From Star Trek : Next Generation to Deep Space Nine Gary Hutzel has been doing Visual Effects for many, many years. His most recent work though with Battlestar Galactica and Caprica have him in the forefront of SyFy’s blockbuster line up.
Gary Hutzle has been around the “VFX Supervisor” block a few times and he continues to use LightWave as his 3D application of choice. Mr. Hutzel sits down with us for an hour or so this coming Saturday, September 4th to talk some effects, LightWave 3D, Caprica, Battlestar and more.
Dont miss this live interview! Want to ask Gary a question, join us and we will have a live Q&A session for you LightWaver’s out there!
The interview with Sean M. Jackson could not have gone better. Sean thank you for your time today sir. We ran over and you were very gracious with your time.
If you did not get to hear the interview, you have to go spend a little over an hour and listen to the interview at www.ilwug.com. We will have the interview recorded up tomorrow afternoon.
Sean covers his work at Foundation Imaging, Battlestar Galactica, Serenity, Caprica, and more as well as his own personal 2D work also done in LightWave.
Sean covers life at studios, and as a professional visual effects artist. How to break into the industry and as an artist what to expect out of Hollywood.
It was a great 2 hours… an awesome interview.
Thanks again Sean!
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Sean M. Jackson is a extremely accomplished 3D artist having worked on feature films like Hell Boy, X-Men, Serenity, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Superman Returns to TV series like Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek Enterprise, and most recently Caprica.
But he was not always a 3D guru, Sean started his visual effects career as a traditional artist doing freelance and 2D work. After doing a intern gig at VSI Sean found his way to Foundation Imaging. It was Foundation where Sean honed his 3D abilities and met some of the industries leading players.
Since then Sean has worked on numerous feature films and television series. For the past several years Sean has been working for Gary Hutzel at Universal on Battlestar and Caprica.
The International LightWave 3D User Group is proud to interview Sean M. Jackson and get to chat with him for a little over an hour about his extensive work in the industry.
Sean M. Jackson has been nominated for an Emmy twice and won once. He has also been nominated for two VES Awards and won one of those as well.
We invite you to listen in on this free interview and hear how LightWave 3D played an integral part of Sean’s very successful career in visual effects.
He was born in Michigan and raised in a very small farming community. He bought his first computer when he was 10 years old (Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer). He started college at a state university, and then went to College for Creative Studies (CCS) in Detroit, but left shortly thereafter due to his disappointment with the faculty’s inability to teach him what he wanted to learn. He apprenticed to a flute-master in Virginia for a while, learning to make bamboo flutes, then traveled the Renaissance Faire circuit where he worked as a bard, juggler, sleight-of-hand artist, “martial-arts juggler,” swordsman and various and sundry other very odd jobs.
Living in California in 1991, he worked as a professional musician focusing mainly on folk and classical harp. He was hired to do sound production for a small music label where he was first exposed to the Video Toaster. After a few years in California, he took a sabbatical, returning to Michigan to finish his degree.
He started working for a company to which Disney Interactive was outsourcing its Animated Storybooks and got back into animation. Then he went back to California to be lead animator on Activision’s Apocalypse. He then went on to work on the science fiction television series Babylon 5, and then to Walt Disney Feature Animation to work on the feature film Dinosaur. After WDFA, he formed Exile Films, which was rolled into Studio Mythos when offshore investors took over, leading the studio in a completely contrary direction. Securing the company a gig to fulfill his obligations, he left everything associated with Mythos and drove north. He is currently working on the next episode in the Kaze, Ghost Warrior series and was hired on to animate new CGI characters for the third season of the Battlestar Galactica television series.
This is a free interview, to register or for more information please click on the following link – Register Now!
Daniel L. Smith is a VFX supervisor and 3D Stereoscopic expert. He has worked on feature films, television series, commercials, and special venue films.
Daniel has been very involved with Visual Effects and 3D stereoscopy for nearly 18 years. His diverse path has allowed him to work alongside some truly unique, talented, and visionary artists in the Visual FX industry. Daniel also got to work with Allen Hastings and Stuart Ferguson when implementing stereo rendering capabilities into LightWave 3D back in the late 90’s. Daniel has worked with Academy award winning supervisors and directors such as Joel Hynek (Predator, What Dreams May Come, Judge Dredd), John Gatea (The Matrix Trilogy, Speed Racer), and Will Vinton( Claymation, California Raisins.) Daniel has supervised stereoscopic projects for Busch Gardens, Radio City Music Hall, and Santa’s Village. He was also the stereoscopic supervisor on the most successful 3D movie of all time, Spy-Kids 3D (according to the 2007 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records).
Now you can pick up some Stereo secrets from an expert in the industry. Most of all this interview will be an open forum style, so we want your questions.
This is your chance to ask an expert!
What’s happening in the industry with 3-D? Where is Hollywood going with 3-D? What does all this mean for you and future jobs?
Spend a little time with Daniel Saturday and get the answers to some of the most important questions facing 3D artists today, STEREO!
