Wil Manning

Wil Manning

VFX Supervisor

Senior VFX Supervisor / 17 yrs

Beijing City, China

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Visual Effects Supervisor

Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Apples Never Fall (2024)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Death and Other Details (2024)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Dark Harvest (2023)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Equalizer 3 (2023)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Saint X (2023)

Associate VFX Supervisor

Class of '07 (2023)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Shantaram (2022)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Black Site (2022)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Wolf Like Me (2022)

Visual Effects Supervisor

La Brea (2021)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Wilds (2020)

Head Of Production

100% wolf (2020)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Legend of the Ancient Sword (2018)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Animal World (2018)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Skiptrace (2016)

Visual Effects On-Set Supervisor

Lost in White (2016)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Monster Hunt (2016)

Additional Visual Effects Supervision

Lost in Hong Kong (2015)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Beijing, Niuyue (2015)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal (2015)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Breakup Guru (2014)

Visual Effects Set Supervision

Tian ma

Visual Effects Supervisor based in Beijing.

I handle feature film pre, on-set, and vfx post supervision. I am comfortable working in-house or studio side, as well as providing vfx production, producer and consultation services (bidding, trouble shooting etc).

Prior to moving to features I worked extensively on commercials in Australia and China as VFX supervisor, art director and motion graphics freelancer. I have a solid foundational background in 3D and consider myself a strong all-rounder, actively engaging in all aspects of production.

Note: My online portfolio is currently out of date and given that I'm usually supervising teams of artists it's hard for a showreel to convey my contibution to a show. As an alternative I'm happy to provide references.
Work History

  • VFX Supervisor and Head of Production

    Blackbird

    March 2021 - Present
    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  • VFX Supervisor and Producer

    Freelance

    August 2018 - March 2021
    Beijing City, China & Perth, Western Australia

    VFX Supervisor and Producer

  • VFX supervisor

    BangBang Pictures

    October 2015 - November 2017
    Beijing, China

    VFX Supervision for mainland feature films including:

    Legend of the Ancient Sword (Pre-Prod Only, Alibaba, d. Renny Harlin)

    Animal World (Overal Supervision, Ruyi, d. Han Yan)

    This includes the planning of over 2000 vfx shots, shooting over another 600, and responsibility for budgets in excess of $20m USD.

  • VFX Supervisor

    Pixomondo

    September 2012 - November 2015
    Beijing

    VFX Supervision (On-set and Post), VFX Producing, Creative/Art Direction and CG Supervision.

    During my time at Pixomondo I directly contributed to 11+ feature films while making a significant contribution to six of those in the roles of overall, post, sequence or on-set supervision as credited.

    I also acted as vfx producer for three features, and frequently participated in bidding and first-contact rounds with potential feature clients.

    Prior to my engagement with feature films, headed up Pixo PEK's commercial team. In that role I provided vfx supervision, art direction, pitching, bidding and creative direction services.

  • VFX Supervisor, Art Director

    Freelance

    December 2011 - September 2012
    Beijing

  • VFX Supervisor, Art Director

    G2 Studio Creative Workshop - China

    January 2011 - November 2011
    Beijing City, China

  • 3D Lead, Motiongraphics Artist

    Siamese

    February 2009 - December 2010
    Perth, Western Australia

  • Sessional Academic

    Curtin University

    February 2010 - November 2010
    Perth, Western Australia

  • VFX Generalist, Digital Media Generalist

    Freelance

    April 2008 - March 2009
    Perth, Australia

  • VFX Generalist

    John Cheese

    February 2007 - April 2008
    Perth, Western Australia
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Education

  • BA - Film, Television / Design Photography in Uncompleted

    Curtin University of Technology

    1999 - 2004