A celebration of the talent and legacy of important VFX projects with the creators who made them happen.
It’s been 25 years since Korben Dallas found Leeloo and the pair saved the universe with their love.
It sounds completely ludicrous but Luc Besson’s sci-fi action-adventure The Fifth Element proved to be a box office and critical hit, full of brilliant performances, gorgeous designs and eye-popping visual effects.
Get an insider’s look at the making of the film with industry pioneer Scott Ross, one of the co-founders of Digital Domain.
Image Credit: © Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
SPEAKER
Scott Ross
Maverick, Consultant // Independent
(Titanic, What Dreams May Come, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, True Lies)
As one of the most notable pioneers in digital media and entertainment, Scott Ross’ career has been stellar.
In 1992 he founded, along with Hollywood luminaries James Cameron and Stan Winston, Digital Domain, one of the largest digital production studios in the motion picture and advertising industries. Under Ross’ direction, Digital Domain garnered multiple Academy Award nominations, receiving its first Oscar for the groundbreaking visual effects in Titanic. That success was followed by a second Oscar for What Dreams May Come and a third for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Digital Domain received additional nominations for True Lies, Apollo 13, and I, Robot and has won four Scientific and Technical Achievement Academy Awards for its proprietary software. For well over a decade Ross oversaw the company that created imagery for movies such as Titanic, The Fifth Element, Apollo 13, Fight Club, True Lies, Interview with the Vampire, O Brother Where Art Thou, X-Men, The Lord of the Rings, The Day after Tomorrow, I, Robot, and many, many others. Ross has worked with the who’s who of film directors such as Cameron, Bay, Fincher, Howard, Scorsese, Coppola, The Coen Brothers, Spielberg, Kurosawa, Jackson, Salles and generally, has nice things to say about them.
In 2006 as Digital Domain’s CEO and Chairman, he successfully sold Digital Domain to director Michael Bay and a group of private equity investors.
Prior to forming Digital Domain he led George Lucas’ vast entertainment empire, running ILM, Skywalker Sound, LucasFilm Commercial Productions and DroidWorks. Ross first joined LucasFilm as General Manager of Industrial Light and Magic and under his leadership, ILM won five Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Innerspace, Terminator 2, The Abyss, Death Becomes Her). The company re-organized in the 90’s and Ross was named Sr. VP of the LucasArts Entertainment Group, which was comprised of Skywalker Sound, LucasArts Commercial Productions, LucasArts Attractions, Editdroid/Soundroid and ILM.
MODERATOR
Roy C Anthony
Global Head of Research // DNEG
Roy C Anthony is the Global Head of Research at DNEG, where he leads global technology investigations into future workflows.
For over 20 years Anthony has been driving innovation across a range of related fields incorporating real-time technologies including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), projection mapping, themed entertainment, interactive immersive displays, and pushing the edges of what is possible in future technologies for film and live event environments. Anthony holds patents in Stereoscopy, VR / AR display systems and calibration, and is a co-author on academic publications on high frame-rate film technology.
A celebration of the talent and legacy of important VFX projects with the creators who made them happen.
It’s been 25 years since Korben Dallas found Leeloo and the pair saved the universe with their love.
It sounds completely ludicrous but Luc Besson’s sci-fi action-adventure The Fifth Element proved to be a box office and critical hit, full of brilliant performances, gorgeous designs and eye-popping visual effects.
Get an insider’s look at the making of the film with industry pioneer Scott Ross, one of the co-founders of Digital Domain.
Image Credit: © Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
SPEAKER
Scott Ross
Maverick, Consultant // Independent
(Titanic, What Dreams May Come, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, True Lies)
As one of the most notable pioneers in digital media and entertainment, Scott Ross’ career has been stellar.
In 1992 he founded, along with Hollywood luminaries James Cameron and Stan Winston, Digital Domain, one of the largest digital production studios in the motion picture and advertising industries. Under Ross’ direction, Digital Domain garnered multiple Academy Award nominations, receiving its first Oscar for the groundbreaking visual effects in Titanic. That success was followed by a second Oscar for What Dreams May Come and a third for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Digital Domain received additional nominations for True Lies, Apollo 13, and I, Robot and has won four Scientific and Technical Achievement Academy Awards for its proprietary software. For well over a decade Ross oversaw the company that created imagery for movies such as Titanic, The Fifth Element, Apollo 13, Fight Club, True Lies, Interview with the Vampire, O Brother Where Art Thou, X-Men, The Lord of the Rings, The Day after Tomorrow, I, Robot, and many, many others. Ross has worked with the who’s who of film directors such as Cameron, Bay, Fincher, Howard, Scorsese, Coppola, The Coen Brothers, Spielberg, Kurosawa, Jackson, Salles and generally, has nice things to say about them.
In 2006 as Digital Domain’s CEO and Chairman, he successfully sold Digital Domain to director Michael Bay and a group of private equity investors.
Prior to forming Digital Domain he led George Lucas’ vast entertainment empire, running ILM, Skywalker Sound, LucasFilm Commercial Productions and DroidWorks. Ross first joined LucasFilm as General Manager of Industrial Light and Magic and under his leadership, ILM won five Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Innerspace, Terminator 2, The Abyss, Death Becomes Her). The company re-organized in the 90’s and Ross was named Sr. VP of the LucasArts Entertainment Group, which was comprised of Skywalker Sound, LucasArts Commercial Productions, LucasArts Attractions, Editdroid/Soundroid and ILM.
MODERATOR
Roy C Anthony
Global Head of Research // DNEG
Roy C Anthony is the Global Head of Research at DNEG, where he leads global technology investigations into future workflows.
For over 20 years Anthony has been driving innovation across a range of related fields incorporating real-time technologies including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), projection mapping, themed entertainment, interactive immersive displays, and pushing the edges of what is possible in future technologies for film and live event environments. Anthony holds patents in Stereoscopy, VR / AR display systems and calibration, and is a co-author on academic publications on high frame-rate film technology.
