fxpodcast is back with a detailed interview with Maze Runner Director, Wes Ball.

We speak to FMX’s Jean-Michel Blottiere about what was on the program this year!

We speak to Kyle McCulloch, Framestore’s VFX Supervisor about the character animation in Beauty and the Beast.

Marcos Fajardo, a co-winner of a Sci-tech Scientific and Engineering Award (Academy Plaque), on Arnold research including rendering with blue noise and future directions.

This week we discuss the effects of the incredible and instant sci-fi classic Arrival by director Denis Villeneuve.

An in-depth discussion of the new Doctor Strange blockbuster with overall VFX Supervisor Stephane Ceretti.

We speak to ILM visual effects supervisor Craig Hammack about his work on Deepwater Horizon for director Pete Berg.

Mike Seymour talks to ZERO VFX Supervisor Sean Devereaux about the visual effects of The Magnificent Seven.

We speak with Batool Jafri, MD about how artists can take care of their eyes.

We talk to the insanely talented new head of USC ICT Graphics, Prof. Hao Li.

We talk Previs with Ron Frankel : what are the challenges, where is it going and just what is the best ‘quality’ to show a director.

We turn our attention to the Emmys and the Game of Thrones nominated work done by Iloura in the “Battle of the Bastards” episode.

After a discussion about what we are looking forward to at Siggraph 2016 we speak with Alan Barillaro, Director of the latest short from Pixar, “Piper”.

In depth discussion with Dr Paul Debevec about the latest USC ICT SIGGRAPH work, doing even more accurate lighting capture and the new multi-spectral Light Stage. (Click through for Video and images).

We talk to Scanline vfx supervisors Bryan Grill and Mohsen Mousavi about Independence Day: Resurgence and their incredible effects and animation pipeline.