Cinematics Director
About The Position
Epic Games is searching for a collaborative Cinematic Director to join our Fortnite cinematics team who can help craft high-impact trailers and short-form content that connects with the Fortnite audience. We're looking for a hands-on filmmaker who uses Unreal Engine as a creative tool and is excited to jump into Sequencer to explore, iterate, and build. Tone matters as much as craft. Strong comedic instincts and a feel for playful, irreverent, character-driven storytelling - someone who understands timing, performance, and visual comedy while still delivering cinematic scale and polish. This is a highly collaborative role working alongside our existing directors and discipline leads to brainstorm, rapidly pitch, and bring ideas to life. You'll manage multiple trailers simultaneously while incorporating feedback from Marketing, Art Direction, Game Direction, and other partners without compromising the creative intent.
Requirements
- A portfolio or reel demonstrating short-form directing, character-driven storytelling, strong comedic instincts, and visual storytelling.
- Directing XP across animation, cinematic trailers, commercials, digital shorts, games, or other short-form entertainment.
- Strong cinematic fundamentals, including shot design, composition, camera movement, editing, pacing, and performance.
- Hands-on XP with Unreal Engine and Sequencer; familiarity with Control Rig workflows.
- A collaborative mindset and comfort developing ideas through brainstorming, rapid iteration, and shared creative ownership.
- A distinct creative point of view and willingness to challenge assumptions while remaining open to feedback.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and adapt quickly as creative direction and priorities evolve.
- Ability to communicate creative intent across Animation, Layout, Lighting, FX, and technical teams.
Nice To Haves
- Experience directing actors, performance capture, or motion capture sessions.
- Background in animation, storyboarding, editing, or visual development.
- Familiarity with modeling, skinning, rigging, or technical art.
- Interest in emerging animation and filmmaking technologies, including procedural and AI-assisted workflows.
- Scripting or technical art knowledge, including Python or Blueprints.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with our directors and discipline leads to define the creative vision, story, tone, and visual language for Fortnite cinematic trailers and short-form content.
- Develop and pitch original story and comedy ideas, taking them from early concept through final delivery.
- Work hands-on in Unreal Engine 5, building and iterating sequences in Sequencer.
- Translate scripts and storyboards into compelling shots through composition, camera movement, performance, pacing, and visual comedy.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously while synthesizing feedback from Marketing, Art Direction, Game Direction, and other creative partners.
- Partner across Animation, Layout, Lighting, FX, Production, and Technical Art to bring the creative vision to life.
- Collaborate with the Animation Director on performance and motion capture, and oversee scene assembly in Unreal Engine.
- Communicate ideas quickly through storyboards, draw-overs, animatics, rip-o-matics, and other visual tools.
- Explore emerging tools and workflows that help the team iterate quickly and push creative quality.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision HRA
- Long Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- 401k with competitive match
- Robust mental well-being program through Modern Health (free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents)
- Company events
- Company-wide paid breaks
- Unlimited PTO and sick time
- Paid sabbatical for 7 years of employment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
