Johannes Saam

Senior Software Developer, Johannes Saam had an early interest in 3D and began by teaching himself at home. While in studying at SAE Institute, Johannes began his career interning at Scanline VFX in Munich. Johannes continued his education at Bournemouth University where he earned his Masters in Computer Animation.

Following his time at Scanline, Johannes moved to Rising Sun Pictures where he continued to work on a variety of feature films. His Film Credits include: Legend of the Guardians, Mad Max 4, Thor, Captain America – The First Avenger, Prometheus, 300 Rise of an Empire, Exodus: God and Kings.

Among many achievements and honors, Johannes has a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his development, prototyping and promotion of technologies and workflows for Deep Compositing, six Siggraph showcases and three animago AWARDs.

Since joining Framestore as Senior Creative Developer Johannes has continued to make advancements in the worlds of AR/VR, data point cloud worksflows and procedural generation. He was lead developer on Facebook’s new x24 Surround 360 camera and the VR experiences LUMEN with Time Inc. and SAAM VR with Intel and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Johannes is constantly looking for opportunities to improve efficiency, better workflow and creating solutions to creative problems.