We talk with Dr. Alvy Ray Smith, a legend in VFX and CGI, who has worked closely with Ed Catmull, George Lucas, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates.

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.

We talk to Pablo Helman, ILM vfx supervisor for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, about their face pipeline.

This week we talk to Jay Redd visual effects supervisor on the new Alice Through the Looking Glass.

An update on the UK effort to unionize. Joe Pavlo and Paul Evans (BECTU) join us to discuss what has been done, what needs to happen and why.

Mike Seymour talks with visual effects supervisor Rob Legato about how they brought the world of Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book to life.

At NAB, Lytro has announced their revolutionary new Light Field camera for film and television, the Lytro Cinema camera. John Montgomery gets the details from Lytro’s Jon Karafin.

Mike talks with Haarm-Pieter Duiker, who has worked on amazing projects from the Light Stage 1 to the Matrix films, ..from ACEScg and to the latest EPIC Games GDC demo.

We talk to The Foundry’s Jack Greasley about the Sci-Tech Award for MARI to be awarded this year.

Weta Digital senior visual effects supervisor Joe Letteri on the challenges of crafting a digital Paul Walker in Furious 7.

fxguide writer Ian Failes has written a book profiling 16 superstar effects supervisors, called Masters of FX. We find out what’s inside.

We explore the algorithms behind this incredible video from SIGGRAPH Asia 2015.

This week we speak to Director Wes Ball about his new film Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, including VFX, Dolby Vision grading and sound mixing.

We preview the DigiPro event in a discussion with Sven Pohle on DreamWorks Animation’s Facial Motion and Deformation System.

How The Mill collaborated with Google ATAP and director Justin Lin on the Google Spotlight 360 degree Story ‘HELP’.

In-depth with Fury Road visual effects supervisor Andrew Jackson and colorist Eric Whipp on the challenges of bringing George Miller’s film to life.