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Pavel Siska
Pavel Siska
Senior Environment and Lighting Artist / Indie Filmmaker
Prague, Czech Republic

Over the past 15 years, I’ve been working on various visual effects and interactive projects, primarily as a senior environment and lighting artist. My primary focus is on leveraging the procedural power of Houdini and Unreal Engine—ideally simultaneously—to efficiently create art-directed assets, levels, shots, and complete sequences. In addition to these projects, I relentlessly pursue my filmmaking dreams, dedicating every spare moment to making my own short films.

Skills

LightingTexturingPBR TexturingEnvironment ModelingRenderingVisual EffectsCompositingShadingSubstanceEnvironment Design

Software proficiency

Houdini
Houdini
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
Blender
Blender
Nuke
Nuke

Reel

Experience

  • July 2025 - Present
    Senior Environment & Lighting Artist at Sumo Digital

    Projects I worked on:

    - Neural Dawn

  • November 2024 - July 2025
    Senior Lighting Artist & Houdini Generalist at UPP

    Projects I worked on:

    - Alien: Earth

    - Captain America: Brave New World

    - NCIS: Tony & Ziva

  • May 2024 - August 2024
    Director on WoW: Escape from Dalaran 4D VR at All Animal Studio

    Project I worked on:

    - World of Warcraft: Escape from Dalaran

  • March 2024 - May 2024
    Houdini Generalist at Magic Lab

    Projects I worked on:

    - Supersisters

  • September 2023 - February 2024
    Senior Environment Artist at Eallin

    Projects I worked on:

    - Rosa & Dara

  • October 2014 - July 2023
    Lead 3D at AboutFun

    Projects I worked on:

    - Warfriends

    - Warfriends Legends

    - Zombie Horde

  • January 2014 - August 2014
    Senior Generalist at UPP

    Projects I worked on:

    - Houdini

    - Crossing Lines

    - The Last Ship

    - Galyntine

  • November 2010 - January 2012
    Character Animator & Layout Artist at Eallin

    Project I worked on:

    - The Smallest Elephant in the World

Productions

    • Video Game
      Neural Dawn
    • Year
      2026
    • Role
      Environment & Lighting Artist
    • Company
      Sumo Digital, Arm
    • TV Production
      Alien: Earth
    • Year
      2025
    • Role
      Lighting Artist
    • Company
      Hulu / UPP
    • Video Game
      World of Warcraft: Escape From Dalaran 4D VR Experience
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      Director / Pre-vis Animatic Artist
    • Company
      Blizzard Entertainment / All Animal Studio
    • Movie
      Saurora
    • Year
      2016
    • Role
      Director, Animator
    • Company
      Self-employed
    • Movie
      Captain America: Brave New World
    • Year
      2025
    • Role
      Lighting Artist
    • Company
      Marvel / UPP
    • TV Production
      Houdini
    • Year
      2014
    • Role
      Lighting Artist, Generalist
    • Company
      Viasat History / UPP
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