fxpodcast: Superman with Framestore – Krypto, crystals, & cutting-edge gaussian splats

August 18, 2025

We sit down with CG Supervisor Kevin Sears and Animation Supervisor Loic Mireault to unpack their contributions to the film.

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fxpodcast: Black Mirror’s USS Callister: Into Infinity with James MacLachlan

August 13, 2025

From voxel teleporters to epic space battles, VFX Supervisor James MacLachlan reveals how Black Mirror’s USS Callister: Into Infinity blends cinematic sci-fi and retro gaming.

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fxpodcast: Superman with Wētā FX

August 11, 2025

VFX Supervisor Guy Williams joins the fxpodcast to reveal how his team brought Kaiju battles, cube rivers, and incredible oners to life for James Gunn’s Superman.

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fxpodcast: F1 The Movie, with VFX Supervisor Ryan Tudhope

July 25, 2025

Ryan Tudhope discusses the artistry behind Kosinski’s F1. From real pit-lane to rebuilt crashes & rain-soaked Monza sequences, over 2,500 VFX shots were seamlessly woven into the invisible VFX of F1.

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Crafting Jurassic World: Rebirth with Gareth Edwards and David Vickery

June 30, 2025

Our fxpodcast with Edwards (director) and Vickery (production vfx supervisor) on refining the Jurassic wonder, crafting photoreal creatures, having fun and more, all with Steven Spielberg watching.

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VFX shadows, silhouettes, and the Sentry: ILM’s work on Marvel’s Thunderbolts

June 25, 2025

In this fxpodcast, we speak with ILM’s Chad Wiebe and Lee McNair to unpack the layers of work that went into some of the film’s most complex sequences.

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fxpodcast: ACES 2.0 with ILM’s Alex Fry

June 17, 2025

Geek out with an in-depth discussion of the development process behind the modern color science and improvements in ACES 2.0.

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fxpodcast: Landman’s special effects and explosions with Garry Elmendorf

June 13, 2025

Industry veteran Garry Elmendorf joins the fxpodcast to share the details of bringing explosive realism to Taylor Sheridan’s Landman series.

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fxpodcast: the making of the immersive Apple Vision Pro film Bono: Stories of Surrender

June 9, 2025

The-Artery’s Vico Sharabani and Elad Offer discuss the vfx and data-hungry post-production of the immersive version of Bono: Stories of Surrender.

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fxpodcast: Chefs of data – Etoile and machine learning

May 30, 2025

David Gaddie does a deep dive into the AI tech for the Étoile, the Amazon series from Amy Sherman-Palladino. Includes exclusive footage and in-depth breakdowns of Gaddie’s innovative solution.

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fxpodcast: Union VFX’s work on Black Mirror season 7 – USS Callister

May 21, 2025

Mike goes below deck and behind the scenes of the USS Callister and discusses the visual effects with the team from Union VFX.

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fxpodcast: Politics meets pixels: business implications of possible tariffs

May 7, 2025

In our latest fxpodcast, we speak with Joseph Bell on Trump’s proposed film tariff, global VFX trends, and the business of uncertainty

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fxpodcast: VFX dying to work with Mickey 17

April 21, 2025

DNEG’s Chris McLaughlin and Robyn Luckham join Mike Seymour for this episode of the fxpodcast and discuss their work on Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17.

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Behind the plasticine: crafting Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

April 9, 2025

Howard Jones joins the fxpodcast to discuss the alchemy of Aardman’s particular blend of humour, heart, and handcrafted charm.

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Michael Cioni and the new landscape for post & VFX

April 3, 2025

In our latest fxpodcast, Cioni reveals how he feels post could reinvent – or bury – Hollywood.

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Oscar-winning legend Rob Legato on Stability AI & the future of VFX

March 20, 2025

We talk to three-time Academy Award-winning VFX Supervisor Rob Legato about why he has teamed up with Stability AI and how he wants to help redefine the future of AI-driven filmmaking.

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NeRFs, gaussian splatting, and the future of VFX

March 10, 2025

Sam Hodge discusses why NeRFs and gaussian splatting are changing VFX, real-time, photoreal volume capture in an AI game-changing way.

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Production design & VFX on Captain America: Brave New World

February 26, 2025

Ramsey Avery, production designer of Marvel’s Captain America: Brave New World, with an in-depth discussion of the relationship between production design and VFX

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fxpodcast: Silo DOP Ed Moore

January 20, 2025

Behind the Scenes of filming Silo Season 2 with DOP Ed Moore.

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fxpodcast: SFX Makeup Supervisor Chris Bridges

January 16, 2025

Chris Bridges, Emmy-winning visionary at Gaslight FX Studio, discusses the world of prosthetic makeup and special effects from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds series to the feature film:Heretic.

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fxpodcast: Dune: Part Two Visual Effects Supervisor Paul Lambert

January 5, 2025

A deep dive into Dune: Part Two with Oscar winner Paul Lambert, including that amazing black-and-white infrared sequence.

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fxpodcast: Better Man with Wētā FX

January 3, 2025

We speak with Wētā FX VFX Supervisor Luke Millar and Animation Supervisor Dave Clayton about the seamless complex animation of Robbie Williams.

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fxpodcast: Better Man Director Michael Gracey

December 29, 2024

We speak with Gracey to discuss the film, its complexity, challenges, and how he approached this innovative and powerful independent film.

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Pablo Helman breaks down Wicked

December 28, 2024

From complex flying rigs, monkey’s and feather to set extensions and those millions of tulips, ILM’s great work on the box office hit: Wicked

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The issue of training data: with Grant Farhall, Getty Images

December 18, 2024

We discuss rights, providence, and generative AI legality with Getty Images’s Grant Farhall.

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NVIDIA’s Simon Yuen: facing the future of AI

December 9, 2024

Simon Yuen is Senior Director of graphics and AI at NVIDIA, where he leads the company’s digital human efforts such as ACE.

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Zap Andersson: Exploring the intersection of AI and rendering

December 3, 2024

Zap Andersson shares his tips and tricks gleaned from testing AI tools for his bizarre YouTube series: UNREAL MYSTERIES

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fxpodcast: Adobe and generative AI

November 27, 2024

We dive deep with Alexandru Costin into FireFly, the future of gen AI, Adobe’s strategic plans, and the lessons learned along the way.

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fxpodcast #379: A deep dive into the filmmaking of Here with Kevin Baillie

November 14, 2024

There is a lot to unpack in Robert Zemeckis’ Here. VFX Supervisor & 2nd Unit Director Kevin Baillie explains the complex filming, editorial complexity, and its AI de-aging.

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fxpodcast #378: Ray Tracing FTW, Chaos’ Project Arena short film – we chat with the posse

September 17, 2024

The short goes far beyond a tech demo and is attempting to make a statement about the industry at large, mainly through a ridiculous comedy.

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