Virtual Production Instructors
Ed Bennett - Senior Technical Artist, Final Pixel
Ed Bennett - Senior Technical Artist, Final Pixel
Ed Bennett - Senior Technical Artist, Final Pixel
Ed is an Unreal Engine Authorised Trainer who specialises in the emerging field of Virtual Production - working for Epic Games & Final Pixel Academy. Ed is also a Senior Technical Artist for Final Pixel and a regular speaker for meetups like the Unreal User Group and a recurring podcast host for ‘Game Dev London’.
Steve Hubbard - VFX Supervisor, Final Pixel
Ed Bennett - Senior Technical Artist, Final Pixel
Ed Bennett - Senior Technical Artist, Final Pixel
Steven brings a pedigree forged over 25 years in Film, Television and Commercials. His high profile credits are too numerous to list, including Life of Pi, Transformers, X-Men and Black Sails. With an Oscar and multiple Emmy's under his belt, Steven is an accomplished VP professional.
Jim Rider - VP Supervisor, Final Pixel
Ed Bennett - Senior Technical Artist, Final Pixel
Dominic Maher - Jnr Technical Artist, Final Pixel
Jim Rider is a visual effects supervisor with over 25 years of experience in the industry. After starting his career in NewYork in commercial production, Jim moved to Los Angeles in the 1990s, where he specialized in motion control camera work and models/miniatures, shooting fun things like spaceships for Star Trek and submarines for Tita
Jim Rider is a visual effects supervisor with over 25 years of experience in the industry. After starting his career in NewYork in commercial production, Jim moved to Los Angeles in the 1990s, where he specialized in motion control camera work and models/miniatures, shooting fun things like spaceships for Star Trek and submarines for Titanic. As the industry moved toward more digital visual effects, Jim transitioned to Flame and Nuke compositing, working as an artist, and then VFX supervisor at facilities such as Method, Gravity and The Mill. As an independent Visual Effects Supervisor, some of Jim’s recent clients include HBO and Apple Studios.
Dominic Maher - Jnr Technical Artist, Final Pixel
Michael McKenna - CEO & Director of Virtual Production, Final Pixel
Dominic Maher - Jnr Technical Artist, Final Pixel
A software developer and technical consultant for over 15 years, Dominic has found a perfect fit within the world of Virtual Production which combines his loves for tech and storytelling narrative
James Codling - Virtual Production Stage Technician, Final Pixel
Michael McKenna - CEO & Director of Virtual Production, Final Pixel
Michael McKenna - CEO & Director of Virtual Production, Final Pixel
James is a graduate of the University of Westminster’s Contemporary Media Practice Program. He got his start in green screen tech, and has fully embraced the new and exciting world of virtual production. Whether it’s LED walls, camera tracking, unreal engine or content mapping software.
Michael McKenna - CEO & Director of Virtual Production, Final Pixel
Michael McKenna - CEO & Director of Virtual Production, Final Pixel
Michael McKenna - CEO & Director of Virtual Production, Final Pixel
With over 15 years industry experience including BBC and EndemolShine, Michael has successfully grown companies producing content for Netflix, Discovery, Channel 4 and many more. He is a leader, an innovator and a disruptor, operating at a unique intersection in creativity and business to produce world class content.
Monica Hinden - Executive Producer, Final Pixel
Jodi Nelson-Tabor - Business Development & Training Manager
Monica Hinden - Executive Producer, Final Pixel
With 20 years of experience as an Executive Producer, Monica has brought countless high-end concepts from the printed page to the screen. Monica is an expert problem solver and no stranger to logistical nightmares. From Monica’s point of view, nothing is a problem - relax, let her handle it.
Chris McKenna - Director, Final Pixel
Jodi Nelson-Tabor - Business Development & Training Manager
Monica Hinden - Executive Producer, Final Pixel
Chris has 20 years of experience as an advertising creative director and as a director of commercials, promos and branded entertainment for household-name shows and commercial brands. When not Directing for Final Pixel, Chris also runs a successful LA based creative agency - Wee Beastie.
Jodi Nelson-Tabor - Business Development & Training Manager
Jodi Nelson-Tabor - Business Development & Training Manager
Jodi Nelson-Tabor - Business Development & Training Manager
With over 20 years as a portfolio careerist, Jodi's specialisms focus on a range of interdisciplinary, but complimentary areas across film production, as a creative producer and writer, academic researcher, senior lecturer and international corporate trainer, across film production specialisms, immersive technologies, research skills, dig
With over 20 years as a portfolio careerist, Jodi's specialisms focus on a range of interdisciplinary, but complimentary areas across film production, as a creative producer and writer, academic researcher, senior lecturer and international corporate trainer, across film production specialisms, immersive technologies, research skills, digital literacy and leadership. She is passionate about finding solutions to add more diversity and reach better sustainability models within the creative industries.