# Marc Baz

> Marc Baz is a creative technologist and GenAI pipeline developer in Montreal, Canada. He builds generative-AI image and video pipelines that produce catalogue-scale, brand-accurate visuals without a photoshoot, drawing on five years across video production, VFX and generative AI.

Title: Creative Technologist & GenAI Pipeline Developer. Based in Montreal, Canada. Open to creative technologist and GenAI pipeline roles, and to freelance work, in Montreal or remote.
Core tools: ComfyUI (custom nodes, LoRA training, ControlNet), Stable Diffusion / SDXL, Flux, Wan, Kling, Runway, Veo; Python and LLM agents for pipelines and automation; VFX and 3D in After Effects, Houdini and Unreal Engine.

## About

Marc Baz is a creative technologist in Montreal, Canada. He started in 3D and VFX, went freelance in 2022, then moved into AI video and AI images at scale, and co-founded Avra Nodus in 2026.
Off the clock: gaming, hiking, space, new tech, and building with Eve, his AI agent (she answers questions on buzzb.ai). He is getting better at storytelling and loves interactive art. His favourite colour is green.

## Work

- [Nines](https://buzzb.ai/work/nines): The GenAI pipeline behind brand-ready on-model fashion imagery for Vans, The North Face, Timberland and Veronica Beard, built with a team of three (May to Sep 2026): store-ready catalogue images at volume (for example, 37,000 images in one five-day stretch).
- [Video & motion](https://buzzb.ai/work/video): 19 videos. Brand spots for Caudalie, Patyka, FAIM and Valid, a Puma concept, AI short films and VFX reels (Houdini, Unreal Engine).
- [The Memory Keepers](https://buzzb.ai/work/memory-keepers): His first AI SaaS (2025), bringing old family photos back to life as short videos. Over 100 orders, brought in by his own Meta ads.
- [Playground](https://buzzb.ai/playground): More about him (his path from 3D and VFX to AI, career and education), Avra Nodus, and the tools he builds for himself.
- [Gallery](https://buzzb.ai/#gallery): Mostly personal AI image work made with Midjourney, Kling, Sora, Higgsfield, Nano Banana and ComfyUI, plus a few client keyframes.

## Career

- 2026: Co-founder, Avra Nodus (AI fashion-imagery startup)
- 2026: Creative Technologist & Pipeline Developer, Nines, Remote, United States
- 2025: AI Consultant & Adoption Specialist, LemonadeFashion | PIPP, Remote
- 2024: IT Monitoring (SAP Basis), Oxya Consultancy, Montréal, Canada
- 2022: Creative Technologist & Media Producer, Freelance, Remote, MENA
- 2021: Unreal Engine VFX Artist, REKT Studios, Remote, Dubai

## Education

- 2024: FX Technical Director, CampusVFX (Lost Boys), Montréal, Canada (Houdini, VEX, Python)
- 2021: BSc, Computer Science, Notre-Dame University, Lebanon

## Toolkit

### Generative AI

- Image & video: ComfyUI, Custom nodes (Python), LoRA training, Flux, Stable Diffusion, SDXL, Wan 2.2 / VACE / WanAnimate, Nano Banana, GPT Image, Seedream
- Control: ControlNet, IP-Adapter, DWPose (pose), SAM 3 (segmentation)
- Platforms: Kling, Google Flow (Veo), Runway, Sora, Midjourney, Higgsfield, Krea, LTX, Magnific AI, Topaz, ElevenLabs, Suno

### LLMs & automation

- Agents & LLMs: Claude Code (skills, MCP, headless), OpenAI & Anthropic APIs, Muse (Meta), dots (OpenAI), Agentic workflows, n8n, Make.com, Voiceflow
- Code, AI-assisted: Python, FastAPI, fal.ai, RunPod, SQLite, NumPy, Pillow, pytest, React, TypeScript, Node.js, Vite, Supabase, Stripe, Vercel, Netlify, Git / GitHub

### VFX & post

- Post & editing: After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere
- 3D & real-time: Houdini (VEX, Python), Unreal Engine (Niagara), Blender, Cinema 4D

## Contact

- Email: marcbaz98@gmail.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-baz-/
- GitHub: https://github.com/BuzzBFX
- Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/marcbaz
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrcbaz/