Grady Cofer is working in VFX for over 15 years. He participated in many projects at Digiscope as an Flame artist such as VOLCANO, TITANIC or GODZILLA. He then joined ILM and worked on films like PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN trilogy, STAR WARS EPISODE II and III as well as STAR TREK and AVATAR.

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From 8 to 11th Mai took place the FMX 2012 with an impressive selection of high quality conferences. This was an great opportunity to meet many artists interviewed here and also make beautiful meetings. A big thanks to the FMX staffs!

Here is my report of this edition:

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New game cinematic on The Art of VFX with THE WITCHER 2. Maciej Jackiewicz (Animation Director), Bartek Opatowiecki (Senior TD) and Lukasz Sobisz (FX TD) of Platige Image explain in details the creation process for this animation.

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Hi all,

On next week that will be the new edition of FMX with its rich program of conferences, great speakers and guests.

Among the impressive list of speakers, some have been interviewed on The Art of VFX such as Erik Nash (Digital Domain) for REAL STEEL, Sue Rowe (Cinesite) for PRINCE OF PERSIA and JOHN CARTER, Thilo Ewers (Pixomondo) for SUCKER PUNCH thus the studio Modus FX (SOURCE CODE, MIRROR MIRROR).

As well as, Jeff White (ILM) and Guy Williams (Weta Digital) for THE AVENGERS and Platige Image team for THE WITCHER 2 that will be on The Art of VFX in the days to come. Do not miss this opportunity to meet these great VFX artists and more.

The Art of VFX will also be present on site and would love to meet you.

Best regards,
Vincent

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Sebastien Moreau began his career in visual effects over 15 years ago. He worked in several studios such as Hybride, Weta or ILM and participated in projects such as MIMIC, STAR WARS EPISODE II, WAR OF THE WORLDS or THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING. In 2006, he founded Rodeo FX with Mathieu Raynault and oversee the effects of movies like TERMINATOR SALVATION, SOURCE CODE or RED TAILS. In the following interview, he explains his second collaboration with director Tarsem.

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Martin Pelletier began his career in the VFX almost 10 years ago. Before joining the teams of Modus FX, Martin worked at Hybride and Buzz Image Group and participated in projects like ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, SIN CITY or 300. At Modus, he oversaw the CG for project such as SUPER or SOURCE CODE. In the following interview, he discusses his work on MIRROR MIRROR.

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Stuart Lashley began his career 10 years ago at MPC and works on projects such as TROY, SUNSHINE or WATCHMEN. In 2010, he joined Prime Focus teams. In the following interview, he discusses his work on MIRROR MIRROR.

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Gary Brozenich is a CG artist for over 25 years, he joined MPC while the studio only had a dozen artists. After working on numerous commercials, he joined the film division since its creation and will be in charge of CG on TROY and KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. He will be then VFX supervisor for films like THE DA VINCI CODE, THE WOLFMAN or CLASH OF THE TITANS. It is therefore natural that he talks about his work on the CLASH sequel: WRATH OF THE TITANS.

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After explaining his work for HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 , for which he received a BAFTA Award, David Vickery is back on The Art of VFX. He talks about the participation of Double Negative on THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS.

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Missed an interview this month? Thanks to my newsletter (that will begins at the end of April) you will no longer miss one.

Come register using the form on the right column.

Thanks for your interest.

Vincent

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