THE VFX Club Podcast

Maxine Schnepf, our lovely General Manager here at The Club decided to do a rare interview with our CEO and Senior Effects TD at ILM San Francisco... Marcella Brown. Marcella opens up about her time so far at ILM, balancing her forever evolving schedule and a recap on The Vfx Club this year. 

Luis Mathison is an effects animator at Walt Disney Animation with credits on Wish and Moana 2. We are excited to share his unique journey from being behind the camera on set to working as an effects artist in feature animation. Welcome Luis to the show!

Santiago Robles is a very talented illustrator and FX Supervisor at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He shares his story growing up in Mexico City and how his love for comics and animation steered him into the industry. We welcome Santiago to the show!  

Marlon West has helped create a lot of our childhood favorite films, his career in animation speaks for itself! He has inspired many artists over the years including myself. No words can express how we feel about this brutha, welcome Mr. West to the show!

Santhosh Koneru is a 3D Generalist hailing from India. Talented and determined he has made quite the career for himself. Santhosh also is our CFO and look dev instructor here at The Vfx Club. We welcome him back to the show!

Happy Holidays, and welcome to Season 9 of The Vfx Club Podcast! Let's dive into a new season filled with resilience, creativity, and all the reason why we love this craft. Buckle up - its going to be a great ride!

Indy (James) Gott is a long time friend of The VFX Club. So we were super excited that he stopped by to give us his thoughts and experience. He is an onset Data Wrangler and Director, please give a warm welcome to Indy.

Robert Turner is an assistant principal in Chicago, Illinois. He has a 30+ year career in education and is now also a Board Member at The VFX Club. Who better to explain why the arts matter in education, lets welcome Robert to the show!

Sharice Keyes is a screenwriter and production coordinator at ILM. Hailing from "The Mecca" she is nothing but a hustla and a genuine person! We at The VFX Club support her in all her endeavors, please give a warm welcome to our sista Sharice!

Greg Anderson is a VFX Director currently at Netflix overseeing multiple shows. We are excited he came through to share with us his journey and to inspire the next generation of kids to follow their dreams. Welcome to The Club!

Erin Ramos blesses us with her story and shares how she got started in her 20+ year career. Its not often we see women at the top in effects animation so we at The VFX Club most definitely want to give her flowers and welcome Erin to the show!

Melanie Pango is an animator based out of Montreal. Originally from France with roots in the Ivory Coast she adds a much needed voice to the vfx and animation industry. Sharing her knowledge with the next generation we welcome her to The VFX Club.

Happy New Years! Even though it has been a ruff year we know that there's always light at the end so we hope to spread encouragement and love on the podcast! Its season 8 folks!!! Thanks for holding us down... Enjoy and Happy Holidays!

The VFX Club welcomes Shay Stone to share her journey in animation. She is currently an Animation Director at Nickelodeon, a Life Coach and author. We thank her for pulling up to the club and telling her story. Congrats on all her success!

KJ Pilar is a vfx producer with a very interesting story to start her career. Her experience in production and care for the artists is exactly what the industry needs, we welcome her to The VFX Club. 

Milan Hinson is a 3d animator at Brainzoo Studio and also a talented illustrator. Her career might be young but she is most definitely the one to keep a close eye on as she continues to rise through our industry. We welcome her to the club!

We are so grateful for Lori Beck coming to The VFX Club. She has 30+ years of experience at Lucas Film, hiring the worlds best talent and mentoring the next generation. We hope you enjoy her story. 

Hope Schroers pulled up to share her experience as a young artist from Pixar Animation to Dreamworks. Her work as an effects td is just getting started. Congrats on her success we can't wait to watch her grow in the industry.

Katie-Louise Talbot joins The VFX Club to share her journey from being an environment artist to a senior effects td at WetaFX. We welcome Katie and hope you enjoy her story.

Blythe comes on the show to share her story and experiences but we quickly get lost in our love for The Last of Us and God of War haha so kick back and enjoy!

Welcome back to The VFX Club Season 7, from Pixar to the official launch of the nonprofit then onto to my start at ILM lets get into it!

Lisa Minotti is a lighting artist at WetaFX. Her latest titles include Overwatch and The Sea Beast. It was fun to catch up with her after leaving Weta so I hope y'all enjoy our conversation! Welcome Lisa to the show.

Jun Watanabe and John Hughes complete Season 6 of THE VFX Club Podcast. So much experience between the two of them it was an honor to work with them on Avatar The Way of Water. Some of the hardest working artists I've ever known please welcome them both!

Masha Zarnitsa drops by THE VFX Club Podcast to explain her path as a lighting artist and a true storyteller. She has worked on such titles as Encanto, Raya the Last dragon and lately Avatar The Way of Water. Welcome Masha to the show!

Kee Nam Suong came thru The VFX Club Podcast and blessed us. He has 25+ years of experience and speaks about volunteering and why loving what you do is essential to any skillset. Welcome Kee to the show!