GridMarkets Blog

Fabian Nowak is an internationally recognized VFX artist whose career spans blockbuster films, cutting-edge Houdini simulations, and some of the most technically ambitious shots in modern cinema. From breaking into the industry against the odds to pushing the limits of water, gravity, and scale, Fabian’s journey is defined by relentless ambition and creative precision.

In this exclusive GridMarkets webinar, award-winning VFX artist Fabian Nowak delivers a deep technical breakdown of one of the most ambitious visual effects sequences in modern cinema—the zero-gravity swimming pool scene from Passengers. Drawing from his experience at studios like MPC and ILM, Fabian reveals how Houdini was used under extreme production pressure to simulate massive bodies of water in zero gravity.