Wondering how to break into the film industry, or how to break into the VFX industry? Just starting out in 3D or starting out in VFX? Dreaming of making VFX Hollywood movies? No matter the stage of your journey as a visual effects artist, this career advice by Director and VFX Supervisor Chris Keller is for you!

Chris Keller is a Filmmaker and Visual Effects Supervisor with credits that include Pacific Rim Uprising, Assassin’s Creed, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Man of Steel, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and Netflix’s Triple Frontier. Most recently, he supervised Foundation for Apple TV+.

Chris has also written and directed several award-winning short films. One of his films, The Last Dance, a touching sci-fi love story, was produced with support by DNEG. His other short films include Father, Valse, Life External.

DNEG (www.dneg.com) is one of the world’s leading visual effects and animation studios for the creation of feature films, television and multiplatform content. DNEG’s critically acclaimed work has earned the company Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects (most recently for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, by a VFX team lead by Paul Lambert: www.allanmckay.com/323), numerous BAFTA and Primetime Emmy Awards for its high-quality VFX work.

In this interview with Allan McKay, Chris Keller talks about his career path as an artist and Film Director:

- From the how-to of learning visual effects;
- To learning how to code – and how that helped his career;
- To understanding the pipeline as a generalist;
- To landing his first job in VFX;
- To getting experience at DNEG;
- And so much more!

Whether you’re pursuing a VFX career or looking to direct VFX Hollywood movies, you don’t want to miss this talk by Director, Filmmaker and VFX Artist Chris Keller!


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