Interviews

Ara Khanikian evolves in the midst of visual effects of Montreal since nearly 10 years, he has gone through many studios like Buzz Image, Hybride or Rodeo FX. He has worked on projects such as THE FOUNTAIN, 300, THE X-FILES, TERMINATOR SALVATION or TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE. In the following interview, he talks to us about his work on JONAH HEX.

In 2015, Richard Stammers explained the work of MPC on THE MARTIAN. He talks to us today about DUMBO.

Julius Lechner began his career in visual effects a decade ago. He has worked in many studios such as Pixomondo, Industrial Light & Magic and Scanline VFX. He has worked on many films like IRON MAN 3, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, JUSTICE LEAGUE and AQUAMAN.

After banking studies in Switzerland, Simon Otto pass through Les Gobelins animation school before being hired by Dreamworks Animation. It was In 1997 and since Simon has not left Dreamworks and worked almost all projects in the studio as THE PRINCE OF EGYPT, SPIRIT, SINBAD, FLUSHED AWAY as a animator and lead animator. He recently completed HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON on which he was head of character animation.

In 2020, Robert Winter explained the work of Framestore on Lady and The Tramp. He then worked on Army of the Dead. How did you...

Olivier Cauwet joined BUF Compagnie in 1998. He will work on projects like FIGHT CLUB, THE MATRIX RELOADED, ALEXANDER or BATMAN BEGINS. He is also overseeing projects like LES DEUX MONDES, CITY OF EMBER or ARTHUR 3: THE WAR OF THE TWO WORLDS. In the following interview, he talks about the challenge of giving life to the Marsupilami.

Jason Smith began his visual effects career in 2013 at Industrial Light & Magic. He has worked on many movies such as STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST, TRANSFORMERS and RANGO. As Associate VFX Supervisor and VFX Supervisor, he took care of the effects of films like THE AVENGERS, WARCRAFT, KONG: SKULL ISLAND and TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT.

With DOCTOR STRANGE, the team of Crafty Apes is back in the Marvel universe after their work on CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR and AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON. Crafty Apes was founded in 2011 by Chris LeDoux, Tim LeDoux and Jason Sanford.

Pierre Raymond is a true pioneer in the visual effects industry with over 35 years of experience. In 1991, he founded with Sylvie Talbot, Daniel Leduc and Michel Murdock: Hybride Technologies, the first company specializing in digital visual effects in Quebec.

During the summer, Sean Walker explained the work of Weta Digital on Black Widow. Today, he comes back to talk about the impressive final...