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CGI Fridays – A Visual Effects Interview Podcast (Season 2 Coming Soon)

CGI Fridays – A Visual Effects Interview Podcast (Season 2 Coming Soon)

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 SEASON 2 COMING SOON! Industrial Light and Magic alum and CGI educator Ed Kramer (Star Wars, Stargate, The Mummy, Galaxy Quest) catches up with pioneers and innovators to learn about the coolest VFX in our favorite films and how they got started in the industry. Hilarious, informative, and surprising, CGI Fridays is a must for anyone starting a career in visual effects or computer animation, as well as fans of behind-the-scenes stories from some of the biggest science fiction films of all time.© 2022 The Companion Art
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  • Pipeline Development Engineer / Artist Will Anielewicz (Alias Research, ILM, The Orphanage) | CGI Fridays - Episode 8

    Pipeline Development Engineer / Artist Will Anielewicz (Alias Research, ILM, The Orphanage) | CGI Fridays - Episode 8
    Sep 16 2022

    Will Anielewicz is an artist. Others have at various times used engineer or developer or sequence supervisor to describe what he does, but the Polish-born Canadian is motivated by a purer force. For all the credits on his IMDb, his proudest achievement is undeniably having his work exhibited in SIGGRAPH’s first-ever exhibition of computer art back in 1981.

    As a Pipeline Development Engineer / Artist, Anielewicz has been instrumental in developing the RenderMan, MentalRay and shader pipeline at Industrial Light & Magic, which is fitting given his role in launching the workstation that would become Maya.
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    51 mins
  • Animator and Digital Painter Adam Howard Part II: The Invisible CG of Birdman | CGI Fridays - Episode 7

    Animator and Digital Painter Adam Howard Part II: The Invisible CG of Birdman | CGI Fridays - Episode 7
    Sep 2 2022
    Our first two-part episode of CGI Fridays – and if you’ve caught up with Episode 6, you’ll understand why – Australian-born veteran of small and large screen CG is, like many Aussies, a natural raconteur. When we left him he was recalling work on James Cameron’s epic Titanic – which in 1997 overtook Star Wars’ box office records – so it’s appropriate that we rejoin him for CGI Fridays Episode 7 in the climatic final chapter of the Prequel Trilogy. His full IMDb lists his credits asAxanar (visual effects supervisor) (announced)Into the Wolves Den (visual effects supervisor) (pre-production)The Black Demon (visual effects supervisor) (post-production)Servant (TV Series) (Post VFX Supervisor - 1 episode)- Episode #4.1 (2023) ... (Post VFX Supervisor: Powerhouse VFX)Queer as Folk (TV Series) (visual effects supervisor - 1 episode)- Babylon (2022) ... (visual effects supervisor)Lady of the Manor (visual effects supervisor)Fear of Rain (visual effects supervisor)The Hurricane Heist (visual effects supervisor)Powers (TV Series) (visual effects supervisor - 10 episodes)Pee-wee's Big Holiday (visual effects supervisor)Self/less (visual effects supervisor)Away & Back (TV Movie) (on-set visual effects coordinator)Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (visual effects supervisor - uncredited)My Mistress (additional visual effects)Prelude to Axanar (Short) (on-set visual effects supervisor)Cosmos (TV Mini Series documentary) (visual effects consultant - 13 episodes)So You Think You Can Dance (TV Series) (visual effects artist - 1 episode)American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (TV Series) (visual effects artist - 16 episodes)Last Vegas (visual effects supervisor)The Internship (visual effects consultant)The 85th Academy Awards (TV Special) (visual effects supervisor - segment "Sally Field and sock puppet sketches", uncredited)The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (visual effects supervisor)The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (visual effects supervisor)Tower Heist (visual effects consultant)Unknown (visual effects supervisor)Season of the Witch (visual effects supervisor: additional photography, Shreveport)The Social Network (visual effects supervisor: Outback Post)Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey (Video short) (visual effects supervisor)X-Men Origins: Wolverine (visual effects supervisor: CafeFx)Punisher: War Zone (on-set visual effects supervisor: Pixel Magic)Rush Hour 3 (co-visual effects supervisor)Moola (visual effects supervisor)Eragon (sabre artist: ILM)Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (sabre artist: ILM)Mission: Impossible III (sabre artist: ILM)Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (sabre artist: ILM)The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (digital artist: ILM)Jarhead (sabre artist: ILM)The Island (sabre artist: ILM)War of the Worlds (sabre artist: ILM)Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (sabre artist: ILM)xXx²: The Next Level (sabre artist: ILM)The Pacifier (sabre artist: ILM)Radius (Short) (visual effects supervisor)
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    36 mins
  • Animator and Digital Painter Adam Howard Made Phasers Pop on Star Trek: The Next Generation | CGI Fridays - Episode 6

    Animator and Digital Painter Adam Howard Made Phasers Pop on Star Trek: The Next Generation | CGI Fridays - Episode 6
    Aug 19 2022
    From a firefighter’s mosaic to phasers and photon torpedoes, digital painter and animator Adam Howard reveals a passion for pyro in CGI Fridays Episode 6. It’s easy to drop meaningless platitudes about the power of teachers to change lives, but as Adam Howard tells Ed Kramer in CGI Fridays Episode 6, his entire career has one man at the heart of it – a teacher prepared to go the extra mile.This interview covers the first half of Adam Howard's career, from his beginnings in Australian television to his four-time Emmy Award-winning work on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager with Digital Magic, and finishing with James Cameron's Titanic.His full IMDb lists his credits asAxanar (visual effects supervisor) (announced)Into the Wolves Den (visual effects supervisor) (pre-production)The Black Demon (visual effects supervisor) (post-production)Servant (TV Series) (Post VFX Supervisor - 1 episode)- Episode #4.1 (2023) ... (Post VFX Supervisor: Powerhouse VFX)Queer as Folk (TV Series) (visual effects supervisor - 1 episode)- Babylon (2022) ... (visual effects supervisor)Lady of the Manor (visual effects supervisor)Fear of Rain (visual effects supervisor)The Hurricane Heist (visual effects supervisor)Powers (TV Series) (visual effects supervisor - 10 episodes)Pee-wee's Big Holiday (visual effects supervisor)Self/less (visual effects supervisor)Away & Back (TV Movie) (on-set visual effects coordinator)Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (visual effects supervisor - uncredited)My Mistress (additional visual effects)Prelude to Axanar (Short) (on-set visual effects supervisor)Cosmos (TV Mini Series documentary) (visual effects consultant - 13 episodes)So You Think You Can Dance (TV Series) (visual effects artist - 1 episode)American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (TV Series) (visual effects artist - 16 episodes)Last Vegas (visual effects supervisor)The Internship (visual effects consultant)The 85th Academy Awards (TV Special) (visual effects supervisor - segment "Sally Field and sock puppet sketches", uncredited)The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (visual effects supervisor)The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (visual effects supervisor)Tower Heist (visual effects consultant)Unknown (visual effects supervisor)Season of the Witch (visual effects supervisor: additional photography, Shreveport)The Social Network (visual effects supervisor: Outback Post)Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey (Video short) (visual effects supervisor)X-Men Origins: Wolverine (visual effects supervisor: CafeFx)Punisher: War Zone (on-set visual effects supervisor: Pixel Magic)Rush Hour 3 (co-visual effects supervisor)Moola (visual effects supervisor)Eragon (sabre artist: ILM)Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (sabre artist: ILM)Mission: Impossible III (sabre artist: ILM)Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (sabre artist: ILM)The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (digital artist: ILM)Jarhead (sabre artist: ILM)The Island (sabre artist: ILM)War of the Worlds (sabre artist: ILM)Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (sabre artist: ILM)xXx²: The Next Level (sabre artist: ILM)The Pacifier (sabre artist:...
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    47 mins
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