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Lluís Casals Marsol: from visual effects to technical leadership

I started building pipelines on animation and visual effects (VFX) film productions, where a single mistake cost 200 people a day's work. 18+ years in pipeline and integrations later, that same engineering rigor — built over a long VFX career — is what I now bring to companies.

Palma de Mallorca · available for Spain and remote

Career

18 years of pipeline, VFX and integrations

My background is as a software developer and pipeline TD / pipeline engineer in the VFX and CGI industry. For over 18 years I've built the tools, integrations and workflows that keep audiovisual productions running — and taken on technical team lead responsibilities — across Madrid, Wellington, Stockholm and Mallorca. It's a VFX career that gives authority to every project I work on today.

Recognition

Recognition: an Academy Technical Achievement Award

I've worked on Oscar-winning productions and was part of the team behind ftrack Studio, the production-management platform recognized in 2021 with a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Today

What I do today

Today I apply that experience across three lines of work: technical leadership as a fractional CTO, AI training for businesses in a 1:1 format, and pipeline consulting for audiovisual projects — where being a technical team lead remains a core part of what I do. I'm also the founder of CAMACODE (technology consultancy) and Jask Reporter (SaaS), and in 2017 I launched CGPills, virtual reality — mobile apps, films and VR games.

Films and companies I've worked with

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Weta Digital
Justice League Weta Digital
War for the Planet of the Apes Weta Digital
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Weta Digital
Pete's Dragon Weta Digital
Spectral Weta Digital
Wonder Park Ilion · Paramount Animation
Plutón BRB Nero Ilion Animation
Weta Digital Wellington · VFX for Hollywood
ftrack Stockholm · VFX production management
Ilion Animation Studios Madrid · 3D animation
Backlight ftrack's parent company
Cromosoma Barcelona · TV animation
CGPills Mallorca · pipeline consulting
Universitat Pompeu Fabra Animation Master lecturer

Credits verifiable on LinkedIn and IMDb.

Shall we talk?

If you think my experience fits what your company or studio needs, tell me about your case.