There has never been a better time to be a VFX vendor. With so much content coming from streaming, high-quality television, feature films and commercials, the demand for visual effects and VFX
artists continues to grow.
Santa Monica-based visual effects studio Luma Pictures, which celebrates its 20-year anniversary this month, has seen an increase in everything from creature effects to animation to set extensions to full sequences.
To keep up with all the additional work, Luma expanded to Vancouver in January, after establishing an office in Melbourne in 2012 to take advantage of the emerging market there. A staff of more than 200 works for the company across all three locations, providing effects for a client list that includes Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, Disney and Warner Bros., and films such as “Elvis,” “Dr. Strange 2” and “Once
Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
Vincent Cirelli, VP and head of digital production, notes that one way...
artists continues to grow.
Santa Monica-based visual effects studio Luma Pictures, which celebrates its 20-year anniversary this month, has seen an increase in everything from creature effects to animation to set extensions to full sequences.
To keep up with all the additional work, Luma expanded to Vancouver in January, after establishing an office in Melbourne in 2012 to take advantage of the emerging market there. A staff of more than 200 works for the company across all three locations, providing effects for a client list that includes Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, Disney and Warner Bros., and films such as “Elvis,” “Dr. Strange 2” and “Once
Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
Vincent Cirelli, VP and head of digital production, notes that one way...
- 9/15/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Former Sony Pictures Imageworks executive Shauna Bryan, whose credits include The Meg, Suicide Squad and Thor: The Dark World, has joined U.S. and Australia-based firm Luma Pictures to lead business development as Executive Producer of VFX.
Aquaman and Black Panther special effects outfit Luma has most recently worked on movies including Captain Marvel and Spider-Man: Far From Home.
Prior to joining Luma, Bryan served as Vice President of New Business and Production Executive for Sony Pictures Imageworks, as well as Vice President of Method Studios, Vancouver.
“Shauna brings a strong creative sensibility to her strategies for business development, which helps filmmakers, studios, and artist teams all feel well-supported,” said Payam Shohadai, founder and CEO of Luma. “Her passion for the art of filmmaking, along with her hands-on production experience, makes her a perfect partner for Luma, and we’re incredibly excited for her to join our team.”
“Luma...
Aquaman and Black Panther special effects outfit Luma has most recently worked on movies including Captain Marvel and Spider-Man: Far From Home.
Prior to joining Luma, Bryan served as Vice President of New Business and Production Executive for Sony Pictures Imageworks, as well as Vice President of Method Studios, Vancouver.
“Shauna brings a strong creative sensibility to her strategies for business development, which helps filmmakers, studios, and artist teams all feel well-supported,” said Payam Shohadai, founder and CEO of Luma. “Her passion for the art of filmmaking, along with her hands-on production experience, makes her a perfect partner for Luma, and we’re incredibly excited for her to join our team.”
“Luma...
- 1/31/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Lured by British Columbia’s enticing 58% tax incentives, Sony Pictures Imageworks is relocating its headquarters from Los Angeles to Vancouver.
The company is moving into a new facility that is capable of accommodating up to 700 employees, leaving a question mark over the fate of the 250-plus employees at the current hub in Culver City.
Jason Dowdeswell will continue to lead Sony Pictures Imageworks’ operations in Vancouver as vp of production operations, while Mark Breakspear joins as visual effects supervisor and Shauna Bryan as vp of new business and production executive. Both arrive from similar roles at Method Studios in Vancouver.
The production office opened in Vancouver in 2010 with a staff of 80 artists and recently worked on Warner Bros’ imminent sci-fi release Edge Of Tomorrow starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, as well as The Amazing Spider-Man 2, when staffing levels climbed to 350.
The team will take the lead on Sony Pictures Imageworks projects such as Disney’s Guardians...
The company is moving into a new facility that is capable of accommodating up to 700 employees, leaving a question mark over the fate of the 250-plus employees at the current hub in Culver City.
Jason Dowdeswell will continue to lead Sony Pictures Imageworks’ operations in Vancouver as vp of production operations, while Mark Breakspear joins as visual effects supervisor and Shauna Bryan as vp of new business and production executive. Both arrive from similar roles at Method Studios in Vancouver.
The production office opened in Vancouver in 2010 with a staff of 80 artists and recently worked on Warner Bros’ imminent sci-fi release Edge Of Tomorrow starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, as well as The Amazing Spider-Man 2, when staffing levels climbed to 350.
The team will take the lead on Sony Pictures Imageworks projects such as Disney’s Guardians...
- 5/30/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End drew a leading seven nominations for the sixth annual Visual Effects Society Awards. Transformers, another Industrial Light + Magic-led project, followed with five nominations.
Not far behind the autobots were five films that secured four nominations apiece: I Am Legend, Spider-Man 3, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Ratatouille and Surf's Up.
Of the titles that received four or more VES nominations, three of them -- Pirates, Transformers and Legend -- also were named to the Academy' visual effects category short list released Friday. The three also are nominees in VES' top category of visual effects in a visual effects-driven film.
In four of the past five years, the winner of the VES' top prize went on to win the Oscar category. The exception was in 2004, when the VES recognized Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and the Academy honored Spider-Man 2.
Meanwhile, the selections of Ratatouille and Surf's Up -- which included nods in categories typically dominated by live-action films -- demonstrates a distinction between visual effects and animation, a topic that has been getting a lot of attention of late.
The Academy's initial list of 15 VFX contenders included Ratatouille and Beowulf -- also reflecting this direction of thinking as the selections are rare feats for animated films.
Along these lines, VES introduced a new category this year for outstanding effects in an animated motion picture. In this new competition, Ratatouille earned two nominations (for food and for the rapids), and Surf's Up, Beowulf and Shrek the Third rounded out the category. Beowulf and Shrek earned a total of two VES nominations apiece.
The Pirates sequel is nominated for outstanding visual effects in a visual effects-driven film, single visual effect of the year, created environment in a live-action film, compositing in a film (two nominations recognizing different individuals), models and miniatures in a film and animated character in a live-action film.
The previous Pirates film, Dead Man's Chest won all six categories last year as well as the Oscar.
This year, Transformers is nominated in the same categories as Pirates with the exception of created environments, where Transformers was not nominated.
In television, the Sci Fi Channel miniseries Tin Man, the CW series Smallville and the BBC's Doctor Who franchise led with three nominations each.
Steven Spielberg will receive the VES Lifetime Achievement Award during the ceremony Feb. 10 at Hollywood & Highland that will recognize visual effects in film, television, commercials and video games.
The nominees for the 6th Annual VES Awards are:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture
I AM LEGEND
Janek Sirrs, Mike Chambers, Jim Berney, Crys Forsyth-Smith
TRANSFORMERS
Scott Farar, Shari Hanson, Russel Earl, Scott Benza
THE GOLDEN COMPASS
Michael Fink, Susan MacLeod, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END
John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Hal Hickel, Charlie Gibson
SPIDER-MAN 3
Scott Stokdyk, Terry Clotiaux, Peter Nofz, Spencer Cook
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture
RATATOUILLE
Michael Fong, Apurva Shah, Christine Waggoner, Michael Fu
ZODIAC
Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Janelle Croshaw, Chris Evans
WE OWN THE NIGHT
Kelly Port, Julian Levi, Brad Parker, Olivier Sarda
THE KITE RUNNER
David Ebner, Les Jones, Todd Perry, Leif Einarsson
BLADES OF GLORY
Mark Breakspear, Randy Starr, Shauna Bryan, Kody Sabourin
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Razor
Mike Gibson, Gary Hutzel, Sean Jackson, Pierre Drolet
RACE TO MARS - Getting to Mars
Manon Barriault, Jacques Levesque, Olivier Goulet, Benoit Girard
DOCTOR WHO CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2007 - Voyage of the Damned
David Houghton, Will Cohen
BEN 10: RACE AGAINST TIME - VFX Compilation
Dina Benadon, Evan Jacobs, Brent Young, Chris Christman
TIN MAN - Night One
Lee Wilson, Lisa Sepp-Wilson, Sebastien Bergeron
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series
HEROES - Episode 208 - Four Months Ago
Eric Grenaudier, Mark Spatny, Diego Galtieri, Mike Enriquez
DOCTOR WHO THE LAST OF THE TIME LORDS - Series 3, Episode 13
David Houghton, Will Cohen
STARGATE ATLANTIS - Adrift
Mark Savela, Shannon Gurney, Erica Henderson, Jamie Yukio Kawano
FIGHT FOR LIFE - Episode 4
Philip Dobree, Nicola Instone, Marco Iozzi, Matt Chandler
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Episode 316 - Maelstrom
Mike Gibson, Gary Hutzel, Michael J.
Not far behind the autobots were five films that secured four nominations apiece: I Am Legend, Spider-Man 3, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Ratatouille and Surf's Up.
Of the titles that received four or more VES nominations, three of them -- Pirates, Transformers and Legend -- also were named to the Academy' visual effects category short list released Friday. The three also are nominees in VES' top category of visual effects in a visual effects-driven film.
In four of the past five years, the winner of the VES' top prize went on to win the Oscar category. The exception was in 2004, when the VES recognized Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and the Academy honored Spider-Man 2.
Meanwhile, the selections of Ratatouille and Surf's Up -- which included nods in categories typically dominated by live-action films -- demonstrates a distinction between visual effects and animation, a topic that has been getting a lot of attention of late.
The Academy's initial list of 15 VFX contenders included Ratatouille and Beowulf -- also reflecting this direction of thinking as the selections are rare feats for animated films.
Along these lines, VES introduced a new category this year for outstanding effects in an animated motion picture. In this new competition, Ratatouille earned two nominations (for food and for the rapids), and Surf's Up, Beowulf and Shrek the Third rounded out the category. Beowulf and Shrek earned a total of two VES nominations apiece.
The Pirates sequel is nominated for outstanding visual effects in a visual effects-driven film, single visual effect of the year, created environment in a live-action film, compositing in a film (two nominations recognizing different individuals), models and miniatures in a film and animated character in a live-action film.
The previous Pirates film, Dead Man's Chest won all six categories last year as well as the Oscar.
This year, Transformers is nominated in the same categories as Pirates with the exception of created environments, where Transformers was not nominated.
In television, the Sci Fi Channel miniseries Tin Man, the CW series Smallville and the BBC's Doctor Who franchise led with three nominations each.
Steven Spielberg will receive the VES Lifetime Achievement Award during the ceremony Feb. 10 at Hollywood & Highland that will recognize visual effects in film, television, commercials and video games.
The nominees for the 6th Annual VES Awards are:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture
I AM LEGEND
Janek Sirrs, Mike Chambers, Jim Berney, Crys Forsyth-Smith
TRANSFORMERS
Scott Farar, Shari Hanson, Russel Earl, Scott Benza
THE GOLDEN COMPASS
Michael Fink, Susan MacLeod, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END
John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Hal Hickel, Charlie Gibson
SPIDER-MAN 3
Scott Stokdyk, Terry Clotiaux, Peter Nofz, Spencer Cook
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture
RATATOUILLE
Michael Fong, Apurva Shah, Christine Waggoner, Michael Fu
ZODIAC
Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Janelle Croshaw, Chris Evans
WE OWN THE NIGHT
Kelly Port, Julian Levi, Brad Parker, Olivier Sarda
THE KITE RUNNER
David Ebner, Les Jones, Todd Perry, Leif Einarsson
BLADES OF GLORY
Mark Breakspear, Randy Starr, Shauna Bryan, Kody Sabourin
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Razor
Mike Gibson, Gary Hutzel, Sean Jackson, Pierre Drolet
RACE TO MARS - Getting to Mars
Manon Barriault, Jacques Levesque, Olivier Goulet, Benoit Girard
DOCTOR WHO CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2007 - Voyage of the Damned
David Houghton, Will Cohen
BEN 10: RACE AGAINST TIME - VFX Compilation
Dina Benadon, Evan Jacobs, Brent Young, Chris Christman
TIN MAN - Night One
Lee Wilson, Lisa Sepp-Wilson, Sebastien Bergeron
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series
HEROES - Episode 208 - Four Months Ago
Eric Grenaudier, Mark Spatny, Diego Galtieri, Mike Enriquez
DOCTOR WHO THE LAST OF THE TIME LORDS - Series 3, Episode 13
David Houghton, Will Cohen
STARGATE ATLANTIS - Adrift
Mark Savela, Shannon Gurney, Erica Henderson, Jamie Yukio Kawano
FIGHT FOR LIFE - Episode 4
Philip Dobree, Nicola Instone, Marco Iozzi, Matt Chandler
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Episode 316 - Maelstrom
Mike Gibson, Gary Hutzel, Michael J.
Marianne O'Reilly has been named president of Rainmaker Visual Effects. Additionally, Shauna Bryan has been promoted to head of business development and Jason Dowdeswell to head of digital studio.
O'Reilly began her career at Vancouver-based Rainmaker in 1999 as visual effects producer. She was named Rainmaker's executive producer in 2004 and oversaw the facility's feature effects work, including "I, Robot", "Night at the Museum", "Blades of Glory" and the upcoming "Vantage Point". Before Rainmaker, O'Reilly held executive positions and was a sports entertainment producer.
"Marianne has been a key player in the growth of the visual effects industry in Vancouver and a prominent contributor to Rainmaker's growth for almost a decade," Rainmaker Entertainment CEO Warren Franklin said. "She has the skills needed to deal with the internal structure of a visual effects facility as well as the experience to engage and retain clients."
Bryan, a 15-year industry veteran and most recently Rainmaker Visual Effects' senior producer, was heavily involved in setting up Rainmaker's London facility and establishing Rainmaker U.K.
O'Reilly began her career at Vancouver-based Rainmaker in 1999 as visual effects producer. She was named Rainmaker's executive producer in 2004 and oversaw the facility's feature effects work, including "I, Robot", "Night at the Museum", "Blades of Glory" and the upcoming "Vantage Point". Before Rainmaker, O'Reilly held executive positions and was a sports entertainment producer.
"Marianne has been a key player in the growth of the visual effects industry in Vancouver and a prominent contributor to Rainmaker's growth for almost a decade," Rainmaker Entertainment CEO Warren Franklin said. "She has the skills needed to deal with the internal structure of a visual effects facility as well as the experience to engage and retain clients."
Bryan, a 15-year industry veteran and most recently Rainmaker Visual Effects' senior producer, was heavily involved in setting up Rainmaker's London facility and establishing Rainmaker U.K.
- 8/28/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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