Ed Hawkins

Work History

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  Visual Effects Supervisor

  Milk Visual Effects

  July 2023 - Present
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  Visual Effects Supervisor

  Misc Studios

  March 2022 - July 2023

  London, England, United Kingdom

  The Creator - vfx supervisor
  Never Let Me Go - on set vfx supervisor
  Wedding Season - on set vfx supervisor
  Midtown - on set supervisor
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  VFX on set supervisor

  HBO

  March 2021 - February 2022

  United Kingdom

  House of the Dragon S01 eps 1-10 - Game of Thrones prequel
  Main unit on set VFX supervisor working on large scale sets, on location and with Unreal virtual set technology.
  
  The series went on to win the 2023 BAFTA for visual effects
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  Senior Compositor

  ScanlineVFX

  August 2020 - December 2020

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  Zack Snyder's Justice League
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  Visual Effects Supervisor

  Pixomondo

  January 2019 - July 2020

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Raised By Wolves - S01 ep.1-10
  Child's Play - Winner Leo award best VFX motion picture 2020
  The Hunt - VFX supervisor, on set New Orleans.
  Westword - S03 ep.08
  Redeeming Love

• dfx supervisor, compositor

  Freelance VFX artist / supervisor

  April 2016 - January 2019

  Vancouver, Canada Area
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  Lead Compositor

  MPC

  April 2018 - December 2018

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  Aquaman
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  Audio Visual Specialist

  Freelance

  November 2017 - March 2018

  Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

  Designed and created animated projection pieces for the "Naked Samoans Do Magic" theatre production. The show was part of the Auckland International Festival 2018.
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  Senior Lecturer

  Massey University

  January 2017 - December 2017

  Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

  Course Coordinator lecturer vfx
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  Senior Compositor

  MPC

  August 2016 - December 2016

  London, England, United Kingdom

  Passengers
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  Compositor

  Wētā FX

  January 2016 - March 2016

  BFG, Pete's Dragon

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Lead Compositor

  MPC

  January 2014 - November 2015

  The Jungle Book
  Exodus
  Guardians of the Galaxy
  Game of Thrones
  Godzilla
  Maleficent
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  VFX Supervisor

  Cinesite

  October 2012 - October 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  World War Z - DFX/VFX supervisor
  300: Rise of an Empire
  Edge of Tomorrow

  

  

  

  

  
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  comp supervisor

  BlueBolt

  August 2012 - September 2012

  London, United Kingdom

  Compositing supervisor Skyfall

  
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  compositor

  Wētā FX

  December 2011 - July 2012

  Wellington

  Hobbit
  Avengers
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  DFX supervisor 2d Harry Potter 7/8

  Rising Sun Pictures

  January 2010 - November 2011

  Managed project with vfx supervisor and cg supervisor.
  Managed colour pipeline and compositing team.
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  Senior Compositor

  Wētā FX

  August 2006 - January 2010

  Senior compositor and lighting.
  
  Bridge to Terabithia
  Eragon
  Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
  Jumper
  The Day the Earth Stood Still
  Lovely Bones
  Avatar
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  Senior Compositor

  Rising Sun Pictures

  February 2006 - June 2006

  Compositor on "Charlotte's Web".
  

  
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  Senior Compositor

  Wētā FX

  March 2005 - November 2005

  Senior compositor on King Kong.
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  Comp Supervisor

  MPC

  August 2004 - February 2005

  Comp supervisor on "Kingdom of Heaven". Supervised on three sequences; forge, Karek and the seige.
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  Senior Compositor

  ESC Entertainment

  March 2004 - June 2004

  Senior compositor on Catwoman.
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  Lead Compositor

  Wētā FX

  March 2003 - November 2003

  Lead Shake compositor on "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King"
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  Head of Film Compositing

  Animal Logic

  November 2001 - February 2003

  Oversaw film compositing; staffing levels, methodology, technology, bidding. Introduced Shake into the pipeline, acted as comp supervisor on all projects; "Matix Reloaded", "Hero", "Garage Days", "Ghost Ship".

  
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  vfx supervisor

  MPC

  September 1998 - September 2001

  I was involved in all aspects of vfx post-production; meeting clients, bidding, supervising shoots whether it be on set or location, supervising in house operators both 2d and 3d, designing shots and methodology. In addition to this were the standard duties of a compositor. I also gave a number of talks at events across europe on the work we did at MPC.
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  vfx supervisor

  Cinesite

  October 1994 - September 1998