RAFAELGHENCEVDIRECTOR · VFX SUPERVISOR · CG LEAD
me

WHO I AM

My interest in art began with my grandfather, a painter. Later I fell in love with cinema and the worlds it creates.

I graduated in animation and have spent more than 16 years in computer graphics, working as a modeler, character artist, generalist, supervisor and director.

In Brazil I worked with studios and agencies such as Vetor Zero, Tribbo, Techno Image, Zombie Studio, WMcCann, AlmapBBDO, Leo Burnett and Africa, for brands including Petrobras, Nestlé, Volkswagen, Elo and Coca-Cola. My work has also been featured in the British magazine 3D Creative.
I had articles published in the British magazine 3d creative magazine.

Since 2015 I have been directing animation and live action, and in 2022 I moved to the United States, where I have worked as CG Lead at MPC and The Mill and as CG Lead and VFX Supervisor at Arc, on campaigns for Budweiser, NASCAR, Meta and others.

My background goes beyond animation: a degree in Marketing, studies in painting, sculpture, photography, cinematography and screenwriting in Brazil, filmmaking at the New York Film Academy, and workshops with filmmakers such as Shane Hurlbut, Vincent Laforet and Alziro Barbosa. In 2014 I was Director of Photography on a short film starring Dolph Lundgren.
In 2014 I have the pleasure to shoot Dolph Lundgreen in a short film I was the Director of Photography.

I also work with generative AI, combining it with traditional CG and live action to create films and imagery that would have been impossible, or unaffordable, only a few years ago. AI-driven projects are coming to this site soon.

Today I bring all of this together in my commercial work and my own short films, with the goal of directing feature films.

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