Sheena Duggal is an acclaimed visual effects supervisor and artist whose work has shaped numerous studio tent-pole and Academy Award nominated productions. Most recently, Duggal was Visual Effects Supervisor on the box office blockbuster Venom: Let There Be Carnage and was a BAFTA Read more
Wētā FX’s Face Fabrication System (FFS) provides a novel approach to utilizing neural networks for final facial likeness rendering that meets the quality demands and production rigor Weta is known for internationally. The system was designed to execute face replacements Read more
Images courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment. After establishing a relationship with director Matt Reeves on the prequel trilogy for The Planet of the Apes, Weta FX veteran Dan Lemmon was moved into the role of Production Visual Effects Supervisor for the Read more
The Gilded Age is Julian Fellowes’ American historical drama television series set during the boom years of the 1880s in New York City. The series centers around the conflict between new versus old money. The ‘new money’ Russell family moves in Read more
Special effects team lead Gerd Nefzer created 300 palm leaves that were later engulfed in flames for a brief scene in Dune. (Image courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures) The only James Bond outings to receive Oscar nominations for Best Visual Effects Read more
The Oscars are a chance to reward and celebrate the work of VFX artists, – but on what basis should an Oscar be awarded in the category of Best Visual Effects? Dune has been nominated in the category for the 94th Academy Read more
Goodbye Kansas Studios delivered 180 shots for the BBC series Vigil. Originally released in the UK in August 2021, episode one of Vigil attracted an audience of 10.2 million across its first seven days, making it the BBC’s most-watched new drama Read more
In 1999 Kim Libreri was the bullet time supervisor on the original 1999 Matrix film. Today he is the CTO of Epic Games, and he and the team have just returned to the Matrix. In a remarkable tie-in between the Read more
IBL Image-Based Lighting (IBL) is the CGI technique that involves capturing an omnidirectional representation of real-world lighting information as an image with a high dynamic range. This can then be used as a reference and starting point for recreating matching Read more
Eternals directed by Chloé Zhao is the story of the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who live on Earth and have shaped its history and civilizations. Weta Digital was the lead visual effects house on the film, and rather than Read more
