# Emir Karasakal — Senior VFX Artist & FX Technical Director

> Official profile, filmography, and visual effects technical portfolio of Emir Karasakal.

## Overview
- **Name:** Emir Karasakal
- **Role:** Senior CG Generalist & Visual Effects Technical Director (FX TD)
- **Specialization:** Procedural workflows, dynamic simulations (pyro, destruction, fluids, cloth), look development, and photorealistic compositing for feature films, episodic television, and high-end commercials.
- **Location:** Worldwide / Remote / Istanbul
- **Website:** https://emirkarasakal.com
- **Email:** emirkarasakal@gmail.com
- **IMDb Profile:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3809667/

## Filmography & IMDb Credits
- **Return to Silent Hill (2024, dir. Christophe Gans):** Feature Film
- **The Wild Pear Tree (Ahlat Ağacı - 2018, dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan - Cannes Competition):** Feature Film
- **The Man with the Iron Fists (2012, Universal Pictures):** Feature Film
- **Next Stop, Christmas (2021, Hallmark Channel):** Feature Film
- **Ekşi Elmalar (Sour Apples - 2016, BKM):** Feature Film
- **Görümce (2016, BKM):** Feature Film
- **Düğün Dernek (2013, BKM):** Feature Film
- **Commercial Productions & TVCs:** Lead FX TD and Generalist on hundreds of commercials (Turkish Airlines, Automotive, FMCG).

## Core Disciplines & Technical Expertise
- **Procedural & Dynamic FX:** Houdini Pyro FX (fire, smoke, explosions), RBD Destruction (rigid body dynamics, fracturing), FLIP Fluids (water, liquid simulations), Vellum (cloth, soft bodies, hair), Particle dynamics.
- **Look Development & Lighting:** Physically based shading and lighting with Arnold, Redshift, and Karma / Solaris.
- **Matchmove & Camera Tracking:** High-precision camera and object solving in 3DEqualizer and PFTrack.
- **Compositing & Finishing:** Deep compositing, multi-pass CG integration, projection mapping, and final grade prep in Foundry Nuke.
- **Pipeline & Tool Development:** Python scripting, VEX for procedural Houdini geometry manipulation.

## Selected Portfolio Projects
- **Showreel (Featured Work):** https://media.emirkarasakal.com/Demov05Youtube.mp4 (High-end dynamic simulations, procedural Houdini FX, and deep compositing)
- **Entrust — Citizen (Cinematic FX & World Building):** https://media.emirkarasakal.com/Entrust_Citizen_Cinematic_02%20%281%29_converted.mp4
- **Zombie Lion (Creature Lookdev & FX):** https://media.emirkarasakal.com/main_Model_Lion_Head_v061.Redshift_ROP1_converted.mp4
- **Navistar International (Automotive CGI & FX):** https://media.emirkarasakal.com/navistar_international2023_120e_v06_converted.mp4 (Shading & Look Development, Photorealistic Rendering, Camera & Object Tracking)
- **Remix Launch Video:** https://media.emirkarasakal.com/Genesis_Master_v01_converted.mp4 (Lookdev, Lighting, Rendering, Animation, Comp)
- **Diadermine — Botology (Commercial FX):** https://media.emirkarasakal.com/Diadermine_botology_converted.mp4
- **System4 — Modular Furniture (3D Motion Design):** https://media.emirkarasakal.com/System4_1motion_Furniture_English_11.mp4
- **Leaves & Environmental FX (Dynamic Simulation):** https://media.emirkarasakal.com/Three_04_T0600_FX_Leaves_EK_v013.mp4
- **Product Commercial Launch (Commercial 3D & Lookdev):** https://media.emirkarasakal.com/remix_Launch_V04_v07_converted.mp4

## Professional Links
- **IMDb:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3809667/
- **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/in/emir-karasakal-2b22a951
- **Showreel:** https://media.emirkarasakal.com/Demov05Youtube.mp4