Avatar (2009)
Release Date: December 17th, 2009A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
Credits
James Cameron
DirectorMichelle Rodriguez
ActressSam Worthington
ActorSigourney Weaver
ActressZoe Saldana
ActressJohn Bruno
Visual Effects SupervisorBen Procter
Concept Art DirectorCraig Shoji
Concept IllustratorGeorge Hull
Conceptual ArtistJerad Marantz
Character DesignerKasra Farahani
Concept ArtistRavi Bansal
Concept ArtistRobert Stromberg
Production DesignerScott Patton
Key Character DesignerSeth Engstrom
Concept Art DirectorSteven Messing
Digital Matte ArtistEddie Yang
Key ArtistLindsay Macgowan
Effects CoordinatorRobert Legato
Virtual Production Conceived ByTrent Claus
Flame ArtistAddress
Studios
Blur Studio
Address:
Los Angeles, United States
Credits:
Jaime Jasso
Lead Matte Painter BUF Compagnie Credits:Mathilde Tollec
Visual Effects Supervisor Framestore Credits:Christian Kaestner
Compositing SupervisorJonathan Fawkner
Visual Effects SupervisorMark Wilson
Cg SupervisorMike Mulholland
Cg SupervisorRudi Holzapfel
Compositing Supervisor Giant Studios Address: Manhattan Beach, United States Halon Entertainment Address: Santa Monica, United States Hybride Address: Piedmont, Canada Credits:Daniel Leduc
Visual Effects Supervisor Hydraulx VFX Address: Santa Monica, United States IMAX Industrial Light & Magic Address: San Francisco, United States Credits:Grady Cofer
Digital ArtistJeff Wozniak
Digital ArtistJohn Knoll
Visual Effects SupervisorPaul Kavanagh
Animation Supervisor Legacy Effects Address: San Fernando, United States Task: character designs and specialty props manufacturing Lola VFX Address: Santa Monica, United States Credits:Edson Williams
Visual Effects Supervisor LOOK Effects Credits:Max Ivins
Visual Effects Supervisor Pixel Liberation Front Address: Los Angeles, United States Prime Focus Credits:Anselm Seherr-thoss
Cg ArtistChris Harvey
Stereoscopic ConsultantMichael Fink
Senior Visual Effects SupervisorNeil Huxley
Art Director Spy Post Stan Winston Studio Address: Los Angeles, United States Credits:Stan Winston
Special Effects Stereo D Address: Los Angeles, United States The Third Floor The Third Floor Weta Digital Address: Wellington, New Zealand Credits:Alvise Avati
Senior AnimatorEric Saindon
Visual Effects SupervisorGarry Runke
Effects Technical DirectorGuy Williams
Visual Effects SupervisorHassan El Youbi
Lighting Technical DirectorJoe Letteri
Senior Visual Effects SupervisorMartin Hill
Shaders SupervisorMatt Aitken
Pre-production Cg SupervisorPablo Angeles Zuman
ModelerRainer Zottl
Lead ModellerRobin Hollander
Lead CompositorStephen Rosenbaum
Visual Effects Supervisor
News
January 9th, 2012
A Box Office Mojo review of the box office of 2011.
November 3rd, 2011
This is the latest demoreel by BUF Compagnie, and is fantastic.
October 4th, 2011
A look into the visual effects in movies from the start in 1973 to the present.
August 28th, 2011
The showreel is full of interesting visual effects, a must see.
August 22nd, 2011
A response to Andy talking about his performance capture in film.
July 28th, 2011
Harry Potter beats Avatar's record for 3 days.
July 7th, 2011
What would happen if you find Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams and James Cameron in the same place? find out.
July 4th, 2011
Take a look into LOOK Effects filmreel.
May 5th, 2011
Weta Digital's "deep compositing" technology, developed during its work on Avatar, will be supported in the next release of OpenEXR, company CTO Sebastian Sylwan has announced at fmx.
March 31st, 2011
Zillionarts.com has an interesting interview with Matte Painter Jaime Jasso.
February 25th, 2011
fastcompany has an interesting article about Autodesk and the movies nominated for the oscars
February 23rd, 2011
This is the same technology used in the movie Avatar for capturing the camera movement.
February 15th, 2011
Take a look at this interesting documentary about the story of CG characters.
February 13th, 2011
A discussion with Lighing and Compositing Technical Director Brian Blasiak
November 1st, 2010
Concept Artist Seth Engstrom's work on the world of Pandora for Avatar.
May 5th, 2010
Art Director Neil Huxley talks about the work he did on Avatar.
March 16th, 2010
Visual Effects Supervisor Daniel Leduc talks about the VFX Hybride did on Avatar.
February 4th, 2010
Visual Effects Supervisor Jonathan Fawkner talks about the work Framestore did on Avatar.
February 1st, 2010
Visual Effects Supervisor Mathilde Tollec talks about the work BUF did on Avatar.
February 1st, 2010
Hassan El Youbi, Lighting Technical Director, talks about his work on Avatar.
January 15th, 2010
Some images from the movie Avatar.
