Istvan Veress-Kovacs

Istvan Veress-Kovacs

Snr Matte Painter/Concept Artist

Senior Matte Painter/Concept Artist / 14 yrs

Budapest, Hungary

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Senior Matte Painter

Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024)

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Beacon 23 (2023)

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Gen V (2023)

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The Continental: From the World of John Wick (2023)

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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

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True Spirit (2023)

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The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022)

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Black Bird (2022)

Matte Painting Artist

The Man from Toronto (2022)

Matte Painting Artist

Firestarter (2022)

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Reacher (2022)

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Desert Warrior (2022)

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Enola Holmes 2 (2022)

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Midnight Mass (2021)

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Spin (2021)

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Turner & Hooch (2021)

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Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)

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Jupiter's Legacy (2021)

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Miss Scarlet & the Duke (2021)

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Raised by Wolves (2020)

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Emperor (2020)

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Upside-Down Magic (2020)

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Think Like a Dog (2020)

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My Spy (2020)

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Dhaka (2020)

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Asteroid Impact (2020)

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Brotherhood (2019)

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See (2019)

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Eli (2019)

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Raising Dion (2019)

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In the Tall Grass (2019)

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Descendants 3 (2019)

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The Boys (2019)

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The Hot Zone (2019)

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What We Do in the Shadows (2019)

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The Umbrella Academy (2019)

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Nightflyers (2018)

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Hunter Killer (2018)

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The Haunting of Hill House (2018)

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The First Purge (2018)

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Being Dolphin 4D (2018)

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Siren (2018)

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Zombi (2018)

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Altered Carbon (2018)

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The Runaways (2017)

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Flatliners (2017)

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Star Trek: Discovery (2017)

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The Gifted (2017)

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The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017)

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John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

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Legion (2017)

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A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)

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Alias Grace (2017)

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Gerald's Game (2017)

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Incorporated (2016)

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The Exorcist (2016)

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Suicide Squad (2016)

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Stranger Things (2016)

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The 5th Wave (2016)

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The Shannara Chronicles (2016)

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American Gothic (2016)

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Life (2015)

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The Expanse (2015)

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Fear the walking Dead (2015)

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Strangerland (2015)

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Seventh Son (2015)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

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Fargo (2014)

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Emperor (2013)

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The Lone Ranger (2013)

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Reign (2013)

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Da Vinci's Demons (2013)

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Beauty and the Beast (2012)

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The Expendables 2 (2012)

Matte Painter

Red Tails (2012)

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Dom (2011)

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The Darkest Hour (2011)

Matte Painting and Environmental Artist

Hugo (2011)

Matte Painter

Little Witch on a Broomstick (2011)

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Season of the Witch (2011)

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2012: Time for Change (2010)

Digital Artist / Matte Painter

Silent Hill: Origins (2007)

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Robin Hood (2007)

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The Ten Commandments (2006)

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The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2005)

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O poveste de Craciun (2004)

Matte Painter / Visual Supervisor

The Bridgeman (2002)

Senior Matte Painter

Black Bird (TV Mini Series 2022)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/istvan-veress-kovacs-8011772a/
Work History
  • Senior Matte Painter

    Rocket Science VFX

    May 2023 - Present
  • Senior Matte Painter

    SSVFX

    March 2023 - May 2023
  • Snr Matte Painter/Concept Artist

    SPIN VFX

    February 2015 - January 2023
  • Snr Digital Matte Painter

    Iloura

    July 2014 - October 2014

    Mad Max: Fury Road /2015/ www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/
    Life /2015/ www.imdb.com/title/tt2948840/
    Strangerland /2015/ www.imdb.com/title/tt2325977/

  • Snr Digital Matte Painter

    Freelance

    February 2013 - June 2014
  • Senior Digital Matte Painter

    MPC

    October 2012 - January 2013

    The Seventh Son /2013/ www.imdb.com/title/tt1121096/
    The Lone Ranger /2013/ www.imdb.com/title/tt1210819/

  • Senior Matte Painter

    Worldwide FX

    February 2012 - June 2012

    The Expendables 2 /2012/ www.imdb.com/title/tt1764651/

  • Matte Painting and Environmental Artist

    Pixomondo

    August 2011 - November 2011

    Hugo /2011/ www.imdb.com/title/tt0970179/

  • matte painter

    Qbone Studios

    January 2011 - July 2011

    Little Witch on a Broomstick - Saxana /2011/ www.imdb.com/title/tt0969332/

  • matte painter

    Universal Production Partners

    October 2010 - December 2010

    Red Tails /2012/ www.imdb.com/title/tt0485985
    The Darkest Hour /2011/ www.imdb.com/title/tt1093357
    Season of the witch /2011/ www.imdb.com/title/tt0479997
    Dom /2011/ www.imdb.com/title/tt1821406/

  • matte painter, texture artist

    Lichthof Productions

    September 2008 - September 2010

    Egill: The Last Pagan /CGI feature film 2011/ www.imdb.com/title/tt1492806/
    Sorozat+ /Broadcast design/

  • matte painter, graphic designer

    GYÁR Post Production Kft.

    February 2008 - August 2008

    Commercials - Persil, Adidas, Hypo Bank, Jagermeister, Durex, Generali, MKB, T-Com..

  • matte painter, texture artist

    Tadpole Animation Studio

    September 2006 - December 2007

    Silent Hill Origins /game cinematics - Konami 2007/ www.imdb.com/title/tt1235071/
    Weisse Lilien /2007/ www.imdb.com/title/tt0848613/
    E.ON - 3d animation for jubilee presentation
    Childhood Foundation, Soproni Ászok/TV spots/

  • matte painter

    Hallmark Entertainment

    September 2004 - August 2006

    A Christmas Carol /TV 2004/ www.imdb.com/title/tt0406649/
    The Five People You Meet In Heaven /TV 2004/ www.imdb.com/title/tt0400435/
    The Ten Commandments /TV mini series 2006/ www.imdb.com/title/tt0443412/
    Robin Hood /TV series 2006,BBC/ www.imdb.com/title/tt0787985/

  • art director

    RÉM Creative Group

    February 2004 - July 2004

    British American Tobacco, Plus, Budapest Stock Exchange, Zyxel

  • art director

    HXPO Advertising Agency

    April 2002 - April 2003

    Posta Bank, Magyar Posta (EMS), Hungexpo
    Szerencsejáték Rt. (Kenó, Joker, Luxor, Torpedó, Skandináv Lottó)

  • visual supervisor, matte painter

    Post Edison

    June 2001 - March 2002

    The Bridgeman /2002/ www.imdb.com/title/tt0310567/
    RTL klub, Antenna Hungaria /TV spot/

  • art director

    Sylva Advertising Agency

    November 2000 - May 2001

    Symphonia, Davidoff, West

  • art director

    Ogilvy & Mather

    May 1999 - October 2000

    Davidoff, Fundamenta, Kodak,
    Unilever – Caomilla, Helia-D, Pond’s, Baba, Delma
    Ford – Mondeo, Fiesta, Escort, Ka
    Astra Zeneca, Gösser, MOL, Merkantil Bank, ABN-Amro Bank, Ministry of Economy, Magyar Állampapír, Általános Biztosító

  • art director, web designer

    Guards Telecom Co. Ltd.

    January 1999 - April 1999
  • illustrator, graphic designer, web designer

    Freelancer / design / dtp

    January 1992 - December 1998
Education
  • Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest - graphic

    1993 - 1999
  • Secondary School of Fine Arts, Nyíregyháza - graph

    1988 - 1992