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STEVE BEGG Visual Effects Supervisor STEVE BEGG Visual Effects Supervisor PROJECT S DIRECTOR STUDIO & PRODUCERS “THE A LIST” (Series) DAN BERLINKA KINDLE ENTERTAINMENT VFX Consultant NINA METIVIER NETFLIX “HELLBOY: RISE OF THE BLOOD NEIL MARSHALL LIONSGATE QUEEN” Lloyd Levin, Matthew O'Toole, Lawrence Gordon “FIRESTORM” (Mini-Episode) STEVE BEGG Anderson Entertainment (Director) “THE COMMUTER” JAUME COLLET-SERRA LIONSGATE Alex Heineman, Andrew Rona “FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN PAUL MCGUIGAN EON PRODUCTIONS LIVERPOOL” SONY PICTURES CLASSICS (Thanks) Barbara Broccoli, Colin Vaines “SPECTRE” SAM MENDES MGM/SONY PICTURES Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson “KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE” MATTHEW VAUGHN MARV FILMS/FOX Matthew Vaughn, Adam Bohling, Iain MacKenzie, David Reid “SKYFALL” SAM MENDES MGM/SONY PICTURES Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson “UNKNOWN” JAUME COLLET-SERRA WARNER BROTHERS Leonard Goldberg, Joel Silver “1884” TIM OLLIVE BRITTANIA STUDIOS (in development) Steve Begg, Terry Gilliam, John Needham “THE WOLFMAN” JOE JOHNSTON UNIVERSAL PICTURES Bill Carraro, Sean Daniel, Scott Stuber “THE GOLDEN COMPASS” CHRIS WEITZ WARNER BROTHERS/NEW LINE nd 2 Unit VFX Supervisor iBill Carraro, Deborah Forte “CASINO ROYALE” MARTIN CAMPBELL MGM/SONY PICTURES BAFTA Award Nomination Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson “BATMAN BEGINS” CHRISTOPHER NOLAN WARNER BROTHERS Miniature Supervisor Chuck Roven, Emma Thomas “THE BROTHERS GRIMM” TERRY GILLIAM MIRAMAX FILMS Miniature Supervisor Daniel Bobker, Chuck Roven “LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER: JAN DE BONT PARAMOUNT PICTURES The Cradle of Life” Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin “LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER” SIMON WEST PARAMOUNT PICTURES Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin “QUILLS” PHILLIP KAUFMAN FOX SEARCHLIGHT Julia Chasman, Nick Wechsler Steve Begg -Continued- “LOST IN SPACE” STEPHEN HOPKINS NEW LINE CINEMA Co-Supervisor + Miniature Director Akiva Goldsman, Mark Koch “RATCATCHER” LYNNE RAMSAY PATHÉ PICTURES Gavin Emerson “THE BFI LONDON IMAX TERRY JONES BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE SIGNATURE FILM” (Short) John Goldstone “TIME RUNNER” MICHAEL MAZO NEW LINE CINEMA (Magic Camera Company) John A. Curtis, Lloyd Simandl “RKO 281” (TV Movie) BENJAMIN ROSS HBO Sue Armstrong, Ridley Scott “20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA” MICHAEL ANDERSON HALLMARK (TV Movie) John Davis “SPACE PRECINCT” (TV Series) VARIOUS GROVE TELEVISION Gerry Anderson “THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO” STEVE BARRON NEW LINE CINEMA Model Unit Director Raju Sharad Patel, Jeffrey M. Sneller “CAPTAIN SCARLET STEVE BEGG ITV TELEVISION (TV Series) Sequence Director DOMINICK LAVERLY Gerry Anderson (Mercury Falling) Animated/Mocap “DICK SPANNER P.I. ” (TV SERIES) TERRY ADLAM VIRGIN/CHANNEL 4 TV Director and Cinematographer STEVE BEGG Gerry Anderson “THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR TERRY GILLIAM SONY PICTURES CLASSICS PARNASSUS” Matte Painter Amy Gilliam, Samuel Hadida, (Peerless Camera Company) William Vince “RED DWARF: THE TANK ANDREW ELLARD GRANT NAYLOR PRODUCTIONS - SERIES VIII – Model Director Helen Norman, Doug Naylor “THE AVENGERS” JEREMIAH CHECHIK WARNER BROTHERS Animation Designer Jerry Weintraub “GOLDENEYE” MARTIN CAMPBELL MGM Visual Effects Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson “LANDSLIDE” JEAN-CLAUDE LORD THE SAMUEL GOLDWYN CO. Model Unit Director Stein Monn Iversen “SPACE POLICE” TONY BELL ANDERSON BURR PICTURES Visual Effects Director “TERRAHAWKS” (39 Episodes) VARIOUS ANDERSON ENTERTAINMENT/ITV Visual Effects Director Gerry Anderson, Christopher Burr “BATMAN” TIM BURTON WARNER BROTHERS Visual Effects Technician Peter Guber, Jon Peters “ALIENS” JAMES CAMERON TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Model Effects (uncredited) Gale Anne Hurd Notable: 2017 BAFTA Scotland Craft Masterclass (Glascow Film Festival) “Visual Effects with Steve Begg” 2017 Honorary Doctorate of Engineering - Glasgow Caledonian University 2016 UK VES Vanguard Award for Leadership and the Advancement of Visual Effects in the UK 2013 BAFTA Scotland Award: Outstanding Contribution to Craft (In Memory of Robert McCann) Locations: Austria, Bahamas, China (Shanghai), Greece, Iceland, Italy, Kenya, Los Angeles, Mexico, Miami, Morocco, Moscow, Munich, Norway, Paris, Prague, Scotland, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey (Istanbul), Venice Affiliations: BAFTA, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Visual Effects Society .
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