21 Artist Show

Scott Ross is an important part of the history of Visual Effects. He was manager at ILM, Senior VP at Lucasfilm, Chairman & CEO of Digital Domain and one of the Founding Members of Visual Effects Society. He summarized his experiences and a part of the industry's history in his book “Upstart”. Enjoy the show! ⁠▶️ YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📧 Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🐦 X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

My guest today is Oliver Finkelde who is a VFX/CG Supervisor. He worked as the Head of CFX for PDI/DreamWorks on Kung Fu Panda, How to Train your Dragon 2 & 3, Madagascar 3 and many more. Together we talk about his experience at PDI/DreamWorks, how the best teams work together and the future of animation culture. Enjoy the show! ▶️ YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📧 Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🐦 X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

My guest today by Adrian Perdjo who is the founder of the Motion Capture studio BONES in Warsaw in Poland, Adrian started his career as a motion capture artist on The Witcher series before found his own studio. Together we talk about motion capture for The Witcher, video games and the future of motion capture. Enjoy the show! BONES studio https://bones.studio ▶️ YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📧 Newsletter...

My guests today are AJ and Cebiso from Cebiso M Studio. Together we talk about starting their own studio Cebiso M, when it's time to leave your job, and how to make a founder relationship work. Enjoy the show! CEBISO M STUDIO website https://www.cebisom.com ⁠⁠▶️ YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📧 Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🐦 X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.21ArtistShow.com

My guest today is Ed Hooks, an actor and the creator of "Acting for Animators". Together we talk about the difference between acting and animation, how to improve your animation and the animation industry. Enjoy the show! ⁠▶️ YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📧 Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🐦 X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.21ArtistShow.com

My guest today is Simon Devereux, Director of Global Talent Development at Framestore and founder of Access VFX. Together we talk about how to break into the visual effects and animation industry by 1. Runner 2. Internships 3. Apprenticeships 4. Junior and how to stand out from the crowd. Enjoy the show! ⁠ 🎓 Access VFX ▶️ YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠📧 Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠🐦 X⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.21ArtistShow.com

My guest today is Jahirul Amin, the founder of CAVE Academy, a platform that teaches current and future VFX artists how to create great work using real-world examples. Together we talk about education with principles, how the real world is the best teacher, and what an education company really means. Enjoy the show! 🎓 CAVE academy   ⁠⁠⁠▶️ YouTube⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠📧 Newsletter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠🐦 X⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.21ArtistS...

My guest today is Steve Agland, who has been the Supervising TD in Lighting at Animal Logic for over 20 years. He has worked on projects such as The Lego Movies, Happy Feet, Peter Rabbit and many more. Together we talk about the role a Lighting Technical Director, how to apply for it and what it is like to work at Animal Logic.   Enjoy the show!   ⁠⁠▶️ YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠⁠📧 Newsletter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠🐦 X⁠⁠ ⁠⁠www.21...

My guest today is Bela Beier who is the Chief Editor of the Digital Production. Together we talk about Visual Effects journalism, why journalist and production try to hide Visual Effects and how to can change the perception of our industry in the future.   Enjoy the show!     ⁠▶️ YouTube⁠ ⁠📧 Newsletter⁠ ⁠🐦 X⁠ ⁠www.21ArtistShow.com

My guest today is Nick Hore who is a Senior Recruiter at Animal Logic for 20 years now. We talk about how to apply successfully for a position in Animation especially for a studio like Animal Logic.   Enjoy the show!     ▶️ YouTube 📧 Newsletter 🐦 X www.21ArtistShow.com

My guest today is Ben McEwan who is the Head of Compositing at Image Engine. Together we talk about the skills needed to make it in Visual Effects and as a compositor, teaching philosophies and if you learn by idols or actions.   Enjoy the show! ▶️ YouTube ⁠📧 Newsletter⁠ ⁠🐦 X⁠ ⁠www.21ArtistShow.com www.benmcewan.com

My guest today is Thomas Hertzler who was the CEO of Blue Byte. We talk about the history of Blue Byte, Die Siedler and the acquisition by Activision.   Enjoy the show!   ▶️ YouTube ⁠⁠📧 Newsletter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠🐦 X⁠⁠ ⁠⁠www.21ArtistShow.com⁠

My guest today Philipp Wolf who is a producer and cooperate strategist at DNEG. He talks about his unique role as a futurist, the future of filmmaking with Virtual Productions and about burnout. Enjoy the show!   ▶️ YouTube 📧 Newsletter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠🐦 X⁠⁠ ⁠⁠www.21ArtistShow.com⁠

My guest today is Paul Kanyuk a Lead Technical Director at Pixar Animation Studio. Paul worked at Pixar for the last 18 years and involved in one of my favorite movies of all time: Ratatouille. His impressive resume also includes Cars, Wall-E, UP, Brave and Finding Dory. Together we talk about working from home, how to manage a work-life-balance and how machine learning can be integrated into our...

My guest today for the season finally the ever present Hugo Guerra who is a Director, Supervisor, Teacher and Compositor in Visual Effects and Video Game cinematics. Together we talk about creating an independent career in visual effects, the value of online courses and how YouTube creates a distorted image of the work behind the scenes. Enjoy the show! ▶️ YouTube⁠ ⁠⁠📧 Newsletter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠🐦 X⁠⁠ ⁠⁠www...

My guest today is the impactful Florian Gellinger who is the Owner and VFX Producer of RISE. RISE created the visual effects for some of the biggest movies and series in recent history: Avengers, Matrix 4, The Kings Man, Stranger Things, Loki and many more. Together we talk about founding and owning a successful Visual Effects company, brand identity and why RISE uses memes and puns for their mark...

My guest today is Christopher Hiess who is a supervisor, lead and engineer working for Double Negative and the Foundry. Chris was my lighting supervisor on the Heinzels animation feature film and I could experience his team management style in person. Together we talk about building a successful and healthy team in a stressful film production, handling team dynamics and how to give feedback and do...

My guest today is the amazing Jimmy Ockey, who is currently the Recruiting Department Supervisor at Animal Logic. For over 6 years he supported his team there, recruited and trained future talent. Together we talk about the recruitment experience, interviews, what makes a good candidate and how we can cross the bridge from an application to getting hired for the job.  Enjoy the show! ⁠▶️ YouTube⁠⁠...

My guest today is Victor Perez, a director, visual effects supervisor and compositor working at Double Negative, Cinesite, Union VFX and many more on films like Harry Potter, The Dark Knight Rises and Pirates of the Caribbean. Together we talk about the challenges of working abroad, language barriers and how to become a successful visual effects artist against all odds. Enjoy the show! ⁠▶️ YouTube...

My guest today is Carl Rosendahl, former President of PDI (Pacific Data Images) a company focused on visual effects, producing computer-generated graphics for broadcast networks, TV shows, commercials and films such as “Batman Forever,” “The Arrival,” “Terminator 2,” and “Toys”. They later expanded into feature animation films with 1998’s “ANTZ” followed by “Shrek” in 2001 which went on to win the...

The 21 Artist Show is a video podcast focusing on Visual Effects, Animation and Games. It is a dialog between professionals to educate and entertain.   ⁠▶️ YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠📧 Newsletter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠🐦 X⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.21ArtistShow.com⁠⁠

My guest today is Carl Schroeter who is a senior compositor at DNEG and worked previously 5 years for Industrial Light & Magic on Star Wars 8, 9, Solo: A Star Wars Story and The Mandalorian. Together we talk about his dream of working on Star Wars and how he achieve that, his time at Industrial Light & Magic and what it means to be a professional compositor in Visual Effects. Enjoy the sho...

My guest today is Allan McKay, he is a Visual Effects Supervisor, Director, Producer and Content Creator. Before that he worked as an FX TD at Blur, Industrial Light & Magic, Pixomondo and many more on Transformers, Game of Thrones, God of War and Half Life 1 (yes you heard me right) ... basically everything under the sun for the last 25 years. Together we talk about how he got started in the...

My guest today is Andrew Schlussel who is currently the Director of Global Talent Development at Framestore and an online class Instructor at the Academy of Art University. Before that he was an Instructor at Pixar Animation Studios, Global Head of Training and Development at MPC and Education Manager at Dreamworks Animation just to name a few. Together we talk about how he is moving the world of...

My guest today is Gael Kerchenbaum, he is currently the Creature Specialist at Facebook AI. Before that he worked as a Creature Supervisor at DNEG, creature artist at Axis Animation and many more while teaching sculpting and anatomy at CGMA and all around the globe. Together we talk about being a Freelance Creature Artist, the importance of anatomy, fundamentals and teaching and how he ended up wo...