Tag: VFX Supervisor

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.

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.

After beginning his career in traditional animation, Joe Farrell goes digital on TV series such as STARGATE SG-1 or JEREMIAH. Few years later, he joined Digital Domain and worked on films such as I, ROBOT, FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS, TRANSFORMERS or 2012. In 2010, he moved to Scanline VFX to work on HEREAFTER and then on IMMORTALS and BATTLESHIP.

Dan Levitan began his career in visual effects at Cinesite Hollywood in 1994 and worked on films like WATERWORLD, GATTACA or PLEASANTVILLE. He then worked at Dream Quest Images, CIS Hollywood, Digital Dimension and Hammerhead. As VFX supervisor, he worked on movies such as SALT, THE HANGOVER PART II or FRIGHT NIGHT.

Kevin Baillie began working in the visual effects as previz artist on STAR WARS EPISODE 1. He joined The Orphanage in 2000 and have worked on numerous films such as HELLBOY, THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW or SIN CITY. He then worked at ImageMovers Digital on projects like A CHRISTMAS CAROL or March NEEDS MOMS. In 2010, he founded Atomic Fiction with Ryan Tudhope.