Special effects wizard Christian Manz is getting his tuxedo ready for this year's Oscars after helping to put the magic in the Harry Potter film franchise.
The 36-year-old visual effects supervisor has been nominated for an Academy Award for bringing the elves Dobby and Kreacher to life in blockbuster Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.
Manz (pictured above), a Kingston University illustration graduate, is a supervisor at Framestore, the largest visual effects and computer animation studio in Europe, based in Soho, central London.
Here he explains his involvement in the film - watch out for Spoilers if you haven't yet seen Deathly Hallows Pt 1 and don't want to know what happens - as well as other projects he has worked on and what he's in the midst of creating now.
When Deathly Hallows was being filmed, Toby Jones and Simon McBurney played the roles of Dobby and Kreacher.
The...
The 36-year-old visual effects supervisor has been nominated for an Academy Award for bringing the elves Dobby and Kreacher to life in blockbuster Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.
Manz (pictured above), a Kingston University illustration graduate, is a supervisor at Framestore, the largest visual effects and computer animation studio in Europe, based in Soho, central London.
Here he explains his involvement in the film - watch out for Spoilers if you haven't yet seen Deathly Hallows Pt 1 and don't want to know what happens - as well as other projects he has worked on and what he's in the midst of creating now.
When Deathly Hallows was being filmed, Toby Jones and Simon McBurney played the roles of Dobby and Kreacher.
The...
- 2/18/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
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