What You'll Do

• Lead the creation, population, and management of complex crowd simulations using Houdini.
• Define the overall approach for crowd behaviour, agent systems, and shot execution across the show.
• Guide the development, optimisation, and maintenance of agent libraries, including animation clips, behaviour logic, and visual diversity.
• Oversee the design and implementation of believable background character performances that support story, staging, and composition.
• Ensure procedural animation techniques, motion cycles, and agent variation are utilised effectively for realism and efficiency.
• Review crowd setups at both individual shot and sequence levels to maintain visual continuity and technical consistency.
• Troubleshoot advanced simulation challenges — agent navigation, avoidance, pathing, behaviour trees, and blending issues.
• Work closely with Lighting and FX to ensure crowd elements re...