Encore Hollywood's Visual Effects Division Undergoes Major
Expansion
July 8, 2010
Source: Ascent Media Group
Encore Hollywood has expanded its Visual
Effects offering with the additions of Stephan Fleet as creative
director, Emmy Award-winner Mitch Gates as CG supervisor and
the promotion of Tom Kendall to the key role of executive
producer.
"We now offer on-set visual effects supervision, complete
plate production and an extensive library of models and effects,"
says Bill Romeo, Sr. VP of Ascent Media's ETV (Entertainment
Television) division. "Combined with key personnel additions,
these moves represent our development as a business and an
expansion of the VFX services we can provide."
Stephan Fleet, creative director, has extensive experience
in all facets of visual effects creation, including on-set
supervision, previz and 2D artistry. Prior to joining Encore
in his current capacity, Fleet freelanced for the company,
overseeing a high volume of work for shows such as HBO's "Big
Love" and ABC's "Castle." Fleet was previously
vice president of operations at boutique visual effects facility
Master Key, and the director of digital media for ABC Studios'
"Ghost Whisperer."
"Encore has a lot of horsepower behind it," Fleet
observes. "We have great technology and wonderfully creative
people with an established track record of top-quality work.
I feel very comfortable going to prospective clients and saying,
'This is Encore Visual Effects, and we will do a great job
on your show!'"
Mitch Gates, CG supervisor, returns to Encore Visual Effects
after several years working at other companies. Most recently,
Gates supervised CG work and helped to develop new 3D post
pipelines for Prime Focus on such major releases as "Avatar"
and "Clash of the Titans." "This was a great
time to come back to Encore," he says. "The company
has new people and new ideas and I look forward to helping
push Encore to the forefront of the visual effects field."
Gates is excited to work at Encore because of the wide variety
of the work that comes through the shop. "I love working
on the spectacular, in-your-face effects but it's not the
only thing I got into this field for. I enjoy all types of
visual effects work. Encore works on so many different kinds
of projects in the episodic and feature world, you get a chance
to shift gears quickly, which is something I always like to
do."
Tom Kendall moves up from within the company to the new role
of executive producer, overseeing the entire VFX operation
for Encore. Kendall interfaces between clients and the company's
team of artists, producers and technicians to deliver the
massive numbers of visual effects shots for shows such as
Fox's House and ABC's "Castle" that move through
the facility every week.
"I look forward to growing the business, adding more
artists and more shows," he says. "We have such
an impressive roster of talented 2D and 3D artists, and the
ability to expand capacity as needed whenever we require a
special kind of modeling or texture work."
Romeo concludes, "With this formidable new team and wide-ranging
service offering, Encore is ready to advance to a new level
and become a major industry player in the world of visual
effects."
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