May 05 2023 51 mins 2
If you’re a fan of Stargate SG-1 then you should know Jeff Kleiser’s name.
It’s not your fault if you don’t, he can’t be found in a single episode of the show, but along with CGI Fridays host Ed Kramer, and future podcast guest Frank Vitz, they created the visual language of 1994’s Stargate movie – the iconic kawoosh of the Stargate opening and morphing helmets of the Jackal Guards and Horus Guards – that are now indelibly linked to the series.
But how we got there has more twists and turns – and Tide – than you might expect from a résumé that groans under the weight of visual effects triumphs.
Jeff Kleiser's full IMDb profile reads:
The Legen of Ne Zha (visual effects supervisor: synthespian studios)
Defrost: The Virtual Series (TV Short) (vfx consultant)
RoboCop (visual effects supervisor: Perception NYC)
Ra.One (visual effects supervisor)
Surrogates (visual effects plate supervisor: Synthespian Studios)
X-Men: The Last Stand (visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)
Scary Movie 4 (visual effects supervisor: Synthespian Studios)
Slither (senior visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)
Fantastic Four (executive producer: Kleiser-Walczak - as Jeff Kleiser)
Son of the Mask (visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)
Exorcist: The Beginning (executive producer: Kleiser-Walczak)
Scary Movie 3 (executive producer: Kleiser-Walczak - as Jeff Kleiser)
X-Men 2 (senior visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)
The One (senior visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)
X-Men (creative advisor: Kleiser-Walczak)
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man (Video short) (animation director)
The Rage: Carrie 2 (digital effects executive producer: Kleiser-Walczak)
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (digital effects producer: Kleiser-Walczak)
It's My Party (computer animation supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)
Judge Dredd (computer animation supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)
Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (Short) (animation director - uncredited)
Stargate (executive producer: Kleiser-Walczak - as Jeff Kleiser)
Clear and Present Danger (computer animation supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)
Secrets of the Luxor Pyramid (visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)
Luxor Live (Short) (visual effects supervisor)
Theater of Time (Short) (visual effects supervisor)
In Search of the Obelisk (Short) (visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak)
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (digital effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak - uncredited)
Flight of the Navigator (digital effects supervisor)
Still of the Night (optical effects: EFX Unlimited, New York - as J. Kleiser)
Summer Lovers (special optical effects: EFX Unlimited - as Jeff Kleiser)
TRON (computer production supervisor: Digital Effects Inc.)
Xanadu (layout artist: special visual effects unit)
The Blue Lagoon (special optical effects)
