB, Blue Sky intern
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Wanqi (Viola) Lyu - senior developer
MFA 17 · NVIDIA, Tencent Games, Luma Pictures
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Joshua Matthews - surfacing/groom
BFA S17 · Animal Logic, Mr X, SideFX intern
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Daniel Pebly - pipeline TD
BFA 17 · Laika, Blur
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Grant Anderson - environment/modeling
BFA 17 · NetherRealm, Narwhal, VAD, Phosphene, Pixar intern
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Walker Kennedy - lighting & compositing
BFA 17 · Disney, The Mill, Whiskytree, Blur, Magnetic Dreams
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Mark McKinsey - surfacing/look dev
BFA 17 · Animal Logic, Mainframe, Apple, Falcon's Creative, Pixar intern
Jin Huang - fx lead
MA 17 · DreamWorks, CoSA, The Mill, MPC, SideFX intern
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Yinghao Chai - lead look dev technical director
MFA 17 · ILM, Cinesite, DD, MPC, Method, Luma
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Daniel Soo - fx artist
BFA S16 · The Mill LA, SideFX intern
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Juan Barquet - lead generalist TD
BFA S16 · DNEG, Artjail, The Mill NY
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Ali Rizvi - senior fx artist
MA S16 · Luma, DNEG, Scanline, ILM, Method, MPC, The Mill, SideFX intern
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Ryan Ng - vfx supervisor
BFA S16 · WeFX, Folks VFX, Mr X, Spin VFX, SideFX intern
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Clint Rea - lookdev lead
BFA S16 · Image Engine, ILM, DNEG, Framestore, Pixar — CG Student Award winner
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Ziye Liu - principal design manager
MFA SM15 · Microsoft, The Mill LA — blog
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Jie Meng - lead fx artist
MA S15 · Digital Domain, Xin Studio, Ghost VFX, Method Studios
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Eileen Heilsnis - 3D architectural visualizer
BFA 15 · Surfaces Southeast, Walker Zanger, PIX-US, Brazen Animation
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Nate Usiak - lead fx
MFA Aug13 · Digital Domain, Framestore, MPC, SideFX intern
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Sewang Kim - Houdini generalist
MFA Jan13 · The Mill NY, Method, Sony, Buck TV
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BFA 13 · Zoic Studios, WETA, JAMM, Method, MPC, SideFX intern
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Zachary DiMaria - head of 3D & pipeline
BFA 13 · JAMM, MPC, R&H, SideFX intern
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Ali Jafargholi - pipeline supervisor
MA 12 · Mindshow, ILM, MPC, RTT, Dassault Systemes
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Matt Hornback - senior lighting artist
MA 12 · Raven Software, Blue Sky Studios
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