Joe Pavlo

Joe Pavlo

VFX Supervisor, Compositor, Stereographer, Director

Supervisor VFX Artist / Lead Digital Compositor / 25 yrs

London, United Kingdom

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Visual Effects Artist

Thirteen Lives (2022)

Visual Effects Art Director

Halo (2022)

Titles And Credits

The Duke (2022)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Comedy Club (2021)

Visual Effects Artist

Brave New World (2020)

Visual Effects Artist

Artemis Fowl (2020)

Visual Effects Artist

The Great (2020)

Visual Effects Artist

Devs (2020)

Visual Effects Compositor

Battle at Big Rock (2019)

Visual Effects Artist

RocketMan (2019)

Visual Effects Artist

Peterloo (2019)

Compositor

All Is True (2019)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Brexit (2019)

Titles And Motion Graphics

Stan & Ollie (2019)

Visual Effects Artist

Good Omens (2019)

Visual Effects Artist

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

Visual Effects Artist

M:I 6 - Mission Impossible (2018)

Visual Effects Artist

Show Dogs (2018)

Compositor

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)

Visual Effects Artist

Dead Ink Archive (2017)

Digital Compositor

Anthropoid (2016)

Visual Effects Artist

Downsizer (2015)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Royals (2015)

Digital Effects

AutoDrive (2013)

Lead Digital Artist

Solomon Kane (2012)

Compositor

Total Recall (2012)

Compositor

Prometheus (2012)

Compositor

Wrath of the Titans (2012)

Additional Storyboarding

Storm (2011)

Compositor

Unknown (2011)

Lead Digital Artist

Easy Virtue (2009)

Digital Compositor

Mutant Chronicles (2008)

Lead Digital Artist

My Zinc Bed (2008)

Digital Compositor

St. Trinian's (2007)

Digital Artist

L'île aux trésors (2007)

Digital Artist

Corpse Bride (2005)

Digital Compositor

Undertaking Betty (2003)

Visual Effects Supervisor

My House in Umbria (2003)

Animation Director

Gender Trouble (2003)

Digital Artist

Yank Tanks (2002)

Digital Compositor

Gosford Park (2002)

Digital Artist

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Digital Artist

Babe: Pig in the City (1998)

After Effects

Paulie (1998)

Digital Artist

The English Patient (1996)

Digital Artist

Mary Reilly (1996)

Digital Artist

Braveheart (1995)

visual effects supervisor

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)

visual effects supervisor

Rome (2012)

Assistant Visual Effects Supervisor

Band Of Brothers (2001)

stereographer

The Jungle Book (2016)

visual effects supervisor

The Royals, Season 3

In House Compositor

Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)

In House Compositor

Jason Bourne (2016)

Lead compositor

Anthropoid

In House Compositor

LIFE (2017)

Compositor

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

Compositor

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

stereographer

Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

Lead compositor

Seventh Son (2015)

Lead compositor

300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

Digital Artist

Maleficent (2014)

Lead compositor

47 Ronin (2013)

Lead compositor

World War Z (2013)

stereographer

John Carter (2012)

Lead compositor

X-Men: First Class (2011)

Lead compositor

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)

Lead compositor

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)

Lead compositor

Clash of the Titans (2010)

Compositor

Marmaduke (2010)

Lead compositor

Salt (2017)

Digital Artist

10,000 BC (2008)

Digital Artist

The Da Vinci Code (2006)

Lead compositor

Batman Begins (2005)

Lead compositor

Ella Enchanted (2004)

Compositing

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)

Scanning Operator

Hamlet (2000)

Digital Effects

The Saint (1997)

Digital Artist

Mission: Impossible (1996)

Joe Pavlo is a Visual Effects Supervisor, Senior Compositor, Stereographer and Director working in visual effects for more than two decades on more than 100 film and television projects including Band of Brothers, The DaVinci Code, Star Wars Episode II and Disney’s Jungle Book. He won his first Emmy in 2005 for his work as Visual Effects Supervisor on the Life and Death of Peter Sellers and his second in 2006 again as Visual Effects Supervisor for the HBO/BBC drama series Rome. He has also received nominations and awards for his work from BAFTA, RTS, VES and D&AD;.
Work History

  • Visual Effects Supervisor, Compositor and Filmmaker

    Freelance Visual Effects

    August 1998 - Present

  • VFX supervisor

    Privileged Productions

    June 2017 - December 2017

  • Lead compositor

    The Senate Visual Effects

    March 2017 - May 2017

  • Lead Compositor/Stereographer

    MPC

    October 2012 - February 2016
    London

    Lead compositor from 10/2012-4/2014
    Stereographer and Stereo Supervisor from 4/2014- 2/2016

  • Senior Compositor/Stereo Supervisor

    Cinesite

    2010 - January 2012

  • digital artist

    Framestore

    May 2009 - February 2010

  • Head of 2D/Visual Effects Supervisor

    Men From Mars

    2008 - 2009

  • In House Visual Effects

    10,000 BC

    November 2005 - November 2006

  • Visual Effects Supervisor

    The Senate Visual Effects

    2004 - 2006

  • Visual Effects Designer, Supervisor and Digital Artist

    Freelance Artist

    1998 - 2006

  • Visual Effects Supervisor

    Rome (HBO)

    2004 - 2004

  • Visual Effects Supervisor - The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers

    HBO

    2003 - 2004

  • Visual Effects Supervisor

    Nexus VFX

    2002 - 2004

  • Assistant Visual Effects Supervisor

    Band Of Brothers (HBO)

    2000 - 2001

  • compositor

    Double Negative

    1999 - 2000

  • digital artist

    Computer Film Company (the)

    1995 - 1998
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Education

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts

    Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD)

    September 1981 - May 1986