Jerome Chen | |
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Born | April 18, 1963 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Visual effects supervisor and director |
Years active | 1992–present |
Jerome Chen is a Chinese American visual effects supervisor and director. He is a founding member of Sony Pictures Imageworks.
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.
He also shares several patents for facial/body motion capture and interactive camera technologies.
Partial filmography
- James and the Giant Peach (1996) (computer graphics supervisor)
- Contact (1996) (computer graphics supervisor)
- Stuart Little (1999) (visual effects supervisor)
- Stuart Little 2 (2002) (visual effects supervisor)
- The Polar Express (2004) (visual effects supervisor)
- Beowulf (2007) (senior visual effects supervisor)
- The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) (visual effects supervisor)
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) (visual effects supervisor)
- Fury (2014) (visual effects supervisor)
- Suicide Squad (2016) (visual effects supervisor)
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) (visual effects supervisor)
- Men in Black: International (2019) (visual effects supervisor)
- Love, Death, & Robots: Lucky 13 (2019) (director)
- Love, Death, & Robots: In Vaulted Halls Entombed (2022) (director)
References
- "Celebrating 25 years of Sony Pictures Imageworks". fxguide. 2017-09-28. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- "Vancouver's Sony Pictures Imageworks is on the cutting edge of VFX industry". vancouversun. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- "Nominees & Winners for the 72nd Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on August 6, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
- System and Methods for Capturing Facial and Body Motion U.S. patent 7,358,972
- Wheel Motion Control Input Device Animation System U.S. patent 7,038,660
- "Stuart's Not-So-Little Journey To The Big Screen". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- "What it took to make 'Stuart Little's' fur, 20 years ago". befores & afters. 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- Kehr, Dave (2007-11-18). "Duplicate Motion, Then Capture Emotion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- "Putting the Spotlight on Animated VFX". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- "Post Magazine - VISUAL EFFECTS: 'BEOWULF'". www.postmagazine.com. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- Kaufman,AP, Debra; Kaufman, Debra; AP (2007-11-16). "'Beowulf' ushers in hybrid filmmaking technique". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- "'Beowulf': A New Hybrid for an Old Tale". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- "Greg Nicotero And Jerome Chen Talk VFX In Latest 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' Featurette". Geekscape. 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- Giardina, Carolyn (2014-05-03). "How 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' VFX Team Brought Electro to Life". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- "Jerome Chen Talks 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- "'Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle': More Than Just CG Creatures". Cartoon Brew. 2017-12-21. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- Cospective. "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle". Cospective. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- "Jumanji: A Whole New Game". fxguide. 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- "Men In Black: International's Shape-Shifting Alien Villains Revealed – Exclusive Image". Empire. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- Wolfe, Jennifer (2019-07-26). "The Top 10 VFX Supervisors of 2019". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- "Doing it Fast 'And' Distinctive: The VFX of 'Men in Black: International'". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- "The Remarkable Lucky 13". fxguide. 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- "Jerome Chen Talks Real-Time Animation with Unreal Engine". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- Frei, Vincent (2019-05-07). "LOVE, DEATH & ROBOTS "LUCKY 13": Making Of by Sony Pictures Imageworks". The Art of VFX (in French). Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- Hogg, Trevor (May 17, 2022). "The Dazzling Visual Diversity and Artistry of Animated Series Love, Death + Robots Vol. 3". www.vfxvoice.com.
- "How Sony Pictures Imageworks created a real-time thriller for Netflix's Love, Death + Robots". www.unrealengine.com. June 27, 2022.