Paul Kirwan

Lead VFX Artist / 29 yrs

Adelaide, Australia

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Compositor

Captain America: Brave New World (2025)

Compositor

Night Swim (2024)

Compositor

Anyone But You (2023)

Compositor

Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)

Compositor

Blue Beetle (2023)

Compositor

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

Compositor

Blaze (2023)

Compositor

M3GAN (2023)

Compositor

Ticket to Paradise (2022)

Compositor

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

Visual Effects & Opticals

Elvis (2022)

Compositor

La Brea (2021)

Visual Effects

Alien: Covenant (2021)

Digital Compositor

Animal World (2018)

Digital Compositor

Tomb Raider (2018)

Digital Compositor

peter rabbit (2018)

Lead Compositor

Nest (2018)

Digital Artist

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Digital Artist

League of Gods (2016)

Digital Compositor

The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

Digital Compositor

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Remote Compositor

Gravity (2016)

Lead Compositor

Gods of Egypt (2015)

Lead Compositor

Pan (2015)

Digital Compositor

Deadline Gallipoli (2015)

Digital Compositor

The Water Diviner (2014)

Compositing Supervisor

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

Lead Compositor

Anzac Girls (2014)

Remote Compositor

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Remote Compositor

The Wolverine (2013)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Farmed and Dangerous (2013)

Visual Effects

The Great Gatsby (2013)

Digital Compositor

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)

Remote Compositor

Titanic (2012)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Red Tails (2012)

Digital Artist

Titanic (2012)

Compositing Supervisor

Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

Remote Compositor

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

Visual Effects

Game of Thrones (2011)

Remote Compositor

Sucker Punch (2011)

Digital Compositor

Knowing (2009)

Compositor

Australia (2009)

Compositing Supervisor

Transformers: Beginnings (2007)

Compositing Supervisor

Transformers (2007)

Digital Compositor

Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

Compositing Supervisor

Zoom (2006)

Digital Compositing Sequence Lead

Stealth (2005)

Digital Compositor

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Digital Compositor

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Compositor

Peter Pan (2003)

Senior Compositor

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Lead Compositor

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Digital Compositor / Visual Effects

Farscape (1999)

Senior Digital Compositor

Babe: Pig in the City (1998)

Digital Artist

The Fifth Element (1997)

Digital Artist / Digital Compositor

Dante's Peak (1997)

Work History

Lead Compositor

Rising Sun Pictures

March 2015 - Present
Nuke Instructor

Freelance

June 2007 - Present
Remote Compositor

Freelance

June 2007 - Present
Compositing Supervisor

Rising Sun Pictures

February 2011 - February 2015
VFX Supervisor

Rising Sun Pictures

May 2011 - December 2011
Remote Designer

Freelance

January 2007 - March 2011
Lecturer

The Australian National University

June 2007 - December 2010
Compositor

Animal Logic

2008 - 2010
Compositing Supervisor

Digital Domain

January 2004 - May 2007
Digital Compositor

Industrial Light & Magic

January 2003 - December 2003
Lead Compositor

Wētā FX

November 2000 - December 2002
Senior Flame Operator

Ambience Entertainment

September 1999 - December 2000
Flame Operator

Garner McClennan Design

1999 - 1999
Senior Compositor

Animal Logic

January 1998 - November 1998
Digital Artist

Digital Domain

December 1996 - December 1997

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Education

MA in Electronic Arts

The Australian National University

1994 - 1998
BSc in Computer Science

The Australian National University

1988 - 1990