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EDUCATION
MFA, Animation and Visual Eects -- Academy of Art University – San Francisco CA – 2014
Thesis: “Robert E. Howard’s Skull Face - A Proposal for a Live Action Series”
Major: Animation and Visual Eects
BFA, Film -- University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee – Milwaukee WI – 1992
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS HELD
University of Wisconsin — Stout
Assistant Professor, Time-Based Media
School of Art and Design
2018 - Present
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Adjunct Faculty
Post Baccalaureate Program Online
2018
Minnesota School of Business
Adjunct Faculty
2016
Transylvania Television Workshop, LLC
Producer / Director
2007 - Present
Art Institutes International, Minnesota
Faculty, Visual Eects and Motion Graphics
January 2000 - December 2017
Puny
Animatics Editor for Amazon Studios series “DANGER AND EGGS” Season 1
April 2016 - December 2016
MICHAEL HEAGLE
763-647-9277 heaglem@uwstout.edu
michael@michaelheagle.com www.michaelheagle.com
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PROFESSIONAL DESIGN EXPERIENCE AND CREATIVE PRODUCTION
LISL(Documentary, Dir. Kimberly Loken) 2023
Documentary for Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects
Trailer: Additional Editor
THE LEGACY PROJECT: RENEE CHENG (Documentary, Dir. Kimberly Loken) 2023
Documentary for Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects
Editor, Motion Graphics
THE LEGACY PROJECT: LINDA MCCRACKEN-HUNT (Documentary, Dir. Kimberly Loken) 2023
Documentary for Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects
Editor, Motion Graphics
THE LEGACY PROJECT: SUSAN BLUMENTALS (Documentary, Dir. Kimberly Loken) 2022
Documentary for Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects
Editor, Motion Graphics
THE LEGACY PROJECT: REBECCA LEWIS (Documentary, Dir. Kimberly Loken) 2022
Documentary for Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects
Editor, Motion Graphics
THE LEGACY PROJECT: SARAH NETTLETON (Documentary, Dir. Kimberly Loken) 2022
Documentary for Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects
Editor, Motion Graphics
ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (Blu-Ray, Arrow Video London England UK) 2022
Motion Graphics for Blu-Ray Special Features
INVADERS FROM MARS (Blu-Ray, Ignite BV, Netherlands) 2022
Motion Graphics for Blu-Ray Special Features
AFGHAN WHIGS “THE GETAWAY” (Music Video, Dir. Phil Harder) 2022
Visual Eects / Compositing
THE BAD MAN “90’S KID” (Music Video, Dir. Patrick Pierson) 2021
Visual Eects / Compositing
TICKS (Blu-Ray, Vinegar Syndrome, Bridgeport CT, USA) 2021
Motion Graphics on Special Features “Under the Skin: The Making of TICKS (1993)”
NEW YORK NINJA (Theatrical Release & Blu-Ray, Vinegar Syndrome, Bridgeport CT, USA) 2021
Main and End Title Design
SIX STRING SAMURAI (Blu-Ray, Vinegar Syndrome, Bridgeport CT, USA) 2021
Motion Graphics for Blu-Ray Special Features
GRODMIN (Feature lm, Dir. Jim Horwitz)
Digital Restoration
DEKKANALOG (USA/UK) 2021
Logo Animation for Film Distribution Company
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BEASTMASTER (Blu-Ray, Vinegar Syndrome, Bridgeport CT, USA) 2020
Animation / Motion Graphics on feature-length documentary THE BEASTMASTER CHRONICLES
MALLRATS (Blu-Ray, Arrow Video London England UK) 2020
Animation / Motion Graphics, HOLLYWOOD OF THE NORTH Featurette
Character Rigging, HOLLYWOOD OF THE NORTH Featurette
BIG RETRO VIDEO (YouTube Series) 2020
Writer/Director/Animator/Talent, 9-Episode Mini Series
VOLK “WELCOME TO CASHVILLE” – (Music Video, Dir. Patrick Pierson) 2020
Motion Graphics / Compositing
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (Blu-Ray, Arrow Video London England UK) 2019
Visual Eects Compositing, Blu-Ray Special Features
CREEPY CREATURES FILM SERIES (Dunn County Historical Society/Rassbach Museum) 2019
Animated Trailer
NOSFERATU Show Open, “Dwayne Frankenstein” pre-recorded segment
THE WOLFMAN Show Open
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON Show Open
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD Show Open
A BUCKET OF BLOOD (Blu-Ray, Olive Signature, Los Angeles CA USA) 2019
Voice-Over Actor, “Antony Carbone/ Leonard de Santis,” BITS OF BUCKET – Visual Essay
Film Transfer, CALL ME PAISLEY – Dick and Lainie Miller on A Bucket of Blood
TRANSYLVANIA TELEVISION (Series 2) 2017
Writer/Director •Editor
Production Design
Visual Eects Supervisor
INVASIVE SPECIES -- HASTINGS 3000 (Dir: Patrick Pierson, Music Video) 2017
Compositing
HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION -- USER EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHT REEL – 2017
Animation and Compositing
AFGHAN WHIGS -- DEMON IN PROFILE (Dir: Phil Harder, Music Video, Sub-Pop Records Seattle WA USA) 2017
Compositing
DANGER AND EGGS (Animated Series, Puny Entertainment / Amazon Studios Los Angeles CA USA) 2016
Animatic Editor, Season One
Episodes:
• 102 Raccoons
• 103 Sheri Luke
• 104 Keep o the Grass
• 106 Broccoli
• 108 Pete Peril
• 110 Ren Faire
• 112 Phillipcon
• 114 Finding Cheryl
• 116 Morning Routine
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• 118 Dog Park
• 120 The Big Z
• 122 Pirate Gorgeous
• 124 The Trio
• 125 Chosen Family
ELIXIR (Short, Dir. Justin Staggs) – 2016
Compositing and 3D Animation
VERMIN (Series) 2016
Compositing
YAMASONG: MARCH OF THE HOLLOWS (Feature, Dark Dunes Productions, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
2016
Compositing
THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 (Blu-Ray, Kino Lorber Inc., New York NY USA) 2016
Motion Graphics
HENRY PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (Blu-Ray, MPI Media Group, Chicago IL USA) 2016
Title Restoration
THE ESCAPE ARTIST: COLUMBIA (Dir: Patrick Pierson, Tourism Short) 2015
Compositing
DEATHGASM / HEAVY METAL APOCALYPSE (Blu-Ray, MPI Media Group, Chicago IL USA) 2015
Motion Graphics
MEXICO BARBARO (Blu-Ray, MPI Media Group, Chicago IL USA) 2015
Motion Graphics
PARA ELISA (Blu-Ray, MPI Media Group, Chicago IL USA) 2015
Motion Graphics
THE CENTERFOLD GIRLS (Blu-Ray, MPI Media Group, Chicago IL USA) 2015
Title Restoration
VIDEODROME (Blu-Ray, Arrow Video London England UK) 2015
Motion Graphics
ROB THOMAS -- TRUST YOU (Dir: Phil Harder, Music Video, Atlantic Records New York NY USA) 2015
Motion Graphics, Compositing
THAT GUY DICK MILLER (Documentary, END Films, Los Angeles CA USA) 2014
Co-Producer, Animator, Designer, Film Transfer
KISS KISS FINGERBANG (Dir: Gillian Horvat, SXSW Midnight Narrative Short, Jury Award Winner) 2014
Compositing
CINEMATIC TITANIC / THE FRANK 2013
Graphic Design, Puppeteer
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HASTINGS 3000: SPEED OF LIGHT (Music Video) 2013
Compositing
TRANSYLVANIA TELEVISION (Series) 2011
Writer/Director
Editor
Production Design •Visual Eects Supervisor
TRANSYLVANIA TELEVISION REAL MEANIN’ OF HALLOWEEN (Television Movie) 2010
Writer/Director
Editor
Production Design
Visual Eects Supervisor
JOBBERS (Dir: Bill Borea, Feature Documentary) 2010
Shooter/Editor
FUTURE SAND (Short Film) 2009
Production Design, Visual Eects
AWF OLD SCHOOL (44 Minute TV Pilot, independent, Digital Video) 2008
Director/Editor
Broadcast Design
13 HOURS IN A WAREHOUSE (Feature, Crotalus Productions, Minneapolis MN USA) 2008
Visual Eects Supervisor
TRANSYLVANIA TELEVISION (Web Series) 2007-2011
Executive Producer
Writer, Director, Editor, VFX Supervisor
EMMANUELLE, PRISONER OF FRANKENSTEIN (Short Film, Carschool Film O Rama, Minneapolis MN USA) 2007
Writer/Director
TERROR REPORT (Independent Feature) 2006
Executive Producer
Additional Editor, Compositor, and Sound Designer
PLANETFALL (Feature) 2001-2004
Visual Eects Supervisor
Compositor, Matte Painter, Texture Painter
Writer, Producer, Editor Co-Director and Co-Cinematographer
MARK OF THE ASTROZOMBIES (Feature) 2004
Visual Eects
Special Eects Mask-Maker
ATOMIC SHOCK THEATER: ATOMIC ARCHIVES (Compilation DVD, Carschool Film O Rama, Minneapolis MN
USA) 2004
Director
DVD Mastering
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ATOMIC SHOCK THEATER: TRAILER TAPE (Short Film, Carschool Film O Rama, Minneapolis MN USA) 2000
Editor
GO TO HELL (Feature, Carschool Film O Rama, Minneapolis MN USA) 1997-1999
Writer, Director
Editor
Visual Eects Artist/Compositor
HONORS AND AWARDS
Best Series, Writing, and Directing in Animation & Puppet Category, “Transylvania Television” LA Web
Fest 2012
Excellence in Field of Expertise, Art Institutes International MN – 2011
Telly Award, Bronze, Low Budget Feature Film, “Planetfall” 28th Annual Telly Awards 2007
Dedicated Service Award, Art Institutes International MN – 2006
PUBLICATIONS BOOKS
TAKEOUT: THE UNFILMED SCREENPLAY (Blurb Publishing) 2020
THE VARIOUS ADVENTURES OF DARIO DARE: THE UNFILMED SCREENPLAYS BY MICHAEL J HEAGLE &
RAYMOND WHALEN (Blurb Publishing) 2020
CLASS OF 1988: FRIGHT FILM ANNUAL (Blurb Publishing) 2020
THE STORY BEHIND “TRANSYLVANIA TELEVISION!”: AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE RETRO MONSTER
COMEDY (Blurb Publishing) 2019
SYNTHESIZERS & SAXOPHONES: MONTAGE POP & MUSICAL MOVIES OF THE 1980’s (Blurb Publishing
and Amazon Kindle Unlimited) 2019
THE DSLR FILMMAKER’S HANDBOOK –Barry Anderson and Janie Geyen (Sybex Publishing) 2012
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
“Planetfall: A Lesson in Sophomore Eorts.” (Article, Indie Slate Magazine – Issue 39 Vol 009) 2005
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JURIED EXHIBITIONS
“Space Paranoids” Minnesota Electronic Theater – November 30 2018 “The VHS of Death” Twin Cities
Film Festival – October 18 2018
“The Real Meanin’ of Halloween Special” Twin Cities Film Festival – Oct 20 2014 “Transylvania
Television” LA Web Fest Los Angeles CA – 2012
“Go To Hell” Ocial Selection, Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival, San-Diego Comic
Con, San Diego CA – 2005
“Go To Hell” Frame by Frame Film Symposium, Waterloo IA – September 23 2003
“Go To Hell” Ocial Selection, 11th Festival of Fantastic Films, Manchester England – 2000
“Go To Hell” Wisconsin Film Festival Madison WI – March 31, 2000
“Dario Dare: Go To Hell” Independent Film Market, New York NY – 1995
“Dario Dare: Go To Hell” D.L. Mayberry Awards – 1995
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
“Tron: Artifacts from a Ground-Breaking Film” Rassbach Museum, Menomonie WI –September 24 2022
“Ninja: Invisible Assassins (1985)” Emagine Theater Willow Creek MN –February 2 2022
“Terror Report” Heights Theater, Columbia Heights MN –September 17th 2006
“Santo Live: Santo vs the Voodoo Woman” St. Anthony Main Theater March 5, 2006
“Planetfall” San Diego Comic Con – 2005
“Planetfall” St. Anthony Main Theater, St. Anthony MN – one week engagement October 2005
“Go To Hell” Heights Theater, Columbia Heights MN –1999
AS JUROR
Minnesota Electronic Theater 2021
Red Cedar Film Festival 2021
Red Cedar Film Festival 2020
Red Cedar Film Festival 2019
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INVITED PRESENTATIONS
EMAGINE WILLOW CREEK, Plymouth MN – June 14, 2023
•Guest Emcee, “A Night at The Opera (1935)”
WOMEN IN HORROR Double Feature and Panel, UW-Stout Blue Devil Production –October 21 2022
EMAGINE WILLOW CREEK, Plymouth MN –February 2, 2022
•Guest, “New York Ninja” Introduction as Title Designer
•Screened Short “Ninja: Invisible Assassins” (Super-8, 1985)
INSIDE STOUT – Inside Stout Ep. 5 - Michael Heagle & Fright Films – 10/27/21
https://uwstout.buzzsprout.com/1812489/9408179
SPECTRUM WEST, Wisconsin Public Radio – October 29, 2020
•Interview, “Synthesizers & Saxophones”
WEAU, Eau Claire – UW-Stout Professor Releases Book on Fright Films –10/25/20
https://www.weau.com/2020/10/26/uw-stout-professor-release-book-on-fright-lms/
Crypticon Minneapolis – September 6-8, 2019
•Transylvania Television Fan Panel (Presenter)
•Big Retro – 1980’s Horror (Presenter/Moderator)
UNDER THE PUPPET (Podcast) 2019
•Interview
SPECTRUM WEST, Wisconsin Public Radio – July 11, 2019
•Interview, “Synthesizers & Saxophones”
Nice Moves – Mike Owens Pitch Conference June 22, 2019 (Participant)
Nice Moves – Failure & Persistence: Developing and Pitching A Story May 14, 2019 (Presenter)
MarsCon 2005
•Go To Hell – Screening
FilmCon 2002
•Panel: Planetfall –Designing a Film (Presenter)
•Panel: Planetfall – The Movie (Presenter)
CONvergence 2000
•Go To Hell – Screening
•Panel: The Changing Face of Special Eects (Presenter)
•Panel: Horror Stories of Acting With Michael Sheard and Peter Mayhew (Moderator)
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE: COURSES TAUGHT
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN — STOUT
DES176 Introduction to Digital Narrative
DES220 2D Digital Imaging
DES375 Digital Cinema Studio
DES349 Cooperative Education
Experience
DES398 Field Experience
DES399 Independent Study
DES490 Animation Capstone I
DES491 Animation Capstone II
DES490 Senior Project – Entertainment
Design
DES575 Digital Cinema Studio (MFA)
DES875 Creative Thesis in Design (MFA)
PHOTO425 Corporate Communications
and Public Relations Photography
VID430 Visual Eects and Compositing
ART INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL, MINNESOTA
CA1400 Production Fundamentals
CA1420 Digital Imaging
CA2430 Introduction to Video
CA3430 Editing
DFVB111 Principles of Cinematography
DF1410 Preproduction
DF2420 Studio Production
VE1409 History and Trends of Visual
Eects
VE1438 Computer Graphics
VE2481 Interactive Visual Design
VE2486 Broadcast Graphics
VE2453 Introduction to Visual Eects
VE2450 Maps Mattes and Masks
VE2467 Production Design
VE3452 Intermediate Visual Eects
VE3457 Post Production Management
VE3465 Digital Cinematography
VE3486 Intermediate Broadcast
Graphics
VE4463 Advanced Visual Eects
VE4467 Production Studio
VE4473 Advanced Visual Eects 2
VE4486 Advanced Broadcast Graphics
PA4483 Digital Portfolio
MM1420 Audio/Video Techniques
MM1421 Video and Audio for Multimedia
ACADEMIC SERVICE
GRADUATE SCHOOL AND HONORS COLLEGE
Thesis Committee Chair, Master of Fine Arts: Art Karbowski, MFA Design Graduation 2024
Thesis Committee, Master of Fine Arts: Jaqueline Cummings, MFA Design Graduation 2022
Thesis Committee, Master of Fine Arts: Jessica Kromrie, MFA Design Graduation 2022
Thesis Committee Chair, Master of Fine Arts: Matthew Wigdahl, MFA Design Graduation 2021
Thesis Committee Chair, Master of Fine Arts: Drew Hagen, MFA Design Graduation 2021
Thesis Committee Chair, Master of Fine Arts: Jonny Wheeler, MFA Design Graduation 2021
Undergraduate Students
Sarah Vicchiollo – Untitled Horror Script, 2023
Julia Temple – “Fog” Short Film, 2023
Melanie Van Oss – 3D Character Model for Web Series, 2022
Amy Miller – 2D Animated Short, 2022
Bree Marconnet – Tamed Sandworm Puppet, 2021
Eleanore Falck – “Magical Girl” Comics and Narrative, 2021
Emma Ozark – Chambereld Pipeline (Graphic Novel), 2021
Amy Krekelberg – “Garden of Shadows” (Mystery Novella) 2021
Amanda Schroeder – What Makes Cinema (Documentary) 2020
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Academic Advising in:
BFA Animation & Digital Media
BFA Game Design and Development – Art
BFA Entertainment Design – Digital Cinema Concentration
BFA Entertainment Design – Animation Concentration
BFA Entertainment Design – Comics Concentration
BS Video Production
GUEST LECTURES AND TRAININGS
Puppetry for Camera Workshop – 2019
DES-730 Critical Issues in Design Education & Practice – “The Film School Blues”
DISCIPLINE-RELATED SERVICE
UW-Stout: Foundations 2.0 Committee 2023-24 Member
UW-Stout: Program Director, BFA Animation & Digital Media 2022-Present
UW-Stout: Interim Program Director, B.S. Video Production 2021-2022
UW-Stout, Video Production Hiring Committee, Tenure-Track Position 2020-2021
UW-Stout, Video Production Program, Advisory Board – Member
UW-Stout, MFA in Design Professional Advisory Committee – Member
COMMITTEES
UW-Stout Curriculum and Instruction Committee (Chair) 2023-Present
UW-Stout, Curriculum Committee 2023-2024
UW-Stout Search Committee Animation & Digital Media 2023-2024
UW-Stout Search Committee (Chair) Animation & Digital Media and Game Design and Development-
Art 2022-2023
UW-Stout Curriculum and Instruction Committee 2022-2023
UW-Stout, Special Events Committee (Chair) 2020-2022
UW-Stout, Curriculum Committee (Chair) 2021-2022
UW-Stout, Curriculum Committee (Chair) 2020-2021
•Coordinated virtual Mid-Program Review for 200 students
•Pushed 15 Course Revisions through in Fall Semester
UW-Stout, Curriculum Committee 2019-2020
UW-Stout, Curriculum Committee 2018-2019
SERVICE AT ART INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL MN
Graduation Emcee 2005-2008
Teen Workshop 2003
Teen Workshop 2006
Terror Report: Developed a feature length motion picture internship at Ai that produced an eighty-
minute lm under student direction 2005-2006
Administered VFX Workshops for prospective students
Open House: Ongoing assistance to Admissions Representatives
Culinary Recruiting Video 2002
Recruiting Video, 2003: Shot and edited in-house video used by recruiters to promote VFX program to
teens
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President’s Address, Teen Workshop 2004 (Pres. Larry Horn)
Videotaped guest speaker Anthony Bourdain, a Food Network celebrity and author
In-house Communication for Dean of Academic Aairs Sarah Dennison, 2004
Blockhead festival Show Opening Video: featured fellow instructors in Blockbuster Video Spoof
Visiting Artist Paul P.R. Brown (graphic artist) 2005
Best Teen Chef Competition 2006
Ai MN Career Services Departmental informational video 2006
Moderator, Visiting Artist Shane Black (writer of LETHAL WEAPON, director of KISS KISS BANG BANG)
Moderator, Visiting Artist Cory Edwards (director, HOODWINKED)
Phone Interview: John Dykstra (Visual Eects Supervisor, STAR WARS, SPIDERMAN)
Host: Blockhead Festival 2005-2010
Faculty Advisor, Midwest Visual Storytelling Society 2001-2004
Faculty Advisor, Playmation Stop Motion Club 2006
Member of Student Success Committee, representing all Faculty in new plan-making capacity
VFX Representative, Technology Committee
VFX Representative for numerous Open House events
Accompanied student representatives to Visual Eects Society function Festival of Visual Eects, an
industry event attended by studio professionals 2002-2006
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Unreal Engine / Explore The Sports Broadcast and Motion Graphics Sample | Webinar May 4 2022
James Cameron Teaches Filmmaking – Master Class June 2022
The Duer Brothers Teach Developing an Original TV Series – Master Class June 2022
The Next Step in Virtual Production / Unreal Engine – August 25 2021
Alec Gillis / Directing Creatures / Stan Winston School of Character Arts June 2021
The Pulse: the Rise of Real-Time Digital Humans Webinar – March 17 2021
Red Cedar Film Festival July 29 –August 1, 2021 •Judge / All Categories
Sundance Collab –Crowdfunding Your Short with Kickstarter – February 10 2022
Ermantourage Hollywood Chills 13 Virtual Entertainment Summit – January 29, 2021
Moderator, Anthony Francisco, Senior Visual Artist at Marvel Studios
Moderator, Ben Phelps, CEO/Manager Emagine Content
Red Cedar Film Festival – January 17-18 2021
Moderator, Shorts Block 1/17/21
Moderator, THAT IS ALL with Director Mark Weeden 1/18/21
Epic Games – Independent Filmmaking with Unreal Engine – January 2021
Catalyst Content Festival – October 9-13 2019 (Industry/VIP)
•StoryWorld Sessions - Good Morning & Freelancing: Protect Yourself & Your IP
•StoryWorld Sessions - Interactive Storytelling: Straight Talk
•StoryWorld Sessions - Franchises, Storyworlds & Licensing
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•Reading The Room: How To Make Contacts, Capitalize on Relationships, and Leverage Your Current
Project
into Future Work
•Television Academies: Television’s Impact on Social Change
•Working with Brands for Content Creation
•Your TV Show Would Make a Better Podcast; Nuts and Bolts of Podcasting
•How to Make Festivals Work For Your Career: Catalyst/ Series Fest Joint Roundtable Discussion •SAG
Workshop
•Animation Creation, Sponsored by Nice Moves
•Techniques for Creating a Narrative Series
Quickstart to Unreal Engine 4 Vol 1-2, Pluralsight/Digital Tutors
UV Mapping Techniques for Games in 3DS Max, Pluralsight/Digital Tutors CG101: Texturing, Pluralsight/
Digital Tutors
Beginner’s Guide to 3DS Max, Pluralsight/Digital Tutors
Premiere Pro Guru: Working with Prelude, Lynda.com
VES 2007: A Festival of Visual Eects –Writer’s Guild Theater, Beverly Hills CA (June 7-10, 2007)
•VFX for Special Venues •Surf’s Up with Screening •Spider-Man 3
•Art of the Miniature
•Pre-Viz: All the Ins and Outs •VFX Manipulation (John Knoll) •VFX Guilty Pleasures
•Pirates of the Caribbean: A VFX Voyage (John Knoll, Hal Hickel)
•The VES 50: The Most Inuential VFX Films of All Time (John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, John Knoll,
Dennis
Muren, Ken Ralston, Doug Trumbull)
•2001: A Space Odyssey Screening and Q&A with Douglas Trumbull
VES 2006: A Festival of Visual Eects – Egyptian Theater, Hollywood CA (July 6-8, 2006)
•Virtual vs Real Sets: Combining Production Design with Visual Eects (including Jim Bissell, Jack
DeGovia, Rick Heinrichs, Aleex McDowell
•VFX Without Borders
•Looking Ahead at the Future of Visual Eects Tools (Paul Debevec, Habib Zargarpour) •Invisible Eects:
the Da Vinci Code and Casanova
•The Challenges of Creating X-Men 3 The Last Stand
•Poseidon: A World Turned Upside Down
•A Look Back at Aliens 20 Years Later
•Creating Life One Frame at a Time: the Art of VFX Animation (Randy Cook, Dennis Muren) •Life in the
Fast Lane: The Animated World of Cars
•Creating Super Eects on a TV Budget
•Bringing a Superhero Back to Life: Superman Returns (Mark Stetson)
•Monster House Screening
VES 2005: A Festival of Visual Eects – Aero Theater, Santa Monica CA (June 24-26, 2005)
•Models and Miniatures in Today’s Digital World
•Bewitched
•Visual Eects Paradiso – 700 years of Visual Eects (Michael Fink) •Sin City
•Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
•VES Insiders: Richard Edlund Interviewed by Jim Rygiel
•Batman Begins
•The Art of Puppetry
•Herbie Fully Loaded
•Lost and Alias (JJ Abrams)
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VES 2004: A Festival of Visual Eects –San Rafael Film Center, San Rafael CA (June 18-20, 2004)
•Mars Movie Legends, Myth and Reality (Craig Barron, Je Okun, Mike Fink, John Knoll, Hoyt Yeatman)
•Troy
•Hellboy/Starship Troopers 2
•Mythbusters
•Day After Tomorrow
•Make Up Eects in a Digital World (Todd Masters) •Van Helsing
•Around the World in 80 Days
VES 2003: A Festival of Visual Eects – Los Angeles Film School, Los Angeles CA (June 27-29, 2003)
•The Animatrix
•X-Men 2
•Tron Retrospective & Reunion •Terminator 3
•Finding Nemo
•Hulk
•The Core
•Matrix Reloaded
VES 2002: A Festival of Visual Eects – Rafael Film Center, San Rafael CA (June 14-16, 2002)
•Spider-Man (John Dykstra)
•Creating the Character (Phil Tippet, Ray Harryhausen)
•An Evening With Douglas Trumbull
•Black Hawk Down
•Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (Animation Director Rob Coleman)
•Blade Runner Retrospective & Reunion
•15 Years of Pixar
•Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (VFX Supervisors Pablo Helman, John Knoll, and Ben Snow)
Apple Shake: Introduction to Shake, Future Media Concepts, Orlando FL