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NEWSLETTER
MAY 2021
DNEG WELCOMES ERIKA BURTON
This month we welcomed Erika Burton, our new Executive Vice President, VFX - Global
Head of Studios!
Erika brings over 25 years of experience at places like Method Studios, Digital Domain,
PDI/DreamWorks, Animation and Walt Disney Animation Studios. We’re thrilled to have
her onboard.
As part of her new remit she will work closely with Merzin Tavaria, President, Global
Production and Operations – together they will oversee the organization of DNEG’s
production capabilities and the efficient delivery of work across our global locations,
while identifying and implementing process and workflow improvements.
Learn more about this exciting addition to DNEG's Senior Management team.
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NEWSLETTER
MAY 2021
STEP INTO THE FOLD
WITH US
Grishaverse fans rejoice! This month brings plenty of
behind-the-scenes treats from Netflix’s recent hit series,
‘Shadow and Bone’.
VFX Supervisor Raphael Hamm talked with The Art of VFX
about DNEG’s key sequences, from summoning the sun, to
shadow magic, to visualizing the port city Novokribirsk.
Plus, you’ll never guess which Hollywood actor provided
inspiration for the series’ mystical stag — find out here.
After that, watch it all come to life in our brand new VFX
Breakdown reel!
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NEWSLETTER
MAY 2021
LIKE EVERY CHALLENGE
OUR GLOBAL TEAMS FACE,
WE’RE STRONGER WHEN
FIGHTING COVID-19 IN INDIA WE FACE THEM TOGETHER.
For our colleagues based in India - in Mumbai, Chennai, and Chandigarh - it has been a
particularly difficult time as the country has been hard hit by the pandemic.
We are proud to have been supporting local communities in the region, including our
donations of 50 Oxygen Concentrators and 1,000 Ration Kits which were delivered
recently to the State of Maharashtra, home to our main Indian studio in Mumbai.
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FMX – Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and NEWSLETTER
Immersive Media had an all-star DNEG turnout this month, MAY 2021
with a mix of presentations and panels representing every
corner of our work!
SPOTLIGHT ON DNEG
Our Global Chief Technology Executive-in-Charge, Corporate
Officer Paul Salvini spoke on a Strategy, Philipp Wolf spoke
panel about technology and about post-pandemic industry
content creation in a post- initiatives and the global work of
pandemic world. the Visual Effects Society (VES).
Head of Motion Graphics Barry Creative Director and Academy
Corcoran took audiences on a Award-winning VFX Supervisor
deep dive into DNEG’s recent Paul Franklin adventured through
MGFX work on ‘Altered Carbon virtual production and his
Season 2’ and ‘Hobbs & Shaw’. upcoming film, ‘Fireworks’.
Academy Award-winning VFX Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Supervisor Andrew Jackson gave Jim Brown gave a crash course on
detailed insight into the all things DNEG.
harmonious coupling of visual
effects and special effects in Whew, catch all that?!
‘TENET’. Click here for more
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NEWSLETTER
MAY 2021
NOW STREAMING
This month was all about long-form
storytelling.
Our VFX work appeared in Academy
Award-winning director Barry Jenkins’
Amazon Prime series ‘The Underground
Railroad’, a 10-part adaptation of Colson
Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
We also helped bring to life Netflix’s
multi-generational superhero series,
‘Jupiter’s Legacy’.
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COMING SOON: TRAILER TIME! NEWSLETTER
MAY 2021
What do you get when you Soho is getting spooky this Director Antoine Fuqua’s latest
combine dark humour, an October... director Edgar Wright’s film trailer for ‘Infinite’ asks us: If
insatiable appetite and Tom new horror film, ‘Last Night in you could remember your past
Hardy? Andy Serkis’ ‘Venom: Let Soho’ offers creepy 60s vibes in lives, what would you do? The
There Be Carnage’ of course! The this brand new teaser trailer. We countdown is officially on for its
trailer for this highly-anticipated were so excited to see our VFX June 10th release on Paramount+
sequel recently dropped and it is work come to life in this seventh and we can’t wait for the rest of
brimming with delicious examples collaboration with one of our the world to see our team’s
of our VFX work. favourite directors. jaw-dropping work on this film!
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NEWSLETTER
MAY 2021
BEHIND ‘THE RIP’
OF ‘THE IRREGULARS’
Enjoy the work of our talented FX and Compositing teams with the
latest VFX Breakdown for Netflix's 'The Irregulars!'
A liminal space between the real world and purgatory, 'The Rip' was at
the heart of the series' narrative. Discover more about how our teams
delivered this climactic piece.
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‘CURSED’ VFX NOMINATED
FOR BAFTA TV CRAFT AWARD
We were thrilled to be part of the team nominated for a
BAFTA TV Craft Award for our work on fantasy adventure
series ‘Cursed’ for Netflix. This show was a big team effort -
for our part, we delighted in creating everything from
THAT'S IT FOR THIS ISSUE - SEE YOU NEXT MONTH demonic bears to burning villages.
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