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 appearance on The Art of VFX where he told us about the VFX of Method Studios on J. EDGAR, Ollie Rankin worked on RED DAWN.

Here is the first audio podcast on The Art of VFX. I'm happy to introduce to you Pascal Chappuis who has made this interview and will made the next ones. Thad Beier has worked for over 20 years in visual effects. In 1995, he founded Hammerhead with Rebecca Marie, Jamie Dixon and Dan Chuba. He has worked on many projects such as TITANIC, U-571, FAST AND FURIOUS or 4: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER. In 2010, he joined the team of Digital Domain.

Bill George began his career in visual effects as a model maker in 1979 on STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE. After completing his work on BLADE RUNNER, he joined ILM in 1981. He created models for many films such as STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - RETURN OF THE JEDI, INNERSPACE or GHOSTBUSTERS II. In 1997, he became a visual effects supervisor and take care of many films like GALAXY QUEST, HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, EVAN ALMIGHTY or I AM NUMBER FOUR.

Westley Sarokin worked for 5 years as an Flame artist at a52. In 2005, he joined The Mill as Joint Head of 2D. In the following interview, he explains his work for the VFX supervision of the VIKINGS main title. He is, for it, accompanied by Danny Morris, Lead Flame Artist.

Scott Stokdyk starts working in visual effects more than 17 years ago. He has worked on such films as BROKEN ARROW, THE FIFTH ELEMENT, TITANIC or GODZILLA. He then worked on the SPIDER-MAN trilogy of director Sam Raimi and win an Oscar for Best Visual Effects for SPIDER-MAN 2. OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL is its fourth collaboration with Sam Raimi.

Two years ago, Dan Schrecker had explained his work on BLACK SWAN. He then oversaw the effects of films such as LIMITLESS, THE SITTER or MOONRISE KINGDOM. Accompanied by Matt Krentz, Digital Supervisor, he talks about the effects of WARM BODIES.

Neil Huxley is back on Art of VFX. He talked about his work at Prime Focus on AVATAR. He then joined the team of Mothership as director. Accompanied by Aladino Debert, he explains his work on this DEAD SPACE 3 commercial.

It is with great pleasure that I welcome again Deak Ferrand on The Art of VFX. During his last visit, we had explained the work of Hatch on THE BOOK OF ELI. He has since worked on films like THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, THE DICTATOR or UPSIDE DOWN.

Having worked for many years at Pacific Data Images (PDI) on projects such as TOYS, TRUE LIES or NATURAL BORN KILLERS, Rebecca Marie founded Hammerhead in 1995 with Jamie Dixon, Thad Beier and Dan Chuba. She has participated in very many movies including TITANIC, DEEP BLUE SEA, X2, WANTED or THE BOOK OF ELI.