Founders
Hristo Velev
Managing director, FX
Made his name creating destruction and particle dynamics on spectacles like ‘2012’, ‘Sucker Punch’, ‘Iron Man 3’, among others.
Martin Naydenski
Managing director, 3D
From falling in love with computer animation way back in 1999 he has been building a sizable portfolio on films like ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’ and ‘The Last Days on Mars’.
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team
Stela Kamburova
3D
Desislava Valcheva
Compositing
Violina Hristova
Compositing
Vladimir Gerasimov
FX
Lyubomir Grancharov
Operations
Petko Ganev
3D
Iva Mancheva
Compositing
Yasen Panev
FX
Ilia Halembakov
FX
Mois Moshev
Pipeline
Delyan Ketipov
Compositing
Ivo Kalyonski
Compositing
Rosi Dimitrova
FX
Nikolai Velev
IT
Virginia Marinova
Production
Board the bottleship
We are always on the lookout for new talent to add to our organically growing team. And we're hiring interns too!
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3D: Asset creation, scene assembly and lighting. 3DS Max, V-Ray, Katana, Blender, Substance Designer/Painter, Mari, etc.
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FX: Particle, Rigid/softbody dynamics, fluids, FLIP liquids, fields. 3DS Max, Houdini, FumeFX, Thinking Particles, Krakatoa, etc.
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Compositing: VFX compositing, cinematography plates and CG renders. Nuke.
Apply at jobs@bottleshipvfx.com with your reel and resume, and we'll get in touch!