Cedric Profijt

SubmarineLead Environment Artist

Amsterdam, The Netherlands (hybrid) · 09.2026

• Lead environment artist at the start of an animated feature (the project was later postponed).

DIGIC PicturesLead Environment Artist

Remote · 04.2026 – 07.2026

• Lead environment artist on the Magic: The Gathering TV series.
• Led a team of up to ~14 artists and translated art direction into actionable approaches.

WPP ProductionHoudini Environment Artist

Remote · 03.2025 – 03.2026

• Created procedural cities and natural environments in Houdini, building on earlier city-generation work.
• Worked closely with art directors and the lead to refine procedural setups and improve the visual result.

Think Tank Training CentreHoudini Course Creator & Global Mentor

Remote · 01.2024 – 01.2025

• Created a 10-week course: procedural modelling for environments in Houdini.
• Global Mentor for the Houdini track, helping students with environments and good-looking shots.

REALTIMELead Environment Artist

Remote, UK · 03.2024 – 11.2024

• Environment lead on the Steel Hunters cinematic: mostly managing a team of ~10 artists and optimising workflows and pipelines.
• Led a small team on the Monster Hunter Outlanders teaser under a tight deadline, with a lot more hands-on work.

REALTIMELead Environment Artist / Lead Houdini Environment TD

Remote, UK · 05.2023 – 10.2023

• Environment lead on the award-winning Jurassic Park: Survival cinematic.
• Helped the studio and artists move from 3ds Max to Houdini, and improved workflows for large multi-shot environments.

Rockin VFX StudioMatte Painter

Remote · 02.2023 – 04.2023

• Digital matte painting for music videos and commercials.

DNEGSenior Environment TD

Remote · 12.2022 – 04.2023

• Houdini procedural environment art and setup optimisation in Clarisse on Coyote vs. Acme, including most of the shots in the trailer.
• Matte paintings for Fast X.

FramestoreSenior Digital Matte Painter

Remote · 05.2022 – 10.2022

• The Crown season 5 and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.
• Matte paintings for Apple Vision Pro environment backdrops, combining 2D with 3D space in Nuke so they hold up in stereoscopic depth.
• Commercials for Paramount+, EE (iPhone) and ASDA (Elf).

KONTROLConcept Artist

12.2021 – 02.2022

• Concepts for The Peripheral season 1.

Digital DomainSenior 3D Environment Artist

Montreal, Canada · 04.2021 – 10.2021

• Built a tool in Houdini that automated city street creation (roads, sidewalks, signs, streetlights, crossings and moving vehicles) for Black Adam.
• Scatter systems, procedural hoodoos and detailed foreground environments in Gaea for Lost in Space.

ScanlineVFXSenior Houdini Environment Artist / DMP

Montreal, Canada · 01.2020 – 04.2021

• Started as a digital matte painter: 3D environments and matte paintings for Free Guy, The Suicide Squad, Zack Snyder's Justice League, Shang-Chi and The Wheel of Time.
• From 10.2020: senior Houdini environment artist on Shang-Chi and Moonfall, building Houdini tools for large environments, from DEM optimisation to scattering.
• Due to a lack of available talent during COVID-19 I was responsible for an enormous number of shots.

Filmmore3D Environment Artist / Matte Painter

The Netherlands · 11.2019 – 12.2019

• Matte paintings and 3D environments for Quo Vadis, Aida? and The Consequences.

Umedia VFX3D Environment Artist / Matte Painter

Brussels, Belgium · 10.2019

• Matte paintings and 3D environment setup for Poly.

Method StudiosDigital Matte Painter / Concept Artist

Vancouver, Canada · 02.2019 – 05.2019

• Digital matte painting and concepts for the Snowpiercer TV series.

Umedia VFXDigital Matte Painter

Brussels, Belgium · 09.2018 – 02.2019

• Matte paintings and concepts for Mortal, Extra Ordinary and The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle.

Framestore3D Environment Artist / Matte Painter

Montreal, Canada · 04.2018 – 08.2018

• Matte painting, visual development and 3D environments for Dumbo.

RiseFXMatte Painter / Concept Artist

Stuttgart, Germany · 04.2017 – 12.2017

• Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver: DMP environments from concept to final matte painting in Photoshop and Nuke.
• Dark season 1 and Babylon Berlin.

Pixomondo3D Environment Artist / Matte Painter

Stuttgart, Germany · 09.2016 – 03.2017

• Full 3D, 2D and concept environment work for Game of Thrones season 7.
• Iron Sky: The Coming Race and Sky Hunter.

Hula Hoop VFXFreelance Matte Painter

Remote · 02.2017

• Matte painting for the Gravel game cinematic.

Bottleship VFXCG Generalist

Sofia, Bulgaria · 07.2016 – 09.2016

• The Bombing (released internationally as Air Strike) and the award-winning experimental short Firebird.

Method StudiosCompositor / DMP

London, UK · 07.2015 – 11.2015

• The Hateful Eight, Geostorm and an Exxon commercial.

Netherlands Film AcademyBachelor's Degree

Amsterdam, The Netherlands · 09.2010 – 06.2014

Graduated in Visual Effects. During the studies we learned about all film areas, such as camera, producing, sound etc.