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Impact of visual effects in today's filmproduction -lecture

Impact of visual effects in today's filmproduction -lecture

Having witnessed radical changes in technology and the progress of visual effects for almost 30 years Manfred Büttner will highlight the impact of visual effects and the role of visual effects supervisors in today's filmproduction. With a focus on film production PIONEER (directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg, Cinematography by Jallo Faber) Manfred will reveal conclusions of the preceding workshop.

The recording is from a PREFIX-seminar in Helsinki 05/2014. Duration: ~1h.

MANFRED BÜTTNER, VFX Supervisor and VFX Producer/ ARRI Film and TV Services Berlin
In 1980 Manfred Büttner studied Photographic Engineering at the Cologne University of Applied Science. After his studies in 1985 he started his career as Postproduction Manager at Computer Animation Laboratory in Frankfurt, followed by his job as Chief Engineer at Data Images in Stuttgart and Head of Video-Film-Transfer at CA Scanline Production in Munich. After that he held positions as Production Manager and VFX Producer at Das Werk in Munich, COO at Upstart!Filmproduktion in Wiesbaden, CEO and partner of tvt.postproduction in Frankfurt and Berlin and subsequently he was working as freelance VFX Supervisor for several productions. From 2008 until 2009 he was Director of Studies at Babelsberg Filmschool, followed by his position as COO and head of production at Pixomondo in Babelsberg.

Since 2011 he is head of ARRI’s VFX Department in Berlin and works as VFX Supervisor and VFX Producer. During his career he was VFX Supervisor or VFX Producer for numerous films such as "Run Lola run", "Winged Migration – the travelling birds", "Malèna" "Whale Rider", "Oliver Twist", “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief”. Recent (2013) projects include “Run Boy Run”, “Pioneer” and "The Voices".

He is also a member of Deutsche Filmakademie e.V. and was advisory board member of media.net berlinbrandenburg, the biggest media network of the Berlin-Brandenburg region.