NFTS graduates worked on ALL five of the films nominated for VFX Academy Award - including 5 on the Oscar winning film Gravity.
DFX graduates include Giacomo Matteucci (Digital Compositor) Manuel Perez, Ruochen Wang as well as NFTS 2012 Directing graduate Dave Simpson and Cinematography graduate Melissa Byers (3D Previs Stero Advisor) who all contributed to Gravity winning the VFX Oscar. Critics are hailing the film as a gamechanger and visually ground-breaking.
Cinematography graduate Melissa Byers told the NFTS: "I'm thrilled to have worked on Gravity. There are so many UK based technicians and creatives working on Oscar nominated films every year. The professionalism and skillset of our crew, within the UK, is a testimony to the training available here. The NFTS provided me with top class facilities and an opportunity as a student to be creative in a supportive and challenging environment."
NFTS graduates were also involved in the other VFX nominated films: The Hobbit: the Desolation of Smaug, Iron Man 3, The Lone Ranger, Star Trek.
A total of 38 NFTS graduates had credits on 16 Oscar-nominated films including 4 of the 5 films nominated for Best Editing (Philomena, The Square, Despicable Me 2, Captain Phillips) and the fifth nominated film Omar was co-edited by NFTS Editing Tutor Martin Brinkler.
Alumnus Roger Deakins (Best Cinematography) for the film Prisoners ( his 11th nomination) and Lee Thomas has a producer credit on the Oscar-nominated Best Live Action Short Film The Voorman Problem starring Tom Hollander and Martin Freeman.
NFTS Director Nik Powell said: “The NFTS is a hotbed of talent so it’s fantastic to see our graduates dominating the Oscars with involvement in so many box office hit films including the VFX winning film Gravity.”
NFTS VFX graduate credits:
Gravity
Digital Compositor Giacomo Matteucci; 3D Previs Stereo Advisor Melissa Byers; Intern Ruochen Wang;
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Compositor Dean Koonjul Iron Man 3 – Digital Compositors Dean Koonjul & Giacomo Matteucci
The Lone Ranger
Digital Compositor Dillan Nicholls;
Star Trek Into Darkness
Digital Compositors Dean Koonjul & Andy Quinn
For the full list of NFTS graduate credits click here
Read the NFTS Masterclass with Gravity Director Alfonso Cuaron here
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