Introduction

Willi Hammes, self-taught CG generalist working in the film and game industry for over two decades, also founder and owner of CG & VR Studio MAWI United.

During my career, I have been working for different studios in the USA, UK and Germany, on projects like Beowulf, Monster House, Mortal Kombat, Spiderman 2, Everquest 2, X-Men and many others.

Building a business

For quite some time you’ve worked in huge big companies like Blur, Eurocom, Sony Imageworks. Why did you decide to build your own business? It must be so much harder than just going to work?

It simply was time to take the next step. With the shift of games and real-time technology becoming more important and visually appealing, it was the perfect time to put all my knowledge and skills into my own studio.