Jefri Haryono

Computer Graphics & Software Development

It all started in 2006. An undergraduate course called "Introduction to Computer Graphics" and a presentation by Scott Ross, the co-founder and CEO of Digital Domain at that time, sparked my interest in Computer Graphics, and I have been pursuing it ever since.

Right after graduating with a degree in Computer Science from National Taiwan University in 2007, I took the first opportunity to work at Digimax, Inc. in Taipei. My role as a technical director and pipeline developer was to help build the asset and animation pipeline for the studio, while also being directly involved in asset and shot production across various roles such as rigging, texturing, shading, cloth simulation, and crowd animation.

After leaving Digimax and completing a short stint at Cheer Digiart, I joined Oriental Dreamworks in Shanghai as a Pipeline Technical Director in 2014. I was involved in building the pipeline for the modeling, rigging, animation, and CFX departments for feature animation and commercial projects.

In 2016, I moved to Wellington, New Zealand, and started working at Weta Digital (now Wētā FX) in the Creatures Department, mainly focusing on Creature Effects and Simulation. I was also involved in developing and maintaining the pipeline and tools to help our TDs deliver their work.

In January 2022, I joined Unity as part of their deal with Wētā FX and worked under the Wētā Digital umbrella as a Senior Creature Technical Director.

In December 2023, I returned to Wētā FX as a Senior Creature Technical Director to continue my work on developing the toolsets and pipelines required to advance our Creature Simulation workflows.

My professional interests range from digital creature creation to pipeline development. Feel free to contact me if you have any ideas for collaborative projects. Just drop me an email at jefri.yeh@gmail.com or message me on my LinkedIn page.