Maurizio Zappettini
Maurizio Zappettini
3D Art Director | Creative Director | VFX Supervisor
Los Angeles, United States

About

Maurizio Zappettini, also known as mzo, or methazoo in the metaverse, is an award-winning creative director, 3D art director, VFX supervisor, and advertising director based in Los Angeles, California. As a director, Maurizio, a graduate of Art Center College of Design, has been helming and crafting iconic advertising campaigns and music videos in the United States and Europe since the early 2000s. Alongside directing, Maurizio has been cultivating a deep interest in 3D design, animation, and visual effects since the early days of his career. He has progressively merged these skills into his directing work and eventually made them his core interest. As a 3D technologist, Maurizio specializes in innovative workflows and pipelines to optimize the creation of computer graphics and visual effects for short-form content, particularly advertising. He focuses on procedural and parametric systems for 3D, typically in SideFX Houdini.

Check out Maurizio's 3D design and animation work at https://mzo.design, his directing and creative directing work on his advertising portfolio at https://www.mzo.tv, and his VFX supervising website at https://www.mzofx.com.

For additional information, find Maurizio on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauriziozappettini.

Skills

Procedural SystemsProcedural ModelingProcedural TexturingProcedural AnimationCG SupervisionCG LeadVFX SupervisionAdvanced PipelinesNew TechnologiesMotion DesignDirectingCompositingFXsDigital EnvironmentsLook DevelopmentAutomotive RenderingCloud Rendering WorkflowsRendering3D Modeling3D AnimationLightingHDRI PhotographyPhotogrammetryCinematographyVolumesRigid Body DynamicsFluid SimulationAutomotive Physical RiggingDigital Trees

Software proficiency

Houdini
Houdini
Clarisse iFX
Clarisse iFX
Nuke
Nuke
Maya
Maya
SpeedTree
SpeedTree
Arnold
Arnold
Redshift
Redshift
Octane Render
Octane Render
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Designer
Substance 3D Designer
Substance 3D Sampler
Substance 3D Sampler
Quixel Mixer
Quixel Mixer
Quixel Megascans
Quixel Megascans
Quixel Bridge
Quixel Bridge
Cinema 4D
Cinema 4D
Modo
Modo
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
World Machine
World Machine
Gaea
Gaea
Terragen
Terragen
DaVinci Resolve
DaVinci Resolve
Blackmagic Design Fusion
Blackmagic Design Fusion
Photoshop
Photoshop
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Lightroom
Photoscan
Photoscan
Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro
Premiere
Premiere
Avid Media Composer
Avid Media Composer
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