Effi Wizen

Effi Wizen
Born Efraim Wizen
(1956-10-29) October 29, 1956
Occupation computer animator and visual effects specialist

Efraim "Effi" Wizen (born October 29, 1956, in Israel) is an Israeli computer animator and visual effects specialist.[1]

Biography

Wizen graduated from ORT Israel, having studied architecture. He also earned a B.Sc. in architecture and city planning from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He is one of the first specialists in computer animation and visual effects, founding the first 3D animation company in Israel, “Dad_Pro”, in 1984.[2]

In 1987 Wizen created one of the first film digital compositing systems, called Toccata.[2][3][4][5] Wizen used the system in one of the first digitally composed movie Taxandria in 1989 and Neverending Story III in 1994.[2][6][7] He worked on both films as Digital Effects Supervisor. Also in 1994 he founded the post production house "Gravity VFX and Design", serving six years as the co-CEO.[8] He then opened Gravity VFX in Canada, aligning with "RhinoFX", and now known as "Gravity". In 1998 Wizen created the consortium[9] that was composed of Digital Domain, Kushner-Locke Company, Capitol Films of the United Kingdom, Israeli Financial Banking firm DLIN Ltd., and Israeli post-production facility Gravity VFX and Design (a VFX boutique with offices in Canada and Israel, of which he is CEO and creative director).[2][10][11]

In 1997, he handled digital effects for The Dybbuk of the Holy Apple Field.[12] In 2000/2001, he shared the Royal Television Society Craft and Design Award for Visual Effects – Digital nomination for Planet Storm.[13][14]

In 2010, he was the head of visual effects for São Paulo-based Estudios Quanta, a major regional film industry company.[15] In 2011, he combined with Brazilian producer Roberto d’Avilla and entrepreneur Perival Palesela to acquire Imarion, a Toronto visual effects and animation post-production company.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Central do Assinante – O mais antigo jornal em circulação na América Latina" (in Portuguese). Diario de Pernambuco. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Idea Factory; Effi Wizen" (in Portuguese). Cargocollective.com. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Toccata"
  4. ↑ Rauber, Heiko (October 23, 1994). "Special Effects: Kino-Toccata in D(igital) – Medien – Nachrichten; Focus Magazin" (in German). Focus.de. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Die Unendliche Geschichte III – Rettung aus Phantasien (1994)" (in German). eofftv.com. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  6. ↑ Taxandria on iMDB
  7. ↑ Neverending Story III on iMDB
  8. ↑ Gravity VFX
  9. ↑ "Digital Domain Inc. Joins a New Consortium in Acquiring Premier Visual Effects Studio in Germany", December 17, 1998
  10. ↑ "Digi Documentary". Computer Graphics World. October 10, 2006. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  11. ↑ Von Schmitt, Jörg (September 17, 2005). "Der Spiegel – Die Alptraumfabrik" (in German). Spiegel.de. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Effi Wizen – Filmography – Movies & TV". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  13. ↑ "RTS Craft & Design Awards 2000/2001 | Royal Television Society". Rts.org.uk. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  14. ↑ Awards for Effi Wizen at the Internet Movie Database
  15. ↑ "The world's hottest production facilities; Brazil, Germany and others woo filmmakers". The Hollywood Reporter. May 6, 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Moonshot Pictures goes to MIPCOM 2011; After the acquisition of Imarion (from Canada), Brazilian producer goes multinational". Brazilian TV Producers. September 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
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