Meet your trainer

Hussin Khan
Unreal Engine trainer.

Gold-level Unreal Authorized Instructor, Packt author and former Head of Education at Rhythm & Hues Studios. Hussin has spent 16 years turning Hollywood production know-how into training that people can use at work the next day.

Unreal Authorized Instructor since 2021Author of 2 Packt books10 Hollywood film credits
Hussin Khan teaching Unreal Engine
Unreal Authorized Instructor
Unreal Authorized InstructorGOLD LEVEL · EPIC GAMES
16+years teaching
5,000+people trained by EFXCO
10feature film credits
2Packt books
His story

From Hollywood VFX to the classroom.

Hussin's teaching comes from production. He knows what studios expect because he trained the artists who delivered it.

UK

Creative Director, Iguana Studio

Production and creative work in the UK, plus teaching visual effects at Escape Studios, London.

2011

Rhythm & Hues Studios, Malaysia

Head of Education at the Academy Award-winning VFX studio, training artists for Hollywood features while working on films including Life of Pi.

2013

HKVFX Visual Effects Training

Started his own academy to train the next generation of Malaysian VFX and animation artists.

2017

EFXCO Academy, Cyberjaya

HKVFX becomes EFXCO Academy. Hussin leads it as CEO and master trainer, serving studios, universities, companies and government agencies.

2021

Gold-level Unreal Authorized Instructor

Recognised by Epic Games. In 2022 EFXCO also becomes an Unreal Authorized Training Partner.

Now

Author, trainer and coach

Two Packt books on Unreal Engine, corporate training across Malaysia, and one-to-one Unreal coaching online.

What he teaches

Real-time skills, taught as real workflows.

Not a tour of buttons. Every session connects the tool to a finished result: a shot, a walkthrough, a cinematic or a playable scene.

01

Unreal Engine foundations

Editor, levels, materials, lighting and cameras. The base every real-time project needs.

02

Virtual filmmaking

Sequencer, MetaHumans, cameras and Movie Render Queue to take a short film from idea to final render.

03

Niagara and cinematic VFX

Lightning, fluids, weather, Chaos destruction and cloth, straight from his VFX Cookbook.

04

CAD to real-time visualisation

Bring engineering, architecture and golf course designs into Unreal for walkthroughs and presentations.

05

Virtual production

LED volume concepts, ICVFX workflows and real-time pipelines for film and broadcast teams.

06

Compositing with Nuke

Keying, roto, tracking and CG integration, taught by a Foundry-certified Nuke trainer.

Author

He wrote the books.

Virtual Filmmaking with Unreal Engine 5 book cover
Packt · Book 1

Virtual Filmmaking with Unreal Engine 5

A step-by-step guide to making a complete animated short film: environments, MetaHumans, animation, lighting, cameras and final output.

Unreal Engine 5 VFX Cookbook book cover
Packt · Book 2

Unreal Engine 5 VFX Cookbook

Production-ready Niagara recipes for cinematic VFX: lightning, fluids, weather, Chaos destruction and cloth, Sequencer and Movie Render Queue.

Film credits

On the credits of 10 feature films.

Including Life of Pi, winner of the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked2011
X-Men: First Class2011
Snow White and the Huntsman2012
The Hunger Games2012
R.I.P.D.2012
Life of Pi2012 · Oscar winner, Best Visual Effects
300: Rise of an Empire2013
Max Beyond (Rift)2014
The Beyond2017
2036 Origin Unknown2018
See Hussin on IMDb →
Credentials

Certified to teach what he teaches.

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Gold-level Unreal Authorized Instructor

Recognised by Epic Games since 2021. EFXCO Academy has been an Unreal Authorized Training Partner since 2022.

Nuke Certified TrainerThe Foundry and fxphd
Adobe Certified InstructorAdobe Certified Expert (ACE)
Unity Certified InstructorUnity Certified Developer
Visual Effects SocietyMember (VES)
FINAS Special Achievement Award25th Malaysian Film Awards
Escape Studios, LondonFormer VFX educator
In the classroom

Hands-on, side by side.

Work with Hussin

Three ways to learn from him.

For organisations

Train your team

Private Unreal Engine programs for companies, studios, universities and agencies. At our studio, your office or online. HRD Corp claimable.

Corporate training →
For individuals

Join a public class

Two, three or five days in our Cyberjaya studio, with workstations, breakfast and lunch provided.

Unreal Engine courses
One to one

Private coaching

Live one-to-one Unreal Engine sessions with Hussin on Zoom, built around your own project and pace.

1:1 coaching at hussinkhan.com
Questions

About Hussin.

Who is Hussin Khan?

Hussin Khan is a Gold-level Unreal Authorized Instructor, Packt author and the CEO of EFXCO Academy in Cyberjaya, Malaysia. He was Head of Education at Rhythm & Hues Studios and 5,000+ people have been trained by EFXCO over his 16 years as a trainer.

Can Hussin train our company or university?

Yes. Hussin leads private Unreal Engine programs for companies, studios, universities and government teams, at our Cyberjaya studio, at your office or online. Training through EFXCO is HRD Corp claimable.

Does Hussin teach the public Unreal Engine classes?

Yes. Hussin and the EFXCO team run public Unreal Engine classes in Cyberjaya. See the dates on the Unreal Engine courses page.

Does Hussin offer one-to-one coaching?

Yes. For individuals, Hussin offers live one-to-one Unreal Engine coaching on Zoom. Details are on hussinkhan.com.

Which books has Hussin written?

Virtual Filmmaking with Unreal Engine 5 and Unreal Engine 5 VFX Cookbook, both published by Packt and available worldwide.

Can Hussin speak at our event?

Hussin speaks at industry events, webinars and university talks on Unreal Engine, virtual production and AI in creative work. Contact us with your date and audience.

Let's talk

Learn Unreal Engine from someone who's used it in production.

Tell us who needs training and what they need to make. We reply within one working day.

Want to talk to Hussin directly about training? Connect and send him a message on LinkedIn.

Prefer to talk? Call +603 8311 9600 or email info@efxco.my