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Charles Darby has secured his status as a pioneer of the contemporary art of matte painting, not only for his sheer artistry but for being one of the first, if not the first to create matte paintings in a digital format. His groundbreaking work on "Titanic" and Luc Besson's "The Fifth Element" established him as an industry leader in the mid 1990s. Since then he has worked on such films as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "The Matrix", "Minority Report", "IRobot" and the most recent "Harry Potter" films.

Charles Darby is a classical painter who exhibits his work around the world. He lived and worked in Hollywood working for over forty feature film projects before returning to Europe.

Darby was awarded at Emmy For "Rome" in 2006 and was awarded a fellowship by the BKSTS at Pinewood Studios for his contribution to film.

He continues to produce some of the most complex and artistic matte shots in cinema today and has founded EyeQube Studios to produce high-end visual effects for film. The first film he supervised in India "Aladin" contained the most complicated VFX to date and won numerous awards including the 2010 IFFA Award.

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Visual effects should help form the visual vocabulary of a film, they should make the audiences heart sing in the same way the musical score does. A great effect should make the audience gasp and smile at their sheer audacity.