John Heller

John Heller

Visual Effects Supervisor, Flame Artist, Shooter

Senior VFX Supervisor / 29 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Visual Effects Supervisor

Dark Matter (2024)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Metal Lords (2022)

Visual Effects Supervisor (Unknown Episodes)

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Good Doctor (2017)

Visual Effects Producer

First Contact (2017)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Last Tycoon (2016)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Rush Hour (2016)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Outsiders (2016)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Secret In Their Eyes (2015)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Patriot (2015)

Visual Effects Supervisor

A Walk in the Woods (2015)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Dumb and Dumber To (2014)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Way in Rye (2014)

Visual Effects Supervisor

True Detective (2014)

Digital Supervisor

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Bourne Legacy (2012)

Flame Compositor

The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Big Miracle (2012)

Inferno Artist

Titanic (2012)

Digital Compositor

Jingle All the Way (2011)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

Inferno Supervisor

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)

Senior Inferno Artist

The Kingdom (2007)

Inferno Artist

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

Inferno Artist

The Skeleton Key (2005)

Lead Inferno Artist / Lead Compositor

Friday Night Lights (2004)

Lead Inferno Artist

X-Men 2 (2003)

CG Planet Supervisor

Solaris (2002)

Lead Inferno Artist

The Sum of All Fears (2002)

Inferno Artist

Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)

Inferno Compositor

The 6th Day (2000)

Inferno Artist

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)

Digital Compositor

Mystery Men (1999)

Inferno Artist

Pushing Tin (1999)

Inferno Artist

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

Inferno Artist

The X-Files: Fight The Future (1998)

Digital Compositor

Volcano (1997)
Work History

  • Visual Effects Supervisor

    Sony Pictures/Apple TV

    September 2022 - Present
    Los Angeles, California, United States · On-site

    Visual Effects Supervisor: Dark Matter

  • Visual Effects Supervisor

    FuseFX

    September 2015 - Present
    Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Visual Effects Supervisor

    HBO

    January 2021 - May 2022
    Los Angeles, California, United States · On-site

    HBO's Winning Time

  • Senior Flame Artist

    Ring of Fire Studios

    October 2013 - October 2015
    Los Angeles

  • Visual Effects Supervisor

    Furious Effects

    February 2014 - September 2015
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Amazing group of people.

  • Visual Effects Supervisor , Digital Supervisor

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    June 2010 - April 2013
    Los Angeles, Ca

    Visual Effects Supervisor with experience in visual effects design, on set supervision, effects plate photography, second unit photography, and post supervision.

  • Flame Artist

    Method Studios

    2013 - 2013
    Santa Monica, Ca

  • Freelance Flame Artist

    Shape Shifter Studios

    2013 - 2013
    Studio City, Ca

  • Visual Effects Supervisor

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    1999 - September 2012

  • Inferno Artist

    VIFX

    1995 - 1998

  • Photographer / Digital Artist

    AV Media

    January 1993 - 1996
    Los Angeles

    Photographer specializing in Architectural Photography including location, aerial site and model photography.
    Digital artist charged with Photographic Composites, digital retouching, color correction, layout and design of print material, pre-press and onsite print supervision.

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Education

  • Music Production

    University of California, Los Angeles

    ? - ?

  • Art, Film

    Santa Monica College

    ? - ?

  • Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

    ? - ?