SEAN STRANKS

Visual Effects Supervisor

"I’m in my element at the earliest stages of development, conceptualising and designing approaches to the visual effects. For me, that’s the most creative part of the process."

Sean joined Cinesite in January 2020 to deliver the final season of popular SELECTED CREDITS Netflix series Dark. He had previously provided on set supervision in South Africa for the Ridley Scott 10-episode HBO series Raised by Wolves. 2020 - Dark: Season 3 VFX Supervisor Beginning his visual effects career in the 1990s, Sean was a compositor and senior compositor at several studios, including GVFX, Hybride, ESC 2020 - Raised by Wolves VFX Supervisor and Technicolor. He joined Double Negative in London as VFX supervisor in 2007, where he remained for 10 years. Sean cites his 2008 work as 2D 2018 - The Cloverfield Paradox supervisor on Cloverfield as one of the stand-out moments of his career. VFX Supervisor “That is a great film,” he recalls, “The Brooklyn Bridge collapse still holds up today and I’m very proud to have been involved in creating it.” 2017 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi VFX Supervisor Sean received two nominations in the same year in 2016 at the VES awards as VFX Supervisor for Bridge of Spies and In The Heart of The 2016 - Star Trek Beyond Sea. The latter, recalling the sinking of a 19th century whaling ship by a VFX Supervisor giant whale, involved the creation of epic oceanic environments both 2016 - Jason Bourne above and below water. Spectacular underwater travelling shots with CG VFX Supervisor cameras mounted onto whales, included fluid simulations mimicking water currents and the addition of bubbles, krill and general detritus for 2016 - In the Heart of the Sea absolute realism. VFX Supervisor

At Base FX in Beijing from 2016-2018 Sean provided his expertise as a 2013 - Fast & Furious 6 visual effects consultant, overseeing productions including Cloverfield VFX Supervisor Paradox and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. 2012 - Skyfall Sean’s fascination with film began as a child, with his love for films like On-set VFX Supervisor Star Wars, Close Encounters and Indiana Jones, which inspired his imagination and encouraged his early creativity. “I am very lucky that this led to my career in film,” Sean muses, “which has allowed me to create the kind of sequences I would have loved as a child.” IMDb Sean has been skateboarding since he was small and is still passionate about the sport. His first skateboarding business, Curb Chemist, will soon open, building skateboard decks as a rather cool side-project to visual effects.

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