Gregory Gangemi

United States of America

Gregory Gangemi is a Computer Graphics artist, fine artist, and director based in New York City. He received an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design in 2007 before joining The Mill in New York as a CG Staff Artist. He went on to work across The Mill’s New York and Los Angeles studios, culminating in a five-year tenure as Lead CG Artist in New York. With a career spanning over 15 years, his practice encompasses visual effects, computer graphics, and animation, grounded in early experience as a lighter and expanding into FX, animation, design, and compositing, as well as on-set supervision for commercial and episodic productions.

Gregory has contributed to commercial projects for clients including Sony, Toyota, and Coca-Cola, as well as television series such as Dickinson (Apple+) and Billions (Showtime). His design-driven approach to computer graphics and animation has led to his involvement in award-winning projects, including the title sequence for OFFF By Night Festival in Antwerp in 2016. His directorial work includes a series of 30-second animations for Greenpeace in 2019, alongside music videos and short films. In parallel with his commercial practice, he has exhibited as a contemporary media artist at galleries such as Young Projects in Los Angeles and Plexus Projects in Brooklyn, and has taught in the Computer Art department at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He is currently Lead Lighter and CG Supervisor at Kevin VFX.


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Cadillac Dinos

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What a wonderful world! Mountain Dinos chirp and burble hello to each other, full of kindness and peace. There is no war in a world of Dinos, their differences are only cause for joy and celebration. If only our world was more like theirs.

The Dinos were modeled, rigged and animated in Maya, textured in Mari, groomed, simulated, lit and rendered in Houdini/Karma. No Ai was used to make this video.

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