Victor Perez

Victor Perez

VFX Supervisor / Director

Supervisor VFX Supervisor / Senior Film Director / 22 yrs

London, United Kingdom

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24 years of combined experience in various disciplines, ranging from Photography & Cinematography, Colorist & Image Post-Production, Visual Effects Compositor & CG Generalist, Film Director... until naturally evolving into a Production Visual Effects Supervisor.
I was always interested in STORYTELLING, focus on how new technologies allow filmmakers to tell their stories
in new ways never seen before.
What I love the most about my work is the mixture of Science, Technology and Art.
Work History
  • VFX Creative Director

    Jenkins & Tate Entertainment

    August 2021 - Present
    London, England, United Kingdom
  • Nuke™ Professor

    FXPHD

    March 2014 - Present
    Sydney, Australia

    Recording high standard tutorials for professionals and postgrads of the Visual Effects industry across the world

    - NUK226: Painting and Reconstruction Techniques with NUKE X
    - NUK227: Python for NUKE and Gizmology

  • VFX Supervisor

    Freelance

    September 2012 - Present
    London, England, United Kingdom

    - 'Road to Capri'
    - 'The Girl and the Mask' (Short) www.thegirlandthemask.com
    - 'Dreaming Ethiopia' www.dreamingethiopia.com
    - 'This Is My Land' www.thisismylandhebron.com
    - 'Lettera a Chimera' (Short)

  • Senior Compositor

    Ghost VFX

    November 2016 - December 2016
    Copenhagen Area, Denmark

    - 'Rouge One: A Star Wars Story' (Dir. Gareth Edwards, 2016)

  • CEO

    Masked Frame Pictures

    January 2013 - December 2014
    London, United Kingdom

    Founder of a next generation production company, developing high concept feature films which have strong commercial value.

  • Nuke™ Professor

    cmiVFX

    July 2011 - July 2014
    New York City, USA

    cmiVFX provides in high end video training for the visual effects and computer graphics industry. We train everyone from individuals to institutions to other training companies. I am in charge of Nuke™ training.

    - Color Master Class for Nuke Compositors
    https://goo.gl/YPvfw

    - Advanced Nuke Relighting Techniques

  • Guest Lecturer

    Pixar

    February 2014 - February 2014
    San Francisco, USA

    Digital Color Master Class

  • Head of Nuke™ Training

    VFX Learning Ltd.

    December 2011 - May 2013
    London, United Kingdom

    vfxLearning is specialised in providing the finest VFX training, taught and mentored by industry experts. The company also offers Remote Supervision, Demo Reel and personal review services.

  • 2D Supervisor

    Glowfrog Studios

    February 2013 - April 2013
    London, United Kingdom

    Established in 1996, Glowfrog Studios is an Independent Creative Design Studio based in London. We provide high-end Visual Effects and Visualisations for broadcast and film. We specialise in the design, art direction and production of high-end, high impact photorealistic CGI and Invisible FX. By cleverly combining the skills of our visualisation and visual effects teams, we are able to offer our clients stand-out, accurate graphics, always coming in under budget. We have become known in the industry for our personable and flexible approach in delivering high quality CGI and we are exceptionally proud of that.

  • Visual Effects Artist

    Union Visual Effects

    October 2012 - December 2012
    London, United Kingdom

    'Trance' (Dir. Danny Boyle, 2013)

  • Digital Compositor

    Double Negative

    January 2012 - October 2012
    London, United Kingdom

    Double Negative, located in the heart of London's Soho, was set up in 1998 with a team of 30 staff. Since then the company has grown to 900+ staff, making it Europe's largest provider of visual effects for Film. In 2009, Double Negative opened the doors to its Singapore office. Currently housing a team of 95+, the Singapore office works closely with the Double Negative team in London, on selected productions. Through our steady and constant growth we have always sought to retain the creative drive and involvement of our artists through all projects, continuing to ensure that they have a close collaboration with clients. This approach ensures films both small and large receive the same high standard of creative and technical service and makes for a winning combination that has resulted in Double Negative being recognised with several Visual Effects Society awards for films such as Inception and Sherlock Holmes, and BAFTA and Academy Awards for Inception.

    Features:
    - 'Les Miserables' (Dir. Tom Hooper, 2012)
    - 'Total Recall: Director's Cut' (Dir. Len Wiseman, 2012)
    - 'The Bourne Legacy' (Dir. Tony Gilroy, 2012)
    - 'The Dark Knight Rises' (Dir. Christopher Nolan, 2012)

  • Digital Compositor

    Cinesite

    December 2010 - December 2011
    London, United Kingdom

    Cinesite is one of the largest and more comprehensive visual effects facilities in Europe. Established in 1991 and headquartered in London, its visual effects team has the capacity and creativity to produce all manner of effects, for feature films and broadcast projects of all scales. Cinesite award-winning team of highly talented visual effects artists take filmmakers' ideas and turn them into spectacular cinematic reality.

    Projects I worked on at Cinesite:

    - 'John Carter' (Dir. Andrew Stanton, 2012)
    - 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' (Dir. Rob Marshall, 2011) [Shot-in-Stereoscopic]

  • Digital Compositor

    Metaphyx VFX

    April 2011 - April 2011
    Rome, Italy

    - 'Il Generale della Rovere' (Dir. Carlo Carlei, 2011)

  • Digital Compositor

    Union Visual Effects

    November 2010 - December 2010
    London, United Kingdom

    - 'Will' (Dir. Ellen Perry, 2010)

  • Digital Compositor

    Partizan

    November 2010 - November 2010
    London, United Kingdom

    Partizan is an award-winning production company with a worldwide reputation for creative excellence.
    Since its launch in 1991 Partizan has become one of the world's leading producers of content from music videos and commercials to documentaries, feature films, animation and online and branded content.
    The company has offices in London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Berlin and Stockholm.

  • Digital Compositor

    IMAX

    August 2010 - October 2010
    Toronto, Canada

    - 'Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1' (David Yates, 2010)

  • Digital Compositor / Compositing TD

    Union Visual Effects

    April 2010 - August 2010

    - '127 Hours' (Dir. Danny Boyle, 2010)
    - 'Haywire' (Dir. Stephen Soderbergh, 2011)

  • Digital Compositor

    Pixel Cartoon

    April 2010 - April 2010
    Trento Area, Italy

    - 'Un giorno devi andare' (Dir. Giorgio Diritti , 2012)

  • Digital Compositor

    Freefolk

    March 2010 - April 2010

    - 'Fast Vs. Fast' (Dir. Gary Shore, 2010)

  • Digital Compositor

    Passion Pictures

    February 2010 - March 2010

    - Gorillaz: 'Stylo' (Dir. Jamie Hewlett, 2010)
    - Compare the Meerkat: 'The Battle of Fearlessness' (Dir. Darren Walsh, 2010)
    - National Express (Dir. Darren Walsh, 2010)

  • Lead Compositor

    The Sex Pixels

    December 2009 - March 2010

    - '40 Years' (Dir. Russell Appleford, 2010)

  • Digital Compositor

    Dream Journey Studios

    October 2009 - November 2009

    - 'Reiki' (Dir. Pedro Chaves, 2009)

  • Digital Compositor / Colorist

    Bizef Produzione

    August 2009 - September 2009

    - 'Schiaffo alla mafia' (Dir. Stefania Casini, 2009)
    - 'Nero: Special Edition' (Dir. Giancarlo Soldi, 2010)

  • Digital Image Consultant

    Istituto Cinematografico dell'Aquila

    October 2007 - September 2009
    L’Aquila Area, Italy

    Commercials

  • Digital Compositor / Colorist

    Blink Productions

    June 2009 - August 2009

    - 'This is my land' (Dir. Stephen Natanson & Giulia Amati, 2009)

  • Compositing Supervisor

    DreamMakers

    August 2008 - July 2009

    - 'Lettera a Chimera' (Dir, Carlo Liberatore, 2009)

  • Digital Artist

    Euromedia

    January 2000 - August 2003
    Malaga, Spain

    Postproduction Supervisor

  • Digital Artist

    ALAS Infografica

    December 1997 - August 1998

    CGI for Architecture projects

  • Graphic Designer

    Infocolor

    June 1997 - December 1997

    Advertising

Education
  • The Foundry / FXPHD

    2011 - 2011
  • Escape Studios

    2009 - 2010
  • Sphere VFX Ltd.

    2009 - 2009
  • Accademia Internazionale delle Arti e le Scienze d

    2007 - 2009
  • Maine Media Workshops

    2008 - 2008
  • Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático

    1999 - 2004
  • fxPhd

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