Presentations from concept designers and production designers on the thought process in creating the world.
What exactly is a "virtual art department?"
Filmmaker, and artist Punn Wiantrakoon and virtual art department supervisor Brian Lee discuss what it is and why it's necessary for film production.
SPEAKERS
Brian Lee
Virtual Art Department Supervisor // Happy Mushroom
Brian Lee has more than 12 years of experience working in visual effects, animation, and virtual production for commercials, feature films, and TV.
Outside of computer graphics, he enjoys indoor rock climbing, weight lifting, yoga, Pilates, running, and shooting photography. He is currently a Virtual Art Department Supervisor on several projects that are to be announced.
Punn Wiantrakoon
Virtual Art Department Supervisor // Amazon Studios
Punn Wiantrakoon is a lifelong artist and filmmaker. Born in Thailand where he spent his childhood years reading comics and drawing superheroes. Punn has been in the visual effects and animation industry for nearly 20 years working on blockbuster features and series such as Jurassic World, Zootopia, The Jungle Book and The Mandalorian.
When not at his day job as Virtual Art Department Supervisor for Amazon Studios, you can find him writing and directing his next feature film.
Website // IMDb // Instagram // LinkedIn
MODERATOR
Alyssa Zárate
Matte Painting & Environment Supervisor // Sony Pictures Imageworks
Alyssa Zárate is currently a Matte Painting & Environment Supervisor at Sony Pictures Imageworks. For over a decade, she has worked on films such as Mitchells vs The Machines, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Spider-man: Far From Home, Game of Thrones, The Wolverine, Jurassic World, Prometheus, The Chronicles of Narnia to name a few; and various shows produced by HBO, Starz, National Geographic, Amazon Prime, Disney, and Netflix.
She started out working in the Art Department as a Production Designer for film & television productions around New Zealand & Australia.
She is passionate about leadership, mentoring, and inspiring current and future generations of artists in Visual Effects & Animation, especially those from the underrepresented communities.
Presentations from concept designers and production designers on the thought process in creating the world.
What exactly is a "virtual art department?"
Filmmaker, and artist Punn Wiantrakoon and virtual art department supervisor Brian Lee discuss what it is and why it's necessary for film production.
SPEAKERS
Brian Lee
Virtual Art Department Supervisor // Happy Mushroom
Brian Lee has more than 12 years of experience working in visual effects, animation, and virtual production for commercials, feature films, and TV.
Outside of computer graphics, he enjoys indoor rock climbing, weight lifting, yoga, Pilates, running, and shooting photography. He is currently a Virtual Art Department Supervisor on several projects that are to be announced.
Punn Wiantrakoon
Virtual Art Department Supervisor // Amazon Studios
Punn Wiantrakoon is a lifelong artist and filmmaker. Born in Thailand where he spent his childhood years reading comics and drawing superheroes. Punn has been in the visual effects and animation industry for nearly 20 years working on blockbuster features and series such as Jurassic World, Zootopia, The Jungle Book and The Mandalorian.
When not at his day job as Virtual Art Department Supervisor for Amazon Studios, you can find him writing and directing his next feature film.
Website // IMDb // Instagram // LinkedIn
MODERATOR
Alyssa Zárate
Matte Painting & Environment Supervisor // Sony Pictures Imageworks
Alyssa Zárate is currently a Matte Painting & Environment Supervisor at Sony Pictures Imageworks. For over a decade, she has worked on films such as Mitchells vs The Machines, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Spider-man: Far From Home, Game of Thrones, The Wolverine, Jurassic World, Prometheus, The Chronicles of Narnia to name a few; and various shows produced by HBO, Starz, National Geographic, Amazon Prime, Disney, and Netflix.
She started out working in the Art Department as a Production Designer for film & television productions around New Zealand & Australia.
She is passionate about leadership, mentoring, and inspiring current and future generations of artists in Visual Effects & Animation, especially those from the underrepresented communities.
