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- Actor
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John McConnell has done lots of films, stand up comedy and other stuff. "Spud" was born in Gonzales, Louisiana.The typical middle child, he spent his youth trying to get somebody/anybody to notice him. When, after graduating high school, his dad wouldn't sign permission for his minor son to join the Air Force - instead insisting that he go to college - Spud chose Theatre as his major just to piss off the old man. He did a few plays, the girls noticed him, and the rest is history. Spud has worked on the East coast, Off-Broadway, and the West Coast, network television, but prefers living on the Gulf Coast. "Have talent, will travel to your project." Please visit spudmcconnell.com for more film clips and voice demos.
He lives in New Orleans where a bronze statue of his likeness stands on historic Canal Street.- Visual Effects
- Special Effects
- Editorial Department
John McConnell is a Compositor and VFX Supervisor with nearly 30 years of experience in visual effects for feature films, Television, and documentaries.
Starting as an illustrator, a chance meeting with then software company "Fractal Design", lead to a position as demo artist for then fledgling Photoshop competitor, "Painter".
As a demo artist for Fractal, while demonstrating their product to visual Effects Houses. A demonstration lead to an opportunity at Pixel Magic. Digital illustration gave way to compositing tools on a Quantel Domino. At the dawn of digital VFX at a shop where Optical film compositing was still in use, digital tools gave way to new techniques and developing skill-sets. John transitioned from the proprietary Quantel Domino, to pre-Adobe, Cosa After Effects. Learning new digital techniques in After Effects lead to a career spanning expertise in the now Adobe produced software package.
For the past nearly three decades, John has honed his skills as an artist and compositor. Eventual work lead to a position at Flight 33 Productions where he became the Visual Effects Supervisor, overseeing dozens of artists, working on multiple documentary series and specials. Two of those specials were nominated for Emmy awards with one finally winning for best graphics in 2014.
As the VFX Supervisor, John accepted the award on behalf of his team for their work on "Big History" for then cable network "H2".
For the past year and a half, John has overseen the VFX department at Buffalo 8. As head of VFX he has managed a small team of compositors and outside vendors, working on dozens of medium budget and Independent films. In just under two years, he has stewarded thousands of VFX to completion for over 30 films. This included a role as the overall VFX supervisor for the film "Supercell".- John McConnell is known for The Courier (2012).
- Film: Richard in Emerald City, The Bookie in The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese. Theatre, Broadway, The Weir directed by Ian Rickson, Royal Court Theatre Production. Theatre The Hostage at The Irish Repertory Theatre directed by Charlotte Moore. At The Irish Arts Center, McKeever in Jim Nolan's Moonshine and Andrew in The Lobby written and directed by Don Creedon. Fr. Who by Colin Broderick, the award winning Ourselves Alone by Anne Devlin, Comedians by Trevor Griffiths. Other favorite performances include Pato Dooley in Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Yeats, A Love Story, Rinty, First Love, Forty Four Sycamore, Bruce in Beyond Therapy and The Famine Diaries.
- Talent Agent
- Producer
- John McConnell was born on 7 May 1994 in Orlando, Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for Migraine Hell (2015).
- Art Department
John McConnell is known for Awakenings (1990).- Additional Crew
John McConnell is known for The Little Mermaid Live! (2019).- John McConnell is known for Tough Luck (2003).
- Art Department
John McConnell is known for The Secret of Roan Inish (1994).- John McConnell is known for American Heist (2014).
- John McConnell is known for Paradise (2013).
- Make-Up Department
John McConnell is known for Hobbes & Phil V.S. Zombies (2015).- Visual Effects
John McConnell is known for Max Is Missing (1995).- John McConnell is known for The Devil's Den.