Michael Oliveira

Michael Oliveira is an accomplished Lead VFX Artist currently employed at Epic Games since April 2023, having previously held positions as Senior VFX Artist and VFX Artist. Prior to Epic Games, Michael contributed as a VFX Artist at AQUIRIS, collaborating on VFX and Shaders for Wonderbox, and at Wildlife Studios, creating VFX for racket skins. Experience also includes a role as Technical Artist at Fanatee, where responsibilities encompassed shader and VFX creation, UI implementation in Unity, and game asset optimization. Earlier career involvement includes serving as a Unity Student Ambassador at Unity Technologies following a Bachelor of Technology in Digital Games from PUC Minas, completed in 2020.