8 episodes
CGI Fridays – A Visual Effects Interview Podcast (Season 2 Coming Soon) The Companion
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- TV & Film
SEASON 2 COMING SOON!
Industrial Light and Magic alum and CGI educator Ed Kramer (Star Wars, Stargate, The Mummy, Galaxy Quest) catches up with pioneers and innovators to learn about the coolest VFX in our favorite films and how they got started in the industry. Hilarious, informative, and surprising, CGI Fridays is a must for anyone starting a career in visual effects or computer animation, as well as fans of behind-the-scenes stories from some of the biggest science fiction films of all time.
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Pipeline Development Engineer / Artist Will Anielewicz (Alias Research, ILM, The Orphanage) | CGI Fridays - Episode 8
Pipeline Development Engineer / Artist Will Anielewicz talks about Pepsiman, Phantom Menace, Iron Man, and art in CGI Fridays Episode 8.
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Animator and Digital Painter Adam Howard Part II: The Invisible CG of Birdman | CGI Fridays - Episode 7
In part two of his interview, digital painter and animator Adam Howard tells Ed Kramer about his work on the Star Wars prequels with Industrial Light & Magic and working with cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki and director Alejandro González Iñárritu to create the seamless one-take fake of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) in CGI Fridays Episode 7.
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Animator and Digital Painter Adam Howard Made Phasers Pop on Star Trek: The Next Generation | CGI Fridays - Episode 6
From a firefighter’s mosaic to phasers and photon torpedoes, digital painter and animator Adam Howard reveals a passion for pyro in CGI Fridays Episode 6.
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Matchmove Artist/Matchmove Lead Alia Agha (Industrial Light & Magic, Digital Domain, Laika) | CGI Fridays - Episode 5
From answering the phones at ILM to previs on The Phantom Menace, Alia Agha tells Ed Kramer how she became a “matchmove master” in CGI Fridays Episode 5.
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Visual Effects Supervisor Henry LaBounta (Industrial Light & Magic, PDI/DreamWorks, EA Ghost) | CGI Fridays - Episode 4
Probably the only person at ILM to prefer Star Trek over Star Wars, Henry LaBounta shares his incredible visual effects career with Ed Kramer on CGI Fridays Episode 4.
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Research and Development Artist and Programmer Frank Vitz (Kleiser-Walczak Construction, Electronic Arts) | CGI Fridays - Episode 3
From pitching Disney's Tron to opening the Stargate, all way through to Judge Dredd and X-Men, Research and Development Artist and Programmer Frank Vitz discusses how he got started in the visual effects industry and how his career in CGI evolved with the changing technology. He contributed to the visual effects of the late Doug Trumbull’s multimedia Luxor Las Vegas attraction, and its spiritual successor, Roland Emmerich’s ancient astronaut action movie and accidental franchise-starter, Stargate (1994).