Rick Sander

Rick Sander

Hands on VFX Supervisor / Designer / Project Manager

Supervisor VFX Supervisor / 21 yrs

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Visual Effects Supervisor

Kung Fury II: The Movie (2023)

VFX On Set Supervisor

1923 (2022)

VFX On Set Supervisor

Fire Country (2022)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Tribes of Europa (2021)

Digital Effects

Modern love (2021)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Mule (2018)

Second Unit Director

Genghis Khan (2018)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Aquaman (2016)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Night of a 1000 Hours (2016)

Digital Effects

Gravity (2016)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Catch (2016)

Visual Effects Set Supervisor

Fear the walking Dead (2015)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Zombeavers (2015)

Visual Effects Supervisor

How to Get Away with Murder (2014)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Truth About Emanuel (2014)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Revenge for Jolly (2013)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Music High (2012)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Collection (2012)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Scandal (2012)

Music Visual Effects Supervisor

Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)

Digital Artist

Titanic (2012)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Remains (2011)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Fast Five (2011)

VFX Supervisor

The LeBrons (2011)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Bad Universe (2010)

Stereoscopic Lighting And Compositing TD

G-Force (2009)

Lighting Supervisor

The Informers (2009)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Deadliest Warrior (2009)

Visual Effects Lighter

The Express (2008)

Lighting Artist

Speed Racer (2008)

CG Supervisor

The Box (2007)

Lighting Technical Director

Happy Feet (2006)

Senior Lighter

The Wild (2006)

Digital Artist

Valiant (2005)

Digital Effects Artist

The Haunted Mansion (2003)

Digital Effects Artist

Eight Legged Freaks (2002)

Digital Effects Artist

The Astronaut's Wife (1999)

Digital Effects Artist

Face/Off (1997)

Long time VFX Supervisor, former studio EP and CCO.
Work History
  • Production VFX Set Supervisor - Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Seas

    The Walt Disney Company

    May 2022 - February 2023
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Prep and supervise heavy volume stage and location shoots with shot and driving plates and hybrid live action and cg / engine environments, creatures. Prep episodes, shoot, consult with ILM's Stagecraft team coordinate VFX team. Direct splinter units and element / VFX shoots. 140 day shoot. Skills: Virtual Production · Onset vfx supervision · Visual Effects Supervision · Film Production · VFX Supervision · On-Set VFX Supervision

  • Production VFX Set Supervisor - Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan S03, 04

    Paramount Television Studios

    2021 - May 2022
    TBA

    Prep / Shoot VFX Set Supervisor for Seasons 3 & 4. 20 Months, 320 Shoot Days, 3 months of prep.
    7 countries. Skills: Visual Effects Supervision · Film Production · VFX Supervision · On-Set VFX Supervision

  • Production VFX Supervisor - Tribes of Europa, Season 01

    Netflix

    2019 - 2020
    Czech Republic, Croatia, Montreal

    Prep / Shoot / Post six episodes for Netflix Originals
    2 mos prep, 4 month shoot, 4 countries. Skills: Visual Effects Supervision · Outsource Vendor Management · Film Production · VFX Supervision · On-Set VFX Supervision

  • Production VFX Supervisor - Kung Fury 2 (Dir D Sandberg)

    Laser Unicorns

    2019 - 2019
    Sofia City, Bulgaria

    3 months prep, 5 weeks shoot in Sofia, Munich Skills: Visual Effects Supervision · Outsource Vendor Management · Film Production · VFX Supervision · On-Set VFX Supervision

  • VFX Designer - Aquaman, The Mule, The 800

    Universal Pictures

    2018 - 2019
    Montreal, London, Los Angeles, Sofia, Prague, Croa

    Designed environments for various shows on a freelance basis.
    Aquaman, dir James Wan
    The Mule, dir Clint Eastwood
    The Eight Hundred (China), dir Guan Hu Skills: Visual Effects Supervision · Outsource Vendor Management · Film Production · VFX Supervision · On-Set VFX Supervision

  • VFX Consultant / The Hidden Man

    China Film International

    2016 - 2017

    VFX Consultant on The Hidden Man, dir Jiang Wen.
    Breakdown / Prep / Locations / Budget / Vendor selection Skills: Visual Effects Supervision · Outsource Vendor Management · Head of Studio · Film Production · VFX Supervision · On-Set VFX Supervision

  • Production VFX Supervisor: Fear The Walking Dead S03

    AMC Networks

    2016 - 2017
    Baja Norte, Mexico / Baja Studios, Rosarito

    Prep / Shoot VFX Set Supervisor for Season 3. Skills: Visual Effects Supervision · Outsource Vendor Management · Film Production · VFX Supervision · On-Set VFX Supervision

  • Production VFX Set Supervisor / Ghengis Khan

    China Film International

    2016 - 2016

    VFX Set Sup for French Produced Chinese film shoot at studios in Hebei, Beijing & Inner Mongolia / China Film. Project involved hundreds of extras, horses, combat, epic battles. Supervised from horseback! Skills: Visual Effects Supervision · Outsource Vendor Management · Head of Studio · Film Production · VFX Supervision · On-Set VFX Supervision

  • Production VFX Supervisor - Scandal

    Shondaland

    2015 - 2016
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Production VFX Supervisor for seasons 5 and 6. Skills: Visual Effects Supervision · Outsource Vendor Management · Head of Studio · Film Production · VFX Supervision · On-Set VFX Supervision

  • Production VFX Supervisor - How To Get Away With Murder

    Shondaland

    2015 - 2016

    Seasons 2 & 3 Skills: Visual Effects Supervision · Outsource Vendor Management · Head of Studio · Film Production · VFX Supervision · On-Set VFX Supervision

  • Production VFX Supervisor - The Catch

    Shondaland

    2015 - 2016

    Season 1 Skills: Visual Effects Supervision · Outsource Vendor Management · Head of Studio · Film Production · VFX Supervision · On-Set VFX Supervision

  • Production VFX Supervisor - Gone with the Bullets

    China Film International

    2014 - 2014
    Beijing, China

    Supervised on set, post including stereo conversion and five facilities.

    Gone With the Bullets (2014) Dir Jiang Wen

    Winner of the 2015 Asian Film Award for Best Visual Effects. Skills: Visual Effects Supervision · Outsource Vendor Management · Head of Studio · Film Production · VFX Supervision · On-Set VFX Supervision

  • Executive VFX Supervisor

    Hoax Films

    2009 - 2014
    Culver City, Ca

    Creative Director & VFX Supervisor on dozens of film, television, commercial, web and branded content projects. 2014 Emmy Award nomination. Skills: Visual Effects Supervision · Outsource Vendor Management · Head of Studio · Film Production · VFX Supervision · On-Set VFX Supervision

  • Production VFX Supervisor - Deadliest Warrior Seasons 2 & 3

    Spike TV

    2009 - 2011

    Production VFX Supervisor for Spike TV's Deadliest Warrior and several other shows. Skills: Visual Effects Supervision · Head of Studio · Film Production · VFX Supervision · On-Set VFX Supervision

  • Production VFX Supervisor - Bad Universe, Season 01

    National Discovery Channel

    2009 - 2010

    Creative Director built a team of artists to deliver a VFX and 2D animated show for Discovery. Skills: Visual Effects Supervision · Head of Studio · Film Production · VFX Supervision · On-Set VFX Supervision

  • CG Supervisor - 3 VES Nominated Shows

    Gradient Effects

    2008 - 2009

    3 Shows. 3 VES Nominations.

    Richard Kelly's The Box (2009) (VES Nominee);
    Krupp - Eine deutsche Familie (2009) HPA Award, Best Compositing (VES Nominee);
    Gnarls Barkley's Save My Soul (2008) VES, MTV and Grammy Nominee;
    The Informers (2009)

  • Look Development Artist

    Film Industry

    1995 - 2007

    FX, Lighting and Comp creative roles, production artist, 3D conversions.

    Spiderman 2, The Haunted Mansion, G Force (2009)
    Alice in Wonderland (2009).
    The Astronaut's Wife
    Big Daddy
    Titanic (1997)
    Face/Off (1996)
    Executive Decision (1996)
    Star Trek Insurrection (1998)
    Jingle All the Way (1996)
    Volcano (1995)
    Executive Decision (1995)

Education
  • Master of Science in Computer Science Machine Learning Specialization

    Georgia Institute of Technology

    2022 - ?
  • MBA in Finance, Strategy

    Quantic School of Business and Technology

    2022 - 2022
  • Informal Learning

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    2018 - 2022
  • Informal Learning

    UCLA Extension

    1995 - 2018
  • BA in Liberal Arts

    Bennington College

    1992 - 1992
  • German Language Immersion Program

    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

    1991 - 1991