VP, Art and Global Art Director
CD Projekt Red
PL

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Jakub Knapik

VP of Art and Global Art Director, Jakub is a VFX Supervisor / Art Director and CG Artist with over 22 years of experience in the Film and Commercial industry, currently working at CD PROJEKT RED. In his position, he oversees art in all of the projects the studio is developing. Before becoming the Global Art Director, Jakub worked as a Lighting and FX Art Director on “Cyberpunk 2077” and finally as an Art Director on “Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty”.

He also has broad experience from before joining game dev: as a generalist, Compositing Artist, Lighting Artist, and Visual Effects Supervisor, both directly with clients but also on set with the film crews. He had an opportunity to explore a vast world of projects and video clips, starting with deeply art-driven films like Lars Von Trier's "Melancholia," through special projects for European Space Agency's mission Rosetta, sophisticated commercials for BMW or "ARES" for "The Martian" movie but also music video clips for rock legend like Radiohead. A few years ago, he decided to dive into the vivid world of game development with its fast-growing technology and visual language.

He is deeply fascinated by beautiful and intelligent visual storytelling and the complex technical side of computer graphics.

Awards

VES Award nomination for Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty, OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A REAL-TIME PROJECT 2024
VES Award nomination for Cyberpunk 2077, Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project 2021
VES Award, nomination for Cyberpunk 2077, Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project 2021
BAFTA nomination for Artistic Achievement in Cyberpunk2077 Game
Digital Foundry #1 that Best Game graphics of 2020
BRONZE for Best Music Video for RADIOHEAD "I promise" at CreativeCircleAwardsUK
Certificate in recognition of outstanding contribution to ESA Rosetta Mission
Golden KTR for excellence in Audio/Video Special Effects for "Mark Pritchard - Beautiful People (Official Video) ft. Thom Yorke"
Silver KTR for excellence in Audio/Video Colour Correction for "Mark Pritchard - Beautiful People (Official Video) ft. Thom Yorke"
Golden KTR for excellence in Audio/Video Special Effects for "ARES: Our greatest adventure"
Best Special Effects at Fantasporto 2016 for The Lure
Grand LIA Bronze Winer for Visual Effects
Animago AWARD 2015 Best Visualization for Ambition movie 2015
Golden KTR for excellence in Audio/Video Special Effects for "Ambition" Film 2015
VES Award Nomination 2015

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