CGI Fridays – A Visual Effects Interview Podcast (Season 2 Coming Soon)

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SEASON 2 COMING SOON! Industrial Light and Magic alum and CGI educator Ed Kramer (Star Wars, Stargate, The Mummy, Galaxy Quest) catches up with pioneers and innovators to learn about the coolest VFX in our favorite films and how they got started in the industry. Hilarious, informative, and surprising, CGI Fridays is a must for anyone starting a career in visual effects or computer animation, as well as fans of behind-the-scenes stories from some of the biggest science fiction films of all time.

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Pipeline Development Engineer / Artist Will Anielewicz (Alias Research, ILM, The Orphanage) | CGI Fridays - Episode 8

Sep 16 2022 50 mins

Pipeline Development Engineer / Artist Will Anielewicz talks about Pepsiman, Phantom Menace, Iron Man, and art in CGI Fridays Episode 8.

Animator and Digital Painter Adam Howard Part II: The Invisible CG of Birdman | CGI Fridays - Episode 7

Sep 02 2022 35 mins

In part two of his interview, digital painter and animator Adam Howard tells Ed Kramer about his work on the Star Wars prequels with Industrial Light & Magic and working with cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki and director Alejandro González Iñárritu to create the seamless one-take fake of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) in CGI Fridays Episode 7.

Animator and Digital Painter Adam Howard Made Phasers Pop on Star Trek: The Next Generation | CGI Fridays - Episode 6

Aug 19 2022 47 mins

From a firefighter’s mosaic to phasers and photon torpedoes, digital painter and animator Adam Howard reveals a passion for pyro in CGI Fridays Episode 6.

Matchmove Artist/Matchmove Lead Alia Agha (Industrial Light & Magic, Digital Domain, Laika) | CGI Fridays - Episode 5

Aug 05 2022 54 mins

From answering the phones at ILM to previs on The Phantom Menace, Alia Agha tells Ed Kramer how she became a “matchmove master” in CGI Fridays Episode 5.

Visual Effects Supervisor Henry LaBounta (Industrial Light & Magic, PDI/DreamWorks, EA Ghost) | CGI Fridays - Episode 4

Jul 22 2022 56 mins

Probably the only person at ILM to prefer Star Trek over Star Wars, Henry LaBounta shares his incredible visual effects career with Ed Kramer on CGI Fridays Episode 4.

Research and Development Artist and Programmer Frank Vitz (Kleiser-Walczak Construction, Electronic Arts) | CGI Fridays - Episode 3

Jun 30 2022 97 mins

From pitching Disney's Tron to opening the Stargate, all way through to Judge Dredd and X-Men, Research and Development Artist and Programmer Frank Vitz discusses how he got started in the visual effects industry and how his career in CGI evolved with the changing technology. He contributed to the visual effects of the late Doug Trumbull’s multimedia Luxor Las Vegas attraction, a

CGI Visionary Jeff Kleiser (Kleiser-Walczak Construction, Synthespian Studios) | CGI Fridays - Episode 2

Jun 17 2022 51 mins

From Tron and Tide commercials to Stargate's breathtaking transformations, Flight of the Navigator's liquid metal ship, and X-Men's morphing Mystique, Jeff Kleiser shares his story of how he launched his own CGI company with Ed Kramer in the second episode of his CGI Fridays podcast.

Practical/Digital Modeller and Puppeteer Mark Siegel (Industrial Light & Magic) | CGI Fridays - Episode 1

Jun 02 2022 66 mins

From clown college to CGI, practical modeller turned digital modeller Mark Siegel talks Ghostbusters, Star Wars, ET, Planet of the Apes, Van Helsing, Pirates of the Caribbean, and getting into the visual effects industry in Ed Kramer’s CGI Fridays podcast. If you’re looking for entry points into the industry, then Mark Siegel is a pretty unorthodox example, but perhaps that’s