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ELLEN M. SOMERS Producer/Visual Effects Producer ELLEN M. SOMERS Producer/Visual Effects Producer Projects Director Studio/Production FEATURES “SINBAD AND THE SORCERER’S BRIDE” RANDALL COOK TBD (Pitch) Producer “ETHYREA: CODE OF THE BRETHREN” NA BADALATO MEDIA GROUP (In Development) Visual Effects Producer “ROBOCOP” JOSÉ PADILHA MGM Additional VFX Producer “THE HOST” ANDREW NICCOL CHOCKSTONE PICTURES Visual Effects Producer OPEN ROAD FILMS “IN TIME” ANDREW NICCOL NEW REGENCY Visual Effects Producer/Supervisor TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX “GULLIVER’S TRAVELS” ROB LETTERMAN TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Visual Effects Producer/Supervisor “GREEN LANTERN” MARTIN CAMPBELL WARNER BROTHERS VFX Producer (Pre-Production) UC “NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF SHAWN LEVY TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX THE SMITHSONIAN” Associate Producer Visual Effects Producer “JUMPER” DOUG LIMAN TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Visual Effects Producer “FANTASTIC 4: RISE OF THE SILVER TIM STORY TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX SURFER” Visual Effects Producer “NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM” SHAWN LEVY TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Associate Producer Visual Effects Producer “AEON FLUX” KARYN KUSAMA PARAMOUNT PICTURES Visual Effects Producer “PETER PAN” P.J. HOGAN UNIVERSAL PICTURES Associate Producer Visual Effects Producer “THE LORD OF THE RINGS: PETER JACKSON NEW LINE CINEMA THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING” Associate Producer Visual Effects Producer Academy Award win for VFX team “WHAT DREAMS MAY COME” VINCENT WARD POLYGRAM FILMED Visual Effects Producer/Supervisor ENTERTAINMENT Academy Award win for VFX team ELLEN SOMERS -continued- “BATMAN & ROBIN” JOEL SCHUMACHER WARNER BROTHERS Head of Production/VP (Warner Digital Studios) “MARS ATTACKS!” TIM BURTON WARNER BROTHERS VFX Production Supervisor Head of Production/VP (Warner Digital Studios) “VEGAS VACATION” STEPHEN KESSLER WARNER BROTHERS Executive Producer Head of Production/VP (Warner Digital Studios) “MY FELLOW AMERICANS” PETER SEGAL WARNER BROTHERS Executive Producer Head of Production/VP (Warner Digital Studios) “ERASER” CHUCK RUSSELL WARNER BROTHERS Executive Producer Head of Production/VP (Warner Digital Studios) “BATMAN FOREVER” JOEL SCHUMACHER WARNER BROTHERS Executive Producer Head of Production/VP (Warner Digital Studios) “MULTIPLICITY” HAROLD RAMIS COLUMBIA PICTURES Exec Producer/Head of Production (Boss Film Studios) “SPECIES” ROGER DONALDSON MGM Visual Effects Production Supervisor Head of Production (Boss Film Studios) “WATERWORLD” KEVIN REYNOLDS UNIVERSAL PICTURES Exec Producer/Head of Production (Boss Film Studios) “OUTBREAK” WOLFGANG PETERSEN WARNER BROTHERS Exec Producer/Head of Production (Boss Film Studios) “DROP ZONE” JOHN BADHAM PARAMOUNT PICTURES Exec Producer/Head of Production (Boss Film Studios) “THE SCOUT” MICHAEL RITCHIE TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Senior Vice President of Production Exec Producer (Boss Film Studios) “TRUE LIES” JAMES CAMERON TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Exec Producer/Head of Production (Boss Film Studios) Academy Award NOM for the VFX BAFTA Award NOM for VFX team “CLIFFHANGER” RENNY HARLIN TRI STAR PICTURES Visual Effects Production Supervisor Head of Production (Boss Film) Academy Award NOM for VFX team “BATMAN RETURNS” TIM BURTON WARNER BROTHERS Visual Effects Production Supervisor Head of Production (Boss Film) Academy Award NOM for VFX team ELLEN SOMERS -continued- “ALIEN 3” DAVID FINCHER TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Visual Effects Production Supervisor Head of Production (Boss Film) Academy Award NOM for VFX team BAFTA Award NOM for VFX team “GHOST” JERRY ZUCKER PARAMOUNT PICTURES Visual Effects Production Supervisor Head of Production (Boss Film) BAFTA Award NOM for VFX team “FLETCH LIVES” MICHAEL RITCHIE UNIVERSAL PICTURES Exec Producer/Head of Production (Boss Film Studios) CONSULTING MGM – 2013 – Visual Effects Development Consultant – Studio Execs – Peter Oillataguerre, Rebekah Rudd “THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN,” “BEN-HUR” SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT – 2011 - Visual Effects Development Consultant – Studio Exec – Jason Leib “HIGHLANDER” COMMERCIALS & SHORT FORM UNITED AIRLINES “Whales” - Head of Production - Boss Film Studios CLIO AWARD BUDWEISER SUPER BOWLS – “Bud Bowl 1 & 2” - Head of Production – Boss Film Studios “JOURNEY TO TECHNOPIA” – Executive Producer - Boss Film Studios 4 minute 65 MM Motion Base film produced entirely by Boss for the 1993 Korean Expo. “HAUS TEN BUSH” - Executive Producer - Boss Film Studios 10 minute exhibition film for the Nagasaki Theme Park - Japan. DIGITAL PRODUCTIONS – 1984 – 1987: Southern Representative to Head of Production and Producer. Notable achievements included the Music Video “Hard Woman,” for the Rolling Stones as Producer and VFX Producer, the first CG Spiderman for the 1985 Marvel Logo, and campaigns for American Airlines. MCANN ERICKSON HOUSTON – 1980-1984: Executive Producer National Clients included Exxon (Tiger Campaign) and Magnavox (John Cleese). Notable: Beyond Ellen’s credited projects as above, she also built 2 successful visual effects companies over the course of her career. While Head of Production at Boss Film Studios, she launched their Computer Graphics (CGI) Department, which transformed the company. Notable projects from Boss included “Alien 3,” “Batman Returns,” and “True Lies,” all of which were considered ground breaking and received Academy Award nominations for best Visual Effects. Following her success at Boss, she was hired by Warner Brothers Studios to turn Wabbit, their vendor of a dozen employees, into a full-fledged visual effects company. Warner Digital was created becoming a 200-person crew in record time while producing such notable projects as Tim Burton’s "Mars Attacks.” Skills: Filemaker, Merlin (scheduling), Movie Magic, Shotgun, Cinesync, Photoshop, Excel Locations: San Francisco, Jordan, Sydney and Gold Coast Australia, New Zealand, Germany (Berlin and Potsdam), Vancouver, Baton Rouge, New Orleans. Passports: Dual US and Ireland Citizenship .
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