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Paul Debevec

  • Visual Effects
  • Director
  • Producer
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Paul Debevec
Paul Debevec is Director of Research at Netflix and Adjunct Professor at USC. His work in photogrammetry, HDRI, image-based lighting, digital actors, and virtual production has received two Academy Sci-Tech Awards, the SMPTE Progress Medal, and a Lifetime Achievement Emmy. His work has contributed to The Matrix, Spider-Man 2, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Avatar, Gravity, Furious 7, and Blade Runner: 2049.
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  • Awards
    • 4 wins

Known for

Ryan Reynolds, Taika Waititi, Dwayne Johnson, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Lil Rel Howery, Jodie Comer, Owen Burke, and Joe Keery in Free Guy (2021)
Free Guy
7.1
  • Visual Effects(The University Of Southern California Institute For Creative Technologies)
  • 2021
Harrison Ford, Jared Leto, Ryan Gosling, and Ana de Armas in Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Blade Runner 2049
8.0
  • Visual Effects
  • 2017
Tom Cruise in Oblivion (2013)
Oblivion
7.0
  • Visual Effects(USC Institute for Creative Technologies Graphics Lab)
  • 2013
Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, and Sam Worthington in Avatar (2009)
Avatar
7.9
  • Visual Effects(Weta Digital)
  • 2009

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Visual Effects

  • Jeffrey
    • Digital Lighting Advisor
    • Pre-production
    • Short
  • Ryan Reynolds, Taika Waititi, Dwayne Johnson, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Lil Rel Howery, Jodie Comer, Owen Burke, and Joe Keery in Free Guy (2021)
    Free Guy
    • light stage scanning supervisor: The University Of Southern California Institute For Creative Technologies
    • 2021
  • Harrison Ford, Jared Leto, Ryan Gosling, and Ana de Armas in Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
    Blade Runner 2049
    • light stage scanning supervisor
    • 2017
  • John Goodman, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Dane DeHaan, and Cara Delevingne in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
    Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
    • light stage supervisor
    • 2017
  • Kate Beckinsale in Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
    Underworld: Blood Wars
    • light stage senior supervisor: University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies
    • 2016
  • Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong'o, and Neel Sethi in The Jungle Book (2016)
    The Jungle Book
    • light stage senior supervisor
    • 2016
  • Edgar Ramírez and Luke Bracey in Point Break (2015)
    Point Break
    • visual effects
    • 2015
  • Angelina Jolie in Maleficent (2014)
    Maleficent
    • light stage senior supervisor
    • 2014
  • Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin, Asa Butterfield, and Hailee Steinfeld in Ender's Game (2013)
    Ender's Game
    • light stage senior supervisor
    • 2013
  • Tom Cruise in Oblivion (2013)
    Oblivion
    • supervisor: USC Institute for Creative Technologies Graphics Lab
    • 2013
  • Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
    • research and development: WETA Digital
    • 2012
  • Kate Beckinsale in Underworld: Awakening (2012)
    Underworld: Awakening
    • light stage senior supervisor: University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies
    • 2012
  • Rajinikanth in Enthiran (2010)
    Enthiran
    • visual effects
    • 2010
  • Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, and Sam Worthington in Avatar (2009)
    Avatar
    • lightstage facial scanning: Weta Digital
    • 2009
  • Will Smith in Hancock (2008)
    Hancock
    • light stage senior supervisor
    • 2008
  • Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 3 (2007)
    Spider-Man 3
    • senior supervisor: light stage 2
    • 2007

Director

  • The Parthenon
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2004
  • Fiat Lux
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1999
  • The Campanile Movie
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1997

Producer

  • Discovering Near-Field VR: Stop Motion with a Touch of Light-Fields and a Dash of Redirection (2015)
    Discovering Near-Field VR: Stop Motion with a Touch of Light-Fields and a Dash of Redirection
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Fiat Lux
    • producer
    • Short
    • 1999
  • The Campanile Movie
    • producer
    • Short
    • 1997

Personal details

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    • Official Site
    • YouTube
  • Alternative name
    • Dr. Paul Debevec
  • Height
    • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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