Jefri Haryono

CG, Games, Photography, and AI.

It all started in 2006. An undergraduate course called "Introduction to Computer Graphics" and a presentation by Scott Ross, 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 graduation from my computer science study, I took the first opportunity to work at Digimax, Inc. in Taipei, taking a TD (Technical Director / Tool Developer) role to help build the asset and animation pipeline for the studio, while also directly involving myself in asset and shot production in various roles such as rigging, texturing, shading, cloth simulation, and crowd animation.

After leaving Digimax and a short stint at Cheer Digiart, I joined Oriental Dreamworks in Shanghai as a Pipeline Technical Director. 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 doing Creature Effects and Simulation, while also developing and maintaining the pipeline and tools to help our TDs deliver the 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.

From December 2023, I have been employed again by Wētā FX as a Senior Creature Technical Director to continue my work on developing the toolset and pipeline required to advance our Creature Simulation workflow.

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 an email to or message me on my Linkedin page.