Instructor Profile
Craig Zerouni
Production Consultant
Craig Zerouni has been coaxing images from computers for over 20 years. In that time, he has written animation and rendering software, created shaders, helped build a motion control rig, animated sequences for many, many commercials and feature shots, and even directed a couple of commercials. His feature film credits include Daredevil, First Knight and Beyond Rangoon. Craig began his career by starting CFX Associates in London, where he spent 15 years doing effects and animation for commercials, television idents and feature films. His company was the first customer for Side Effects Software's PRISMS animation software, and he has been using that, and then Houdini, since those products were released. Craig also spent several years managing the development of Chalice, a high-end compositing package. Craig currently works for Side Effects as a Production Consultant, where he has written documentation and run training courses on the Houdini Dynamics system. He also writes a monthly column for 3D World, and is writing a book on Houdini.
