Interviews

Bjørn Mayer began his career in visual effects more than 10 years ago. He worked at Pixomondo on films such as RED BARON, 2012, RED TAILS or HUGO.

Since his last interview here, Dan Schrecker worked on several projects such as THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY and GODS BEHAVING BADLY. NOAH is the occasion to work again with director Darren Aronofsky since BLACK SWAN.

Peter Chiang started working in visual effects at the opticals period on projects such as HIGHLANDER, LABYRINTH, or BATMAN. In 1998 he is one of the founders of Double Negative. He has since overseen an impressive number of projects such as PITCH BLACK, ENEMY AT THE GATES, THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM or GREEN ZONE. In the following interview, he discusses his work on JOHN CARTER.

Chris Godfrey has been working in visual effects for over 30 years. He co-founded Animal Logic with Zareh Nalbandian in 1991. He supervised the effects of many films such as BABE: PIG IN THE CITY, MOULIN ROUGE!, AUSTRALIA and THE GREAT GATSBY.

RESIDENT EVIL RETRIBUTION is the largest project made at Mr .X and they won't be too much of two to explain their work on the visual effects of this show. Eric Robinson is back on The Art of VFX after telling us his work on THE THREE MUSKETEERS and is accompanied by Ethan Lee.

Last year, Jonathan Weber told us about the work of RISE on THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS. He then worked on RENEGADES and THE DARK TOWER.

In 2014, Richard Bluff explained to us about the work of ILM on LUCY. He then worked on UNBROKEN, AGENT CARTER and THE BIG SHORT. He's now back in the Marvel universe with DOCTOR STRANGE.

Ian Hunter is in the world of special effects for more than 25 years. He is one of the co-founder of New Deal Studios. He has worked on many films such as BATMAN RETURNS, PITCH BLACK, WAR OF THE WORLDS or THE DARK KNIGHT. He just won the Oscar and BAFTA for Best Visual Effects for INTERSTELLAR.

Espen Nordahl began his career in the visual effects in 2005 at Storm Studios. He has worked on many films such as TROLLHUNTER, JOHN CARTER, IRON MAN 3 and MAN OF STEEL. He returns to Storm Studios in 2013 and takes care of the effects of films like PIXELS and THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS.

Andy Brown has been working in visual effects for 30 years. Before joining Method he worked at Animal Logic for 22 years during which he was VFX Supervisor on MOULIN ROUGE, HERO, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS, WORLD TRADE CENTER, AUSTRALIA, SUCKER PUNCH, THE GREAT GATSBY, and THE GREAT WALL. Todd Sheridan Perry has been in visual effects and animation since 1992. After owning a small visual effect boutique in Venice, CA for nearly ten years, Todd has worked on projects including LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS, CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, 2012, THE MIST, and SPEED RACER. He has worked with Method as a CG Supervisor on AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON and DOCTOR STRANGE.