you gotta love having a great crew where everyone has its own responsibilities depending on their skill set.....anyway, back to the one man band reality......
When I'm watching films I love checking every display hahaha. you sometimes find some weird stuff.....
What.......the.......hell? How does someone learn this stuff he's doing? Do they actually have degree programs in animation/artistic programming/whatever you would call what he does?
I guess he is a programmer that someone (usually a friend or someone he knew from a project...) offered him to help make a realistic display (well at least program it and them pass to his colleagues in the graphical department)...and he liked it. If he is good at it he will be called again and again and again...