Marcos Fajardo
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- USC Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California, Institute for Creative Technologies Graphics Laboratory
Other / Past Affiliation(s):
- Solid Angle
Location:
- Madrid, Spain
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 2018
Marcos Fajardo is the founder of Solid Angle, where he leads the research and development team working on the Arnold renderer. Previously he was a visiting software architect at Sony Pictures Imageworks, a visiting researcher at USC Institute for Creative Technologies, and a consultant at various CG studios around the world. He studied Computer Science at University of Malaga, Spain. He is a frequent speaker at SIGGRAPH, FMX and EGSR and recently received an Academy Award for the design and implementation of the Arnold renderer. His favorite sushi is engawa.
SIGGRAPH 2016
Marcos Fajardo is the founder and CEO of Madrid and Londonbased Solid Angle, where he leads the research and development team working on the Arnold path tracing renderer. Previously he was a visiting software architect at Sony Pictures Imageworks, a visiting researcher at USC Institute for Creative Technologies under the supervision of Dr. Paul Debevec, and a software consultant at various CG studios around the world. He studied Computer Science at University of Málaga, Spain. Marcos is a frequent speaker at SIGGRAPH, FMX and EGSR. His favorite sushi is engawa.
SIGGRAPH 2014
Marcos is the founder and CEO of Madrid and London-based Solid Angle, where he leads the research and development team work- ing on the Arnold path tracing renderer. Previously he was a visiting software architect at Sony Pictures Imageworks, a visiting researcher at USC Institute for Creative Technologies under the supervision of Dr. Paul Debevec, and a software consultant at various CG studios around the world. He studied Computer Science at University of Malaga, Spain. Marcos is a frequent speaker at SIGGRAPH, FMX ́ and EGSR. His favorite sushi is engawa.
SIGGRAPH 2010
Marcos is Software Architect at Madrid-based Solid Angle SL, where he leads the development of the Arnold Renderer, an unbiased path tracer designed for animation and visual effects. For years Arnold was co-developed with Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Rendering Team in Los Angeles, where it was used as both primary and utility renderer in a dozen films like Monster House, Spider Man 3, Watchmen, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, 2012 and Alice in Wonderland. Prior to that, Marcos was a visiting researcher under the supervision of Dr. Paul Debevec at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies and consulted at various CG studios around the world.
Learning Category: Presentation(s):
![Design and Implementation of Modern Production Renderers](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2018-Panels-02-Design-and-Implementation-of-Modern-Production-Renderers-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Panels]
Design and Implementation of Modern Production Renderers Presenter(s): [Pharr] [Burley] [Christensen] [Fajardo] [Fascione] [Kulla]
Entry No.: [02]
[SIGGRAPH 2018]
![Path Tracing in Production - Part 1: Production Renderers](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2017-16-Path-Tracing-in-Production-Part-1-Production-Renderers-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Path Tracing in Production - Part 1: Production Renderers Organizer(s): [Fascione]
Presenter(s): [Hanika] [Fajardo] [Christensen] [Burley] [Green]
Entry No.: [16]
[SIGGRAPH 2017]
![The Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards: The Technology, the Awardees, and the Process](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2017-Panels-09-The-Academys-Scientific-and-Technical-Award-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Panels]
The Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards: The Technology, the Awardees, and the Process Presenter(s): [Havaldar] [Gritz] [Warner] [Roble] [Wedig] [Swaaij] [Koylazov] [Whited] [Fascione] [Fajardo] [Piepol]
Entry No.: [09]
[SIGGRAPH 2017]
![Blue-noise Dithered Sampling](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2016-Talks-Georgiev_Blue-noise-Dithered-Sampling-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Blue-noise Dithered Sampling Presenter(s): [Georgiev] [Fajardo]
Entry No.: [35]
[SIGGRAPH 2016]
![What Makes a Production Renderer in 201](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2016-Panels-03-What-Makes-a-Production-Renderer-in-2016-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Panels]
What Makes a Production Renderer in 201 Presenter(s): [Burley] [Fajardo] [Keller] [Leprince] [Swaaij] [Tabellion]
Entry No.: [03]
[SIGGRAPH 2016]
![The Path-Tracing Revolution in the Movie Industry](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2015-9-Writing-Fast-Image-Processing-Code-With-Halide-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
The Path-Tracing Revolution in the Movie Industry Organizer(s): [Keller]
Presenter(s): [Keller] [Fascione] [Fajardo] [Georgiev] [Christensen] [Hanika] [Nichols] [Eisenacher]
Entry No.: [08]
[SIGGRAPH 2015]
![Recent Advances in Light-Transport Simulation: Some Theory and a Lot of Practice](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2014-17-Recent-Advances-in-Light-Transport-Simulation-Some-Theory-and-a-Lot-of-Practice-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Recent Advances in Light-Transport Simulation: Some Theory and a Lot of Practice Organizer(s): [Křivánek] [Keller]
Presenter(s): [Křivánek] [Keller] [Georgiev] [Kaplanyan] [Fajardo] [Meyer] [Nahmias] [Karlík] [Canada]
Entry No.: [17]
[SIGGRAPH 2014]
![BSSRDF importance sampling](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2013-Talks-King_BSSRDF-Importance-Sampling-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
BSSRDF importance sampling Presenter(s): [King] [Kulla] [Estevez] [Fajardo]
[SIGGRAPH 2013]
![Importance sampling of area lights in participating media](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2011-Talks-Kulla_Importance-Sampling-of-Area-Lights-in-Participating-Media-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Importance sampling of area lights in participating media Presenter(s): [Kulla] [Fajardo]
[SIGGRAPH 2011]
![Global Illumination Across Industries](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2010-22-Global-Illumination-Across-Industries-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Global Illumination Across Industries Organizer(s): [Křivánek]
Presenter(s): [Fajardo] [Christensen] [Tabellion] [Bunnell] [Larsson] [Kaplanyan]
Entry No.: [22]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
![Unlighting the Parthenon](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2004-Talks-Tchou_Unlighting-the-Parthenon-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Unlighting the Parthenon Presenter(s): [Tchou] [Debevec] [Stumpfel] [Einarsson] [Fajardo]
[SIGGRAPH 2004]