Movie making in Hollywood und die Bedeutung von Visual Effects

19. Juni 2008, 14 bis 17 Uhr Urfahr Werk III, 4. Stock

Movie making in Hollywood und die Bedeutung von Visual Effects,
Organisation und Pipeline in den Rhythm & Hues Studios
Technologietrends in den nächsten Jahren.
Markur Kurtz zeigt zahlreiche Beispiele aus dem Produktionsalltag.

Markus Kurtz studierte Mediengestaltung an der Kunstuniversität Linz und
übersiedelte nach dem Studium in die USA, wo er im Bereich der Visual Effects an zahlreichen großen Hollywoodproduktionen mitarbeitete.
Er arbeitete u.a. bei Digital Domain und ist zurzeit bei den Rhythm & Hues Studios als Special Effects Supervisor und in der Entwicklung beschäftigt.


Biographie:

Gleisdorf - Linz - Los Angeles: My educational background is a masters in fine arts from the university of arts and industrial design, Linz, Austria. I grew up, studied and worked there, before getting the chance to move to Los Angeles in 1997. I was hired by Digital Domain as a FX artist for "Titanic". There I worked on multiple movies and commercials, and over the years moved up to a CG supervisor position (Titanic, How the Grinch stole Christmas, Lord of the Rings, The Time Machine, Star Trek Nemesis, The Italian Job, Stealth). In 2005, after 8+ years it was time for a change and I moved on to Rhythm and Hues. Here I worked as CG Supervisor on "Superman Return" and then as digital supervisor on "Happy Feet". In January 2007 I was given the opportunity to take on my current position, manager of production operations. In this role, my primary duty is to make sure that all our work flows through the facility as efficiently as possible. It's about spotting possible shortcomings early enough and helping to define new solutions. And in doing that, I dedicate a lot of time to facilitate dialog and communication between the different productions teams on the one side, and the technology groups on the other side.

Filmographie:

The Golden Compass (2007) (digital effects supervisor: Rhythm & Hues)
Happy Feet (2006) (digital effects supervisor: Rhythm & Hues)
Superman Returns (2006) (CG supervisor: Rhythm & Hues)
Stealth (2005) (computer graphics supervisor: Digital Domain)
The Missing (2003/I) (CG supervisor: Digital Domain)
The Italian Job (2003) (CG supervisor: Digital Domain)
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) (CG supervisor: Digital Domain)
The Time Machine (2002) (CG effects animator: Digital Domain)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) (3d effects animator: Digital Domain)
Stormrider (2001) (CG effects animator)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) (digital lead artist)
"The Invisible Man" (2000) TV series (digital artist: Digital Domain) (unknown episodes)
Supernova (2000/I) (digital team lead: Digital Domain)
Titanic (1997) (digital paraphernalia artist: Digital Domain) (as Marcus Kurtz)
Red Corner (1997) (digital artist: Digital Domain) (uncredited)

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