Interviews

Jake Morrison began his career in visual effects for feature film in the late 90s. He has worked on many projects, such as LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS, THE MATRIX RELOADED, 300 and IRON MAN 2. He has worked for Marvel Studios as additional VFX supervisor for THOR, 2nd Unit VFX supervisor for THE AVENGERS and Production VFX Supervisor for THOR 2: THE DARK WORLD.

Pete Bebb began his career in the VFX on PITCH BLACK at Double Negative in 2000. He worked on many projects such as DIE ANOTHER DAY, BATMAN BEGINS, THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM or The Dark Knight. As a VFX supervisor, he took care of the effects of films like INCEPTION and THE DARK KNIGHT RISES.

Marten Larsson have joined Digital Domain in 2004 as technical director. He worked on many projects such as THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR, 2012, TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON or ENDER'S GAME. He talks to us today about his experience as VFX Supervisor on PIXELS.

Alex Wuttke has worked at Jim Henson's Creature Shop before joining Double Negative in 2002. He worked on films such as THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK or BATMAN BEGINS. As a VFX supervisor he took care of the effects for movies like QUANTUM OF SOLACE, 2012 and 2 THOR: THE DARK WORLD.

Stopsack Sheldon began his career in the visual effects in 2002 at Ambient Entertainment. He joined MPC in 2007 and worked on films such as CLASH OF THE TITANS, PROMETHEUS, SKYFALL or X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST.

Before becoming a freelance visual effects producer, Shari Hanson has worked for many years at Industrial Light & Magic in the commercials department and then in features. She took care of the effects of films such as THE ISLAND, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III, TRANSFORMERS or STAR TREK.

The team of Whiskytree talks about the creation of the wide shots of Tomorrowland city, the bioluminescent trees and the Paris launch sequence for TOMORROWLAND and their collaboration with Industrial Light & Magic.

Aymeric Perceval began his career in visual effects in 2010 at Cinesite. He has also worked with Union VFX, Image Engine and Pixomondo. At Cinesite, he has been compositing supervisor on films including EDGE OF TOMORROW, ROBOCOP and HERCULES. MAGGIE is his first project as VFX Supervisor.

Tom Wood began working in the visual effects as an animator at Cinesite on films like EVENT HORIZON and LOST IN SPACE. He then worked many years at MPC on films such as ENEMY AT THE GATES, HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, KINGDOM OF HEAVEN or SUNSHINE. He then became independent and take care of the effects of movies like PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME or MIRROR MIRROR.

In last March, Chris Harvey talked in detail about the work of Image Engine on CHAPPIE by Neill Blomkamp. As for Bernhard Kimbacher, he had detailed to us his work on LONE SURVIVOR last year.