Greg Butler (visual effects supervisor)

Gregory S. Butler (August 18, 1971, Suffield, Connecticut) is a visual effects supervisor. He graduated from Suffield High School in 1989 and afterwards entered Hampshire College. Despite his initial plans to study history, a work-study job with the audiovisual equipment in the library made him interested in film production.[1] Butler graduated in 1993 with a major in film, television and theater design.[2] Afterwards he moved to California to work for Industrial Light and Magic for 9 months, where after intern work he managed to become an assistant in the effects department, starting with assistant credits in The Mask and Forrest Gump. Following a job at Rocket Science Games until the company's bankruptcy in 1996, Butler went to Tippett Studio and did effects work in Starship Troopers and My Favorite Martian, rising up to a technical director job, and Cinesite for Practical Magic. While reluctant at the requirement of moving to New Zealand, Butler was convinced by his writer-actor brother Jared to jump at the opportunity of working for Weta Digital in The Lord of the Rings.[3] His biggest achievement was working in the creation of Gollum.[4] Butler also worked as a computer graphics supervisor on I, Robot before an invitation to work as an effects supervisor for the Moving Picture Company, in London.[5] He continues on MPC, but is now on the Vancouver office.[6] On January 24, 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Alumni Profile: Gregory Butler 89F
  2. ↑ Son of Local Man Works On New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Films
  3. ↑ His Lucky Movie Career
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ Masters of CG: MPC's Greg Butler on getting VFX right
  6. ↑ Suffield native Greg Butler in running for Academy Award for 'Harry Potter' visual effects | masslive.com
  7. ↑ Academy Awards 2012 | Road to the Oscars - IMDb

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