Bence Varga

Bence Varga

FREELANCE 2D/3D/On Set VFX

Senior Digital Compositor / Supervisor on set / 16 yrs

London, United Kingdom

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The Creator (2023)

Compositor / Compositor Territory Studios

Citadel (2023)

Additional On Set VFX Supervisor 2Nd Unit

Havoc (2023)

Additional On Set VFX Supervisor

The Witcher: Blood Origin (2022)

On Set VFX Supervisor

Prehistoric Planet (2022)

Digital Compositor

Red Notice (2021)

On Set Visual Effects Supervisor / Digital Compositor

Avenue 5 (2020)

Digital Compositor

A Christmas Carol (2019)

On Set VFX Supervisor

Submarinul (2019)

Look Development Compositing

The Planets (2019)

Digital Compositor

One Strange Rock (2018)

Digital Compositor / On Set Visual Effects Supervisor / Digital Compos

Britannia (2018)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Storyteller (2018)

Digital Compositor

Iona (2016)

Documentary / Graphic Design

We Are Many (2015)

Visual Effects

Happy Hour (2014)

3D / Compositing / animation / SFX

Penny Dreadful (2014)

Digital Compositor

True Detective (2014)

3D / Compositing / animation / SFX

Rush (2013)

Digital Effects / Visual Effects Supervisor

Playing Ghost (2012)

Daily Set Production Assistant

The Pillars of the Earth (2010)

Digital Compositor

Mariann eljegyzése

VFX Shoot Supervisor and 2nd Unit VFX Director; working with BBC, HBO, NETFLIX, SKY, AMAZON STUDIOS, and APPLE+ on Films, TV series and TVCs such as Prehistoric Planet, Avenue 5, The Witcher: Blood Origins and Britannia. 
Developing pioneering underwater vfx filming techniques in truly wild oceanic environment. Supervising stunt heavy action and working in extreme environments from -28 C to +40C from icebreakers, hovercrafts, to boats and helicopters. Experienced senior compositing artist, with a background in 3D and SFX.

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- Supervising on set (since 2010) TV Series (since 2017) / TVC (since 2016) / shorts :: music videos (2010 - present) / animations (2016)
- VFX directing 2nd Unit
- Nuke
- Maya
- Agisoft Metashape
- Adobe PS/AE
- PFTrack
- THALOS moco sys (planning, previz)
- MoCap (planning, previz)
- data capturing
- vfx photography - HDRI/photogrammetry/ textures/ set surveys (since 2012 :: A listed features/TV series/TVC and music videos, animation

+ 3 years on set production/AD (before specializing VFX) :: all together 17 years of film set work


CLIENTS:

HBO
SHOWTIME NETWORKS
NETFLIX
WORKING TITLE FILMS
BBC
SKY
BAVARIA FILM
AMAZON STUDIOS
GOOGLE
DROPBOX
SLACK
SQUARESPACE
VIRGIN MEDIA
COCA COLA
HONDA
NISSAN
TROPICANA US
ORANGE
BRITISH GAS
HERSEY’S
ROLEX
DISCOVERY CHANNEL
NME
SONY MUSIC ENT.
ISLAND RECORDS / UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
R&S RECORDS
CAPTAIN MORGAN
LANCOME
CINEWORLD
TALKTALK
RIOT GAMES
KING GAMES
CHANNEL 4
XL RECORDINGS
RED BULL RECORDS
BUGVIDEOS
VIASAT BROADCASTING
TROPFEST 2012

POST-/PRODUCTION COMPANIES & AGENCIES

LOLA POST PRODUCTION
PASSION ANIMATION STUDIOS
NEXUS STUDIOS
UNTOLD STUDIOS
MR X.
MPC
TECHNICOLOR
TERRITORY STUDIO
UNIT
DNEG
SPELLWORK PICTURES
STRANGE BEAST
HOGARTH WORLDWIDE
59 PRODUCTIONS
PICASSO PICTURES
LOCO MOTION SOHO
IMMERSIVE
MERI MEDIA
HMX MEDIA
SQUIRE
URCHIN
THIRD EYE STUDIOS - formerly THE TANK
INTERPRETATION
SDNA
WAG TV
Work History
  • 2D/3D/On Set VFX

    FREELANCE VFX

    February 2010 - Present



    'Little Birds' - TV series - compositing
    'After Love' - feature film - compositing
    'Avenue 5' - TV series - on set vfx supervising, compositing
    Metro Bank - TVC - compositing
    Mars - TV series - compositing
    'A Christmas Carol' - TV series - compositing
    Virgin Media - TVC - compositing
    Marks & Spencer - TVC - compositing‘
    'Giri Haji’ - TV series - compositing
    'Britannia' Season 2 - TV series - on set vfx supervising, compositing
    Nissan 'Altima' - Commercials - compositing
    Roisin Murphy :: 'Jacuzzi Rollercoaster' - music video - animation, post production
    Coca Cola - TVCs - compositing
    Volkova Sisters :: 'Bulletproof' - music video - compositing
    Honest Tea - TVC - compositing
    'Good Posture' - Feature Film - compositor
    Genesis G70 - cg compositing
    Google I/O '18 - Google
    Tropicana - TVC - VFX Supervising / Compositing
    Amigo - TVC - compositing
    BUG '49 at the BFI - show opening animation - 2D animation
    Slack - US TVC - compositing
    Dropbox - US TVC 60sec./30sec. - compositing, 2D animation

  • 3D / Compositing / animation / SFX

    Freelance

    February 2010 - Present

    Wilfred Bagshaw's Expedition to 1381 at Village Underground - SDNA video mapping art installation, 2D animation
    Wet Sounds at Ironmongers Bath - SDNA video mapping art installation, 3D animation
    Everything Everything "Duet" - music video - compositing, matte painting, CGI, on set vfx
    Lancome Hypnose - tutorial video - motion graphics, compositing
    TV3 Christmas Ident - Viasat Broadcasting - SFX Bullet hit, smoke FX
    BUG '34 - Adam Buxton's show at BFI - opening animation - CGI
    Interpretation (architectural visualisation) - texturing, shading, rendering, compositing
    BUG '32 - Adam Buxton's show at BFI - opening animation - CGI
    'Passionate Weekdays' - (viral ad) CGI, compositing
    Tamara Schlesinger - 'Again' (music video) on set vfx
    EnterTeam - 3D furniture design visualisation
    'Rush' - feature film - data wrangler assistant, Double Negative
    Cineworld (commercial) - Motion capture animation
    Ooberstock (online branding) - 2D animation, motion graphics
    Sub Focus world tour (stage visuals) - 2D animation, motion graphics
    Tropfest 2012 (promotional trailer) - matte painting, compositing, camera projection
    'A Beautiful Impurity' (short film) - digital clean up
    Interpretation (architectural visualisation) - texturing, shading, rendering, compositing
    Digital Cinema Media commercial - Maya Stereo Camera & 3D Camera animation
    ’Thatcher’ (working title) (feature documentary) Motion Graphics
    ’Wild Freaks of Nature’ (mini series) CG & animation
    ‘Two Boys’ opera (stage visuals) - CG Lighting, Motion Graphics
    ‘Don’t Swim After Lunch’ (short animation) - Character animation
    ‘Stag nights’ – David Mitchell’s Soapbox - Motion GFX
    ‘Shelter’ (short fiction) - Smoke Fx

    ‘The Pride of Wade Ellison’ (fiction) – Special & Visual Effects
    ‘Playing Ghost’ (animation) – Visual Effects
    ‘Kahanikar’ (animation) – Visual Effects
    ‘Flesh Art’ (fiction) – Special Effects
    'The Trick of The Light' (fiction) – Visual Effects
    ‘My Turn’ Basement Jaxx feat Lightspeed Champion (music video) – Visual Effects

  • Freelance Assistant Photographer, Freelance Camera Assistant

    Andras Polonyi Photography - FHM Hungary - Foundation

    June 2006 - June 2012

    - Photographer assistant at Andras Polonyi Photography (Foundation)
    - FHM Hungary (Editorial shootings)
    - Camera assistant for (Filtronic - Foundation)

  • Production assistant/Producer assistant/set production assistant

    various films/commercials

    2007 - 2009

    Miscellaneous Crew:
    - 'The Pillars of the Earth'​ (TV mini-series) (set production assistant - 8 episodes) 2010
    -'Irisz'​ short film - continuity (continuity daily) 2008
    - 'The Nutcracker in 3D'​ (set production assistant) 2007
    - 'Good' (set production assistant) 2007
    - Hormel Compleats - commercial (producer assistant) 2007

  • PR and Press relation

    Sziget Cultural Management Ltd.

    May 2003 - October 2003
    Budapest
  • PR and press relation Intern

    Sziget Cultural Management Ltd.

    May 2002 - October 2002
    Budapest
  • Freelance

    ? - Present
Education
  • MA in SFX/VFX

    National Film and Television School

    2009 - 2010
  • BA in Business Communications

    BKF - University of Applied Sciences, Budapest

    2000 - 2004