Years active 2009 - present | ||
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Occupation Visual effects compositor | ||
Francesco Panzieri is an Italian visual effects compositor. He is a member of the Visual Effects Society and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
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Education
In 2008, Panzieri earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Film from the Academy of Image Arts in L'Aquila, Italy. Assessing the likelihood of deepening his VFX knowledge in the American entertainment business as higher than in the Italian one, he relocated to the United States of America and enrolled himself in the one-year 3D-animation & visual effects program at the New York Film Academy in New York City, NY.
Flash Film Works
In September 2009, Panzieri was hired to work at the visual effects boutique Flash Film Works in Hollywood, California; under the guidance of the studio's owner, William Mesa, Panzieri started his career with his first assignment on the live-action web series The Blood Factory, a gory episodic created by screenwriter John Albo and actor & director Danny DeVito, whom Panzieri worked alongside with. His second assignment was on the 2010 feature film Clash of the Titans (2010 film), a remake of the original 1981 version.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
In 2015, Panzieri was called to join the in-house visual effects team at J.J. Abrams' production company Bad Robot Productions, to work on the feature film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.