The Wizard of Oz at Sphere

At Crafty Apes, I worked as Environment Supervisor on the new 2026 version of The Wizard of Oz at Sphere in Las Vegas, in charge of the flying monkeys environment

My scope covered layout, environment, modeling and sculpting, with some texturing and look development

I also took on a CG Supervisor role: I built the FX render scene in Solaris, USD and Karma, and the scene assembly in Maya and V-Ray

Rendering at 16K x 16K to match the Sphere's image ratio was very challenging, and required a strong focus on optimization at every step

I also created the workflow and the tools used by the artists, a team based in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Atlanta, Montreal, France, Belgium and Australia