When Did You Decide to Put “Artist Empowerment” at the Core of Your Content? with Hugo Guerra

Hugo is a Director & VFX Supervisor working in both the VFX and the Videogames industry for the past 20 years. After working as a freelancer in Portugal, Sweden, and the UK, he became the Head of Nuke and VFX Supervisor at The Mill London. Most recently, Hugo worked as a Director for Fire Without Smoke, as a VFX Supervisor for Sony Playstation, and is currently working as a Film Director for Rebellion Games. He is also a VES Jury member, teaches VFX in several universities, and runs the largest YouTube channel about Nuke compositing called Hugo’s Desk.

Highlights

“Artist empowerment” at the core of his content - 1:52 The worst content in his channel - 5:52 Caring for people - 6:47 Working on a lot of projects in a year - 9:25 Resting and sleeping more - 13:46 Loving video games and being a gamer - 17:04 The industry is used to the “shiny” things - 37:44 A huge project that was canceled - 42:01 It takes weeks to make a video - 47:09



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