Visual Effects Artists - Matte Painters, Miniature Model-Makers, Visual Effects Supervisors, Michael Arias, Craig Barron, Neill Blomkamp (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Matte painters, Miniature model-makers, Visual effects supervisors, Michael Arias, Craig Barron, Neill Blomkamp, John Gaeta, Chris Watts, Harriet Burns, Marc Weigert, Paul Campion, Terrence Masson, Phil Tippett, Lorne Lanning, Dylan Cole, Evan Jacobs, Dennis Muren, John Knoll, Ken Ralston, Albert Whitlock, Joe Letteri, Matt Hollingsworth, Bruce Jurgens, Dean Wright, Chris Jenkins, Yannick Dusseault, Peter Ellenshaw, Craig Mullins, Jim Rygiel, Emilio Ruiz del Rio, Naveen Goud Medaram, Paul Detlefsen, Simon J. Smith, Eric Brevig, Seth Holladay, Richard Baneham, Bill George, Frank Jonen, Bill Westenhofer, Hoyt Yeatman, Shivam Sai Gupta, Donna Tracy, Stefen Fangmeier, Simon Gosling, Lev Kolobov, Matthew Yuricich, Jessy Veilleux, Max Dennison, Greg Jein, Dale Duguid, Warren Franklin, Bob Keen, Al Magliochetti, Martin Bower, Daniel Jeannette, Scott Squires, Stephen L. Price, Ron Brinkmann, Mark A.Z. Dippe, Ronald B. Moore. Excerpt: Michael Arias (born 1968) is an American-born filmmaker active primarily in Japan. Though Arias has worked variously as visual effects artist, animation software developer, and producer, he is best known for his directorial debut, the anime feature Tekkonkinkreet, which established him as the first non-Japanese director of a major anime film. Michael Arias was born in Los Angeles, California. His father, Ron Arias (born 1941) is a former senior writer and correspondent for People magazine and a highly regarded Chicano writer. Michael Arias' mother, Dr. Joan Arias, is a former professor of Spanish and IBM Software Sales Specialist. When still a young boy, Arias often watched movies in the theater with his parents and borrowed 16mm prints from a local public library for screening at home; it was at this stage in his life that he developed his passion for cinema. Arias graduated from high school a...