Advisory Board
Our advisory board is made up of professional 3D artists, CG industry movers and shakers, and influential names in TV, film, advertising and design. These are the people we go to for news, opinions, predictions, wisdom recommendations and general industry hubbub.
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Afonso Salcedo
Afonso Salcedo
Pixar Animation Studios
Pixar Animation Studios
Afonso Salcedo joined Pixar Animation Studios in January 2005 as an intern in the Rendering department for the Golden Globe®-winning feature, Cars, he then went on to become a full-time lighting artist on the Academy Award®-winning films Ratatouille, WALL•E and Up.
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Aladino Debert
Aladino Debert
Mothership & Digital Domain
Mothership & Digital Domain
Aladino is a director with Mothership and also wears the hat of Creative Director and Visual Effects Supervisor with Digital Domain.
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Anthony Hunt
Anthony Hunt
Cinesite
Cinesite
Anthony has taken the helm at Cinesite bringing with him all the contacts he’s made with major film studios, producers, directors and visual effects supervisors.
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Andrew Bell
Andrew Bell
Method LA & NY
Method LA & NY
Andrew is Managing Director at MPC’s LA studio. Andrew joined MPC in 1999, and has worked as a Senior Producer since 2002...
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Andrew Sinagra
Andrew Sinagra
ICO VFX
ICO VFX
Andrew Sinagra, Creative Director & CG Supervisor of award-winning VFX company Ntropic, has 17 years of visual effects and filmmaking experience in commercials, episodic television, music videos, feature films, and software development.
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Andy Hall
Andy Hall
Elastic & a52
Elastic & a52
As a founding member and director at Elastic as well as head of 3D and VFX Supervisor at a52, Andy has the unique ability to lead teams of artists...
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Chris Edwards
Chris Edwards
THE THIRD FLOOR
THE THIRD FLOOR
As CEO and Creative Director at THE THIRD FLOOR, Edwards has helped oversee the design of many feature films, commercials, and video game cinematics.
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Chris Ford
Chris Ford
Pixar Animation
Pixar Animation
Now entrenched in the position of Business Director for RenderMan, Chris can bring 20 years experience to add to Pixar's stable of films like 'Toy Story', 'Finding Nemo', and 'The Incredibles'.
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Chris Holmes
Chris Holmes
ICO VFX
ICO VFX
In addition to founding ICO VFX and serving as its president and CEO, Chris Holmes has been a visual effects supervisor and artist for over 20 years...
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Christian Roberton
Christian Roberton
MPC
MPC
Christian started his career in the traditional drawn animation business in the mid 90’s. Working for a number of London based traditional animation companies on commercial and television series production.
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Claudia Meglin
Claudia Meglin
The Foundry
The Foundry
Claudia Meglin, Head of Creative Specialists & Client Relations WW for The Foundry, is a creative and technical pioneer of visual effects, contributing to nearly two decades of cinema's evolution from celluloid to digital.
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Dan O'Rourke
Dan O'Rourke
Not To Scale
Not To Scale
Dan is the executive producer and founder of Not To Scale, an award winning animation studio.
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Dayne Cowan
Dayne Cowan
VES
VES
Dayne is the current Chair of the UK Section of the Visual Effects Society. Having held this role for many years, he is well informed of the challenges and opportunities that the UK film and visual effects industry present.
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Darin Grant
Darin Grant
Digital Domain Media Group
Digital Domain Media Group
Darin Grant is the Chief Technology Officer of Digital Domain Media Group. Previously, he served as DreamWorks Animation’s Head of Production Technology from January 2005 to 2011.
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Eric Alba
Eric Alba
Eric Alba is a Visual Effects Supervisor with 16 Years of On-Set Visual Effects Supervision experience that started in network series TV. Alba began his career in 1992 as a Video Tape Operator in the machine room of a post-production facility...
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Janelle Croshaw
Janelle Croshaw
Growing up in a small town in Northern California as a traditional artist, Janelle Croshaw soon discovered how to create art on a computer...
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Jason Cohon
Jason Cohon
Brand New School
Brand New School
Jason Cohon’s burgeoning interest in film was fostered in rainy Portland weather accompanied by quiet, introspective weekends.
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Jim Radford
Jim Radford
MPC
MPC
Jim has been MPC Creative Head of CGI for Commercials & TV since 2000, and has supervised VFX for many high-profile projects. In 2005, Jim won an Emmy and a VES award for the ground-breaking...
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John Leonti
John Leonti
The Mill
The Mill
John Leonti is the head of 3D at The Mill in Los Angeles, Calif, the West Coast arm of the world's leading visual effects company...
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Jonathan Privett
Jonathan Privett
Rushes
Rushes
Jonathan is Head of CG which covers the whole client range so he's in the ideal position to let us know what they all require.
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Ken Maruyama
Ken Maruyama
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Vice President, Recruiting & Academic Relations / Animation Artist Management.
Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Ken Maruyama is the Vice President of Recruiting and Academic Relations and Animation artist management. -
Kyle Cassidy
Kyle Cassidy
Psyop
Psyop
Kyle Cassidy has spent most of his career focusing on modeling texturing and lighting...
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Linda Siegel
Linda Siegel
Digital Domain
Digital Domain
Linda Siegel is the Senior Training Manager of Digital Domain, the Academy Award©-winning digital production and special effects studio based in Venice, California.
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Markus Kurtz
Markus Kurtz
Rhythm and Hues Studios
Rhythm and Hues Studios
Markus Kurtz is Vice President of Production Technology at Rhythm and Hues Studios. He is an industry veteran with over 16 years of production experience in visual effects and technology.
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Mike O'Neal
Mike O'Neal
Rhythm & Hues Studios
Rhythm & Hues Studios
Mike O'Neal is currently with Rhythm & Hues Studios in Los Angeles, California where he serves as both Digital and Visual Effects Supervisor and is involved in several R&D activities.
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Paul Franklin
Paul Franklin
Double Negative VFX
Double Negative VFX
Paul Franklin is a VFX supervisor with over 20 years' experience in digital effects and animation. Whilst studying sculpture at university Paul began working with a student film group, serving variously as editor, props-maker and graphic designer...
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Patrick Davenport
Patrick Davenport
Method LA & NY
Method LA & NY
Originally from England, Patrick Davenport has two decades of experience in VFX and production. A qualified Barrister, Patrick had always wanted to work in film and television so he started as a runner at The Moving Picture Company in London in 1990...
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Robin Shenfield
Robin Shenfield
The Mill
The Mill
Robin is the CEO of The Mill, the world-leading Visual Effects company with offices in the global centres of CG - London, New York and Los Angeles...
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Stephen Venning
Stephen Venning
The Mill
The Mill
Stephen is Executive Producer, 3D at The Mill’s London studio. He joined The Mill in 2001 and oversees The Mill’s award winning team of 3D artists and producers who create high-end CGI for commercials, music videos and multi-platform films and virals...
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Salar Saleh
Salar Saleh
Charlex
Charlex
Salar Saleh is a Senior Lighting Technical Director at Charlex in New York City working on film and commercial projects.
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Shelley Page
Shelley Page
Dreamworks
Dreamworks
DreamWorks Animation has been responsible for some of the biggest and most ground-breaking titles in the business such as ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’, ‘The Prince Of Egypt’, ‘Antz’, and ‘Shrek’...
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Steven Swanson
Steven Swanson
Luma Pictures
Luma Pictures
Swanson spearheaded the development of file architecture and workflow protocols that are the foundation of the studio's pipeline.
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Tim McBride
Tim McBride
Zoic
Zoic
Tim McBride is a specialist in operations, finance and accounting with over 25 years experience in all facets of business, both in the public accounting Big 4 arena and in the private finance and operations areas.
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Will Cohen
Will Cohen
The Mill
The Mill
Will joined The Mill in July 2003 and now leads the film and TV divisions as Group Director of Mill Film and TV...
