Jerome Chen (visual effects supervisor)
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Jerome Chen is a Chinese American visual effects supervisor and director. He is a founding member of Sony Pictures Imageworks.{{Cite web|date=2017-09-28|title=Celebrating 25 years of Sony Pictures Imageworks|url=https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/celebrating-25-years-of-sony-pictures-imageworks/|access-date=2021-09-27|website=fxguide|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Vancouver's Sony Pictures Imageworks is on the cutting edge of VFX industry|url=https://vancouversun.com/business/local-business/vancouvers-sony-pictures-imageworks-is-on-the-cutting-edge-of-vfx-industry|access-date=2021-09-27|website=vancouversun|language=en-CA}}
He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 72nd Academy Awards for his work on Stuart Little, shared with John Dykstra, Henry F. Anderson III, and Eric Allard.{{cite news|title=Nominees & Winners for the 72nd Academy Awards |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/2000-2009/72nominees.html |access-date=April 3, 2014 |work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |publisher=AMPAS |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806045730/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/2000-2009/72nominees.html |archive-date=August 6, 2011 }}
He also shares several patents for facial/body motion capture and interactive camera technologies.System and Methods for Capturing Facial and Body Motion {{US patent|7358972}}Wheel Motion Control Input Device Animation System {{US patent|7038660}}
Partial filmography
- James and the Giant Peach (1996) (computer graphics supervisor)
- Contact (1996) (computer graphics supervisor)
- Stuart Little (1999) (visual effects supervisor){{Cite web|title=Stuart's Not-So-Little Journey To The Big Screen|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/stuarts-not-so-little-journey-big-screen|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Animation World Network|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2019-12-05|title=What it took to make 'Stuart Little's' fur, 20 years ago|url=https://beforesandafters.com/2019/12/05/what-it-took-to-make-stuart-littles-fur-20-years-ago/|access-date=2021-09-27|website=befores & afters|language=en-US}}
- Stuart Little 2 (2002) (visual effects supervisor)
- The Polar Express (2004) (visual effects supervisor)
- Beowulf (2007) (senior visual effects supervisor){{Cite news|last=Kehr|first=Dave|date=2007-11-18|title=Duplicate Motion, Then Capture Emotion|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/movies/18kehr.html|access-date=2021-09-26|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|title=Putting the Spotlight on Animated VFX|url=https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/putting-spotlight-animated-vfx|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Animation World Network|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Post Magazine - VISUAL EFFECTS: 'BEOWULF'|url=https://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Magazine/2007/November-1-2007/VISUAL-EFFECTS-BEOWULF.aspx|access-date=2021-09-27|website=www.postmagazine.com}}{{Cite web|last1=Kaufman,AP|first1=Debra|last2=Kaufman|first2=Debra|last3=AP|date=2007-11-16|title='Beowulf' ushers in hybrid filmmaking technique|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/beowulf-ushers-hybrid-filmmaking-technique-155274/|access-date=2021-09-27|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title='Beowulf': A New Hybrid for an Old Tale|url=https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/beowulf-new-hybrid-old-tale|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Animation World Network|language=en}}
- The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) (visual effects supervisor){{Cite web|date=2014-03-25|title=Greg Nicotero And Jerome Chen Talk VFX In Latest 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' Featurette|url=https://www.geekscape.net/greg-nicotero-and-jerome-chen-talk-vfx-in-latest-the-amazing-spider-man-2-featurette|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Geekscape}}
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) (visual effects supervisor){{Cite web|last=Giardina|first=Carolyn|date=2014-05-03|title=How 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' VFX Team Brought Electro to Life|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/how-amazing-spider-man-2-700979/|access-date=2021-09-27|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Jerome Chen Talks 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'|url=https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/jerome-chen-talks-amazing-spider-man-2|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Animation World Network|language=en}}
- Fury (2014) (visual effects supervisor)
- Suicide Squad (2016) (visual effects supervisor)
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) (visual effects supervisor){{Cite web|date=2017-12-21|title='Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle': More Than Just CG Creatures|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/jumanji-welcome-jungle-just-cg-creatures-155348.html|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Cartoon Brew|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Cospective|title=Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle|url=https://cospective.com/news/jumanji/|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Cospective|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2018-01-31|title=Jumanji: A Whole New Game|url=https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/jumanji-a-whole-new-game/|access-date=2021-09-27|website=fxguide|language=en-US}}
- Men in Black: International (2019) (visual effects supervisor){{Cite web|title=Men In Black: International's Shape-Shifting Alien Villains Revealed – Exclusive Image|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/men-black-international-shape-shifting-alien-villains-revealed-exclusive-image/|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Empire|date=18 March 2019 }}{{Cite web|last=Wolfe|first=Jennifer|date=2019-07-26|title=The Top 10 VFX Supervisors of 2019|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/vfx/the-top-10-vfx-supervisors-of-2019/|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Animation Magazine|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Doing it Fast 'And' Distinctive: The VFX of 'Men in Black: International'|url=https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/doing-it-fast-and-distinctive-vfx-men-black-international|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Animation World Network|language=en}}
- Love, Death, & Robots: Lucky 13 (2019) (director){{Cite web|date=2019-04-29|title=The Remarkable Lucky 13|url=https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/the-remarkable-lucky-13/|access-date=2021-09-27|website=fxguide|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Jerome Chen Talks Real-Time Animation with Unreal Engine|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/jerome-chen-talks-real-time-animation-unreal-engine|access-date=2021-09-26|website=Animation World Network|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Frei|first=Vincent|date=2019-05-07|title=LOVE, DEATH & ROBOTS "LUCKY 13": Making Of by Sony Pictures Imageworks|url=https://www.artofvfx.com/love-death-robots-lucky-13-making-of-by-sony-pictures-imageworks/|access-date=2021-09-27|website=The Art of VFX|language=fr-FR}}
- Love, Death, & Robots: In Vaulted Halls Entombed (2022) (director){{Cite web |last=Hogg |first=Trevor |date=May 17, 2022 |title=The Dazzling Visual Diversity and Artistry of Animated Series Love, Death + Robots Vol. 3 |url=https://www.vfxvoice.com/the-dazzling-visual-diversity-and-artistry-of-animated-series-love-death-robots-vol-3/ |url-status= |website=www.vfxvoice.com}}{{Cite web |date=June 27, 2022 |title=How Sony Pictures Imageworks created a real-time thriller for Netflix's Love, Death + Robots |url=https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/spotlights/how-sony-pictures-imageworks-created-a-real-time-thriller-for-netflix-s-love-death-robots |website=www.unrealengine.com}}
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0155259|name=Jerome Chen}}
- https://www.imageworks.com/our-team/jerome-chen
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Category:American visual effects artists